Category: Art

The chart above shows the various incarnations of the Superman logo.  My personal favorite is the 1952 Adventures of Superman version.  It’s big and bold… just like Superman.

Source: Classic Pics.

Forrest Helvie recently interviewed Greg Rucka and Leando Fernandez about their new 5 issue mini-series The Old Guard.  I was sold when Rucka described the series as…

… it’s John Wick meets Highlander. It has bullets and swords, but it’s meant to be a fun, pulpy adventure.

That was enough to get me on board.

Source: News@rama.

If you’re a fan of fanzines, then you’ve got to check out Ken Meyer, Jr.’s monthly column Ink Stains.  Each month Ken (who is an amazing artist) posts… well, let’s let Ken explain…

I have a collection of over 200 fanzines from the 60’s-80’s that I plan to scan and talk about, one at a time. I hope to have some of the participants answer a few questions. Many of those participants are established comics professionals now, while some have gone on to other things. I will show a few snippets from each zine and give you a link to download a pdf of the whole thing, which I hope all of you will do!

For Ink Stains 42, Ken took a look at Collector issues 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 from 1969-1971.   Edited and published by Bill G. Wilson.

I’d never seen issues of Collector before reading Ken’s columsn.  The issues are full of the stuff that fanzines were known.  These issues feature:

Collector 16 features –

• a Don Newton Batman cover
• Sketches by Steranko, Giordano, Buckler, Adams
• Photos of comic legends [Adams, Kane, Frazetta, and more]  at an early convention.
• Tons of fan art

Collector 17 features –

• Don Newton interview, art and photos of Don and his studio
• Tons of fan art and articles

Collector 18 features –

• Shazam cover by Bill Black (earliest art I’ve seen from my buddy)
• Bill Black pin-up of Green Lantern
• Ad for Bill Black’s Paragon fanzine!
• Fan art and articles

Collector 19 features –

• Joe Sinnott Thing sketch
• Sketches from Steranko/Sinnott, Gene Colon, Bill Black and Steve Ditko
• Fan art and articles

Collector 21 features –

• Art from Dan Adkins, Don Rosa and Tom Sutton
• Fan art and articles

Ah, the memories of the glory days of fanzines.  Thanks to Ken Meyer, Jr. for making these available!

Here’s something you don’t see every day.  It’s a comic color guide.  The colorist label the art with the hues used when the issue went to print.  The art is by Mike Zeck with colors by Bob Sharen from Master of Kung-Fu #102.

Source:  The Bristol Board where you can see this and a whole lot more!

If you’re a fan of fanzines, then you’ve got to check out Ken Meyer, Jr.’s monthly column Ink Stains.  Each month Ken (who is an amazing artist) posts… well, let’s let Ken explain…

I have a collection of over 200 fanzines from the 60’s-80’s that I plan to scan and talk about, one at a time. I hope to have some of the participants answer a few questions. Many of those participants are established comics professionals now, while some have gone on to other things. I will show a few snippets from each zine and give you a link to download a pdf of the whole thing, which I hope all of you will do!

For Ink Stains 38, Ken took a look at Charlton Bullseye 4 and 5 from 1976.   Edited and published by Robert Layton.

Once fanzines started to gain notice, the comics companies decided to put out their own fan mags.  Marvel had FOOM.  DC had the Amazing World of DC Comics.  And Charlton had the Charlton Bullseye.

These two issues have an amazing talent line-up…

4: Cover by Joe Staton, Peacemaker pinup by Walt Simonson, an E-Man story by Nicola Cuti & Joe Staton, a Frank Thorne E-Man pinup, a John Byrne comic story and more.

5: The Question cover and a story written and drawn by Alex Toth, a pinup by Mike Nasser, an interview and art by Don Newton, a comic story written and drawn by John Byrne, a pinup by Neal Adams and more.

Whew!  More than worth the price of admission.

Ah, the memories of the glory days of fanzines.  Thanks to Ken Meyer, Jr. for making these available!

Most comic fans will quickly recognize Steranko’s classic cover to Captain America #113.  Have you ever seen the much rarer unused version (again by Steranko) shown below?

I like both but think that the used cover is the better of the two for getting someone to buy the issue.

You can see much lager versions of both over at The Bristol Board.

If you’re a fan of fanzines, then you’ve got to check out Ken Meyer, Jr.’s monthly column Ink Stains.  Each month Ken (who is an amazing artist) posts… well, let’s let Ken explain…

I have a collection of over 200 fanzines from the 60’s-80’s that I plan to scan and talk about, one at a time. I hope to have some of the participants answer a few questions. Many of those participants are established comics professionals now, while some have gone on to other things. I will show a few snippets from each zine and give you a link to download a pdf of the whole thing, which I hope all of you will do!

For Ink Stains 35, Ken took a look at Infinity 2 from 1970.   Edited and published by Adam Malin and Gary Berman.

Until Ken’s post, I had never seen or even heard of Infinity 2.  My loss because this fanzine is jam-packed with great stuff.  Infinity 2 starts with a Frank Brunner cover (with more interior Brunner art), has art and an interview by Berni Wrightson (interestingly enough the interview was conducted by Doug Murray who went on to write the Nam series for Marvel after serving in Nam himself), art and an interview with Frank Frazetta, a Steranko Black Panther sketch, a Virgil Finley portfolio, sketches by Dave Berg, Jeff Jones and more.  What a find!

Ah, the memories of the glory days of fanzines.  Thanks to Ken Meyer, Jr. for making these available!

The cover above to Bat Lash #7 was the first Bat Lash comic I ever read. What an impact it had.  The story was well written, well drawn and has stayed burned in my memory.

Diversions of the Groovy Kind has posted Bat Lash #7 with a script by Sergio Argones & Denny O’Neil with art by Nick Cardy.