Iâve recently spent some time in the Syracuse University Archives researching old comic strips. It turns out they have an incredible collection of original artwork by top tier comic artists â everyone from Hal Foster to Frank Robbins. Itâs quite a thrill and every time I view these originals I feel like a kid whoâs…
I believe the first comics convention I attended was in 1967. That means IâÃÂÃÂve been chasing these puppies for 50 years. Indeed, it often feels my entire life has been one long, never-ending comicon. Talk about getting a life âÃÂàor, at least, another act. I continue to do âÃÂÃÂem because I enjoy seeing my…
It was a lifetime ago. It was just moments gone by. Tuesday will mark twenty years since my wife, Kimberly Ann Yale, died. I’ve been working on a column discussing the passage for some days but haven’t been satisfied with it. Sometimes you try to say something and can’t find the right things to say….
I can’t agree with fans that hate big crowds at big comic conventions. I tend to like big crowds. And I am always astonished by the way the San Diego Comic-Con takes over that town. I’m also in awe that the New York Comic Con is the biggest convention held in New York City’s Javits…
I missed Cher. This was Thursday night last week, at a rally in Manhattan’s Columbus Circle outside of a Trump hotel. I went, as I often do, to put my body on the line for something in which I believe. In this case, I wanted to stand with my fellow New Yorkers to express my…
Legendary comics artist Fred Fredericks died this week. After attending New York’s School of Visual Arts in the period following the Korean War, Fredericks started drawing historical comics that attracted the attention of comic book editors. Before long, Fred was a regular at Western Publishing (Dell, Gold Key), where he drew such titles as The…
This September the good folks at Hermes Press will be publishing a new Phantom comic that will return the Ghost Who Walks to his original greatness. Written by Peter David and drawn by Sal Velutto, this book will be awesome heroic fun! They’ve asked me to do a variant cover for the first issue and…
MONSTER ISLAND is Available for Pre-Order!Pulp 2.0 Press is pleased to announce their re-release of Graham Nolan’s popular all-ages book, MONSTER ISLAND for audiences worldwide. The graphic novel is now available for pre-order. MI is the story of two pilots who crash land and become stranded on a lost island that serves as the holding…
Art: Graham Nolan As a promotion for the upcoming release of Graham Nolan‘s MONSTER ISLAND, Pulp 2.0 Press is running the comic strip version of the graphic novel on the Pulp 2.0 Facebook page. The strip will run until August 15th. During that time you will have the opportunity to pre-order the book for $9.99…
Our old pal Graham Nolan, presently the artist on the Rex Morgan newspaper strip and a former artist on Batman, Spider-Man, Hawkman, The Prowler, The Atom, The Phantom and many other fine comics, has accomplished the near-impossible: he’s got a syndication deal on an original newspaper strip. Damn. Just when I thought the medium was…
