My Sunday, 9/22/24 live stream with David Powell of @StillOnly35c is now recorded for posterity—and eternity—on YouTube. You can watch it here. David and I have similar YouTube experiences—we both started our channels about a year ago—and comic book collecting passions, like British Marvel Comics reprints (Fantastic, POW!), which we discuss in the chat. It... Continue Reading →
Join me LIVE on YouTube this Sunday at 2:30 PM (PT, 5:30PM ET) as I team up with David from Still Only 35 Cents (@StillOnly35c) to talk all things comics! I’ve been following David and his channel for a while now and really enjoy his content. We were able to meet in person at this... Continue Reading →
For 14 straight years, I edited and designed San Diego Comic-Con’s Souvenir Book, the full-color trade paperback given out to all attendees. In 2019, the book celebrated the event’s 50th anniversary with a once-in-a-lifetime wraparound cover pencilled by superstar artist Jim Lee (with inks by Scott Williams, and colors by Alex Sinclair). Join me as... Continue Reading →
They say the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime and this year, I had a rare opportunity to do so. In early June, I was contacted by my friend and former co-worker at Comic-Con, Laura Jones, who asked me if I’d be willing to write an article for this year’s Souvenir Book... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 11 is now available for your viewing pleasure! This all-new video, subtitled "DC Comics in the Swingin' 60s: The Go-Go Checks Gambit!" explores the world of DC in the mid-1960s, focusing on the year and a half when Go-Go Checks appeared on the top of each and every DC... Continue Reading →
This was my big month to ramp up for Comic-Con, and then spend the final week as “vacation,” while I visit the actual event … so, just my way of telling you NOT a lot of reading this month. Busy-busy-busy, but here’s what I did read. Trust Her by Flynn BerryTessa and Marian, the Irish... Continue Reading →
UPDATED: 7/30/24 with Fantastic Four fan giveaway added (scroll down). I had a great time at Comic-Con 2024. The end. Well, yeah … it’s never that simple, now is it? Comic-Con 2024 was complicated, due to the very fact that it was the first event in five years that felt like it did pre-pandemic. And... Continue Reading →
COUNTDOWN TO COMIC-CON! We are just ONE week away from Comic-Con 2024, July 25-28 (with Preview Night July 24) at the San Diego Convention Center. My Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! presentation will take place at the event on Thursday, July 25th at 12:00 PM (Noon!) in Room 9! It's called "DC Comics in... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 10 is now available for your viewing pleasure! This all-new video concludes our two-part series devoted to the Marvel Annuals of the 1960s, covering 1966 through 1968, plus a couple of 1969 annuals that contain new special features. The Marvel Annuals continued throughout the rest of the 1960s, shrinking... Continue Reading →
COUNTDOWN TO COMIC-CON! We are THREE weeks (Happy 4th of July!) away from Comic-Con 2024, July 25-28 (with Preview Night July 24) at the San Diego Convention Center, and—as I mentioned last week—a Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! presentation will take place at the event on Thursday, July 25th (time and room number TBA).... Continue Reading →
Yikes, the year is halfway over! Lots of good books this month though … here's what I read! The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America by Sara B. FranklinLike a lot of people, I'm guessing, I first became aware of editor Judith Jones on the MAX TV series, Julia, about the... Continue Reading →
COUNTDOWN TO COMIC-CON! We are FOUR weeks (ONE MONTH!) away from Comic-Con 2024, July 25-28 (with Preview Night July 24) at the San Diego Convention Center, and I'm pleased to announce that once again, Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! will be making an appearance at the event! This year's topic will be "DC Comics... Continue Reading →
NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO! I just posted another new teaser for part 02 of my first two-part series, focusing on the Marvel Annuals of the 1960s on the official Tales From My Spinner Rack! YouTube Channel! Summer was a special time to be a comic book reader, as both Marvel and DC published larger, square-bound issues... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 09 is now available for your viewing pleasure! This all-new video is the first of a two-part series devoted to the Marvel Annuals of the 1960s! After the premiere of Giant Superman Annual #1 in 1960, annuals thrived from both DC and Marvel for the rest of the decade.... Continue Reading →
I got a little bit of my reading mojo back in May, thankfully, with seven (count ‘em—7!) books read. Brooklyn by Colm ToibinI first encountered Brooklyn in movie form, in 2015, starring the absolutely wonderful Saoirse Ronan, in a funky movie theater on 23rd Street or so, on a very cold day during a visit... Continue Reading →
