Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! All images and art in this post TM & © MARVEL. 1968 is the last great year of the Marvel Annuals, in my humble opinion. It was the end of a six-year run of truly great comic books which topped off the summer,... Continue Reading →
I'm just an iPhone photographer taking pictures of sunsets with palm trees in them. I'm not sure when or where I took this, to be honest. #1 in a series of sunset photos. If you enjoyed this post, please leave a like or a comment and follow me here and on Instagram@gg92118!
Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! All images and art in this post TM & © MARVEL. 1966 marks the low point of the “Golden Age” of Marvel Annuals as far as I’m concerned. Gone were any special features that made the first Fantastic Four and Spider-Man Annuals so... Continue Reading →
When I was writing my 20+ part opus, “My Life in Comics,” on this here blog thingie, I often mentioned the name Fae Desmond, who was my boss at Comic-Con for all 21 years I was an employee. A news release was sent out yesterday, and—I’m happy to say, actually covered on the comics websites,... Continue Reading →
Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! All images and art in this post TM & © MARVEL. By the time the summer of 1964 rolled around, the “Marvel Age of Comics” was in full swing. Captain America, the last of the Timely (Marvel’s company name in the 1940s and... Continue Reading →
I know I've posted this photo before, but it's one of my all-time favorites. It's rare to see all the neon on this sign working at once, and I lucked out one night at dusk being over in the Sports Arena area on Rosecranz Street at just the right time to see it. The building... Continue Reading →
Click on the images above and below to see them larger on your screen! Let me set the scene for you … It’s the summer of 1963 and three long months of relative freedom extend before me. School is out and it’s four months before the US will change forever. Things to look forward to:... Continue Reading →
Six years ago this weekend, I moved across the bay from downtown San Diego to Coronado. It was one of the best things I’ve done in my life. I loved downtown San Diego … for a time. It was always my ambition to live in an apartment in the center of a major city. I... Continue Reading →
If you’re joining us for the first time because you somehow stumbled into—or willingly attended—my Comic-Con 2023 Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! panel—or if you’re a regular reader—please note that I’m taking a week or two off to recover from Comic-Con 2023, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek of our next... Continue Reading →
A bit of a strange month for me … I was so busy with my Comic-Con panel presentation that I didn’t have a lot of time for reading, so I’m falling a bit behind on my goal of 75 books this year. The bulk of this month’s reading is graphic novels … well, more like... Continue Reading →
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