Confessions of an Unrepentant Comic Collector

2010-08-11T18:39:00.049-04:00

Well.... can't say that I've had much intrest in this blog.... don't feel bad, I've cut off all comunication via the internet..... it's not just you. I have been buying comics occasionally. I now no longer am collecting as fast and furious as I once was....The current MARVEL storylines kind of burnt out on me.... I'm still hanging in there with Captain America.... but that's about it....I'd rather pick up a few TPB"s every few months now.... yaknowhatimean?
I'll probably be back some time, when my intrest is sparked again... but right now MUSIC is dominating my free time & I'm trying to record a decent demo & thinking about trying to put together another band.... or looking for one to join.BLA-BLA bLa
So let's leave off (for now) with one BIG-ASSED-GIANORMOUS Wally Wood post, since as you may well know.... Woody Is My Personal FAVE!

2010-05-23T19:20:00.003-04:00

More Examples of how Phillip K. Dick was totally right!

2010-05-14T23:53:00.003-04:00

Wow....Ol' Fortuna smiles on the comic blog industry.... I'm Back on line again! Unfortunatly, I ain't got much to say tonight to ya, dear readers...... but I'm sure that will change soon.... As soon as I track down some of my comic scans I'll get some new crap up on here.....until then.... Here's Henry retiring from the whole biz. Can you Dig It?..... I knew that you could!

2009-09-29T06:05:00.013-04:00

I was going thru some old boxes today and found a few of my old scans,

so as an extra added bonus here is Captain Marvel!!!!!

2009-09-29T05:41:00.018-04:00

Here is a rare treat! Some Original pre-EC work from Ghrahm Ingles from Fiction House's PLANET comics #90 .... plus an early effort from the Severn & Elder Team!!!!

2009-09-26T04:42:00.005-04:00

CAP PIX POST!

I (thankfully) Live in the last Free city in America...... New Orleans, where we do as we damn well please....and I happened to be talking tonight to some cool-ish chix from Norway, about American Culture ....now believe me when I tell you folks, I aint exactly the biggest fan of the f'ing Gub'mint.... but GOD DAMN .... We as a people ROCK THIS WORLD as far as CULTURE goes.... and I guess we take it for granted most of the time.... at least I do. Well just look at this art form here ... COMICS..... (stupid name for it . sure) but we were the numbskulls who invented this form of literature, plus Jazz and its bastard son ROCK n Roll.... the rest of the world just copies ,lame imitations of our form.... sorry loosers, but it's a fact! I ain't never seen the sublime delights of Tin- Tin... gimme a damn Erine Bushmiller Nancy strip any day , and I'll show you sublime! Bombastic- Over The Top Action.... there is only one man I can think of..... a little jewish dude from NYC....named JACK KIRBY!.... Oh you want humor? The only books I've ever laughed out loud at were the comix of Harvey Kurtzman and Robert Crumb.
It goes way further than comics..... music and art . But we are not here today to ponder the inepititudes of the old world.... FUCK THAT! We's 'ermericans baby! Kicked outta every decent Cuntry inna world! Let's celebrate OUR ART , OUR WAY! ... by viewing stolen scans from the god-damn infra-net!!!!! ... oh yea, an Wally Wood is Still GOD.... here & in France. ( from wha I unnerstand)

2009-09-23T01:43:00.053-04:00

Oh Happy Day!...... just enuff time to post a few more mind bending comix up on the god-damn infra-net..... ANOK's Cruddy Virtual Comic! All-REPRINTS! All-The TIME!
Loads More fo My Man Jack Cole in the house today, along with more Howard Nostrand, which gets me wondering why I'm diggin Nostrand more these days than Jack Davis.... I dunno, it's like Nostrand took someone elses
style and distilled it down to it's purest form.... weird. no offense to Jack Davis though..... wonder how he felt about the whole deal. probably didn't givre a crap. We gotta nice Junkie type text piece in this thing with Illos from one of the unsung heroes of cartooning, Mr. Don Heck! Also a kinda bizzare Golden age superhero Red Cross and the Doubble Whammy of LOVE.... Buscema & Romita jammin onna 70 's Marvel Romance Thing! WTF? Sheeeeit, Brah, doncha know this was the begining of the Ol' Mighty Marvel house Style... as much as Kirby & Ditko did for the House of Ideas... In my Humble Oppinion, Romitia & Buscema did even more ! I had little to No Intrest in romance comics in the 70's but these days I can really appreciate the craftmanshhip that went into these "Chix Comix" Granted they were produced by 40 year old men, who barely had a clue of what was HIP in thoes days.... but the end result was a mastery of POP-ART!!!
and besides.... I'm sure these old dudes were lusting after the Coffee-Shop- Girls, back then as much as we droool over 'em today!

2009-09-19T02:02:00.048-04:00

A special B&W hodge podge for this 400th post ...... Severn, Elder, Kirby, Nostrand & More!

2009-09-18T02:42:00.037-04:00

Anok's visuial cavalcade of comix!
Since I've long ago run out of things to say about comics, this blog will now become a sort of Digital Anthology of strips that I've enjoyed over the years. Sometimes there will be themes..... sometimes not. I do encourage you to post comments, mabey that would get me talking about comics again..... but for now just sit back read some of the best work out there!

2009-09-17T21:39:00.032-04:00

Jack Cole Super-Special! One of the best from the pre-code era.
4 prime cut of COLE from the archives...for your viewing pleasure!

2009-09-17T03:58:00.012-04:00

If You havn't guessed by now, Basil Wolverton is one of my Art-Heroes! Basil had an Original style that creeped out many a young kid.... yea, I was one of 'em!..This time up is a Wolverton classic from his Atlas Era....They Crawl By Night! Another Guy up there in the "Boy could he Draw his Ass Off," Dept. is Howard Nostrand who took the Steal-A-Style approach and Ripped Off Jack Davis & Wally Wood so well it takes on a life of it's own......

2009-09-16T22:15:00.030-04:00

TOTALY INSANE.....Comic Posting Wed.
slow days at the tattoo shop ...... so let's have some FUN!

