Monday, June 24, 2024

Thr Return Of The Return? by Frank Frazetta








 Dunnae know if that first image is even Jongor, it's just my best guess.  If you know about it (or more importantly, if I can see it better), please holla.  This poor scan says I printed it 22 years ago, and the descriptor along the bottom says frankfrazetta/rare art/fight

Friday, June 21, 2024

The Freaks Come Out At Night by Berni Wrightson











 Last image is a real heart-breaker (well, nah, I'm cool with it).  I cut my fav House cover out and glued it on some black paper, but the only black paper I had was the intro pages to A Look Back.  dummy

Quicksilver













 Was just gonna put up Fantucchio's fanzine illo, but then I remembered several favs by favs

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

The Jungle Lord by Frank Frazetta



 Tarzan, biggerbetterfasterstronger than he ever was or ever will be

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

I'll Build Another Universe! by Steve Ditko


 Oh, true dat, Mr. D!  Here's less than a half page at Charlton, but Ditko had multiple universes at Marvel, DC, and just about everywhere else, and across multiple decades

Saturday, June 15, 2024

Galactic Head by Spain Rodriguez



 Ok, not at all like GH by Kirby, but still, Manny did a che cool cover

Friday, June 14, 2024

Pirates Of Venus by Roy G. Krenkel







 True confession time (again!)--I hate the original cover.  That birdman is strictly for the birds.  But this first image (I found it in a Comics Interview from 1983) is che cool

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Sir Mansfield Goes To Battle by Wally Wood


 From the great Dell comic (?) Boris Karloff #9.  Pretty bland story, but Woody was amaz'n on all the details, especially the castle

Barbarian Hack'n Thru The Jungle by Berni Wrightson


 Have no idea who the pointy-eared narrator is ,or any other aspect of this early pencil, but I dig it

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Where Unicorns Come From by Barry Smith

Not sure when or where I first saw this, but I do remember thinking, "Of course!  The armor on a battle horse could have led to the concept of a unicorn!"  Gotta be some Unicorn experts out there who can straighten me out.... 

Friday, June 7, 2024

The Barbarians Centerspread Of Comixscene #5 by Jim Steranko




First is the postage-stamp-sized ad that appeared in comic books of the day, then (not much bigger) the ad that appeared in later Comixscenes
 

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Orion's Darkseid by Jack Kirby




 






Nine years ago, that second image was like 12 feet high at an exhibit I so wanted to go to