If you’re signed up for my newsletter, you already know this, but… Four-Fisted Tales is done and will be released on August 18th. And at long last, I can finally reveal the cover! I couldn’t be happier to have this book wrapped up and about to be released into the wild. I think the final …
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Feb 04 2021
How Different Cartoonists Draw Water – Part II
Based on both site stats and how much social media traction it gets when it comes up in conversation, one of the most enduringly popular posts I’ve done on my blog is 2008’s How Different Cartoonists Draw Water. I wrote that post as I was in the midst of working on both Amelia Earhart: This …
Dec 22 2020
What I read in 2020
As I did last year, here’s a run-down of the comics and comics-related stuff I read this past year. As will be obvious as you look through the list, this is a list of things I read this year, not things that came out this year. It’s also not a “best of” list. I have, …
Nov 11 2020
The True Origin of M.O.D.O.K.
As you may have heard, there’s going to be a stop-motion animated Hulu series starring Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. Reading this news, I was struck by how it’s just de rigueur accepted that M.O.D.O.K.–once a “serious” Marvel villain (first full appearance: Tales of Suspense #94 – ed.)–is now a jokey semi-ironic gag character, a character that might, …
Aug 16 2020
Is the Cover of Detective Comics #1029 Derived from a Series of Fan Commissions?
I may be wrong–and please correct me in the comments if I am–but I believe this recent cover, the cover for Detective Comics #1029, is the first time a fan commission has (kind of) made it to the cover of an actual, published Marvel or DC book. So, re. “kind of,” some caveats: first, the …
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