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 […]
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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 […]
Old comic books 2
New concept in collecting: Read before filing By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” Continuing my newfound policy of actually […]
Farewell, Comics Plus (1989-2015)
“Don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone,” sang the great philosopher Tom Kiefer. Since ’89, I had a comic shop. My own comic […]
Sketch cards
Semi-official superhero-drawin’ By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ I was recently invited to draw five sketch cards for […]