YIKES! Major slowdown for reading this month and a rather boring mystery that seemingly went on forever—but I somehow felt compelled to finish—didn’t help. But I did read a couple of fun Marvel reprint books, so that’s a plus! Original Sins by Erin YoungOriginal Sins is the second book in author Erin Young’s Riley Fisher... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 07, titled "Marvel Monster Madness!," is now available for your viewing pleasure! Making its World Premiere at WonderCon 2024 on March 30th, this edited (and enhanced) video version features my nostalgic look back at that limbo-like period of time between Atlas Comics and Marvel Comics, when Martin Goodman and... Continue Reading →
OOF! Wow, I slowed down this month with only five books read. At this pace, I’ll be lucky to make 50, let alone 80 for the year! I was busy with my WonderCon presentation for Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! Episode 07, which was definitely the most labor-intensive video I’ve ever produced. But enough... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! returns to WonderCon with the world premiere of Episode 7: MARVEL MONSTER MADNESS! This brand new episode travels back to the late 1950s to explore the giant monster characters created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee (with help from Larry Lieber, Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck), in... Continue Reading →
DRAGOOM! THE BLIP! GOOM! LO-KARR! MONSTRO! GOOGAM! ORRGO! ROMMBU! TIM B00 BA! ZZUTAK! And the immortal FIN FANG FOOM! These are names that strike fear deep in the heart of us mere mortals! Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! returns to WonderCon in just a few short weeks with the world premiere of Episode 7:... Continue Reading →
DRAGOOM! THE BLIP! GOOM! LO-KARR! MONSTRO! GOOGAM! ORRGO! ROMMBU! TIM B00 BA! ZZUTAK! And the immortal FIN FANG FOOM — "The Most Fearful Menace of Them All!" These are names that strike fear deep into the heart of us mere mortals! Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! returns to WonderCon in just a few short... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 06 is here! This brand-new episode focuses on a short run of Captain America comics from 1969—issues #109 through #116—which feature a virtual who’s-who of Marvel Comics superstar artists from that period when the company was at its peak: Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, John Romita, John Buscema, and Gene... Continue Reading →
A short month made shorter by my continued reading of yet another Hollywood history book, Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties by Foster Hirsch, a 600-page behemoth that is fascinating nonetheless. So here’s what else I read in February. Home to Stay! The Complete Ray Bradbury EC StoriesThis sumptuously designed, large format, hardcover book... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 06 will premiere soon here and on the official TFMSR YouTube channel! This brand-new episode focuses on a short run of Captain America comics from 1969—issues #109 through #116—which feature a virtual who’s-who of Marvel Comics’ superstar artists from that period when the company was at its peak: Jack... Continue Reading →
We’re back with our first all-new, full-length Tales From My Spinner Rack! video of 2024. “My Favorite 1960s Superman Stories” chronicles my love of four issues of Superman from the Silver Age, Mort Weisinger-edited era of the Man of Steel: #137 (“The Two Faces of Superman!”), #149 (“The Death of Superman!”), #156 (“The Last Days... Continue Reading →
Lots and lots of Marvel reprint books this time, and two great books on movies to boot, plus one of my current fave mystery characters returns for her fifth installment. Read on, stalwart reader … these are the books I read in January. Hollywood: The Oral History by Jeanine Basinger and Sam WassonThis giant book... Continue Reading →
Welcome to 2024 and the second full year of Tales From My Spinner Rack! When I started this series one year ago on my blog, I didn’t realize where it would take me. I thought it would be a fun, little, hobby type of thing, exploring the comic books I loved as a kid and... Continue Reading →
Eight books this month, not a record, but a big month for me. I made it to my GoodReads goal of 75 books in 2023, surpassing it by six for a total of 81, so I guess 2024’s goal will have to be 85! Calico by Lee GoldbergI started reading Lee Goldberg’s books—well, some of... Continue Reading →
From the Home Office in San Diego, CA, in which the author bares his soul ... Let’s just say 2023 wasn’t my favorite year. I had a few health problems in the second half, thankfully nothing major (so far), and an also not-my-favorite trip to my beloved United Kingdom (Harrogate and London), plus the usual... Continue Reading →
We’re back on the world-famous Official Tales From My Spinner Rack! YouTube Channel with our first, all-new video, one that isn’t based on a convention presentation that I did. If you’ve been reading the three-part “December 1965” saga here over the past month, you’ll be (hopefully) happy to see a video devoted to the series.... Continue Reading →
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