Hmm. This is interesting. While explaining his position on who did what in the creation of Spider-Man, Stan Lee actually looks like a Ditko character!
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Category: Cartooning
In Search of Steve Ditko – Part 5
This part of the documentary covers Ditko after he left Marvel. I really liked a lot of his stories for ultra-cheapie publisher Charlton, in Derby, CT. They were reminiscent of his mystery stories at Marvel before the return of super-hero comics in ’61-’62.
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In Search of Steve Ditko – Part 4
That’s Jazzy Johnny Romita in the preview frame. He took over drawing The Amazing Spider-Man in 1966, after Steve Ditko abruptly quit the book and left Marvel Comics. Ditko returned to Marvel later, but he never drew Spider-Man again.
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In Search of Steve Ditko – Part 3
Before there was Dr. Strangelove, there was … Dr. Strange!
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Ergo, Ergo Proxy?
A couple of months ago I posted Ergo Proxy as Eric’s anime pick. We’re still going through the series, and the last few installments have been really good. I’ve blended a bit of one of them into the prologue of the next episode to highlight the contrast between them. Don’t try to make any sense of this!
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The Beat Goes On
Thanks go to Heidi MacDonald over at The Beat, the Publisher’s Weekly comics blog, for linking to my re-mastered Merry Marvel Marching Society records.