This is a reminder- perhaps a petty one, but a reminder regardless- that Roy Thomas’s “Manager” and best friend is an undeniable fuckin’ moron. This was posted only a couple hours ago and a reader sent me this screenshot. Happy Birthday Stan!!! Except… Stan’s birthday is in DECEMBER.

You can’t make it up: someone brought to my attention that Roy Thomas’s autobiography has been made available for pre-order. Amongst the comments in the Official Roy Thomas Appreciation Group comes this guy’s somewhat sheepish reminder that Roy is using HIS title, which he’s shared numerous times:

Some people thought I was being mean-spirited with this piece, when I was really trying to convey just how misguided and ill-informed many people are about the figures they profess to admire. But yeah, some baffling choices in these pieces… fourcolorsinners.com/2023/11/11/s...

Eclipse Comics PSA, 1987.

While this article (from last year) is based around comments by Jenny Blake, the greater point is about selective rationalization and the very flawed “you weren’t in the room” defense amongst biased comic book consumers: fourcolorsinners.com/2024/08/16/o...

If Roy Thomas’s retroactive career makeover wasn’t enough to make you boycott Alter Ego, perhaps this will- a regular contributor is the extreme right wing journalist who is such a creep that Fox News fired him: fourcolorsinners.com/2023/11/24/a...

JayJay Jackson on a life in the comic book industry, dancing in Eighties New York, the craft of coloring, and both the unseen side- and final days- of Jim Shooter. If you enjoy shoptalk about comics making & the people behind the scenes, you’ll enjoy this: fourcolorsinners.com/2025/08/15/i...

I don’t know this candidate- based in Rhode Island- it’s in his favor that he’s a Democrat- but, hey- dig that name:

The travesty that nostalgia wrought- another shallow “Biography” on the sainted Old Master, by another of his rationalizing acolytes: fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/27/l...

Interesting aside from Susan Loeb who, as a 22 year old Marvel employee in the late 60/early 70s was asked to take a “writing test” by seeing how she’d ghost an installment of ‘Stan’s Soapbox’. Perhaps it’s nothing but I found it interesting in spite of what we know today regarding… ghosts.

“And Captain America is, today, a 21st century film icon. I’d like to see him punching more Nazis though.” - the great Rick Veitch

A reminder that Mark Evanier routinely makes things up, such is his image of himself as “The Source”. He banks on ppl being unaware of his prolific insults of JK (before he learned Kirby lived within driving distance) and on being unaware of his many falsehoods: fourcolorsinners.com/2023/10/28/t...

The discussion about original art being stolen from Marvel has continued for decades. Here’s something to further the discussion, peppered w/ things like photographic evidence, notable statements, and names on guest lists at events where stolen artwork appeared: fourcolorsinners.com/2024/08/03/a...

For the record, I’m for Julia Garner’s casting and can hardly tolerate outraged comic bros whining about “Woke”- that being said, no one seems to have considered the possible motivation for choosing Shalla-Bal in the new FF film: fourcolorsinners.com/2024/04/07/c...

Roy Thomas is hellbent on retconning: fourcolorsinners.com/2025/07/22/i...

I know, I know… watching an interview with Roy Thomas manager John “Ditko Ambusher” Cimino is the last thing you want to do. Fortunately for you, Four Color Sinners watched it *for* you, and discussed it here: fourcolorsinners.com/2025/07/21/a...

A reminder of Roy Thomas’s villainy, and John Cimino’s passion for JUSTICE in attacking a deceased Len Wein. We bring the receipts in a piece that Eisner Award for Comics Journalism winner Austin English called “brave journalism”: fourcolorsinners.com/2023/12/29/s...

This is, literally, a question. I’ve asked this question, sincerely, and with an open mind for some time now. There’s never an answer, just flustered defensiveness and insults. I’ll present it again. As Judas sang, “Don’t get me wrong- I only want to know” fourcolorsinners.com/2023/09/10/w...

Make up your own mind but this (summarizing the 3 previous posts, linked at the top) is my take on one of Evanier's grifts right after Kirby died. accordingtokirby.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/s...

Patricia Highsmith’s day job in Golden Age Comics: fourcolorsinners.com/2024/05/26/i...

“Thereafter, Roy occasionally fed me, “Hey, when you talk to Stan, tell him you don’t like this guy on a book.” - Roy Thomas was affecting other professional’s careers as far back as 1970. fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/15/w...

One of the very first articles on Four Color Sinners, this deserves a wider audience. Why isn’t this a bigger deal amongst comic fans and pros? When Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio intentionally destroyed a powerful Black woman in the Avengers: fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/08/a...

There’s a few articles I felt were especially worthwhile that I wished would’ve reached a wider audience. This is one of them: fourcolorsinners.com/2025/04/13/i...

I spoke with Clair Noto for three hours and she certainly didn’t come off as mentally troubled. She did, however, mention that whenever a woman pushes back against inequality they’re frequently painted as difficult or not mentally sound. So what does Gerry Conway write?