It’s Jack Kirby Day!

I met Jack Kirby for the first time in 1991. I was buying and selling original comic art in partnership with Gaston Dominguez (now of Meltdown Comics & Collectibles fame). We had brokered several deals between rock star Glenn Danzig, who was a huge Kirby fan and collector, and The Holland Brothers, who had written…

I’ll Take (Dr.) Manhattan

The first page of Adam Hughes‘ DR. MANHATTAN #1 is a dead-on tribute to Dave Gibbons‘ opening from the second issue of the original series. He takes a three-quarter step away and captures the event of Edward Blake‘s funeral from a slightly different angle in a very similar illustrative style to the chapter that first…

Tony Scott 1944 – 2012

One of my very first entertainment jobs was for Tony Scott. Sort of… I worked at a comic book shop called Fantastic Store with my then roommate Gaston Dominguez (the man behind the empire that is now Meltdown Comics and Collectibles), which used to be kitty-corner from Hollywood and Highland before the Kodak theater, subway…

Joe Kubert 1926 – 2012

Mere days after my last post I got the news of Joe Kubert‘s passing. I’ll be honest: it stung a bit. Joe was an incredible artist capable of conveying more truth in a single, crooked line than most artists can with hundreds of clean ones. His impact on the comics medium is practically immeasurable, and…

Silk Spectre Goes Psychedelic

Joshua Middleton variant cover Darwyn Cooke & Amanda Conner‘s SILK SPECTRE #2 trips headlong into the id of the psychedelic 60s via a sinister plot right out of… Josie and the Pussycats? While not as strong as the debut issue in relaying Laurie’s inner monologue, there’s a playful use of irony in which the visuals…