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There has been quite a revival of interest in the old pulp heroes over the last year or two. Moonstone Books launched with the pulp-like exploits of Kolchak the Night-Stalker before adding characters such as The Phantom and The Spider, while Anthony Tollin has relaunched The Shadow and Doc Savage in two lines of facsimile…
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1961, Jackson “Butch” Guice started out drawing for fanzines and designing patches and emblems for a company in North Carolina. In 1982 he ghosted some artwork for Pat Broderick on the Rom annual, and drew the first two issues of the independent comic book Southern Knights. Then Marvel editor Al…
This news is not quite as good as actually getting to see the new The Incredible Hulk trailer today. However, at least there’s now an actual date you will see the trailer. According to an official release from Universal, that date is March 12th. Here’s the pertinant details from that very press release: The first…
This week at the annual Alfred E. Smith Charity Dinner, Barack Obama made a couple of comic book references, one to Superman and one to Alfred E. Neuman. Check the video at about :46 and again at 5:46… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SWQJWm6Tg So if Barack is Superman, does that makes McCain the Dark Knight?
Well, that was annoying. Due to a bunch of fires all happening at the same time, the start of the Sweet 16 round of the April Armageddon was delayed… but now we are down to the best of the best battling to see who will be the winner and bring home the bragging rights for…
Win Scott Eckert © 2008-2010Farmerphile no. 11Paul Spiteri and Win Scott Eckert, eds., Michael Croteau, publisher, January 2008 Trunks and Branches: The Wold Newton Familyby Win Scott EckertLong time Farmerphile readers will recall the first issue in which I reviewed the origins of Philip José Farmerâs Wold Newton Family, covered the Wold Newton meteor strike…