First This It occurs to me, duh, that I have not yet wished everyone a Happy New Year. Sorry. So, without further ado, Happy New Year! The last year has been a tough one for most people I know. Many are unemployed, almost everyone has struggled and only a very few have done well. Here’s hoping […]
First On this, the eighth day of Christmas I have no use for maids-a-milking. These items, on the other hand…. Murder weapon as Christmas gift: A gift I gave to a psycho-chicken Elf who remains at large. “Slay” bells ring…. The tentacles of power: A gift I gave to myself. Power mad? Yes, […]
Marvelman has left a new comment on your post “And So This Is Christmas Plus More Sex <http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/12/and-so-this-is-christmas-plus-more-sex.html It’s a small world. I came on this blog to recommend that Jim take a look at Azzarello & Chiang’s Wonder Woman. I highly recommend it. However, I’m not sure that each issue contains as much exposition […]
First, a Few Items An Apology to Mark Waid Mark Waid wrote this scene, which I showed as an example of an out-of-character use of Aunt May for the purpose of a shocker: I had no idea that Mark had written that scene, not that it would have mattered. I’m an equal opportunity complainer. Anyone […]
First This Commenter Rio Herrera clued me in about the two talented creators I met at the signing at Chuck Rozanski’s Mile High Comics Mega-store in Denver. They are, far right, Scotlyn Xing Xin Bedford and far left, a young man who introduced himself to me as Phil. Rio also heard him called Phil. […]
Defiant 1 offered a link to a must-read article in this comment: Defiant1 has left a new comment on your post “Jerry Robinson http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/12/jerry-robinson.html?showComment=1324615552055#c4127676358749850686 Interesting blog post about Robinson teaching Ditko… http://blakebellnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/being-punked-by-jerry-robinson-other.html?spref=tw […]
Let’s do the drugs first. Whoo-hoo! Drugs I think I wrote the first drug use story in the Comics Code era. It appeared in this issue of Action Comics: It was the second feature, a Legion of Super-Heroes story entitled “Forbidden Fruit.” Comic Book Database, www.comicbookdb.com, while often useful, gives credit for […]
Friday afternoon, Chuck Rozanski picked me up at the Denver International Airport. My trip from Newark Liberty had been the usual ordeal. Maybe a little more so. I had to go through one of those full body scans. I’m sure the scan-pic will be on the web soon, so anyone so bored as to be […]
I understand that Eduardo Barreto died a day or two ago as well. I didn’t know him, but he did a couple of jobs for companies I ran along the way. He was a tremendous talent. […]
Joe Simon Joe Simon passed away on Wednesday.I met Joe Simon in the Green Room at QVC HQ in West Goshen, Pennsylvania some years ago. He was there to do a promotion for a slate of comics collectibles. Me too. I’d never even seen a picture of him, but he recognized me and introduced himself. […]