2009-09-16T19:24:00.009-04:00

2009-09-16T17:08:00.017-04:00

Bronze Age Black & Whites! These are the comics that taught me how to shade with greys. The tonal effects still inspire me to this day.

2009-09-16T16:50:00.008-04:00

Black and White at it's Best!

2009-09-16T06:40:00.027-04:00

more random comics Saved from Oblivion!

2009-09-16T06:19:00.024-04:00

This here is one of my favorite comic books....Claws of The CAT #1 Marie Severin pencils with Wally Wood Inks!

2009-09-16T05:48:00.037-04:00

Saved From Oblivion..... more comics that I grew up with!

stolen from the god damn internet..... now you can steal them too!

2009-09-16T03:12:00.014-04:00

SAVED FOR POSTERITY Vol.56

more random finds from the god-damn internet..... enjoy em while ya can.

2009-09-08T22:47:00.006-04:00

One of the last WALLY WOOD CLASICS..... from PLOP! #23 ....

2009-09-05T00:41:00.003-04:00

Thinkin about Will Elder today.....Here are 2 images that have had a profound effect on me thruout my life.

2009-08-26T04:18:00.014-04:00

Steve Ditko Gallery!!!!

I've recently read the Bl;ake Bell Book on Ditko...... and I'm really more impressed with Dikos art than I ever had been..... I've noticed some of the influence that he has had on my stuff, that I never really picked up on before. I've been looking at his art all my life and not quite knowing if I really liked it or not......That has changed in the past few years. in the next day or two I'm planing to review the afore mentioned book & give a few more thoughts about this Amazing Artist!...... but for now just enjoy the scans.

2009-08-25T00:09:00.005-04:00

2009-08-23T22:00:00.009-04:00

well...it's sunday.... so's howzabout a bunch of cos play cuties to pass the time?

2009-08-18T07:16:00.003-04:00

2009-08-15T17:51:00.005-04:00

More

Bitchin'

Scarlet Witch

ART!

2009-08-13T06:51:00.002-04:00

so I'v had a few good weeks $-wise & I ordered a bunch of crap from:

mycomicshop.com

Geat place to order from....look around & get some Killer Deals! I'v gotten 3 shipment in about a month & a half....Highlights include The MARVEL MASTERWORKS, STRANGE TALES Vol.1..... loads of Joe Maneeley and a smattering of Colon, Everett, Krigstin, an early Romita& some Manny Stallman! Other recent acquisitions.... The Marvel Feature run of ANT-MAN.... HUMBUG box set... bunches of TPB's... HELLCAT & POWERGIRL.... WONDERMAN, SPIDER-MAN civil war....plus a few arc's of SANDMAN Mystery Theatre (Loved that series!)

Also picked up that Simon Kirby FIGHTING AMERICAN book that Marvel put out in the late 80's....mighty strange shit indeed!

I'm trying to mostly pick up graphic novels. TPB's & such....but quite a few comics slip into these orders too....The only comics that I am actually buying now from the shops are Captain America, Thor, Booster Gold & Power Girl..... I sent in a subscription to marvel for New & Mighty AVENGERS, just for shits & Giggles.... I used to have a subscription to AVENGERS, Champions & X-Men back in the late 70's and did actually receive X-Men 94 in the mail.....the bitch of it was they Folded the books in half for mailing.... go figure!

2009-06-29T13:56:00.006-04:00

An old Kirby Gem today.... My 2 favorite Artist together again! Wally Wood Inks Jack Kirby on the Volcano story!

2009-06-24T05:11:00.019-04:00

now lets try to find some al williamson.....one of my absolute favorite comic artist,,,,,plus some cool junk from the files.....ok ok!

2009-06-23T05:25:00.024-04:00

Ok whats happened..... somehow there is new intrest in this dead blog....all-righty then, lets look at some godamn comic stories then......

2009-06-22T06:09:00.005-04:00

Since we are in the middle of Base ball season....let's take a look at one of the all time great Sport Cartoonists.....Jack Davis from YAK YAK comics!

2009-06-20T03:56:00.007-04:00

I know I've written plenty about Bill Everette here...(check the archives) So today I'm just gonna let the art do the talking. Here is one beauty of a Venus story....

2009-06-20T03:27:00.007-04:00

Came across quite a few good scans of some Prime Comic Art ! Gonna try to post a few that I like, just for the hell of it.... 1st is a quick 3 pgr. from one of my favorites Bill Everett....done sometime in the 50'.... great use of the medium her folks.... you can only do this kinda stuff with Comic Books!

2009-04-14T01:46:00.003-04:00

I was checking out the art of Bob Kane today at work....I found a copy of the old BATMAN newspaper strips from the early 40's, for cheap recently and Kane's art at that point had progressed just enuff.....to kind of interest me again. It's BIG and KLUNKY as all hell...but it has this immediacy to it that just screams in a frenzy of raw power! I'm sure the inker Charlie Paris had a bunch to do with it....As I always heard it Bob Kane was somewhat of a hack, who just came up with the core idea of The BATMAN. Well..... It was a helluva idea. Nowadays it

is pretty much known who did what on the early stuff......I'm sure you heard all about it. But I think I get where his head was at, at that time...Hire Ghosts to do the comicbooks and sit back to draw the daily strips.......remember back in thoes days the artist used comicbooks as a stepping stone to get into the syndicated newspaper comics, and make some real money. So this was kinda like His Baby, ya'know...Comparing the stuff to his early Detective, BATMAN stories, it's a lot smoother (Yea, the inker, I know) and has much more mass and volume to the figures. Parts of it look like he was swiping from Dick Tracy, especially the villains, but all in all, it's some fun goofy BATMAN shit.....straight from his creator.... and ghost writer....and inkers.....and background men....you get the picture.

oh yea....he even had a ghost painter......

