Here are some posts about comics that are outside the North American mainstream. As with any subject, once you get deep into it, you’re peeling layers on an infinite onion.
Phoenix No. 2 Unpublished Cover by Sal Amendola
March 5, 2023
Phoenix No. 2 Unpublished Cover by Sal AmendolaMarch 5, 2023|In Comics, General Atlas/Seaboard was a short-lived comic company owned by…
Demon with a Glass Hand by Ellison & Rogers
February 9, 2023
Demon with a Glass Hand by Ellison & RogersFebruary 9, 2023|In Comics, DC, General The Outer Limits was an important stepping stone…
Witches Tales No. 10 Cover by Lee Elias
January 21, 2023
Witches Tales No. 10 Cover by Lee EliasJanuary 21, 2023|In Comics, General It was pretty ballsy of Lee Elias in 1952 to draw the devil…
Black Cat Mystery No. 49 Cover by Lee Elias
January 16, 2023
Black Cat Mystery No. 49 Cover by Lee EliasJanuary 16, 2023|In Comics, General When I look back at the few examples I've seen of what was…
Reading Digital Comics with YACReader
September 4, 2022
Reading Digital Comics with YACReaderSeptember 4, 2022|In Comics, General Over the past 20 years digital comics reading has grown through…
Terry and the Pirates Cover by Jim Keefe
May 8, 2022
Terry and the Pirates Cover by Jim KeefeMay 8, 2022|In Comics, General While the comic strip Terry and the Pirates by Milton Caniff is…
The Phantom No. 29 Cover by Jim Keefe
May 7, 2022
The Phantom No. 29 Cover by Jim KeefeMay 7, 2022|In Comics, General Created by Lee Falk in 1936, The Phantom comic strip has endured to…
Jungle Jim – January 7, 1934 by Moore & Raymond
April 14, 2022
Jungle Jim – January 7, 1934 by Moore & RaymondApril 14, 2022|In Comics, General We all know who Flash Gordon is, or at least…
The Werewolf by Heath & Adams
April 12, 2022
The Werewolf by Heath & AdamsApril 12, 2022|In Comics, General Dynamite was this great magazine for the kids from Scholastic begun…
Dynamo No. 3 Cover by Wally Wood
June 25, 2021
Dynamo No. 3 Cover by Wally WoodJune 25, 2021|In Comics, General Tower Comics was a short-lived American comic book publisher that was an…
BEM No. 28 Cover by Brian Bolland
June 19, 2021
BEM No. 28 Cover by Brian BollandJune 19, 2021|In Comics, DC, General BEM – or Bemusing Magazine was a British comics fanzine of the…
Hot Box by Jack Kirby
June 18, 2021
Hot Box by Jack KirbyJune 18, 2021|In Comics, General Foxhole was a Joe Simon & Jack Kirby Studio-produced comic from 1954 published…
Rex Morgan MD by Bradley and Edgington
June 5, 2021
Rex Morgan MD by Bradley and EdgingtonJune 5, 2021|In Comics, General Rex Morgan MD is a long-running story strip that is still published…
Night Fighter and Sky Giant by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
January 23, 2021
Night Fighter and Sky Giant by Joe Simon and Jack KirbyJanuary 23, 2021|In Comics, General Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Captain…
Flash Gordon by Jim Keefe
January 2, 2021
Flash Gordon by Jim KeefeJanuary 2, 2021|In Comics, General From 1996 to 2003, Jim Keefe was the writer/artist of the Flash Gordon comic…
The Mechanoid Associates by Paul Gillon
January 1, 2021
The Mechanoid Associates by Paul GillonJanuary 1, 2021|In Comics, General, Sci Fi The world was different in the early 80s. No internet…
The Case for New Comic Book Colouring Directions
September 5, 2020
The Case for New Comic Book Colouring DirectionsSeptember 5, 2020|In Comics, General This comes up every time we talk about reprints and…
Chronicle Chamber’s Phundraiser for the Australian Bushfire Appeal Comic
February 8, 2020
Chronicle Chamber’s Phundraiser for the Australian Bushfire Appeal ComicFebruary 8, 2020|In Comics, General Created by Lee Falk in…
