See this post from last May for some background. Read and return here.
More historical background is in an October post.
A Christmas story by Al Hartley, inked by Jon D’Agostino.
Joe Sinnott pinch-hitting for Jon on another Hartley Christmas story.
Category: Comic Books
Super Pre-Pop
Artist Philip Pearlstein has died. Ten years before Pop Art began to take hold, Andy Warhol’s friend and onetime roommate painted Superman.
It’s like a “Picture of Dorian Gray” version of H.J. Ward’s 1940 Superman painting.
For more — much more — background on the Ward painting:
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/a-stanley-kaye-superman-painting-mystery-part-1/
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/a-stanley-kaye-superman-painting-mystery-part-2/
Get Jingling!
I need to get in the holiday spirit. Music will help.
And so will reading some classic Christmas stories.
Pain in the Neck
Being free of Covid is quite a relief. One symptom that hit, indicating there was more than a cold at work, was a terrible headache. It felt like a hangover, but without alcohol being involved.
Frozen Fish
Berlin AquaDom Aquarium: Police not seeking suspects over explosion
— The freezing temperatures – which dropped as low as -6C overnight on Friday – may have caused a crack in the tank.
Not seeking suspects?? I suspect that frigid fiend, the cruel King of Cold, Mr. Freeze is behind this nefarious deed!
ME re: Joe
Mark Evanier answers a fan’s question about my old pal, Joltin’ Joe.