Due to an emergency regarding construction of our new bathroom, there's no post today.
Be back tomorrow, I hope.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Reading Room: PUSSYCAT "Madly Mirthful Misadventures of a Lively Little Lass!"
If Austin Powers had a sister in the Swingin' 60s, she would have been...
...our favorite, funtastic, femme Agent of S.C.O.R.E.!
This tale originally appeared in Male Annual #4 (1966), but this is from the one-shot PussyCat (1968) that reprinted her stories from the various "laddy" magazines published by Martin Goodman, who also owned Marvel Comics at the time.
The writer is officially-unknown, but the scripter is probably Stan Lee or Larry Lieber, and the artist is pretty clearly good-girl legend Bill Ward with inking by Bill Everett.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Francesco Francavilla's the Black Beetle Cometh...
Our old friend, Francesco Francavilla, has a new series out this week...
...with a decidedly retro-kool flair!
Note that the cover above is one of two for the anthology title Dark Horse Presents #11.
But, of course, we'd want the Black Beetle cover...
Sunday, April 15, 2012
The Battle of Riverdale!
All is not peaceful in Riverdale...
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| Art by Mark Matcho |
...as fighting among the second generation of owners of Archie Comics hits new highs in nastiness even as Archie Andrews and his ensemble hit new heights in popularity, as seen in a feature New York Times article HERE!
(Ironically, I was on-staff at the only other family-run comics company, Harvey Comics, during their final collapse and dissolution in 1988-91, and while it didn't hit quite the levels seen in this article, it was lively as the children of the three founding brothers fought and squabbled among themselves while the staff [myself included] kept our heads low and produced the books.)
Read the article, it's wild!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
YouTube Wednesday on Saturday: TItanic on the TIME TUNNEL!
The pilot episode of the short-lived Time Tunnel (1966) featured...The Titanic!
...with guest star Michael Rennie (Klatuu in the original Day the Earth Stood Still) as Captain Edward Smith!
There's lots of Titanic miniature footage but there's debate as to whether it's from 20th Century Fox's Titanic (1953) or Rank's A Night to Remember (1958)
There's lots of Titanic miniature footage but there's debate as to whether it's from 20th Century Fox's Titanic (1953) or Rank's A Night to Remember (1958)
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| The Time Tunnel - IFILM Exclusive: The Titanic: Rendezvous with Yesterday | ||||
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Rennie had performed the previous year on another Irwin Allen series, Lost in Space, in the series' only two-parter "The Keeper", as the title character!
It's two of the best episodes during the show's first season, before it went to color and became the "Will & Dr Smith & Robot" show!
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