Thursday, August 31, 2023

Reading Room BARBARIAN COMICS "...friend in need..."

...in a somewhat different version.
Here's the original...
This initial version of the tale appeared in California Comics' Barbarian Comics #3 (1974).
Comparing the two, the dialogue and layout are unchanged in both versions, but the later one was re-inked and re-lettered, presumably because writer/artist Ron Harris had improved his skills in the intervening decade.
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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SONIC DISRUPTORS "Are You Ready to Rock?" Conclusion

In 2030...as seen from 1987...

...the world has gone to shit!
How did it happen?
Read on...
While it won't be "next month", we will present "Republic of Rock" in the near future!

Writer Mike Baron, penciler Barry Crain, and inker John Nyberg created this series for DC in 1986, when the company was encouraging creatives to present new, creator-owned, projects either as stand-alone graphic novels or mini-series.
Though this was proposed as a 12-issue series, only seven issues were published, and contrary to rumors, there was no unpublished 8th issue!
We'll tell that tale...someday!

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Reading Room VANGUARD ILLUSTRATED "...friend in need..."

In Space, No One Can Hear You...
...Dream (bet you thought I was going to say "Scream" didn't you?), as this story from over 30 years ago proves!
This tale from Pacific's Vanguard Illustrated #5(1984) had appeared a decade earlier in a somewhat different form!
You'll see that version...Thursday!
Writer-artist Ron Harris is best-known as the artist for the Dallas and Star Trek newspaper strips in the late 1970s-early 1980s.
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Monday, August 28, 2023

Monday Madness: Neil Gaiman Spoofs Gothic Romances...AND Romance Comic Books!

Who else could do it...and do it so well?
NO ONE!
THAT'S WHO!
So, check out our annual summertime "beach read" Gothic romance...
at our "sister" RetroBlog...

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(An anthology of original Gothic horror prose tales by various authors where the short story the graphic novel is based on first appeared)
and/or
(Prose anthology of Gaiman's work featuring the short story the graphic novel is based on, along with background information)
and/or
(Graphic novel adaptation of the short story)