Saturday, February 7, 2026

New Six/Seven by Berni Wrightson!


Yeah, yeah, just new to me, and just the first three.  Teenage Berni art is just the cat's meow, I feel, and I was so pumped to see them.  If you know of more from 1966/1967 or thereabouts, please holla










 

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Eyes Of Mars Page by Mike Kaluta

First published thing ever, 20-year-old Kaluta had this second page (with the first page and other pages) published in the fanzine Graphic Showcase.  EOM was in the first 3 issues, and sump'n sweet had arrived on the comic art scene

 

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Dig'n Me Some Steve Ditko

This is so spot on for me.  Years ago I was dig'n holes for fence posts, when I hit a massive rock.  As I worked to dig it out, I discovered it was a boulder (makes sense, as I was dig'n in Boulder).  When my hole got to be about this size, I decided to cut a post shorter so it looked like it was as deep as the other posts

Monday, February 2, 2026

Atlas Shrugged by Jack Kirby

Lots a Atlas up on here in the wayback, but not this one, at least not where it was called Atlas.  It's nestled in a coupla my Valentine's posts amongst a plethora (some folks tell me it's nice when I use that word-that it means a lot to them) of the sketches Jack did for Roz for her black book Valentine.  Even those don't show the fineline pencils like this (please embiggen), though
 

Sandman Deluxe Covers by Mike Kaluta





Just saw these at the local library, and one regret is the online images don't show that they're wrap-arounds
 

Another Talon (?) by Jim Steranko

Xerox of a sketch used as a fanzine cover in 1977, so acourse I missed it while at university (I think that was the year I had to read all of Shakespeare while master'n the card game Hearts).  Most of this garb reflects the classic outfit on that quintessential Talon, and even that headband appears on two other Talons, so my fifty-sump'n year wait for another Talon is over


 

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Monkey'n Around with Steve Ditko and Art Adams

Maybe the weirdest leap I've ever made try'n to compare gorilla my dreams.  Let me also drop the K bomb-Konga