CAPTAIN AMERICA Movie Trailer

Here's the new trailer for the CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER theatrical movie. What I didn't know about it was that the thingi...

That New PEANUTS Special

Have they gone TOO FAR with this new PEANUTS special?!?! No, just kidding. The above image is a 1963 parody of Mr. Schulz's runaway best...

Jerry Robinson: Life After Batman

Did you know there's a documentary about Jerry Robinson in the works? I didn't! Here's a great peek at Jerry, The Joker, Jet Sco...

Interview: David Boswell

The creator of Reid Fleming, The World's Toughest Milkman, David Boswell , is interviewed by Tom Hawthorn in The Globe and Mail. David...

Toilet Roll Comics

So many jokes can be made, but here it is: 1970s Marvel Comics printed on toilet paper . Yes, before the PDF or the iPad, there was the TP f...

Video: Comic Book Artist Peter Gross and MIX

For a short video (about 3 minutes, plus a damn 30 second advertisement in the beginning), this Star Tribune profile of Peter Gross (LUCIF...

MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #15, August 1966

The Gold Key Comics Blog scans in an entire issue of MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER . With art by the late, great Russ Manning (and a script by Herb C...

Video: Jim Woodring's "Nibbus Maximus"

TREASURE CHEST Comics: "This Godless Communism" by Reed Crandall

TREASURE CHEST , the long-running Catholic comic book (1946-1972), began an ambitious three issue series in 1961-62 titled "This Godles...

Wonder Woman Original Concept Sketches

The above sketches, drawn by Harry G. Peter in 1941, were sold at a Heritage auction for $33,350. They are said to be early concept drawing...

DC Annuals 1960-65

The Golden Age Comics Book Stories blog shares some classic DC Comics Annual covers from Superman, Batman, Secret Origins, The Flash and Loi...

Stan Goldberg Profile

Above: my friend Stan Goldberg and some of his work. "'One day I was watching a documentary on television with my family,' [St...

Video: Bob Kane Interviewed by Stan Lee

From the series of Comic Book Greats videos, released by Stabur Home Video on VHS in the early 1990s.

Jerry Grandenetti 1926-2010

Comic book artist Jerry Grandenetti passed away on February 19, 2010. Cause of death unknown. Mark Evanier, who confirmed Mr. Grandenetti...

NY Times: The Last Days and Legacy of Harvey Pekar

The New York Times profiles Joyce Brabner , the widow of comics writer Harvey Pekar, as well as some of the conflicts between her and the a...

Video: Frank Cho's World

Above: a screen grab from the video. The Washington Post shows us a great video, along with some informative links, all about Frank Cho'...

Video: The Adventures of Tiny Superman

Here is a super-low budget, super funny parody called Tiny Superman. It won an award so it's worth a peek. Despite things like no budget...

Video: "Premake" THE AVENGERS (1952)

Here it is, in all its mash-up, fan boy, nerdilicious glory: THE AVENGERS; a mashup preview trailer for a fictional 1952 movie about Marvel...

RICHIE RICH Artist Collaborates on Book with Daughter

Cartoonist Sid Couchey looks at some of his illustrations with (from left) daughter Laura Abate and grandchildren Lucas and Christian Abat...

Basil Wolverton's PLOP! Covers

Sam Henderson is digs through his old boxes of 1970s comic book goodness to give us all a peek at Basil Wolverton's grand PLOP! covers.