Fortress Of Fortitude (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Once more into the breach with Charlton’s This Magazine Is Haunted #17! If blood-thirsty mannequins weren’t your cup of tea, perhaps the tragic tale of a lonely - and somewhat cute - slug creature will pull your heart-strings. Your humble host would be lying if he didn’t admit to feeling bad for the poor little critter [...]
Fortress Of Fortitude (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Here’s an early Steve Ditko chiller from Charlton Comics’ This Magazine Is Haunted # 17. The story is a variation on the old “mannequins come alive at midnight” trope, but this time there’s a somewhat gruesome twist … OK … OK … the Keeper realizes the above story contained more than a few lapses in logic. But, [...]
http://shuffleboil.com/feed/ (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
When it comes to legendary comic book artist Steve Ditko, there are two paths of interest in his story. One is obvious — as the co-creator of Spider-Man who wrote and drew the first few years of the character’s existence, his skill as an great innovator in the comic book form is of great importance. There [...]
Marvel News (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
As we prepare for Ultimatum, the Secret Cabal tags the supreme bad guys of the Ultimate Universe!
Fortress Of Fortitude (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Legend has it that Martin Goodman - the founder and publisher of the Timely/Atlas/Marvel line - launched Atlas/Seaboard Comics in 1974 to take revenge against Marvel for firing his son, Chip Goodman. True or not, the end result was a diverse - and sadly, short-lived - line of comics that spanned such genres as horror, [...]
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
At the Mental Floss blog, Mark Juddery considers “5 Memorable Moments in Comic Book Censorship,” including the altered ending of a Steve Ditko story from Marvel’s trange Tales #83 (April 1961): Artist Steve Ditko’s story told of a vengeful socialite who meets a guy dressed as the Devil at a costume party, and falls for him. [...]
Comics Should Be Good! (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
On a rainy Monday morning in January, 1968, Dick Giordano entered the editorial offices of Charlton Publications and tendered his resignation, thus bringing the Silver Age of Comics to a close. OK – I’m not sure of all the facts, but hear me out. Dick Giordano had been involved with Charlton Comics for more than 15 [...]
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man 4 & 5 deals are super-sweet. $50 million plus for two films back to back with lots of time off for being Daddy Maguire, too. Score for Hollywood parents there... [Spider-Man's creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko never pocketed this kind of change. Anywayyyy . That's another topic] Color me shocked that this is actually happening --not the money but the films... and so soon,...
Fortress Of Fortitude (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
In the early ’70s, comic-book publishers looking somewhere … anywhere for the next big thing gave the gothic romance genre a try. DC published a couple of issues of The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love and The Sinister House Of Secret Love to little acclaim or sales in 1971, but that didn’t stop Charlton Comics from jumping [...]
ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
Suspended Animation Review Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko /220 pgs. & $39.99 from Fantagraphics Books/by Blake Bell/sold in comics and book shops and at www.fantagraphics.com . This critical retrospective celebrates the work and life of one of comic’s most original and fiercely independent cartoonists in the last fifty years, Steve Ditko. Read more » Original post blogged on ComicList...
ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
Stan Lee and Steve Ditko give their opinions on the original artwork for Amazing Fantasy #15 being donated to the Library Of Congress. Read more » Original post blogged on ComicList .
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
The still-anonymous donation of the entirety of art from Spider-man’s debut story to the Library of Congress led to an intrepid reporter tracking down both creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko for quotes: : “I’ve never, ever had researchers have their picture taken with works of art, until now,” said Sara W. Duke, a curator [...]
PCL LinkDump (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
"... This is Star Comics' (an imprint of Marvel) short-lived series based on the short-lived cartoon Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos. The 4 issues that complete the series credit Jo Duffy and Steve Ditko with the writing and art (respectively) but come on, we all know Chuck made these damn things himself. ..." Chuck Norris - Karate Kommandos , made available by The Manchester Morgue .
Journalista (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
“When an interviewer asks me why he should read graphic novels, my standard response now is to say ‘good lord, not you, you’re far too stuffy.’” - Eddie Campbell “I couldn’t care less.” - Steve Ditko, when asked by a reporter about the donation of his Spider-Man artwork from Amazing Fantasy #15 to the Library of Congress New to [...]
ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Suspended Animation Review Spider-Man: With Great Power , five issues, published by Marvel Publishing, Inc., 32 pages, $3.99. I’ve always been a sucker for the classic Marvel characters, as portrayed in their infancy by the likes of Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, and the rest of the Silver Age Marvel crew. But no character has intrigued me more than Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man. That’s why I had...
