The Style I Like

 

Here is another example of Richard Pollard's cool cover work.
I've never read this comic book,
Even though I have several signed copies,
Because I could never bring myself to open this bag.
So, I can't comment on the story inside.
Anyway,
I think I'll just keep them bagged.
You really don't have to read them all,
Do you?

 

RLJ

 



Kia Just Found The Key To Print Money

 

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/autosblogpost.aspx?post=c285791f-d7d9-43ea-8a89-79ac4ff60e13

 

 

 

I'm directing as many people as I possibly can to this blog to view this outrageously crazy news.

What can I say about what you are reading in the above article. This is the best news in the history of the planet! Comic book fans, and automobile enthusiasts, rejoice!

 

Crazy!

 

 

RLJ

Awesome Comic Book Art

 

 

(This posting has a correction as of 1-31-13. I called the below character Razor, when she is actually Stryke!) 

 

 

I never dated this signed copy of Vampirella that Artist Liam Sharp was selling at a signing in Tysons Corner in 1994. He was not drawing and selling original artwork, so I had to be happy with this signed copy of the work. I need to research the exact book this work is from because, as I'm typing this article, I simply cannot remember the exact comic book this picture appeared in. I'll find out soon enough...

Richard Pollard was also selling 'unnumbered' copies of a drawing of the character, "Stryke" at that same signing. I purchased two of those. I'll post a picture of that great image soon. Actually, I'll post it right now.

 

RLJ

 





 

 

 

 

I have always wished this was original art. But, the artist had his small stack of the art work, slid two of these off the stack, signed both of them in front of me and gave me a hearty handshake. I love this picture, and I love this man's art work even more.

 

RLJ

 





A Black Orchid In My Garden

 

 

 

Hello fans of Neil Gaiman.

Ever read Black Orchid?

In my opinion, this is one of the better DC comics ever written.

My goodness, what Black Orchid goes through to catch the bad guys.

Excellent story...

Excellent art...

All from the mind of the most excellent,

Neil Gaiman!

 

RLJ



Warner Brothers Wins Superman

http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/paralleluniverse-blog.aspx?feat=dd275de1-0430-45ce-ab86-4ad4df9c274f

 

 

 

Ah, the legal battles in the comic book world... there is constant war raging across America when it comes to the comic books, and the comic book characters, we all love. When the powers that be decide to move the characters from the books to the silver screen... the claws of greed and disrespect come out and blood flows.

 

I, for one, am happy this little issue has almost been put to rest by the appeals court. Maybe now Warner Brothers will be free to divert ALL their attention and focus to making the best Superman movies, and comic books, in the future.

 

So glance at the above article and let out a sigh of relief if you are a Superman fan. Warner Brothers obviously paid the estates of the creators of Superman a boat load of cash in the recent past for the rights to Superman. The estates of the creators obviously now want the rights to the characters back, but that is not going to happen. I say as long as Warner Brothers continues to respect the legacy... let peace live.

 

Now, if only the television rights to the 1960's Batman TV series debacle can be worked out. That mess has dragged on for decades and decades... and it looks like it may never be settled. And that is a freakin' shame. Someone would probably make a billion dollars with the release of Batman on DVD. Nearly every person on the planet would want a copy of that box set... are you kidding me? Well anyway, this digression only leads to paralysing depression for me.

 

Anyway, Superman seems to be on a right legal course... for now.

 

 

RLJ

Cringe As You Think About The Comic Books You Love

 



 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI8IJA8kdkI

 

 

Do you love to read comic books? Do you know the crazy history of the Federal Government's war on comic books in the 1950s. Do you know the crazy climate of paranoia and craziness concerning the "Establishment's" war on horror comics?

 

White people in America... these are your fathers and mothers and your brothers and your sisters and your uncles and your aunts... these are the crazy people who made the stupid rules that screwed America back then. The craziness in this video is the kind of craziness that saturated the Federal Government back then. It is men like this interviewer, and the bat crap craziness inside him, that made them crazy enough to attack EVERYONE NOT LIKE THEM!

 

This real, but utterly stupid, video is about fighting against the dreaded comic book. What else does all this metaphor mean? I could write pages more on the topic. I will stop here. I just want some of you to know what I felt a little bit of when I was a kid who was too poor to afford comic books, but sure heard about the horrors of reading comic books from the adults, when I was a kid.

 

 

RLJ

 



Welcome Back Godzilla

http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/paralleluniverse-blog.aspx?feat=98454234-13cf-462d-96f6-4c840da988c1

Hey, fans of horror and science-fiction... Godzilla is soon to be back. The production company in charge has brought on one of the best directors around to... WRITE... a new draft for the movie... Frank Darabont, he of the "The Shawshank Redemption," "The Green Mile" and "The Mist"), plus the best horror show on television -- "The Walking Dead!"

WOW!

Above are 4 of Godzilla #1 and a Godzilla #2 from Marvel from a couple of decades ago. This is a great comic book series in the vein of Marvel comics before Marvel began to over think itself and introduce pure stupidity into its world... like the entire Spider-Man Symbiotes nonsense and its spin offs, for example!

If "they" want to make another giant lizard movie in which NYC is destroyed... that's OK. Just don't call it Godzilla and insult the fans. That movie has been disrespected by quite a few movie critics. It was a sensation when it was first released in 1998... but fans of Godzilla were not fooled into accepting the fact that director Roland Emmerich believes that he, like Michael Bay, knows more than fans of the iconic subjects he tackles.

I believe with all my heart that Frank Darabont is the right man for the job. I hope the producers are impressed enough with his work to keep him on... maybe to direct?

Godzilla... you can stomp all over my town any time you choose. I mean... I couldn't stop you anyway, right?

RLJ



Awesome "Tales of Terror"

 

I don't need to tell you much about this fantastic series from years ago.

 Simply put... the art is excellent,

The stories are frightening and well written...

And once you've read issue number 1

You will be compelled to find the rest of the series.

Tales of Terror has excellent covers, too.

Check it out!

 

 

RLJ