Joe Sinnott is the best ink man the comic book business has ever had. Most of Joe’s work, even the earliest of it, is instantly recognizable to fans, but there are exceptions, including hundreds of pages of Archie comics that Joe inked anonymously in the 70’s. Good, ol’ Denro has been painstakingly finding these issues and forwarding them to Joe’s son Mark.
Category: Comic Books
Cronkite covers Cronkite… and comic books
As you would expect, Chip Cronkite spoke at the memorial service for his late father, Walter.
But would you expect Chip to direct a documentary about comic book creators?
The Legends Behind the Comic Books Trailer from Stonebridge Productions on Vimeo.
Confessions of a Superhero
Morgan Spurlock presents Confessions of a Superhero is a 2007 indie documentary that’s popped up on Netflix Watch Instantly. It’s very different from Spurlock’s excellent and influential Supersize Me, and only vaguely similar to the outstanding character study The King of Kong, but Confessions of a Superhero is just as fascinating to watch. Why? Because as unreal as it is, it’s real.
The Superman impersonator is way too into his character, the guy in the Hulk costume is sympathetic and equally pathetic, and the George Clooney lookalike Batman has an anger management problem. Jennifer Gehrt, who plays Wonder Woman, may have made too many impulsive decisions in her life — like quitting college — but if there’s a star in the making here, it’s Jennifer.
Comic Con Fun
Here’s a scene from last weekend’s comic book show in Albany. D.F. Rogers is with legendary artist extraordinaire Joe Sinnott, Joe’s son Mark, Mark’s wife Belinda, and their son Trevor. It’s a lot of fun being able to hang out with the Sinnotts. Dennis is showing a story to Joe that Joe drew 35 years ago, but had never before had a chance to see in print. Dennis, Mark and I got a laugh from realizing that we can recognize Joe’s work from as little as four small dabs of ink.
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I love you, man!
Greetings from Albania — I mean Albany! The WiFi service here at the Holiday Inn is pretty good, and I’m glad I brought the new Acer netbook.
Dennis and I are in New York’s capitol for a comic book show. It’s a nerd male bonding weekend! I wouldn’t be here except I had to stop training for the Boston Marathon because of my Achilles tendon problem.
On the way here Dennis had a neat surprise. A recording of us on the college radio station way back in 1976. You can count on me blogging that in the future.
Where’s Denro?
If you scamper over to the AAUGH! Blog, you’ll see where the ever-vigilant D.F. Rogers has caught and corrected Nat Gertler in an error about Charlie Brown’s All Stars.
Dennis has further defected from DogRat to make an appearance on the web site of Fred Hembeck, cartoonist of comic book topics. Den caught up with Hembeck at The National (aka: Big Apple Con) last November when I wasn’t looking, and he promised Fred he’d pull up some old fanzine drawings going back nearly 40 years. Click this link, and look for the section called “Yesterday and Today” (Fred has got to get himself some permalinks).