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 →
Back to “normal” this month, after the very welcome—and hectic—distraction of Comic-Con 2024 in July. Here are the books I read in August, many on my very lovely balcony, even though they tore down all four of the huge pine trees in my courtyard (thankfully they kept the palm trees), I'm so glad I bought... 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 →
Snapshot is an irregularly-scheduled series featuring reminiscences of places and experiences in my life. To read all my Snapshot posts, please click here. A childhood friend recently posted a photo on his Facebook page that brought a flood of memories rushing back to me. It was this one, seen also above in the “Snapshot” graphic,... 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 →
Yep, it's Comic-Con time, and that's where you'll find me for the next few days. I hope you were lucky enough to get badges and are enjoying the show! Instagram: @gg92118 • @TalesFromMySpinnerRack YouTube@TalesFromMySpinnerRack
THE COUNTDOWN TO COMIC-CON IS OVER! THIS IS IT! … The week of Comic-Con 2024 at the San Diego Convention Center! My Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! presentation, "DC Comics in the Swingin' ‘60s: The Go-Go Checks Gambit!" is on Thursday, July 25th at 12:00 PM (Noon!) in Room 9! featuring a brand-new look... Continue Reading →
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