No problem, I really like 'em too! There's more Frankenstein coming (the rest of issue #3 and all of issue #4) so check back later. But I may take a break between issues and put up some more Little Archie and Tubby...
Is a baby bird-person a chick-baby?
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Shoe, 3/7/12 OK, I know it’s tricky to try to read the expressions
bird-people, but Roz’s heavy-lidded look in panel two strikes me as quite
sad; that, com...
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Number 1118
Brand recognition
Fawcett marketed a self-contained universe, a brand which identified the
Captain Marvel characters. From Captain Marvel c...
Just The Facts
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The story you’re about to read was ripped off from Dragnet. Only the names
have been changed to protect the guilty, in this case the small, Golden Age
publ...
British MAD 1989
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Here's more of the British edition of MAD and the MAD-ese of its overseas
contributors. This time parodying *Tomorrow's World* and *Blue Peter*[image:
Phot...
MY FIRST PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF 2012
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[image: Paul Castiglia Chris Allan]
Hello, fans. Just a quick post to let you know about my first personal
appearance of the year. Pop on over to the Clift...
Don Imus is dumb
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is, as usual, completely right. So was Chris Rock when he
made Good Hair (which you should make an effort to see, if you have not
seen it)...
Ink-Slinger Profiles: Lou Hanlon
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Louis Wilfred "Lou" Hanlon was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 12,
1882, according to his World War I and II draft cards; his full name is
from *Wh...
Cole's Screwball Roots: Wacky Inventions
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One of Jack Cole's favorite themes was SCREWBALL inventions. He populated
his stories with wacky stuff, such as Midnight's "secret vacuum gun," which
f...
I’m Happy! Index Card Doodle
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[image: Sherm Cohen Index Card doodle sketch cartoon man says I'm HAPPY!]
Nice to start off the week with a happy thought. I grabbed a few index
cards befor...
Two From Jack Bradbury!
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Recently, good friend, Pappy (of *Golden Age Comics Blogzine* fame) ran a
great *Beany & Cecil* post by *Jack Bradbury*. Feeling inspired, I dove
into my c...
“Magic Beans”
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[image: Comic]
What do you expect, this isn’t a Disney film, it’s marriage…and besides,
magic beans have a horribly different effect in real life than in ...
The Baseball Season Burgeons
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Over on The Pictorial Archives blog I've let it be known that I'm on a
leave of absence from blogging while I'm slogging through deadlines. But
anyone tuni...
Notswald: A Ramapith Public Service
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How did you try to impress your childhood friends?
My best buddy in third grade was a cartoon fan, like me. We drooled over
unaffordable cartoon collectibl...
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Metro Wants Its Four Million Back --- Part One
For too long, I thought of 40's special effects in terms of Lon Chaney man-to-wolf
transform or Mr. Joe Yo...
The Monkees: Last Train to Redemption
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Isn't it a little audacious that the very first song on the very first
album by The Monkees is their own theme song? The fact that it was the
opening theme...
Leap Year
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Happy Leap Year! Time for some comics review!
Agnes
[image: Agnes]
Uh... it's every four years. Since Trout seems to know so much about this
day, you'd thi...
"The Skull Scavenger" & "Horror Island"
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Today we have two more moldering stories, both stinking of the grave, from *Terror
Tales* Vol. 3 No. 4, July 1971. Our first story, "The Skull Scavenger," ...
Love Will Tear Us Apart
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Next week the Japan Society is presenting the 6th Globus Film Series of
edgy Asian film irresistibly titled Love Will Tear Us Apart (no, nothing to
do wit...
New Blog! The Spectre Lives!
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I've started a new blog wherein I discuss one of the greatest comic book
characters of all time, DC Comics' *The Spectre*. I've loved the character
for a...
Jim Tyer - Prehistoric Perils
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As much as I admire the skill of Disney animators and others like Ken
Harris, Ken Muse, Virgil Ross and Bob McKimson, I really get fired up over
anima...
No Sad Songs for a Scarlet Speedster
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Those kids don't know where to look. The rumor is that DC Editor and
midwife of the Silver Age Julius Schwartz had a rule for selling comics;
put a gorill...
Obscure Musicals: "Golden Boy"
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This one is less obscure than some of the other shows I've written about on
this site. It had a run that normally qualifies a musical as a hit: 569
perfo...
The 50th Anniversary of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
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I'm sorry to say that posting will once again be light simply because
people forget about *Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol* for about 11 months of
the year. ...
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*We Have a Possible Solution*
OK, the ilovecomix archive site may be gone but the file sharing and
swapping is still going on among us. I have foun...
Put Me Back In My Tomb
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I have retired MCB but just wanted to let ya'll know I've fired up a Musick
Blog and will be spending time over there from now on. Please check it
out, it...
Happy Halloween! - ALL HALLOWS
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From 1982 comes the greatest halloween story ever produced by comics.
"ALL HALLOWS" was written by Bruce Jones and had beautiful artwork by Tim
Conrad, a...
Prom Hairstyles for Short
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Prom Hairstyles for Short[image: Prom Hairstyles for Short]
Prom Hairstyles for Short[image: Prom Hairstyles for Short]
Prom Hairstyles for Short[image: Prom...
New Lee Falk book
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On April 28th,2011 Phantom and Mandrake the Magician creator LEE FALK would
have been 100 years old. To celebrate his centennial, the Scandinavian
Chapter ...
Going On Hiatus
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Hi, everyone. I just wanted to let you know that beginning August 1st,
ComiCrazys will be going on a temporary hiatus. I’m not sure for how long
but I am e...
That's all, Folks!
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Last post, that is. The reason –I think– perfectly understandable: I've
decided to get me rich quick and at all costs. I'll need time for that.
Once I get ...
POST # 42 - THE MUMMY STALKS!
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Recently I was talking about artist *Reed Crandall* and how many werewolf
stories he had done over the years. Searching through my database I
happened t...
Sam Fuller's The Naked Kiss on DVD
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A taut 1964 melodrama on human depravity and redemption starring Constance
Towers that has garnered a cult audience.
Some Cover Recreations
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I like doing these pieces for inking practice...and I need lots of practice! I especially need to make myself do more hand-lettering. Redrawing old comic boo...
**Hiatus**
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Well folks as you may have noticed I've been somewhat absent when it comes
to posting on this blog.
I love doing it and have a ton more to share but life ha...
He Could Have Beat Them All
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Wally Wood’s life and art exist in the space between two comic book
stories. The first, “My World”, published in Weird Science no. 22, 1953,
was written by...
Thank you SO much for posting these Dick Briefer Frankenstein comics! I've been loving his loose quirky comic sensibility!
ReplyDeleteI also appreciate that you've made the images big enough to read ^_^ Thanks again!
No problem, I really like 'em too! There's more Frankenstein coming (the rest of issue #3 and all of issue #4) so check back later. But I may take a break between issues and put up some more Little Archie and Tubby...
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