2009-04-05T17:36:00.002-04:00

Hello......I've come around for my yearly visit to my dead blog....well, just inactive really. Still buying comics and comicbook related detrius....but not quite as obsessively as in the past few years. Most of the time I'm just picking up graphic novels in bookstores....stilll trying to keep up with the New Avengers & Captain America books though.....If I make it to the comic shop, its about only once in 3 months or so nowadays....but that may change at any moment...or not....I dunno....well anyway until we meet again, here is some prime Jack Kirby that I Slaughtered one day, while sitting at work ........later!

2008-02-14T04:03:00.004-05:00

FINALLY..... The Draught Is Over!

NEW COMICS! NEW COMICS NEW COMICS!

Made it out to my old Haunt, MORE FUN comics in New Orleans, and caught up on the newest issues of New/Mighty AVENGERS & The Initive. plus the newest THOR , Captain America & HULK issues.... not enuff cash on hand for DC's.... once a Marvel Zombie always a Marvel Zombie...... I guess. Saw NO Alternative comics worth a damn out there....well at least the main stream is offering up some pretty good stuff these days....so let me Geek Out on it for you...

The Incredible HERC?

Ok, so I missed World War HULK ...... I was looking forward to it, after (The Excelent) PLANET HULK series.... It was like... OK Now He's REALLY PISSED ....The More he gets pissed The Stronger He Gets!... and thoes Damn Illuminatti Dorks were getting on my nerves anyway.... SURE I was hoping to see the HULK Stomp the piss outta Tony Stark & Reed Richards for screwing him over.... Plus I had grown kinda fond of The War Bound..... So I got here late.... and it's like WTF? HULK SMASHED NOTHING BUT AVENGERS TOWER?.....c'mon. Now I come in on AFTER SMASH.... no Hulk to be found....captured. Back to Banner....Instead We get HERCULES.... Nice Steranko Homage cover by Arthur Adams on 112, some great background stories on Herc.... and a powerfull showdown with ARIES & The Mighty AVENGERS.....All in All The Best HERCULES Comic I've ever read.... All In the Pages Of HULK... One small problem I had is with the art in the opening sceen in 113.... It alledgedly takes place on a Gator Farm in St. Charles Louisianna, About 15 mins. away from where I live (as the crow flies)....I'd like to take this opportunity to inform the artists, Khoi Pham & Paul Neary, that the swamps of the south actually look NOTHING like Gilligan's Island, and contain ZERO Palm Trees! The only palms in the New Orleans area were imported from Cali. to plant along the tourist strips.... I think Harrah's Casino donated many new ones after Katrina...... If there are any artist out there who need Good Swipes for a swamp, check out Jack Davis in the EC Horror books..... he got it right!.... But really the rest of the book is drawn beautyfully... and the coloring these days in comics goes beyond my wildest dreams! I'm looking forward to reading where this storyline is going...

Guess Thoes Avengers Comics are really selling these days....

I mean HELL.... there are quite a few titles out there with AVENGERS splashed across the cover...I was prefering the NEW AVENGERS book over The MIGHTY team..... but Maqn, does the NA move SLOW in it's storyline..... after an almost 6 month absence from the title.....I find that Nothing has really changed that much.... Spiderwoman is still a Flip-Flopin' Quadruple Agent.... and the Mighty Avengers Team isn't so hot to ship 'em off to the Negative Zone anymore.... everybody knew they were in Dr.Strange's place...and nobody trust a damn thing that anyone says..... with good reason I suppose, For me the beauty of this book is the dialog and Yes.... the slow pace of it.... in some ways it reminds me of Cerebus and how that book would drone on and on for issues with out a damn thing actually happening..... And the art looks Tourtured as hell! I love it! I give credit to who ever is art directing over there at Marvel these days, for letting the Artist DRAW! and not follow the "Marvel Style" that they pushed for so many years.....Welcome to the 21st Century Marvel! Now The Mighty Avengers series got off to a good start for me, with some KILLER artwork from Frank Cho, unfortunatly his run ends with the first arc at #6...This title is alot mre action packed and features what is for me, The Dick-Head Avengers.... all the power hungry pricks and Jock assholes..... except for The SENTRY..... who has kinda grown on me even more.... I like the way that Bendis is doing the diffrent perspectives on these two books.... and really . this is WHY I started reading Marvel again..... and now the SKRULL INVASION Begins....looks like I made it back just in time........ I hope thoes little green bastards smelt Tony Stark and mint him into Commeritive Marvel Madalions before this thing is over.

Sadly I found out that Steve Gerber died last sunday, He ws one of my favorite comic writers in the Bronze Age... The first run of the Howard The Duck comics being my favorite from back then. I was indeed Inthralled over the tales of The Deadly SPACE TURNIP.... and even Doctor BONG! You can't imagine my excitement when I saw a Gene Colan drawing of KISS in the last panel of a Howard The Duck comic.... HOLY CRAP! I bought about 10 copies.... (hey they were only a quarter then) And Thoes Giant Sized MAN-THING comics..... besides the hillarious title, were some of the coolest books to come out of the 70s...... come to think of it I never found out who that elf with a gun was who kept on popping up in Defenders , was..... I guess I'll go out and buy an essental Defenders to find out now, 25 years after the fact. R.I.P. Steve...... found a link to his blog, Mark Evainer seems to have taken over the ship, so to speak, so if your interested, go pay some respect....

http://www.stevegerber.com/sgblog/

2008-01-29T06:08:00.000-05:00

Still stuck out in the styx.....no comicshops for miles. I did happen to pick up the last 52 graphic novel and the latest New Avengers GN at Barnes & Noble...(woo-hoo)....Wow no more Ralph Digby....no more Gingold......and the Question is now a Lesbian....I think I can live with that!

2007-12-31T02:14:00.000-05:00

Been watching all kinds of cool old animated cartoons on youtube lately.... Here is the Wally Wood Alka Seltzer commercial from the mid sixties......

2007-12-27T05:34:00.000-05:00

well whadda ya'know.... this blog is good for more than just me ranting about comics... a good friend that I lost contact with just found me via this thing! Yeah boy...... another reader! mabey you and BillyBien can talk behind my back now... eh, Dan?

