I was a big fan of The Sandman #1 by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby when it was released back in 1974!
These days I own the camera-ready photostat of the cover that was used in the printing process down in Sparta, Illinois, how about that! True!
And did you know that thirty years ago this iconic Kirby cover was the inspiration for a Sonambulo cover drawn by Javier Hernandez? Also true!
October is here!
#JackTober, the month-long celebration of Jack "King" Kirby is back!
Artist Tom Scioli invites everyone to do their own Jack Kirby-related artwork all month long.
I'm planning on doing some drawing.
How about you?
Barry Jameson? Boris Zabok? Who what?
Both names appear with comic book creator credits in 1970s comics.
DC's 1976 Karate Kid #2 lists Barry Jameson as the writer, but there is no such person!
Barry Jameson was a co-pseudonym of Paul Levitz and David Michelinie.
And the Robin story in 1979's Detective Comics #483 credits Boris Zabok as the colorist, but it was some kind of joke! 'Boris Zabok' is an anagram of Bob Rozakis and it is one of that gentleman's pseudonyms.
I wish there were more pseudonyms in modern-day comics so I wouldn't have to go digging 50 years in the past to find them for you!
Probably you didn't realize that Alex Ross ever painted a portrait of Beethoven.
Well, he didn't!
But if you take a painting of Doc Strange and ask A.I. to tweak it a bit?
Voila!
A play about the life of Jack Kirby?
That sounds great!
The original run ended last month but maybe there will be a revival.
Hooray for Jack Kirby!
Superman on water skis!
Batman and Robin on water skis!
In the late 1970s, Seaworld in Orlando Florida had water shows featuring costumed DC superheroes!
Maybe you saw the ads on the back cover of some comics back in that era.
But you'd probably like to see some video footage of the show, right?
Please look right over here!
The Artist's Edition of The New Teen Titans has been published!
Above you can see Mrs. George Perez, Carol, proudly holding up her copy of the tome.
If you pull back the lens on that photo a little bit, something in the background interests me.
That painting on the wall! What a great portrait of George Perez!
Unfortunately the resolution of the photo does not allow a reading of the artist's signature.
I wish I knew who painted it.
