Roger’s Comic Ramblings: It’s a Team Sport
New Teen Titans by Wolfman & Perez
Westfield’s Roger Ash talks about some of his favorite creative teams.
Westfield’s Roger Ash talks about some of his favorite creative teams.
Beauology 101: Something is missing
Beau Smith
Beau Smith thinks there’s something missing from modern superhero comics and shares his observations with you.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: That’s the Way I like It
Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1
Westfield’s Wayne Markley has been reading Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks and thinks you should too
Beauology 101: Admiration Society
Beau with Lora Innes
Beau Smith shares some of the people and things he admires about comic books and the comic industry.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: Why I Miss the Beatles
The Beatles
Westfield’s Wayne Markley compares The Beatles to comics and draws some interesting conclusions.
For Your Consideration: Marvel’s Captain America Omnibus Vol. 1
Captain America Omnibus Jack Kirby Cover
Robert Greenberger tells you why Marvel’s Captain America Omnibus deserves to be on your bookshelf.
Beauology 101: Getting to Know You
X-Men
Beau Smith would like to get to know DC and Marvel characters again and offers some suggestions on how to accomplish this.
KC Column – Creation Comforts 2
by KC Carlson
[This is a continuation of the exploration of character creation in comic books. Part one appears here. If you haven’t read that yet, you may want to. Then come back here for more.]
So far, most of my examples of character creation have been DC characters. There’s a reason for that. The folklore of the modern Marvel Universe suggests that most of the classic Silver Age Marvel characters were created by either Stan Lee and Jack Kirby or Stan with Steve Ditko. (Important, but occasionally forgotten exception: Captain America was created in the Golden Age by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby – not Kirby and Stan Lee.) Debate has literally raged for years as to which did more or who was more important, mostly along the lines of the writing vs. artwork conundrum. Chances are we’ll never know for sure, but things are about to get very interesting as the Kirby heirs are now taking certain claims to a court of law. Marvel’s new bosses may come in handy in the fight, because Disney’s lawyers define the concept of “high-powered” and have been warding off challengers to the Disney Way for decades. Woe to the Kirbys. But Jack was the epitome of the little guy standing up for himself against impossible odds, at least in the characters he drew. If he and Roz managed to bestow any of their moxie onto their kids, it could be one hell of a fight.
Beauology 101: The School Bell is Ringing
by Beau Smith
When I was a kid growing up in the 1960’s reading more than my share of Marvel Comics, I always pictured the Marvel offices just as Stan Lee used to describe them in his Bullpen Bulletin pages , Stan’s Soapbox and the letter columns. I thought that all the writers and artists came into the offices every morning and spent the whole day talking, writing, drawing and coming up with the fantastic adventures that I spent my very hard-earned money on. To me, it had to be the most wonderful job in the entire world next to playing flanker back for the Chicago Bears.