I first met Tim Sale at Emerald City Comic Con in 2010. He was wearing a Seattle Mariners cap and jersey, and in between signing books and speaking with fans, after hearing someone mention his favorite baseball team, he looked up from his table and asked, "Did we win today?" Sale, like me, grew up …
Hey guys! To follow up on my top ten artists list from last year, it was only natural that eventually I do a top ten writers list as well. The same disclaimers apply for this one as well- this is a list of my favorites, not most influential, most prolific, best selling or anything else …
There can be no doubt that in the 1930s, many comic strip artists imitated the great Alex Raymond. I forget where I first read it, but Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) once visited Raymond’s studio in Connecticut, only to find Raymond copying a drawing of a horse from one of Foster’s strips. Foster’s response was “Alex, …
This will be a day long remembered. (Okay, so this is not a blog about Star Wars, but I had to make it epic somehow!) At long last, after many years of admiring Steve Rude the Dude’s artwork on Superman, and resolving some time ago to purchase a commission from him one day, last October …
After waiting a few years for the Library of American Comics to release the initial Superman Sundays in a new edition themselves (given how great of a job they do!) I finally caved and bought a cheap copy of the Sterling hardcover off eBay. Although I’ll definitely buy it again if released by LOAC! I …
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