After more than 42 years, the Amazing Spider-Man comic strip is coming to an end. Today is the last new Sunday edition of the strip, written by Roy Thomas (credited to Stan Lee) and illustrated by Alex Saviuk and Joltin’ Joe Sinnott. With no deadlines to meet after almost 70 years in the business, Joe can take it easy. Happy St. Patrick’s Day to my pal Joe!
There sure is plenty of zapping done in the Captain Marvel movie, and Brie Larson is certainly the best-looking incarnation of the character I’ve seen over the past 50+ years. The original Captain Marvel will be appearing in Shazam! next month, but this is the one I knew when I was a kid.
One little movie semi-spoiler I’ll offer is that Nick Fury loses his left eye the same way I almost lost my right eye when I was 12. Before leaving the house for the school bus stop I decided to say goodbye to the family cat, while he was eating breakfast. With the inside of my eye oozing out of a large gash, I never made it to the bus stop that day.
A profile of superhero painter Alex Ross. Six years ago I saw an exhibit of Ross’ art at the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Following up on my item about Bernie Krigstein’s 8-page EC story “Master Race” being up for auction, it sold for the relatively low price of $600,000. Where will it go? To a museum in Belgium!
Taschen is promoting its limited edition of “The Stan Lee Story,” by Roy Thomas — 1000 copies at $1500 each, available December 5. The book was announced months ago, and the timing with Stan’s death is purely coincidental. Note the date of the photo below.
A Facebook group I enjoy is “At the Controls,” featuring vintage photos of control rooms and equipment. Radio station and recording studio photographs are particular favorites.
A picture posted in the group caught my attention immediately. You can see why by recalling my post about the original art for Bernie Krigstein’s “Master Race” being up for auction at Heritage.
