Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Toronto Comic Store Heroes in miniature!

Toronto, like many cities, has a robust and diverse choice if you are a comic book fan to buy your goods.  This is a salute to the various store owners, past and present, in the GTA that I have shopped at. It's based on an old ad for finger dolls of The Monkees from 1969.  Those boots are made for walkin...

Thursday, 24 October 2013

The King's Mob Book & Record

Jack "The King" Kirby did a couple of these magazines with photo collages, comic stories as well as prose pieces.  They were an amazing insight into the man.  Another great one is his "Spirit World".
Here's an imaginary Power Records Book & Record cover.  Somehow, I think The King would jump at the chance to record the various character voices as well.

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Batman vs. Hulk in 1969!

Haven't you wanted to see this version of Brave & The Bold hit the stands in 1969? As a kid I always wanted to take crayons and colour Bork as Hulk green. Thanks to photoshop, I can today.