Sea-Con 2024
By the (stormy) sea By Mark Voger, author ‘Zowie! The TV Superhero Craze in ’60s Pop Culture I had a blast at Sea-Con in […]
Comics
‘Zowie! Trailer Theme’
Mirroring corny Sixties TV music By Mark Voger, author ‘Zowie! The TV Superhero Craze in ’60s Pop Culture’ All I knew going in was […]
Joe Giella (1928-2023)
Comics’ undersung 1966-era Batman artist By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture’ Who is my favorite 1966-era […]
A scintilla of respect
Adam West in a DC movie, kind of By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture’ I call ’em […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
‘Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comics’
Drew Friedman examines an artistic revolution ‘Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comics’ By Drew Friedman | Foreword by Marc Maron Fantagraphics Books [216 pages, […]
Mayfield meets Marvel
Beaver had FF#1 I’m a little late in reporting this, but a 1985 episode of the syndicated series “Still the Beaver” (a.k.a. “The New Leave […]
Weird (Feb. 1969), Part 2
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 […]
Defective Comics Trading Cards
A nod to history in the age of gimmicks By Mark Voger, illustrator Defective Comics Trading Cards You could call it a case of “When […]
Origin of the Sketch Card
‘Big bang’ of format revealed By Mark Voger, illustrator Defective Comics Trading Cards Both of you rabid readers of MarkVoger.com will want to see Back […]
Super Shock Show II (Feb. 9, 2019)
Begone, winter doldrums Cool peeps. And a refuge from cabin fever. The second edition of the Super Shock Show held at Groovy Graveyard in Asbury […]
Stan Lee (1922-2018)
His comics were ‘written for everybody’ It was in 1939 that 16-year-old Stanley Lieber — better known as Stan Lee — got his first job […]
Schaffenberger’s ‘Archie’ period
From Metropolis to Riverdale This guy drew for just about everybody. Comic book artist Kurt Schaffenberger (1920-2002) worked for Fawcett Publishing, Classics Illustrated, American Comics […]
Howard Bender ’66
My old buddy, artist Howard Bender (Action Comics, “Spider-Man Seek and Find,” Mr. Fixitt) recently shared some of his artwork from 1966, when he was […]