My family went to the Turtleback Zoo yesterday – great zoo, by the way, may I suggest a visit if you live anywhere near West Orange, New Jersey – and driving home I thought about the Legion of Super-Pets. A very strange connection to make, but that’s the mysterious way in which my mind works….
“Daring” Dick Ayers, an Eisner Award Hall-Of-Famer best known as an inker for Jack Kirby during the 50’s and 60’s during Marvel’s rebirth in the Silver Age, has passed away. He had just turned 90 last week. Ayers may be best known for inking some of the earliest issues of Fantastic Four, and he was…
Throwing my $0.02 in on Martha Thomases’s column last week concerning big boobs, ‘roidal musculature, and body image… Readers of this column know very well my love of Kara Zor-el, i.e. Supergirl, as she was portrayed during the Silver Age. Debuting in Action Comics #252 (May 1959), Kara’s look was designed by Al Plastino with her…
Some call it the "luckiest day of the year," but to us it’s just another day soaking in the warm glow of Pop Culture! The Big ComicMix Weekend Broadcast goes a little old skool with news on new Pokemon and the new Magic cards, a tip on a new film from the Stargate folks, Homer…
