I’ll be making another appearance at the Comic-Con Museum this Saturday (April 15) at 1:00 PM alongside Eisner Awards administrator Jackie Estrada to talk with the great Rick Geary about his career and all the wonderful artwork he did for Comic-Con. I commissioned numerous covers with Rick when I was Comic-Con’s director of print &... Continue Reading →
Another old photo from my "filtered days," when I added filters to just about everything I posted on Instagram, this dramatic shot shows California Tower in Balboa Park during one of many walks. We've had so much rain in the past few months—13 "atmospheric rivers," a meteorological term I hate—that dramatic clouds seem to be... Continue Reading →
Tales from the Tomb #1, October 1962. Cover painting by John Schoenherr. © Respective Copyright Holders. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! In 1962, the parents divorced and one of them took just about all the kids—especially the good ones—and moved on. That in a nutshell is... Continue Reading →
Seven books this month, not bad considering I spent a lot of time working on a presentation for WonderCon. Between holiday gifts, my UK trip last year, and just a bad case of “Oh, this book looks good!”, I am overwhelmed right now with stacks and stacks of books and books. But don’t worry, I’m... Continue Reading →
I enjoyed myself at WonderCon 2023, which was held last weekend (March 24-26) at the Anaheim Convention Center. From the looks of things, a lot of other people did, too, but I couldn’t help feeling that something was missing. It took me a while to figure it out, but I finally realized it was the... Continue Reading →
I'm taking a short break, but don't worry ... Tales from My Spinner Rack! will return next week (Wednesday, April 5) with a scary post #013, all about Dell Comics' Tales from the Tomb comic book. Published in 1962, this giant comic book scared me shitless (PG version: spitless) when I was the ripe old... Continue Reading →
Tales from My Spinner Rack LIVE! at WonderCon This Sunday, March 26, at 1:00 PM in Room 213CD Join me at WonderCon 2023 this Sunday for my first-ever solo panel devoted to my weekly blog feature, “Tales from My Spinner Rack!” I'm on my way to WonderCon 2023 at the Anaheim Convention Center, smack dab... Continue Reading →
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1, Nov. 1965. Cover by Wally Wood. © Respective Copyright Holders. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! I can’t tell you exactly when I learned to read, but I know that comic books hastened that skill very early on. By the age of six I... Continue Reading →
Tales from My Spinner Rack LIVE! at WonderCon Sunday, March 26 at 1:00 PM in Room 213CD Join me at WonderCon 2023 for my first-ever solo panel devoted to my weekly blog feature, “Tales from My Spinner Rack!” Badges for WonderCon 2023 at the Anaheim Convention Center are still available, but hurry ... this con... Continue Reading →
I used to love going to New York City in the fall. While my timing was always a bit off when it came to the leaves changing, I was usually there when the ice rink was up and running in beautiful Rockefeller Center, one of numerous iconic locations throughout that city that I visited each... Continue Reading →
The Spirit #1. Art by Will Eisner. Harvey Comics, 1966. TM & © Will Eisner Studios, Inc. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! The superhero revival of the 1960s—also known as the Silver Age of Comics—had its not-so-secret origin in the late 1950s when DC Comics brought... Continue Reading →
I used to live in downtown San Diego, on the eastern edge of Horton Plaza (which barely exists anymore). This was the view from one of my apartments in the building (I lived in three different ones from 1998 through 2017), facing due east and the Hotel St. James, which was really a Ramada Inn,... Continue Reading →
Tales from My Spinner Rack LIVE! at WonderCon Sunday, March 26 at 1:00 PM in Room 213CD Join me at WonderCon 2023 for my first-ever solo panel devoted to my weekly blog feature, “Tales from My Spinner Rack!” Yep … I’m taking my blog and hitting the road, at least to Anaheim and WonderCon, my... Continue Reading →
Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, June 1968. Cover by Steranko. TM & © MARVEL. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! One of my fondest memories of buying comics as a kid was walking into Moser’s newsstand in downtown Tamaqua in 1968 and finding Nick Fury, Agent... Continue Reading →
Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! In the first chapter of “Everything Else,” (click here to read it), I mentioned 2015 was my favorite year. It was certainly my busiest. In addition to all the publication and website work I was doing, I also did a special... Continue Reading →
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