September 1954 Editor: Whitney Ellsworth Cover: Win Mortimer (Pencils and Inks) 1. The Jungle Cat Queen! Script: Edmond Hamilton Pencils: Dick Sprang Inks: Charles Paris Catwoman steals some diamonds and flies away in her Cat-plane. I love that she can pilot her own aircraft. It’s unusual during this time period for a female character to be so empowered, but sister … Read More
World’s Finest Comics #72
September-October 1954Editor: Whitney EllsworthCover: Curt Swan (Pencils) Stan Kaye (Inks) 1. Fort Crime Script: Alvin SchwartzPencils: Curt SwanInks: Stan Kaye Superman and Batman appeared together on all the covers of World”™s Finest Comics since it”™s beginning in 1941 but it wasn”™t until the issue just before this one (#71) that the comic would feature a story of the two heroes … Read More
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #1
Sept.-Oct. 1954Editor: Mort WeisingerCover: Curt Swan (Pencils), Stan Kaye (Inks) The character of Jimmy Olsen, cub reporter at the Daily Planet, originated on the radio show The Adventures of Superman in 1940. Superman”™s creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster brought the character to comics in 1941, fleshing out his personality and physical appearance, but after using Jimmy in a handful … Read More
Look Inside My Head #2
Top to bottom, left to right: 1) insurance poster (artist unknown), 2) illustration by Charles Aromando from Etiquette for Young Moderns by Gay Head 1954, 3) thrift store find (artist unknown), 4) Robin is Kidnapped Batman trading card #29 by Bob Powell (layout) and Norman Saunders (painting) Topps 1966 , 5) Clue board game cards, Parker Brothers, 1960.
Fleeting
I saw a documentary on Netflix recently about Bill Watterson and his comic Calvin and Hobbes which inspired me to read some of the strips. Nothing could more accurately convey the way I feel today.
Look Inside My Head #1
Top to bottom, left to right: 1) Illustration by John Duillo, 2) Jaymar picture puzzle “Chicken Charlie” (artist unknown), 3) insurance poster (artist unknown), 4) illustration by Cliff Roberts from The First Book of Jazz by Langston Hughes, 5) Burt Ward as Robin in the 1966-68 Batman TV show.
Read it in The Comics Journal
My most recently published comic got a nice mention from Rob Clough in The Comics Journal today. Craig Bostick’s “Guitar Bass Drums” is a brilliant short piece about three members of a band and the sexual politics of adding a new member. Each page is narrated by a different member of the band and is color-coded. Bostick’s been making great comics … Read More
Self-Portrait
A self-portrait wearing my summer uniform. Here in Boston, this is wishful thinking.
Comic Cards Project: Day 54 • Bat-Mite
Bat-Mite was a magical imp from another dimension who claimed to be Batman”™s biggest fan. He wore a suit inspired by his idol and loved to visit Gotham City to see the Caped Crusader in action. And the more action the better. If he thought Batman and Robin were succeeding too easily in their fight against crime, he used his … Read More
Comic Cards Project: Day 53 • Bizarro
Far off in the outer space of comic books, existed the whacky, cube-shaped planet known as Bizarro World. Inhabiting this cockeyed world were hordes of grotesque, imperfect imitations of Superman and Lois Lane created by a defective duplicator ray. These flawed replicas had limited intelligence and appeared to be formed out of white stone. Their behavior was governed by their Bizarro … Read More