Comic Books – Page 56 – Prattling Before the Pratfall

Spider-Men On Display

An exhibit of original Spider-Man comic book art is currently on display in New York. It’s only a mile from Steve Ditko’s office at 200 West 51st St., so is there any chance that the co-creator of Spidey will drop in and check out the display? It’s safe to say, absolutely not!

http://13thdimension.com/inside-the-greatest-spider-man-art-exhibit-youll-ever-see/

The pages were provided by art dealer Mike “Romitaman” Burkey. I’ve done business with Mike in the past, and he is an honest and reputable dealer.

All the Joe That’s Fit to Print!

This isn’t fake news! The great Joltin’ Joe Sinnott is profiled in The New York Times. Click the picture to enlarge it, then look at the brown frame near the upper left corner. It’s a birthday card to Joe drawn by Stan Lee! Here’s a picture I took of it, and you can click this one too to see it full size.

BAM! POW! RIP!

Today’s sad news is that Adam West has died. Haven’t heard yet if he had been ill or if this was sudden and unexpected.

The ‘Publich’ Domain

James Warren ran a rather unique publishing company. He didn’t pay top dollar for top talent, and instead offered creative freedom that attracted some of the best artists working at the time to draw stories in Creepy, Eerie, Blazing Combat and, later, Vampirella. The contributors included Frank Frazetta, who was painting covers for Warren during the period he was also creating his famous Conan the Barbarian covers for Lancer.

Creepy #7, 1965, cover painting by Frank Frazetta

Somebody must think that the Warren catalog is in the public domain, because there’s a scanned archive of many Warren magazines available at this link on Archive.org.

Issue #7 includes this concise Frazetta biography. I replaced the fan art on the page with the cover of Creepy #4.

Happy Halloween, from the Green Goblin

Amazing Spider-Man #27, page 1. — Amazing Spider-Man #27, page 1, by Steve Ditko.

Go Bing!

G. Michael Dobbs, aka Mike, aka (by myself) the Dobbster, interviews former mainstream comic book artist, now teacher, Steve Bissette. Mike and Steve will be appearing at the Bing Comic-Con in Springfield, MA, this coming Saturday.