Showing posts with label nerd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nerd. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Reading Room STRANGE WORLDS "Abduction of Henry Twigg"

Here's a dream come true for all us fanboys and nerds (Yep, I'm one)...
...in this Joe Kubert-illustrated tale from Avon's Strange Worlds #8 (1952)...
Talk about politically-incorrect...from both sexes!
But it's still entertaining, and that's what counts, eh?
Note: we've run stories from two different series named "Strange Worlds".
This tale is from the first one, published by Avon Comics in the early 1950s.
By the late 1950s, Avon Publishing had abandoned comic books and concentrated on "traditional" publishing (hardcovers and paperbacks) in various genres (including sci-fi and horror).
Curiously, when comics became "hot' in the 1960s, Avon did not reprint their comic library in paperback format the way Ballantine Books did with EC ComicsSignet did with DC ComicsLancer did with Marvel. and Belmont did with Archie's super-heroes!
Considering they owned the material and didn't have to pay to reprint it like all the other publishers did, it seems like a lost opportunity for Avon to make some quick cash.
Note: We've re-presented several tales from the other Strange Worlds, published by Atlas Comics in the late 1950s, literally right before they became Marvel in 1961!
It's easy to tell which is which, since the Atlas/Marvel version features work by creatives like Jack Kirby, Don Heck, and Steve Ditko who would be the creative mainstays of the Marvel Age of Comics, while the Avon books have art by illustrators who would make their mark at DC, like Joe Kubert and John Forte!
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

MORE Nerdist-Themed Comics Graphics

To celebrate the new Nerdist Comic Book Club podcasts...
...why not pick up a few kool products featuring the classic Frazetta retro Buck Rogers art from their new banner?
After all, what could be better than to drink from your Nerdist Buck Mug, while wearing your Nerdist Buck Value T-Shirt, and (if you're chilly) wrapping yourself in your Nerdist Buck Throw Blanket while watching the Nerdist Comic Book Club podcast?

And don't forget out other Nerdist graphic spaceman goodies...
...as seen on the set of the Nerdist tv show!

Blast off for excitement...today!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

The Man with the Gun

Who is he?
Where is he?
When is he?
And...
what is his relationship to the new BBC tv series The Nerdist?
Find out tomorrow!
Same Nerd Time!
Same Nerd Channel!