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 →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 08, titled "Just Imagine! DC Comics House Ads," is now available for your viewing pleasure! This all new video explores the wonderful world of DC Comics House Ads from the Silver Age of Comics, roughly the 12-cent era from 1962 to 1969, which includes ads scanned from the comics... Continue Reading →
When I was buying comic books as a kid way back when, we didn’t have no fancy internet or apps to help us keep track of what was coming out each week. Oh, sure there were fanzines, but they were few and far between, and by the time they got to us through the US... Continue Reading →
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 →
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