Monday, August 29, 2016

Count'n Coup With Berni Wrightson

Okay, I dunnae know (in fact, highly doubt) this dude's been scalped, but there's a weird sump'n twixt the barbarian's hilt and pantaloons, and the loser does have pointy ears, which automatically makes him an enemy

The Presence by Jack Kirby

Just started Stranger Things on TV, and thought of this again

Conan #7 Panel by Barry Smith

If this isn't a shirt/poster/sump'n, it should be

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Nick Fury VS Scorpio by Jim Steranko

This double-page splash from Shield #1 was a choir-moment

Tarzan by Frank Frazetta








 
 



Once again I'm delightfully mystified.  Nevereverever seen that first image until today

Rocketeers by Jack Kirby

So one Halloween a lady opens the door to some rug-rats dressed as pirates.  "what cute little buccaneers!," says she.  It's just the ears we wuz born with, lady

Dynamo #3 Cover by Wally Wood




Before Benny N The Jets by a solid decade, but the tune goes well here

The New Mutants #42 Cover by Barry Smith


They should make a cooool ranch, is what comes to mind in recent times.  Yeah, yeah, thousands of folks run'n around with all these weird powers, and what we need is some NEW mutants....

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Robert E Howard Newsletter #7 Cover by Frank Frazetta

Okay, riddle me this---almost fifty years of admir'n Fritz's art (specially Conan), and I'd never seen this before

Friday, August 26, 2016

Thursday, August 25, 2016

On Top Of The St Louis Arch by Jack Kirby



I used to imagine stuff like this when I was a kid, but it took Jack coming back to Marvel and doing the cover of Fantastic Four 167 for me to finally see it

Thoth-Amon by Barry Smith


We finally get to see the original art on this amaz'n panel from Conan #7, and the print Barry did a few years later

Escape On Venus by Frank Frazetta

 
 

Again, the paperback cover was altered, but this is another one where I'm not real sure why

Writers Of The Future by Frank Frazetta




Although I luvs me some double entende, I kinda prefer Ellie's title for this, Leap'n Lizards.  In a lotta good ways, Ellie reminds me of Annie

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Doc Doom by Jack Kirby


April 2015 I said this unused Marvel calendar art was the cat's meow, and August of 2016 I'm dig'n the cat's pajamas