Note from JayJay: This is part of a piece Jim wrote some years back, and he says he had to condense the events slightly due to space considerations. He has plans to write an expanded version when he has more time, but in the interest of continuity, I’m posting these segments in mostly chronological order. […]
Yesterday’s blog got this comment: “Sounds like you have some regrets about missing out on youth, Jim.” My response: Yes. It was tough sometimes. The guys would pass by my house on their way to play basketball or whatever the sport of the season was. They’d yell “Hey, Jimbo,” my invitation to play. Couldn’t do […]
Everyone who’s ever attended grammar school has had to write at least one composition entitled “How I Spent My Summer Vacation.” Most of my friends suffered through the ordeal, begrudging every word that flowed like molasses from their Eberhard Faber # 2’s. I, on the other hand, rather enjoyed writing my composition. I thought it […]
In 1962, my ten-year-old self discovered a copy of Fantastic Four no. 4 in a barbershop. I was stunned. This had been going on for four issues without me?!Some years before I had begun to get bored with comics as I started to notice a certain sameness to the stories. I remember realizing that the […]
On a November day in 1957 I found myself standing in front of Miss Grosier’s first grade class in Hillcrest Elementary School in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, trying to think of a really good word. She had us play this game in which each kid had to offer up a word to the class, and for […]
Welcome. I’m a writer. I’ve been in and around the comic book business for a long time. Currently, I’m redeveloping some of the classic Dell/Gold Key characters, including Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom, Magnus Robot Fighter, Turok Son of Stone, the Mighty Samson and more for Dark Horse Comics. Here you’ll find some new […]