Mayfield meets Marvel April 5, 2022 // 0 Comments Beaver had FF#1 I’m a little late in reporting this, but a 1985 episode of the syndicated series “Still the [...]
Weird (Feb. 1969), Part 2 July 21, 2020 // 0 Comments It’s finally in my hands As I write this (on July 21, 2020 at 7:57 AM EST), the Feb. 1969 edition of the horror comic [...]
The 500 June 29, 2020 // 0 Comments Sketch Card born in a drawing marathon By Mark Voger, illustrator Defective Comics Trading Cards I could’a drawn the [...]
Defective Comics Trading Cards June 14, 2020 // 0 Comments A nod to history in the age of gimmicks By Mark Voger, illustrator Defective Comics Trading Cards You could call it a case [...]
Origin of the Sketch Card June 13, 2020 // 0 Comments ‘Big bang’ of format revealed By Mark Voger, illustrator Defective Comics Trading Cards Back Issue #120 Both of [...]
Super Shock Show II (Feb. 9, 2019) February 11, 2019 // 0 Comments Begone, winter doldrums Cool peeps. And a refuge from cabin fever. The second edition of the Super Shock Show held at Groovy [...]
Stan Lee (1922-2018) November 12, 2018 // 0 Comments His comics were ‘written for everybody’ It was in 1939 that 16-year-old Stanley Lieber — better known as Stan [...]
Schaffenberger’s ‘Archie’ period September 1, 2018 // 0 Comments From Metropolis to Riverdale This guy drew for just about everybody. Comic book artist Kurt Schaffenberger (1920-2002) [...]
Howard Bender ’66 June 22, 2018 // 0 Comments My old buddy, artist Howard Bender (Action Comics, “Spider-Man Seek and Find,” Mr. Fixitt) recently shared some [...]
Weird (Feb. 1969) April 27, 2018 // 0 Comments A cover I can’t forget In the summer of 1969 when I was 11, I bought an issue of Eerie Publications’ Weird [...]
Jack Kirby Collector #73 January 31, 2018 // 0 Comments I’m thrilled to have a piece in the new issue of Jack Kirby Collector #73, just out. It’s an interview I did [...]
Old comic books 2 November 19, 2017 // 0 Comments New concept in collecting: Read before filing By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” [...]
Old comic books 1 November 19, 2017 // 0 Comments New concept in collecting: Read before filing By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” [...]
Cosplay-palooza! October 15, 2017 // 0 Comments Masquerade party at Javits By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” Cosplay is like [...]
New York Comic Con: Oct. 8, 2017 October 14, 2017 // 0 Comments What happened on Sunday Blogger’s note: “Groovy” world-premiered at the New York Comic Con held Oct. 5-8, [...]
New York Comic Con: Oct. 7, 2017 October 13, 2017 // 0 Comments What happened on Saturday Blogger’s note: “Groovy” world-premiered at the New York Comic Con held Oct. [...]
New York Comic Con: Oct. 6, 2017 October 11, 2017 // 0 Comments What happened on Friday Blogger’s note: “Groovy” world-premiered at the New York Comic Con held Oct. 5-8, [...]
Adam West June 10, 2017 // 0 Comments Thanks for making Gotham City safe. I’m very sad today on learning of the death of my hero, Adam West, at age 88 in [...]
Toy exhibit in Union November 27, 2016 // 0 Comments Popeye, and brainier stuff, at Liberty Hall Museum By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze [...]
All-Star Super Shock Show October 17, 2016 // 0 Comments The daymare before Halloween By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ [...]