2024 was a shitty year. The End. Thanks for stopping by. Seriously, 2024 was not one of my favorite years in recent memory. It started off badly in January when I lost my car to flooding due to one of those “storms of the century” that seem to happen every couple of years these days.... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 15 takes a tour of my very own spinner rack, with stops along the way to examine some of my favorite covers. From Superman to Adam Strange, from the Demon to Captain America, from the Incredible Hulk to (Choke! Sob!) My Love Story Queen Size Special, and with special... Continue Reading →
OOPS! I realized in posting my October books, which featured Atlas Comics Library No. 3, I had never written a review for Atlas Comics Library No. 2: Venus, which I read months ago. Can you ever forgive me? Here is the review for that missing book! Atlas Comics Library No. 2: Venus Vol. 2 by... Continue Reading →
You can go All In, you can even go Absolute, but the one thing from DC Comics that excites me most these days is their new line of DC Finest trade paperbacks. I have in my hot little hands the very first volume, appropriately devoted to Superman, and aptly subtitled “The First Superhero.” I’m thrilled... Continue Reading →
Fall is here, but I’m still sitting out on my balcony in sunny San Diego reading books. Lots of graphic novels and collections this month, including an admission that I’m kinda “Thor” from reading so many Thor collections, but, oh that Jack Kirby art … not even Vince Colletta can ruin it, although he tries... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 14 is now available for your viewing pleasure! This all-new video takes us back 61 years to 1963 and Marvel’s very first war comic: Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created Fury and his team in the second year of the “Marvel Age of... Continue Reading →
Apologies for the clickbait headline … it’s nothing life-threatening or urgent. Just a personal favor, please. For the past year, I’ve been creating videos on my YouTube channel @ TalesFromMySpinnerRack. They’re based on my nostalgia for the old comic books I grew up loving in the 1960s and ‘70s. To-date, I’ve done 13 videos (#14... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 13 is now available for your viewing pleasure! This all-new video takes us back almost 60 years to three brand new #1 comic books that appeared on my small town newsstand in the summers of 1965 and 1966. In 1965, THUNDER Agents #1 blew me away with its stellar... Continue Reading →
Fall is always new book season for me. I’m looking forward to the new Michael Connelly Ballard & Bosch novel, The Waiting (due October 15th), among others, and numerous graphic novels and collections, including the launch of DC’s new line of reprints, DC Finest. While I’m a bit sad I’m not taking a longer book-hunting... Continue Reading →
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 →
Watchlist is an irregularly scheduled series of posts featuring reviews and observations on streaming TV series I’m watching. Yikes … I started this new category almost a year ago about the return of one of my favorite all-time TV shows—Justified—and then never wrote another post. I even designed my own, spiffy, little logo! So here... 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 →
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