Category: Art

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 14, Ken took a look at Nimbus 3 from the September 1977.  Edited and published by Frank Lovece.

I actually owned Nimbus 3 and remember it fondly.  It was so professional looking and of course the Gulacy art for Sabre burned a spot in my memory.  But Gulacy was just the icing on the cake that featured the Mike Zeck Hulk back cover and a front cover by Pat Boyette, with spot illos by Steve Leialoha, Arvelle Jones, Kerry Gammil, P. Craig Russell, Willie Blyberg, Sam De La Rosa, Walt Simonson, Doug Hazelwood, Gene Colan, John Buscema, Mike Grell, Alex Toth, John Romita and more.

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

Today we have a rare ad for Sabre by Don McGregor and Paul Gulacy with art, of course, by Gulacy.  Can you imagine how mind-blowing this was at the time?  I couldn’t wait to get my mitts on a copy… and wasn’t in the least bit disappointed when I did.

The ad appeared in the back of Nimbus 3 which we’ll look at tomorrow!

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 9, Ken took a look at Woweekazowie 3 and 4, from the Summer and Winter of 1978,  Published by Pete Iro.

Woweekazowie 3 and 4 featured art by Willie Blyberg, John Byrne, Gil Kane, Jerry Ordway, Gene Day, and more.  I owned a few issues of Woweekazowie and always found them to be some of the most professional looking fanzines available.

Willie Blyberg’s art and stories appeared often in Woweekazowie and other fanzines.  Willie went on to become a pro.  For a short while I was in contact with him during the fanzine days.  I always liked Willie and his art.  Anyone know what became of him?

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

The Spider-Man, Hulk & Dr. Strange by Frank Miller and P. Craig Russell was one of the plates in the Marvel Portfolio Set Two.

Other plates included:

• Spider-Man, Thanos, The Thing and the Avengers by Alan Weiss and Josef Rubinstein.
• Spider-Man, Thor and The Living Monolith by Bill Sienkiewicz and Tom Palmer.
• Spider-Man and the Silver Surfer by John Byrne and Terry Austin.
• Spider-Man and Nick Fury is by Ernie Colon.
• Spider-Man and the X-Men is by George Perez.

There were two sets of Marvel Portfolios released in the early 80’s.  I got mine when they were still released and have them in my portfolio collection. I posted about the first set yesterday.

You can see all of the portfolio pieces at The Bristol Board!

The Spider-Man & Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson was one of the plates in the Marvel Portfolio Set One.

Other plates included:

• The Fantastic Four fighting Daredevil, Spider-Man and Thor by John Byrne and Terry Austin.
• Spider-Man fighting the Hulk and the Green Goblin by Walt Simonson.
• Spider-Man fighting Luke Cage and Iron Fist by Kerry Gammill and Bob McLeod.
• Spider-Man by Michael Golden.
• Spider-Man fighting D’Spayre and Man-Thing by Brent Anderson.

There were two sets of Marvel Portfolios released in the early 80’s.  I got mine when they were still released and have them in my portfolio collection. (Any of you remember when portfolios were a thing?]

You can see all of the portfolio pieces at The Bristol Board!  We’ll be back tomorrow with Marvel Portfolio Set Two!

If you’d like to see a Gallery of George Perez Con Sketches, you can, thanks to The Bristol Board!

Today we have a vintage Paul Gulacy Master of Kung Fu splash page.  You can see a full-size version at The Bristol Board.

Cool Comic Art posted a trio of very cool David Finch Hellboy sketches that are worth a look!

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 6, Ken took a look at RBCC #135 from April 1977 published by James Van Hise.

RBCC #135 features a beautiful cover by Mike Zeck (as well as two other illos), an interview with artist Tom Sutton, art by Ron Wilbur, reviews, art ads (one from Doug Moench!) and more.

This is a fanzine that I actually owned.  Ah, the memories of the glory days of fanzines.  Thanks to Ken Meyer, Jr. for making these available!

This Conan piece by Michael Golden is a thing of beauty.

Source: Bendis!

Ya gotta love Spinach City a take off of Sin City by Roger Langridge!  You can see a full-size version at The Bristol Board.