Watch the Season 14 premiere of SDConCast, the official podcast of the San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog, kicking off this season with its annual tradition featured special guest, moderator extraordinaire and writer, Mark Evanier (newsfromme.com). But there’s a twist! Also joining iwas returning guest Gary Sassaman (that's me!), former director of multiple departments at Comic-Con... Continue Reading →
IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME! In 1961, the company that would become known as Marvel Comics had a reduced outcome of just eight or so comics per month, due to an onerous distribution deal with their main competitor, National Periodical Publications, better known as DC Comics. Publisher Martin Goodman and editor Stan Lee published a steady diet... Continue Reading →
IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME! Join me at WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center, March 28-30 for Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! featuring the world premiere of my latest episode titled, “The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine!” on Saturday, March 29 at 3:00 PM in Room 209. Take a nostalgic look back at Stan Lee and Jack... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! returns with Episode 16, a special Valentine’s Day video featuring a look back at Marvel’s Romance titles from the late 1960s, titled “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” At the end of the Silver Age, Marvel had a brand new distributor who didn’t care how many books it put... Continue Reading →
Here's a sneak peek at the new Tales From My Spinner Rack! special Valentine’s Day episode featuring a look back at Marvel’s Romance titles from the late 1960s, titled “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” At the end of the Silver Age, Marvel had a brand new distributor who didn’t care how many books... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! returns from its long winter nap with an in-depth look at the third season of videos coming in 2025 on YouTube. Gary Sassaman, former director of programming and publications for Comic-Con International San Diego, previews ten new episodes set to premiere in the coming year, including a special focus on... Continue Reading →
Friends, we have reached the promised land. With my latest Tales From My Spinner Rack! video on YouTube (click here to view it), we've reached over 1,000 subscribers . Thanks to everyone who helped me get to this (admittedly minor) milestone, but it was something I never even considered when I started my channel a... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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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