Tag Archives: Marvel Comics

Virtual Art Gallery Du Jour: Dan DeCarlo

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Artist Dan DeCarlo is most known for modernizing the look and developing the house style of Archie comics, as well being the creator of Josie and Pussycats and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. During his freelance years in the … Continue reading →

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Virtual Art Gallery Du Jour: Steve Ditko

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I’ve been enjoying this biography of Steve Ditko which also contains a healthy survey of his work. Check out this trippy, psychedelic sampling of some of his comic covers and art from the late 50s and 60s. Fabrizio … Continue reading →

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The Crossroads of Infinity

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Jack Kirby, Fantastic Four #51, 1966

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Joss Whedon’s Disney’s “Marvel’s The Avengers”

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: I finally caught up with the year’s biggest hit. I’m a longtime reader of super-hero comics, and while the Avengers comics by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, et al. aren’t my favorites from Marvel’s Silver Age, I … Continue reading →

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“Thor”

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Kenneth Branagh has directed “Thor” with the sort of gloppy boyishness that I’ve sometimes enjoyed in his acting. The tone is consistently breathless, jaunty even, and not a frame of it is underworked. I took it as an … Continue reading →

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