Continuing with portraits of my action figures and TOYS....
We Have some kinda mutant Space Liberation photo teaming up THANOS & Dr. FATE!
It all took place on my desk in Richmond... I was really bored there.

2007-12-24T02:56:00.000-05:00

these guys shared the room with me in Richmond last year.... unfortunatly only The Reaper made it to New Orleans with me....

2007-12-24T02:51:00.000-05:00

this is a photo of a little anime nurse pissing into a bed pan, she sits on my shelf at the tattoo shop along with some other toys....

2007-12-21T05:21:00.000-05:00

i've been screwing around with some photos of action figures that I have... processed the contrast out the ass, then went mental on the colors. Here is the Alex Ross, Captain Marvel....

2007-12-19T05:27:00.001-05:00

ABC Salutes Vampira

2007-12-12T02:31:00.001-05:00

tonight I'm posting a few vids in honor of the BIG 3 of 1050s HORROR! Let's start with vampira!

Bela Lugosi

2007-12-12T02:13:00.001-05:00

Hands down... Ed Wood best dialog for Bela ever! Possably my favorite Lagosi performance..... BTW; Bela was smacked outta his mind during this period!

Bet Tor Life

2007-12-12T01:44:00.001-05:00

just because ther ain't enuff Tor in this rotten world anymore....

2007-12-12T00:38:00.000-05:00

Just looked at the new trailer for the SPEED RACER MOVIE!... looked pretty good.... let's see huh?... also on this page is a buncha likns to the other comicbook/animation movies currently in production... including a page on The Green Lantern Movie! YOW!

http://speed-racer-trailer.blogspot.com/

2007-12-11T06:34:00.000-05:00

Well this should scar the lil' bastard for life!
BAT-SHIT-Crazy assed tuesday morning here....drinkin tall boys an' watchin Old Tom & Jerry cartoons... not the cat & mouse, but the 2 schlumps from the Van-Burren studios... I guess the early 30's.... not quite as robust as the Fleisher Bros. stuff from the same period.... but it has a weird attraction for me... I believe that the Van-Burens did FLIP THE FROG, one of thoes bizarre assed cartoons where anything goes, from the early days of the the animation industry... What this all has to do with THE BAT-MAN is too convoluted to go into at this late date.... just let me tell you, That I once knew a dude with a leather jacket FILLED TO THE TEETH with Bat-Man Buttons & Badges... completely covered! We would sit around and watch cartoons for hours, under the influence of exotic hallucinigens and Carlsburg Elephant Beers, inturupted by only an occasional band practice... so see there is one convoluted link that had to escape tonight... consider yourself lucky... you caught a life preserver in the gibberish.

2007-12-11T06:01:00.000-05:00

Howza'bout that BOB KANE.... defacing valuable comics. .....Or was it his ghost?

2007-12-11T05:58:00.000-05:00

And as promised months ago to someone out there....The BAT-PUMPKIN!

2007-12-11T05:44:00.000-05:00

We've all been hitting the sauce lately Bat-Fans..... relax OK? In fact have a Fine Chablis on me.... just give a toast to my Ol' Bat-pal Stoc Marcut, The most hardcore BAT-MAN collector I ever met! Even in death Stoc REPRESENTS! With the worlds only BAT-MAN Tombstone!.... that's HARDCORE you punk assed muthers.... think about that one for a while......

then join me for cocktails.

2007-12-09T06:07:00.000-05:00

speaking of Dan Clowes.... here is kinda an oddity.... the big red cheese himself, 8-ball style!

2007-12-09T06:02:00.000-05:00

and now ladies and gentelmen, the worlds crappiest Captain Marvel.... look for his bootlegged image at at a third world market near you!

2007-12-08T03:43:00.001-05:00

2007-12-08T03:43:00.000-05:00

2007-12-06T02:02:00.000-05:00

MORE GUANO.....

2007-12-05T21:01:00.000-05:00

Release The BATS!

2007-12-05T18:01:00.000-05:00

Well.... still no new comic aquisitions lately.... ok , I did pick up a few SPICY TALES for cheap ...but honestly there are no places to buy comics witin 20 miles of here..... amusing myself on the goddamn intraweb lookin up gooy crap like this......

2007-10-19T06:29:00.000-04:00

well.... it's been quite some time, my friends since I wrote anything on this blog.......why? Well not for a falling out with comic books.... I can assure you. Fact is, I have moved again... (3rd time since this blog has started) And when I say moved .... I mean MOVED.....back down to New Orleans.....OUCH!......Had to leave my entire collection with a friend in Richmond VA.... hope to retreive it come X-Mas time, when I visit the NE again......

The "Desert Island" books I brought with me were;

The 1st year of BATMAN tpb

DC Archives- The Sandman

Verotik's printing of all the Valkerie stories from AIR-BOY

- I shall destroy All The Living Planets TPB from that ol' genius Fletcher Hanks

Dark Horse's reprinting of IT RHYMES WITH LUST.....Arnold Drake & Matt Baker

THe Matt Baker issue of Alter EGO

Wally Wood- Against The Grain

and all thoes 60 & 70 EC/Bradbury paperbacks.....

Heavy As Hell.....I can tell you that I lugged these books along with my tattoo equipment & duffel bag full of clothing.... across the Mean Streets of Birmingham for 6 hours, in search of a hamburger and pack of smokes...... never got the damn smokes 'till I was in New Orleans.... and that HURT my friends,,,,

Since I've gotten back into the NOLA Groove.... I still haven't been to a comic shop.... but Barnes & Noble prvided me with the Ultra X-pensive and exceedingly mediochore Avengers/JLA box set..... along with 52 vol.3.....and as you may have guessed.... computer access, brings me directly to my God Awfull Ebay habit....sending off for New Avengers 1-10 (won for a measly 5 bucks).....and the Kirby Fourth World OMNIBUS vol 1......(won at $29)

but fear not half hearted belivers..... even you collector types shall soon be gafawing at the witty comic book banter going down at the NEW tattoo shop.... yes sir the yucks are coming.... just you wait......it's back!

