“Hey, Hey, We’re The Monkees!”

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I was seven years old when The Monkees  tv series premiered on September 12, 1966.  I became an instant and life-long Monkees fan.  I wasn’t alone.

The Monkees tv series won two Emmys (one for Outstanding Comedy Series – beating The Andy Griffith Show,  Bewitched,  Get Smart, and Hogan’s Heroes).  In 1967, The Monkees had four albums hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (the only group to ever do that) and they outsold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined.

Obviously there were (and still are) quite a few Monkees‘ fans out there.  If you’re one, you’ll want to check out Eddie Deezen‘s post  Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkees  at Neatorama.

Ed Wood’s “The Day the Mummy Returned”

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Ed Wood the (in)famous director of Plan 9 From Outer Space  is credited with creating some of the worst movies ever.  I find his films more watchable than many, but mainly because they’re bad in a fun way.

Did you know that Ed Wood also wrote short stories?  Wood did.  They mostly appeared in, uh, men’s magazines that last about as long as Wood’s movies did in theaters.

BoingBoing recently posted Ed Wood’s The Day the Mummy Returned.   It should give you an idea of Wood’s writing style.  As for me, I prefer his movies.

SCOUT by Tim Truman – Comics That Deserve a Second (or First) Look

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SCOUT by Tim Truman – Comics That Deserve a Second (or First) Look 

Scout was created, written and drawn by Tim Truman and concerned the story of a native American named Emmanuel Santana aka Scout.  Set in the near future, Scout started out as the story of Santana’s quest to kill several monsters but along the way turned into the story of a widower with two young sons and their attempt to survive in an apocalyptic world.

Mike Torrance Provides The Cure!

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Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s brought Marion Cobretti with him!

Over the coming weeks/months I’ll be posting more of Mike’s sketch card commissions.  My goal is to eventually get a card for every character Sly has played.  We’re well on our way!

You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.

 

New Billy the Kid Photo Discovered

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Ray John de Aragon claims that he has found a new photo of Billy the Kid.  This is not the first time de Aragon has done so, but this time  de Aragon has famed forensic art Lois Gibson in agreement.

Gibson says the picture is Billy the Kid.  If true the photo will be worth thousands of dollars.

Chron.com has an excellent piece by Heather Alexander that details with photos the evidence pointing to the Billy the Kid photo being legit.

Sable by Mike Grell – Comics That Deserve a Second (or First) Look

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Jon Sable, Freelance by Mike Grell.

Jon Sable was an Olympic athlete who married and moved to Rhodesia to become a game warden.  After his family was murdered by poachers, Sable tracked them down and killed them all.  Sable then moved to the United States where he became a freelance mercenary and, under the name BB Flemm, a best-selling children’s author.

Sable, with the writing and art of series creator Mike Grell was one of my favorite series.  When Grell left the series faltered.  Still, those issue written and drawn by Mike Grell deserve a second (or first) look.