The Last Action Hero No. 1 Cover by Jerome K Moore
ComicsGeneral,Comics,Movies-TV
February 6, 2020
The Last Action Hero No. 1 Cover by Jerome K MooreFebruary 6, 2020|In Comics, General, Movies-TV 1993 brought the Arnold Schwarzenegger…
Starslayer No. 1 by Mike Grell
September 16, 2019
Starslayer No. 1 by Mike GrellSeptember 16, 2019|In Comics, General Mike Grell spent the 1970s at DC Comics drawing Aquaman, Green…
Wizard No. 10 Cover by Rob Liefeld
September 15, 2019
Wizard No. 10 Cover by Rob LiefeldSeptember 15, 2019|In Comics, General, Marvel Rob Liefeld had started at DC, then moved on to Marvel…
Justice Machine No. 1 Cover by Byrne & Gustovich
December 26, 2018
Justice Machine No. 1 Cover by Byrne & GustovichDecember 26, 2018|In Comics, General Looking through my files, I never got around to…
Nexus by Baron & Rude
December 24, 2018
Nexus by Baron & RudeDecember 24, 2018|In Comics, General I've been following Nexus since the beginning, so when Steve Rude put out…
Fantasy Art by Rubén Meriggi
November 22, 2018
Fantasy Art by Rubén MeriggiNovember 22, 2018|In Comics, General Rubén Meriggi is an Argentinian comic book artist that I came across…
2000 AD Prog 17 Cover by Brian Bolland
August 12, 2018
2000 AD Prog 17 Cover by Brian BollandAugust 12, 2018|In Comics, General, Sci Fi 2000 AD is a powerhouse of British comics in stories,…
John Carter of Mars: 1958 Sun Comic Strip
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November 2, 2014
John Carter of Mars: 1958 Sun Comic StripNovember 2, 2014|In Comics, Edgar Rice Burroughs, General, Sci Fi From 1958, this A Princess of…
Magnus Robot Fighter by Bob Layton
March 16, 2014
Magnus Robot Fighter by Bob LaytonMarch 16, 2014|In Comics, General Bob Layton is doing some wonderful variant covers for Dynamite…
Jacky’s Diary
February 23, 2014
Jacky’s DiaryFebruary 23, 2014|In Comics, General Jacky's Diary is a fondly-remembered strip by Jack Mendelsohn. And it's been…
The Comics Code Authority
ComicsGraphic Design,General,Comics
January 4, 2014
The Comics Code AuthorityJanuary 4, 2014|In Comics, General, Graphic Design Back in the mid part of the 20th century, the United States…
Nelvana of the North : Then and Now
September 17, 2013
Nelvana of the North : Then and NowSeptember 17, 2013|In Comics, General Recently, I was asked to quote on restoring Nelvana of the…
John Carter of Mars by Francesco Francavilla
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September 1, 2013
John Carter of Mars by Francesco FrancavillaSeptember 1, 2013|In Comics, Edgar Rice Burroughs, General, Sci Fi Francesco Francavilla…
Ms. Tree by Collins & Beatty
April 15, 2013
Ms. Tree by Collins & BeattyApril 15, 2013|In Comics, General Ms. Tree is the longest-running private eye series in American comics.…
The 1946 Chevrolet Suburban Calgary Police Paddy Wagon
January 1, 2013
The 1946 Chevrolet Suburban Calgary Police Paddy WagonJanuary 1, 2013|In Comics, General, Photo Back in the summer of 1988 or 1989, there…
Colouring Bernie Wrightson Monsters
September 17, 2012
Colouring Bernie Wrightson MonstersSeptember 17, 2012|In Comics, General The late Bernie Wrightson is one of those ink artists that just…
Atomic Robo : In the Lab
October 17, 2010
Atomic Robo : In the LabOctober 17, 2010|In Comics, General Atomic Robo is a great comic series published by Red 5 Comics out of Calgary.…
Craftint and Duoshade Tones in Photoshop
ComicsComics,Illustration,General
February 11, 2007
Craftint and Duoshade Tones in PhotoshopFebruary 11, 2007|In Comics, General, Illustration Craftint doubletone paper (DuoShade is another…