Sketch Card breaking news
15 more Defective cards show up By Mark Voger Defective Comics Trading Cards I swear I drew ’em. In the three decades since I […]
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Chi-KANE-ery
A micro-deception in Kane memoir By Mark Voger | Author, “Britmania” A quick post (for once) on something that’s kinda bugged me for years. OK, […]
Lynne Feldman
Another aggrieved creative in Kane’s past By Mark Voger | Author, “Britmania” That’s the last time I take Bob Kane‘s word for anything. In my […]
Hate-watching ‘Bats v Supes’
For Bill Finger, I sat through this. If you care to recall the loud, numbing, protracted climax of Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” (2013), it […]
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Bill Finger advocate’s implausible dream By Mark Voger | Author, “Britmania” Until the day he died, artist Bob Kane held a vice grip on […]
Ferry to Manhattan
Long held ‘wish list’ item Recently, a special occasion had us fulfilling a long held “wish list” item: to ride the ferry to and from […]
‘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 […]
‘Chef!’ (1993-96)
A delectable ’90s Britcom By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture’ Something wonderful came back into my […]
‘Britmania’ on ‘The Electric Ballroom’
Talkin’ British rock over WRAT-FM Keith Roth and I remembered Jeff Beck (among other British rockers) during the Jan. 22, 2023 episode of “The Electric […]
Roadside America ‘newsreel’
Video leads down Memory Lane By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture’ In “House of 1000 Corpses” […]
Boris Karloff in Rahway
Documentary’s Rondo win, video release By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture’ Hooray! I finally got to […]
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 […]
‘The Man Who Laughs’ (1928)
Move over, Quasimodo Though Universal’s “Phantom of the Opera” (1925) and “Dracula” (1931) are separated by a mere six years, there is a marked contrast […]
‘Joker’ cover restoration
Craft project for 1966 Batman geeks Do you need to buy a copy of the 56-year-old paperback digest “Batman vs. the Joker” (Signet, 1966), but […]
‘Invasion of the Saucer Men’ (1957)
The ultimate B.E.M.s When my generation of movie buffs were teenagers — this was pre-Internet, pre-tablet, pre-DVD, and pre-VHS — we would devour the weekly […]
2022 monster cereals
The return of Frute Brute By Mark Voger, author ‘Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972’ Happy Halloween! It’s always fun […]
America the beautiful
Mountains majesty (a portfolio) This is the final of five posts about my recent Jersey-to-California road trip. By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion […]
America the ugly
What you don’t see in brochures This is the fourth of five posts about my recent Jersey-to-California road trip. By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The […]
Black Panther landmark
It’s All Good in Oakland This is the third of five posts about my recent Jersey-to-California road trip. By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British […]