2007-05-29T14:45:00.000-04:00

Not much time for bloggin during the busy season here in Tattooland..... I have been keeping up on the new comics. No OLD Stuff lately..... trying to figgure out a way to make it to the SD con in July....

2007-04-18T01:23:00.000-04:00

Been a while since I'v hit the old BLOG....of course I'm still`buying up comics like a fool.... New Avengers being the main series, but all of that Civil War and now The Initiative....have me buying up titles like Ms.Marvel & Cap & Iron Man. The Mighty Avengers title as well as IronMan & Ms.Marvel are getting good at power hungry Superbeings & assorted assholes, pushing their values and right wing dogma down the worlds throats. New Avengers is a far more interesting title, with the unregestered heroes, from the Civil War, now renegade... fight it out from all sides.... An it's a motley conglomeration of a superhero team.

But Hell you all know that song and dance all ready....

Dc has been putting out a decent, new Justice Society & JLA series, thays been holding my attention.... The new Version of Brave and The Bold is off to a good start,,,.... with some nice George Perez art!

I've also been catching up on the Chris Ware stuff I've been putting off.... brilliant comics...big, expensive and woth every penny! Each issue is a Work Of Art, with the last 5 or so being bound hardback editions, with nothing but the highest production values.... fool your friends... that's no High Brow Classic In Litireture (yet)....it's really an elaborately overblown COMIC BOOK! Nihilistic and Depressing as hell....a sure sign of "Good Art" !

Assorted Finds in the $2 Bin:

OMAC #1, Kobra #1 & Eternals #1.... All Kirby-All The Time!

Vault of Evil 14 & 21.... soon to be a complete run... someday soon.

Warlock 3,5&7.... Killer Gil Kane Art!

King Size Conan #1 & Conan 19 & 22..... Barry Smith in Top Form.

Torrid Affairs 5.... 60pgs. of 50's romance....Some Matt Baker (?)

DC 100 pg. Giants...the repro of the one with the Neal Adams cover & Superboy LSH #205

Mr. Monster's TRUE CRIME #1 reprints ALL of the Jack Cole classic!

The one real ODD BALL thing I've aquired lately is A+ comics, re-prints of ACG's HERBIE the Fat Fury comics. I found 1-6 .... seems like I should do some sort of report on this stuff.....the series is really "Out-There"

I should also mention that I went on a wild spending spree and bought theJustice League DVD's.... killer stuff for comercal cartoons.... oh yea I bought the Superman DVD sets too. .....chicken today - feathers tomorow.

2007-03-10T20:53:00.000-05:00

Ok... It's just been hella busy here,with ENIGMA tattoo....but I have managed to keep up on my comic buying binge! Outta allthe books that I've gotten recently,the newWONDER MAN series seems to give me the biggest kick! I an also kinda stoked on HEROES FOR HIRE....mainly because of all the gratutious BUTT SHOTS! GoodGirlArt LIVES ON!
Well here isto hoping that I can find a bit of time soon to sit down and do a decent post on this blog.... but it don't look too promising for that...... wait n' SEE.....

2007-03-07T20:41:00.000-05:00

not much tome for the computer lately.....but WOW! Tons 'o Comics keep pouring in! Some interesting things I've gotten lately are;
MarvelMasterworks, The Atlas superheroes...... Oodlesof GREAT Bill Everett art on the Marvel Boy & Sub-Mariner stuff.
DC Archives... The SANDMAN!
and a bunch of Civil War comics.... gotta go.... willl give more info later.
-Anok

2007-02-15T22:24:00.000-05:00

... And the only thing I Love today, is the Art of Al Williamson.

2007-02-15T20:06:00.000-05:00

I just found an old disc that has EC's Shock Illustrated #3 scanned & saved.... there some really nice stuff in thoes Picto-Fiction books, what few of them there are. Hard to say whats the best in that issue, cus all of the artists are in top form by this point with EC. (Williamson, Crandall, Evans & Ingles) .... But I think this is one of Al Williamson's best stories... his rendering , when given an inspired story like this.... is just fuckin' awesome! The Special Tonal Qualities the EC guys gave this swansong series, is some of the best illustration in comics... in fact it is a step beyond comics ... a weird failed prose/comix prototype.... 5 steps ahead of the general publics reading habits.
While looking for more Al Williamson stuff on the web, I ran across this old site that used to thrill me back in the internet stone age.... some audio interviews with Al and tons of Great Western Art /...check it....
http://www.tvparty.com/comics/comicwill.html

Out.

And as promised....
A QUESTION OF TIME.
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2007-02-10T03:13:00.000-05:00

Re;
New
Avengers
27

ok, was it just me ..... or did anyone else notice Doc Strange coping an escape via an old Boom Tube, stolen straight from the 4th world? Perhaps Kirby brought one over in '76 & the good Doctor was just holding it in his arsenal until all memories of the source were forgoten.... smooth move Victor .... but some of us still posess a mother box, ... hell, what ever happened to fighting GROOT for an issue or two?

2007-02-09T04:03:00.000-05:00

here is a really stoopid 2pgr, with the Prince of Atlantis judging a baby contest. Where did they come up with this crap? The Namor I know & love would probably drown the little illiterates at the drop of a hat. Art attributed to Mike Sekowski- cheers!

2007-02-09T03:49:00.000-05:00

Image
Of The
Week!

By now you should have all digested New Avengers 27, and this panel was the high lite of the book for me! Thank you Mr. CAGE. Even more then seeing the new line up.... (with Dr.Strange?) I was pleasently surprised with this issue, as I figured it would be another charecter study type story, until the end of CW.... but No... jumped out of continuity time quicker than a Phillip K. Dick book!

2007-02-02T02:08:00.000-05:00

Oh Yea,
One More Thing ...
Screw You
Boston!

