‘Reel Monsters’ Episode 8
Talkin’ monsters with A.J. Danna Actor-voice artist A.J. Danna, host of the monsterific podcast Reel Monsters, had me on to talk about my book “Monster […]
Mark Voger
De Bart debunked
Aye, Carumba! Groening art wasn’t the first Sketch Card By Mark Voger, author ‘The Dark Age: Grim, Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics’ If you […]
Ginger Baker (1939-2019)
Encounter with a touchy rock god By Mark Voger, author “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” Cream was one of those bands — […]
‘The Kinetophone: A Fact! A Reality!’
This guy invented everything By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” Talking pictures from 1913? Wha … ??? If you’re […]
Video vixens
Bad instrument aping (but nobody cared) Drivin’ home late one night a coupla weeks ago after getting’ the s*** beat out of me in Edison […]
Holiday on Cookman
‘Twas the week before Christmas … By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” It was beginning to look a lot […]
‘Let Me Down Hard’ soundtrack
Greetings from Asbury Park (and environs) By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” After I recorded a “Groovy”-related appearance on […]
‘Groovy Trailer Theme’
Doo-wop and ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ drums By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” I’ve got a great brother. He gave me […]
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2017)
C.J.: The last balloon before Santa By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” I found myself in a position of […]
Old comic books 1
New concept in collecting: Read before filing By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” I recently bought seven old comic […]
New York Comic Con: Oct. 7, 2017
What happened on Saturday Blogger’s note: “Groovy” world-premiered at the New York Comic Con held Oct. 5-8, 2017, at Javits Center in Manhattan. I was […]
Bender meets Savini
Caricaturist’s surprise customer By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” My old buddy, artist Howard Bender, has quite the resume. […]
Chris Farlowe
His ‘Out of Time’ is out of sight By Mark Voger, author of “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” No matter how obsessively […]
Michael Parks R.I.P.
One less great actor in the world By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ It was a sad […]
Strange’s fourth Frankenstein
When I was a kid reading Famous Monsters some time in the 1960s, I came across an article about movies that mentioned one titled “The […]
David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’
David Bowie’s videos for “Blackstar” and “Lazarus” — which I saw for the first time a week ago, to fulfill a promise to my niece — […]
Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
The first time I heard Chuck Berry was in 1972, over a jukebox in Cafeteria II, one of a pair of huge cafeterias at Cherry […]
Mexico’s ‘Invisible Man’ (1958)
by Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ I love, love, love the Mexi-horror flicks made by Azteca Films in […]