Here's the fifth and final part of our overview of this short hardcover how-to pamphlet authored in 1943 by writer/editor Robert Kanigher. It's a wealth of interesting information about just how comic books were put together back during the Golden Age and what publishers were looking for. The story that Kanigher breaks down here was … Continue reading How To Make Money Writing For Comic Magazines, Part Five
I picked up the latest issue of what had once been my favorite comic book series of all on my weekly excursion to the 7-11 on Thursday. My interest in THE FLASH had started to waver a bit of late, as I'd become more enamored of the Marvel books that were then occupying a lot … Continue reading BHOC: THE FLASH #274
In the late 1970s, the Marvel Universe found itself inundated with visitors from the nation's toy aisles, as the company licensed property after property in the hopes of landing on another hit the scale of STAR WARS. They wouldn't quite get there until the one-two punch of G.I.JOE and TRANSFORMERS in the 1980s--by which point, … Continue reading BHOC: SHOGUN WARRIORS #5
All in all, this was a pretty enjoyable outing for DOCTOR WHO--not quite a return to form per se but at the very least a step in the right direction. I find that the few complaints that I can muster boil down to some dodgy story beats and some thin characters. As a technical achievement, … Continue reading Doctor Who: Lux
This being the fourth part of our review looking back at writer/editor Robert Kanigher's very early hardcover booklet giving a how-to on writing for comic magazines. It was published in 1943 and is therefore probably the earliest repository for such information. If nothing else, it gives a good sense of what the field was like … Continue reading How To Make Money Writing For Comic Magazines, Part Four
As I've recounted before, during this period my younger brother Ken had developed a passing fascination with Conan the Barbarian, such that he'd begun to follow the regular monthly comic title. But he also branched out to the other regular source of Conan material available at this point: the black and white magazine SAVAGE SWORD … Continue reading BHOC: SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #40
I picked up this issue of MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE during my regular weekly comic-buying run to my neighborhood 7-11 on Thursday, another issue of a book that was mostly just there, and which I kept buying largely because of how much I loved the Fantastic Four. In just a couple of years, Moon Knight would become … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #52
Thinking about this episode, and the season it's following up on, I've landed on a bit of an observation. And it is this: the current DOCTOR WHO had entered its version of the 1980s, a period when, concerned about pushback that the show was too dark and violent for young viewers, it instead steered more … Continue reading Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution
Once again, here's a look at writer/editor Robert Kanigher's 1943 how-to book on writing material for the comic book market. It's a good snapshot as to just what the prevailing wisdom was during the Golden Age of Comics in terms of the material that was being generated. That should cover things for the moment. But … Continue reading How To Make Money Writing For Comic Magazines, Part Three
As a kid, I didn't really have any way to get information about what new comic books and related publications would be coming out when. I was dimly aware of fanzines, but I never tried to purchase any on the regular--my meager funds were needed to buy actual comics, after all. So I had no … Continue reading BHOC: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN POCKET BOOKS Volume 3
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