2007-02-02T00:08:00.000-05:00

I recently aquired about 10 more of thoes Fass/Bourgos Horror mags from the early 70's .... horrid stuff indeed! amongst the stew are a few old 50's stories, a bunch of new stuff from artists that remain in obscurity, A few Dick Ayers stories that really get into the grue! And strangely enuff I have found 2 RULAH the jungle girl stories touched up for more blood and the name changed to PULAH! One of the stories looks like Matt Baker. Books like these really carried on that perverse horror tradition into the 70's. Sure they were kinda crude, but that is half the charm, I mean to be producing this kinda trash for kids..... I dunno, it just makes me laugh. I imagine this dingy Manhatten office somewhere above a peep show, where 2 old New Yawkers chompin on cheap cigars, are lookin over this bloody mess on a comics page.... sayin' "Yea, Manny .... Horrah is Hot I's tell 'ya! The Kids will LOVE IT!" .... "This Goes To Press Tomoraah..." (insert Drew Friedman drawing here)

Catching up on some comic related news tonight I discovered that "The Hottest Band in the World!" KISS! is puttin' out a new series. Being a big KISS fan, I'll check it out.... but to tell truth, I haven't gotten into a KISS comic since the Marvel stuff. Hope it works ...... for me & them!
This interview with Gene & Paul is kinda kool as not only doing the usueal promo stuff for a new venture.... they get into talking a little about the comicbooks that they love.... of course they are hardcore comics fans, shit I knew that instinctivly, when I first beheld their vision on The Paul Lynde Hallween special! Life got a lot weirder after that night people.... a lot weirder!
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9504

2007-01-29T19:33:00.000-05:00

Hot-Cha! The Trailer for the New AQUA TEEN Movie!....'nuffsaid!

2007-01-29T19:30:00.000-05:00

Now We're Talking! WOW! The trailer for the NewAQUA TEEN Movie~!

2007-01-27T13:43:00.000-05:00

Oh how I do love old commercial art!

2007-01-26T04:52:00.000-05:00

OK, so it's 5am and Ican't sleep, I'm living in an ice box .... and they say it's 19 degrees outside. How I Despise these winter months. Since I'm home and have 12 billion comics laying around, mabey I should update the blog.
At the last stop to the comic I was psyched to see a new SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE comicon the stands .... two actually. This series was oneofthe highlights in 90 comics for me, so like I said I was totally stoked that they brought it back, till I read it.I dunno... it;s only halfway thru, but it reeks of a "New SANDMAN" to me..... Wesley Dodds is like 90 & his woman Dian gets kidnaped in Afghanistan (go figgure)Looks like The Final Adventure for ol'Wes to me.....Where is Sandy? Oh right, that whole giant sized JLA thing.... is that still an official story, or did I halucinate that tale back in the 70's?
TheAVENGERS Earth's Mighiest Heroes series has been very good! Just picked up #5 and started wishing thisthing could go on forever! UN-TOLD TALES of The AVENGERS.... nice concept, I hope they do more of these pieces.
I picked up the MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS#8 just because Everybody IS Frickin'`MODOK!!!!
AGENTS of ATLAS 6 is sitting here un-read,until I can trackdown the previous 5 and read them all together.
Tales of the UNEXPECTED#4 hasa Berni Wrightson cover and a new SPECTRE for this series, that Iam totally Luke-Warm about.The backup feature Dr.13 is damn interesting though....and the only reason I'm still buying the book.
Although I have been laying offa the eBay lately, Areally ratty copy of WEB of EVIL #16 from Quality comics, showed up last week..... typical Quality stuff here....no JackCole sightings in the book.... OK,it's 5:20.... I gotta go drinkwith the Bat.

2007-01-24T18:45:00.000-05:00

Here is a photo of that Jay Disbrow ATLANTIS poster that hangs in my Station. As you may very well know,it was found in a creepy oldbook store I stumbled across in Richmond Va. Atlantis has always held a special place in my heart. I do plan to vist the ARE in Va. Beach this summer, to try figgure out about this more.

2007-01-24T18:39:00.000-05:00

Been Buying lots of new comics, but I don't really feel like talking about them.....rather play in the REAL WORLD these days..... I'm sure I'll get over it soon.
don't worry.

2007-01-19T17:49:00.000-05:00

This thing made me laugh when I originally saw it ..... glad to see it again!

2007-01-19T17:47:00.000-05:00

This thing made me laugh when I first saw it.... So I was glad to find it again on YOUTUBE!

2007-01-12T15:45:00.000-05:00

Just because its a rainy Friday around here..... The Vault Brings you some Pin Up Art.... for absolutlyNo Good Reason At All!

2007-01-12T02:04:00.000-05:00

For all you collectors of Bronze Age Marvel, who are constantly getting shafted by buyng VF copies of your favorite title.... only to find that some moron had cut out that stoopid marvel Value Stamp .... well too tell you the truth, I can't really do much for you, ,,, but if your were a moronic kid like me who eagerly awated the new issue of THOR so you could cut out the NEW VALUE STAMP! Well have I found the site for you!
http://www.mvstamps.com/mvs-stamps1.htm
This site has em all! Plus info on weeather or not they affect the story .... handy to know now days.
To be honest the handfull of comics that I still poseess from that era are, shall we say "well Loved".... hence probably wwouldn't grade a VF by even Steve Geppi. so it's pretty immaterial wether I cut the stamps out or not....
just A thought for this site.... ever thought about printng the backs of all the value stamps?
That could be a lot more enlightening!

2007-01-11T02:12:00.000-05:00

hey.... howzabout that new Archie style? Amazing, really.... Betty & Veronica still loook exactly the same, thou now in a new anorexic Olsen twins Bo-Peep Erotica way! Sure to create a whole new generation of Lesbians. Go ahead.... Fuck with the Classics, I don't care..... Ya Heard Me Kal-El?..... yes, it's true... Supes should be coming out of the closet by 2009..... you heard it here first!

