Here’s why I conflate legendary bluesman Robert Johnson with legendary cartoonist/illustrator Jim Steranko. Johnson took American roots music and molded it into The Blues. Brilliantly, I might add, having composed and recorded such classics as “Sweet Home Chicago,” “Terraplane Blues,” “Hellhound on My Trail,” “Love in Vain” and “Cross Road Blues,” a.k.a. “Crossroads.” In all, he…
Regular readers of this space know my first true love is the city of Chicago, and that I’ll use any excuse to cop a visit to my fatherland. That’s where I was this past week, and I did not need an excuse. The 15th annual Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention was in town, and, therefore,…
Leonard Kleinrock was one of the men who helped create the Internet, and on his Web site at UCLA he gives the following anecdote that Superman played a big role in the whole undertaking. It all began with a comic book! At the age of 6, Leonard Kleinrock was reading a Superman comic at his…
Grab your pencil and connect the dots between Howdy Doody, The Fugees, sold out GI Joes and Teri Hatcher! Confused? You won’t be after you take a break to join us on ComicMix PodCast #27 filled with our usual weekend fun – including the first of our ComicMix Comic Book Masters series, featuring a rare…
