Adam Strange is an archaeologist who gets zapped by a “zeta beam” and is instantly transported 25 trillion miles away to the planet Rann. There he finds an advanced civilization of earth-like humans and is befriended by one of their scientists who has a beautiful daughter (of course) named Alanna. Before too long, the zeta beam wears off and Adam returns to earth. Every six weeks he rendezvouses with a zeta beam in … Read More
Comic Cards Project: Day 4 • Elasti-Girl
Elasti-Girl might be the most glamorous superhero ever. She was a gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer who became a movie star before gaining the ability to expand and shrink her body at will. Once she had super powers, she was invited to join Robotman, Negative Man, and The Chief in the dysfunctional super group, The Doom Patrol. The Doom Patrol was an unusual … Read More
Comic Cards Project: Day 3 • Robby Reed
Robby Reed??? You never heard of Robby Reed? I’m not surprised. He starred in a somewhat obscure feature called “Dial H for Hero” that ran in the comic House of Mystery. A typical teenager who acquired a device that looked like an old rotary phone dial, Robby could dial H-E-R-O and be turned into some kind of super-being. He became a different, … Read More
Comic Cards Project: Day 2 • Black Canary
Black Canary was a character created in the 1940s with a look based on the actress Veronica Lake. In the late 40s and early 50s superheroes fell out of favor and their stories were no longer published. But like a lot of the old characters, Black Canary was revived in the 1960s. I first discovered her when I was 10 … Read More
Comic Cards Project: Day 1 • Batman
I’m working on a personal project, illustrating a deck of playing cards using characters found in DC comics between 1957-1967 — the height of the kitschy Silver Age of comics. I’ll be posting one illustration every weekday for 11 weeks, which will take us just about until the end of May. 55 posts = 52 regular cards, 2 jokers, and … Read More
Hey Kids! New Comics!
I have comics in two anthologies that are debuting at APE (Alternative Press Expo) this weekend in San Francisco. If you happen to be going be sure to check out Sidewalk Bump #2 a collection of skateboarding comics edited by Dan Moynihan. It will be available at the Turk Street Projects booth (#205). And don’t miss out on the 368-page … Read More
Tough Boys in Trouble
Join the boys of The Book Of Boy Trouble and Abby Denson of Tough Love for a night of discussion about gay comix! Rhino, Craig Bostick, J. Brett Hopkins, Tony Arena, Russ Turk and Abby Denson convene on Thursday, Feb 1st, 7PM at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street in New York City.
Look what I got!
My good friend David Kelly made this watercolor painting for my birthday. Isn’t it sweet? David is the creator of Steven Comics and co-editor of the Boy Trouble series. It’s not so bad getting another year older when you get something super cool like this. Thanks David! (Click on the image to see it bigger.)
NEW! “Boys On The Beach” video
First it was a song on the CD “They All Want Cake”. Then it was a comic by David Kelly and Craig Bostick in the Book of Boy Trouble published by Green Candy Press. Now the comic has been adpated into video. Check it out!
Upcoming Events! Rock Shows! Comics!
There’s quite a bit going on in the next month or so. Here’s all the information: Wednesday, September 27 Spoilsport at the Abbey Lounge, 3 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA 02143 – a great sounding room. Come see for yourself! 9:00pm Roosevelt Jones and the Hard Feeling9:45pm Spoilsport10:30pm Franklin Kite11:30pm Stacy Williams Saturday, October 7 P.A.N.I.C.! (Punk And Independent Comics) in … Read More