2007-01-08T13:20:00.000-05:00

Uuuuggggh. I was up al lnite reading comics, screwing around on the computer & smokin' too much, but I did get a bit acomplished.
First off, Let's talk about this Uber-Man,um.... I mean Super-Man, promo poster.... A nice swipe from a classic WW2 poster.... Superman to me, has always had this creepy potential to go totally right wing nazi.... it's like an underlieing current in the mythos. I've seen it hinted at over the years, but this is the first image that I've come across that is so blatent about it.
I'd like to see DC start doing more Kal-El stories set in Metropolis' future, ya know Lois & Perry have been dead for years. He no longer has to keep up the Clark Kent thing anymore, and accepts himself for the homeless alien that he is...... mabey then Ol' Supes might let some of thoes militant deamons boil up to the surface. Worth thinking about. A bitter contemptious old Superman.... Trapped in a World He Never Made, as some would say.

2007-01-08T00:18:00.000-05:00

Was1980 really the year of TheBat? .... I mean , I was there and this is the first that I've heard of it. For my money 1987 was the year of TheBat.... you couldn't escape him, movies, cereal boxs, gum cards, etc. I rember a time around then while sitting in a bar, a girl asking me if I regretted my Bat-Tattoo on my arm.... becausethe image was so damn over exposed then.... I told her, No... I didn't. I figured the world would come around to the Bat eventually, and I also knew that this was only another Bat-Fad. It happens like clockwork every 20 years or so..... I guess we're due for another over exposure any time now.

2007-01-06T18:15:00.000-05:00

Been screwing around with the digital camera at the shop ..... so here is a shot of my 12 inch Galactus, in fron of the Kirby Incan poster..... more craplike this to come.... I feel it.

2007-01-06T18:08:00.000-05:00

OK,,,I finally did it! Broke down and spent $60 on that signed Will Elder print, #407 of 500... that they had at "The Creepy Old Bookstore- From Another Dimention" Any fool can pay rent..... few know how to buy art. I have always LOVED this image.... what a perfect Norman Rockwell parody! Damn glad to have it abord this ship of fools.....(it now hangs proudly at Enigma Tattoo)

2007-01-05T03:48:00.000-05:00

not a lot new around....here. Been reading up on Starlin & crew when they weredoing Warlock for Marvel.... I really got into that shiney cosmic bull-da-da when I was a kid.... in just a fewshort years I wouldalso be into mindaltering substances and these books went right along for the ride!
But that really dosn't have much to do with this post....I decidedafew days ago that I would start posting some more complete comic stories ..... I've gathered quitea few interesting ones from various sources... 1st up is a Romance story from Bill Everett, that features Peter Parkers aunt when she was quite the dish..... yes folks, how did you ever live with out MAY PARKERS MAN!
Done sometime in the late 50's....Everett's brushwork here is top notch.
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2007-01-02T04:30:00.000-05:00

HORROR
comic
of the
DAY...

HERE IS ANOTHER BOOK THAT IIS A MYSTERY TO ME.... never seen it before it came up for bids on eBay.... and I didn't win, so the mystery contiinues ..... looks like an interesting one though.

2007-01-02T04:03:00.000-05:00

Got thoes 70's Mad's in the mail the other day, most in pristine condition. I may frame the infamous FINGER cover... loads of Jack Davis in these issues along with some mighty fine Angelo Tores work, but if ya ask me the Don Martin stuff is still the funniest stuff they had going for them then.... still fuNny! .... FRAAP! .... hell that's comedy tell ya...... just listen .... FRAAP!
JACK DAVIS' styleeeee had become so light and breezy by that point, its amazing, in avery comercial way .... there is still a bit of lingering decrepid-ness from the old days.... but i guess the american public grew to at least tolerate it enuff to publish him iin TV guide and TIME at this period also. His art is never what I would call slick, but it is very texturally compelling.... quite the illustrator. Here, for your viewing pleasure is a seldom seen illo. from some corporate big-wig at TIME mazagene... I Understand that DAVIS would often be comissioned for these things as presents and such.

2006-12-27T19:21:00.000-05:00

return to your normal activities, I'mbusy workin' so I can pay off some of these damn eBay orders.

2006-12-26T20:37:00.000-05:00

BIG Day for comicbook reading here! In the shop today I finally got to read some of my new books.... Started with the CIVIL WAR stuff; Frontline #8&9... War Crimes #1,Cap & Iron man Casualtiesof War & Illuminati #1....this thing is starting to come to a head....and to tell you the truth I'll be glad when it's over.
The NewAvengers #26 was a nice breather for my war weary soul..... glad to see Clint & Wanda again! some nice art from Alex Maleev in this issue.
Still a big pile to read.... 100 Bullets, Heroes for Hire #4, Ant Man.... Agents of Atlas #5... Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes 2,3 & 4!
Plus a small stack of DC's
That Young King Cole came in the mail today.... and No, it isn't a Fox.... published by Novelty 1947. The copy I recieved is a nice solid VG.... really cool but crude art in that one most of the stuff is by an artist named J. Valleau. never heard of him, but he has that typical 40's style a'la Kamen or Baker.... not quiteas good,but almost.
I'll let ya knowe more about it when I really get a chance to study it.
BTW.... illo is by the Great Jack Davis, posted to commerorate the utterly fantasticc Football season that was 2006.... get ready for the Purple Reign!
BALTIMORE RAVENS.... all the way bay-beeeeee!

2006-12-25T16:48:00.000-05:00

X-Tra Bonus
X-Mas Cover
Of The Day!
One More Time for the World! On Christmas Day Juinor!

2006-12-25T16:28:00.000-05:00

Well I guess it's Merry Christmas to everyone ,,,, I'm far away from friends, family & home this year.... at least there is loads of FootBall this year on TV.
Dateline Comics:
I finally went down to Velocity Comics to pick up 3 weeks of books.... was afraid I wouldn't have enuff cash, but it only rang about $55 . so's I think I got out of there cheap! An wouldn't ya know it... that damn nice pile of books are sitting at the tattoo shop this Christmas Day. Damn... just when I get some reading time. Ya see We had the Enigma christmas party that same night & Of course things got wild & crazy.... I ended up getting draged out of the party and drinking in Choco Bottom at the Creepy-Kool WONDERLAND bar!... with and old girlfriend & leaving the books at Enigma. Sure hope they didn't get spooed apon during the late hour of that party,,,,, I'd KILL!... cuz I'm the only one who will be doing the Spooing around here!... Merry X-Mas Everyone.

