Jim Aparo Unpublished Batman Cover

 

 

Jim Aparo drew a Batman cover that was slated to appear on 1979's Detective Comics #481 but then there was a change. Starting with that issue Detective would become a Dollar Comic sub-billed as Batman Family and the Aparo cover no longer served the purpose. Mr. Aparo was paid for his work but the cover never saw print.

That's not stopping us from enjoying the drawing though! The original artwork sold at auction recently for $5841 but here it is for you and all the other hayfamzonders to peruse at no charge:

Spider-Man on the Car

 

 I saw a car with a hand-painted Spider-Man on it.

Very nice!

 

An Alex Ross Bargain

There was a heyday for Alex Ross painted covers on comics but, for me, that day has passed. Recently Mr. Ross has been painting a couple of covers per month for Marvel Comics but they have been striking me as drab and monochromatic and not particularly heroic-looking. 

The painting shown here is more like what I hope to see in an Alex Ross painting: bright colors and contrast and heroism!

This particular painting is currently for sale and, to my way of thinking, the asking price is far less than I would expect to pay for an Alex Ross original!

One gent I showed it to opined that there was not a whole lot of artwork in the piece, but still I like it!

I won't be purchasing the painting, however, so feel free to check over here whether it is still available.

 

 

Jack Kirby a la A.I.

 

 

I used an Artificial Intelligence image generator and asked for "Jack Kirby" and this kaleidoscopic origami gem is what it gave me.

 I like it!

 

Gilbert Hernandez Draws Jack Kirby's Big Barda

 

 

Yes, THAT Gilbert Hernandez!

Yes, THAT Jack Kirby!

Yes, Big Barda, the wife of Fourth World mainstay Mr. Miracle!

Yes, Gilbert Hernandez has drawn Big Barda!

On Apokolips!

 

 

 

Unexpected Art Baltazar

 

Svengoolie is a Chicago institution, a comedic television host who introduces and comments during broadcasts of horror movies and B-movies.

Last month, with little or no fanfare, a Svengoolie one-shot comic book was published. I believe that most comic fans never saw the comic or knew about it.

But every comics fan should seek out Svengoolie Lost in Time! Because about one-third of this comic book is drawn by the great Art Baltazar and his artwork is never to be missed!

 

 

 

 

Comicon Mutts 2023

 

He's done it again!

 

Almost every year for a while now, Patrick McDonnell has devoted a week's worth of his Mutts comic strip to having a bit of fun with the characters of Marvel Comics. He does this during the week that the San Diego Comicon is held, which was last week.

 

Did your favorite Marvel character make the cut this year?