"The Life of James J. Walker" (1927). A jam piece by George Herriman, George McManus, Cliff Sterrett, etc. More detailed listing here: www.tumblr.com/rodrigobaeza... Auction link: www.ebay.com/itm/35769559...

Steve Englehart and Joe Staton re-invented DC Comics' Guy Gardner 40 years ago, and now they are finally getting the credit (and money), beginning with the Superman movie this year. Read on: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-co...

Parts 2 to 4 have been added, they can all be seen here: www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/author/eric-...

This Argentinian video about Alan Moore includes interviews with David Lloyd (in English) and Oscar Zárate (in Spanish). www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUZt...

Jack Kirby's 1945 military record: "He states that he killed two Germans. "He states that his only feeling as a result [..] is one of relief of having come out of it alive. "He said that it was a nerve wracking experience, cutting a man's throat and having his blood splatter all over your face."

Half a century -- to the day! -- of the airing of Welcome Back, Kotter's pilot episode, here's my interview with Elliot S! Maggin, who wrote the first two issues of the comic book spinoff. whosoutthere.ca/2025/09/23/f...

Oh I see people have finally twigged on about Frazer Irving. He was one of the people who I wondered might there yesterday. Oh you want the evidence I’ve collected over the past few years until Musk stopped me… Read on…

Craig Thompson interview: dateline-new-haven.transistor.fm/277

New at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: Gretchen Felker-Martin speaks out about DC Comics cancelling Red Hood, and her comments on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "I had no regrets." www.tcj.com/horror-it-gi...

"Can ChatGPT replace our [Comics] Research Assistants?" (Spoiler: No) www.whatwerecomics.com/blog/2025/9/...

Now that it's officially solicited, I can announce that I've written the foreword for WONDER WOMAN: THE SILVER AGE OMNIBUS #3, on sale in January 2026. I'm very excited to be part of this volume and very grateful to DC Library curator Benjamin Le Clear for recommending me for the intro.

"Who Drew the Classic Topps Baseball Cartoons?" Work by Jack Davis, Jack Kirby, Murray Olderman, Irwin Hasen, and Bhob Stewart featured in this article by Eric White: www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/who-drew-the...

Life in the year 2079 according to The 10th Victim (1965), which I finally got round to watching last night. Silly but stylish fun, like very low-grade Fellini, especially with Marcello Mastroianni (with blond hair!) being named "Marcello". One of the "jokes" is that the Pope is an American.

Mort Todd, gone way too soon... 😢

Former DC letterhack and staffer Guy H. Lillian III has passed away.

While Jim Aparo (1932-2005) is chiefly remembered as a DC Comics mainstay, I hold the minority opinion that his earlier work at Charlton was superior, less formulaic. Because of his reliability and popularity, DC squeezed him hard. Check out this touching SF tale from 1968! 🤖🎂🚀

So sorry to hear about the passing of Dave Taylor. Amazing artist and a lovely guy. Love to his family ❤️

A 1972 letter from Ray Bradbury to Patricia Breccia (Alberto's daughter), written in response to a fan letter. It includes a copy of a Bradbury painting, "The Pumpkin Tree".

Found more information about this documentary. Produced in 1979 by a Canadian company (Mediavision), and directed by Robert Wylam. It seems a 26-minute long version was also produced.

On H.P. Lovecraft's birthday, here's one of his few observations about comics: "We question, however, the place of popular cartoons in serious papers; the 'funny picture' habit is essentially a plebeian one, and alien to journalism of the highest grade." -United Amateur 16, No. 8 (May 1917)

Sy Barry profile: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/18/a...

Johnny Craig

Fantagraphics has posted its Winter 2016 catalog, the highlight for me is this new Kim Deitch book: www.fantagraphics.com/products/how...

Just announced: a new reprint of DICK TRACY newspaper strips, this time in softcover. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Not many people know that if you hang out long enough in semi-defunct Facebook groups a pop-up will appear asking you if you want to be the admin or moderator of the group.

Sure, doctors will tell you taking a morning walk is good for your health, but they won't warn you about the economic risks involved in going near used bookstores.

Cover revealed:

"Bobby Sox" original art (1950) by Marty Links.

I'm trying to locate the original art for these Nikolai Dante pages by John M Burns. They're both from the story Usurper which appeared in 2000AD Prog 1487 May 2006. Please DM me if you have any info or contact [email protected]. Thank you.

A great-looking scan of Marvel's RED RAVEN COMICS #1 (1940) is available at the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/red-...

According to this news report, Robert Crumb is doing a new 45-page comic, "Tales of Paranoia", for Fantagraphics. www.midilibre.fr/2025/07/27/r...

1983: I guess this must be some of Tim Sale’s earliest published work. Inking John Buscema for the New Talent feature in Marvel Age

Looks like the entirety of Alan Moore's BBC Maestro storytelling course is now available for free: www.youtube.com/@AlanMoore-U...

This was a "Batman at Fifty" cover done in 1989 for Amazing Heroes.

Good list, and I enjoyed seeing MS. TREE by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty here. Besides the actual comics content, it was Collins's writing in the letter columns/backmatter that led me to an interest in crime writers such as Thompson, Goodis, Himes, etc. as well as film noir in general.

Joe Sacco Asks Why History Repeats Itself www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

New blog post: Bob Haberfield: The Man and His Art

The stuff you notice when you do research on early comics history across countries. Left: The Flea by Wilhelm Busch, 1862 Right: Adaptation of The Flea in a Chinese magazine, 1880

The full interview is available here: fazieditore.it/wp-content/u...

Cartoonist Chris Ware brings Chicago-inspired world to new postage stamps www.wbez.org/arts/2025/07...

Enrique Breccia interview youtu.be/OPoCMdG91iU?...

If it turns out I got a Superman movie with Krypto and a scandal that actually hurts Trump in the same month, I will explode into a rainbow of sparks.

1972: Wonder Woman graces the cover of Ms. magazine. To celebrate, Wonder Woman writer Robert Kanigher—no fan of feminism, he—is invited to appear on TO TELL THE TRUTH. What could go wrong? youtu.be/iKg7cXFrRVg?...

Interview with @bryan-talbot.bsky.social : fumettologica.it/2025/07/brya...

New addition to my art collection has arrived! A Paolo Ongaro page! Even bigger and more beautiful than I’d thought!

Superman #297 (March 1976): Clark Kent would rather not visit Chile. "I'm not going to Chile because I don't like heat-- and Chile's got lots of heat... Also gnats, fleas and water rats -- some of whom hold public office --"

En el solsticio de verano, el señor Alan Moore nos concedió una larga entrevista a @manugutierrez.bsky.social y a mí (con la colaboración de @javimoraguion.bsky.social) y nos habló, entre otras cosas, sobre magia, drogas psicodélicas, fantasmas... narracionesgraficas.substack.com/p/entrevista...

"After Superman, What?": Letter/essay by mystery and s-f writer Fredric Brown, published in "Author & Journalist", October 1940. "I quote my agent: 'Editors feel that the tough, Dashiell Hammett type of detective is absolutely dead.' "It is my opinion that Superman killed him. R.I.P."