2006-12-22T21:19:00.000-05:00

Nothing new on the comics front today kids .... just a bunch of new Chuck Norris jokes.... -Chuck Norris is so bad assed.... he speaks Brail!
CN makes onions cry!
CN dosent tea bag..... He potato sacks!
CN tears can cure Cancer.... Too Bad He Never Crys!
WellOK... Here is another insipid Chrastmas Cover, just for you!
....and the jokes are free today! On the house..... use them any way you see fit.

2006-12-20T15:35:00.000-05:00

I recieved a nice lot of 16 Horror books today from an eBay auction I had won. Best of the lot was VF copy of BEWARE! #1. Some Vault of Evil's that I didn't have... Also a few Ditko Charlton books and much to my surprise a DC Forbidden Tales of the Dark Mansion #6, with a nice long KIRBY story in it! I think I'm gonna start rifeling thru thoes old 70's DC Mystery & War books for more non superhero Kirby stuff....this story is pretty damn good, and far more subtle than most Kirby of that period.
A few days ago I got my siigned Wally Wood print.... it;s hanging in my tattoo station now! And The Kirby Incan Visitation print is going home with me.... I think,gotta frame that one still. Havn't bought any newcomics in a while. Sure hope they are really holding them for me at the comic shop......
On the homefront I've began the ardious task of sorting all my books again..... it takes so damn long.....but must be done.
Still waiting to arive in the mail:
That Comic Book Culture Hard Back Book.
About 10 to 15 1970's Mad magazines
a run of about 20 AVENGERS in the early 200's
and about 10 of thoes truely wretched Fass Horror mags from the70's
plus a few things that I've forgotten about.... all picked up dirt cheap.

2006-12-20T15:33:00.000-05:00

Christmas
Comic
Of The
Day!!!

2006-12-19T03:02:00.000-05:00

merry x-mas bat-fags.
#3 in an infanite infantile series.

2006-12-19T02:23:00.000-05:00

did i ever mention how much I HATE to write.... ya see I'm more of a visual guy.... I go by the gut, no bullshit about it. when you start getting words involved, people feel they must be clever. clever is about as contrite and boreish as your aunt petunia's panties, opinions are like assholes... ya heard me? I know that i comunicate to many folks. with just a look or well placed gesture.... even a fiinger down my throat! In my heart of hearts i wish that this society would comunicate in a series of grunts, whistles and tap dances..... ah hell throw in farting too. Just to compete with Stan Lee's hyperboyle. what does this have to do with comics you ask? Well lots....to tell ya the truth... but I don't have the time or energy tonight to de-construct the history of comics. Let me just point out to you R.Crumb,B.Krigstien.... kurtzman et. al. where silence is golden.
In other words SHUT THE FUCK UP.
READ YOUR GODAMN COMICBOOK. Then get a TATTOO.

2006-12-15T03:15:00.000-05:00

EVERY BODY KNOWS..... THERE AIN'T NO SANITY CLAUSE.

ANOTHER IN THE BLASED SERIES OF God-DAMNED Christmas comics..... I'M SORRY ....I'm still not feeling it..... but wtf. it's the good captain...... may his blasphemed bones choke the current editors of DC comics on Christmas day... in front of their children with a plethera of superman retturns toys at their feet...... that's the spirit! C.C. would be proud..... ps. All I want for x-mas is Fat-Man the Human Flying Saucer #3. ....all riight you bastards..make a fat kids dream come true.

2006-12-15T02:08:00.000-05:00

HULLO bloggers.... drunx on good lager.... zee eBAy gooty booty iz cummin in. Narry a day ago, I recieved a package of 5 marvel treasury editions...and I am totally stoked on that format. anuther un greeted me apon my arival at YE OL; TATT2 SHOP today.... loads of Marvel team-up;s in that one.... BUT 2 the point of this,,,, oversized comics just rock the fuckin house! I MEAN... REALLY; it;s much truer to the size of the original art & I think they used a much better printer (and perhaps dumped the cheap-o pl,astic printing plates)... than on the regular comics.... Quality was indeed a dirty word in the world of 70's comics....looking thru a few smith conan stories should convince you.... but even the more pedestrain stuff like hulk inked by Severin just jumps off of the blasted page in this size. as it should.... The god-damned mediocrioctains who would sell your komic book kolecting kid ass out for a mere quarter, were somhow shamed into printing up a decent representation of this art, thus THE MARVEL TREASURY EDITION.....and thoes famous 1st edition for youse DC dorks. Surprisingly this crap is still relitivialy cheep .... I spent all of 10 BUCKS for a nice lot of 6.... Relying on memory... I THINK the best of the bunch is that Smith Conan one and the superman Vs muhamed ali.. by Adams...... I vaguely remember the wedding of BOUNCING BOY and DUO- DAMSEL? IN a LSH TREASURY.....yea.... I WAS A DORK....
I can remember as a child, snakiing my sister's copy of the FF Treasury edition..... I think the 'rents bought it for her cuz it had sue storm in it.... mabey she could relate. Ultimatly she didn't, and i of course inhereted every comic in the house. Including a beloved Don Heck Wonder Woman and several issues of CALVIN..... why we bought comics about urban african american lil archies, is still beyond my comprhension.... but be that at it may,,,, it is what it is, HOLMES Spidey Super-Stories and ALL!..... NO SHAME HERE.... (were they DeCarlo?).. where are thoes comics now...... sorry kids. no Marvel Treaury scans.... but for alla youse LsH DWEEBS out there here is a Dan DeCARLO saturn gurl.... just to bring things full circle..... HOOKA HEY.... go look att that again!..... C'MON..... It's DeCarlo.

2006-12-13T19:07:00.000-05:00

What the Hell.... we can dothis for a week or 2 right? As many of you know X-Mas is without a doubt, the most hated of holiday's for us social miscreedants and ne'r do wells of the artistic world. However it looks like some guys just get Tons of work around this time of year...... so we here in the Vault, bring you the dreaded.... Christmas Cover Of The Day! nice stuff actually!