Monday, October 26, 2026

New EC Valor Art by Roy Krenkel and Al Williamson!!!

Yeah, yeah, just new to me!  As Miss Congeniality would say, "I had no idea!"  Very cool stuff







 

Friday, October 23, 2026

The Awesome Fanzine That Never Was







This is the kinda stuff that really makes my motor hum (ka-chow!)!  First image is an ad for Galactic Illustrations #3 that I found in an old Sci-fi fanzine, then the same Ditko illo used in the ad, but colorized.  By the by, that tiny Thor sketch by Jack Kirby in the ad seems familiar, but I dunno if I've ever seen it. Next is a nice version of the back of Eon #3.  But why, Cap'n, why?  Okay, hold onto your beanie, but the fanzine GI #3 does not exist!  The Mr. A stuff by Ditko was sold to Eon, but where's the beef (er, where's the rest) ?  The ad says this imaginary fanzine also has W. Wood and Fujitake and some kid named T. Kirk (the internet, by the by, says this ad appeared in RBCC #62, but I don't have that, and no mention of sci-fi fanzines).  Next we have the covers to GI #s 1 and 2, which do exist.  wow







 

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Some Panoply Mind by George Metzger


I want to buy a more complete version of this (is it Lost Worlds, mayhap?), but all I have is Panoply money







 

Capitan Marvel by Gil Kane


Looks like there's at least three ways to say this dude's name (I reference Cap'n Marvel on here quite a bit)

 

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Cap'n Science Quartet by Wally Wood


Only the fourth one is new on here.  I useta be on the midnight shift at a big computer firm mak'n big computers.  I spliced and cured the material for a bazillion spools of reel-to-reel tape.  We sang a line of a hit song a lot-"She blinded me with science!"  Probly only makes sense to me, but I think of that verse whenever I see this name





 

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Those Wunnerful Kline-A-Saurs of Bob Kline














Kline (along with Fujitake and Fantucchio and Art Cooper) was a true "fan" artist of that late sixties/early seventies fanzine golden era.  I particularly loved these dinosaur render'ns, but also dug his giant snakes, other massive monsters, and anything else he did