A post from my old Marvel blog that touches on how the specific way we express certain ideas impacts on the way in which they are perceived and received. Semantics October 21, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General One day every week I head up a regular Reading Circle for the … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Semantics
The popularity of STAR WARS hadn't even slightly begun to abate, and so even after the run of issues of the Marvel comic that adapted the entirety of the film over six issues had been reprinted as special 3-Bags, the program continued on beyond that, with the next STAR WARS 3-Bag containing issues #7-9. These … Continue reading BHOC: STAR WARS #7
Here's another vintage newspaper article about comic books from the dawn of the Silver Age. This is the earliest such piece that we've run, and it's interesting to see the writer's attitude towards comic books--both the titles that he clearly remembers from his own youth and their scarcity in the present moment--that moment being August … Continue reading Vanishing Art Form…
A post from my Marvel blog of years ago in which I talk about the tipping point at which a particular series becomes popular. Popular October 26, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Before I start in on today's topic, let the record show that it was Jim McCann who at … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Popular
It would have been at about this time that I read the Pete Hamill column in the New York Daily News that is reproduced at the link below, which had a huge impact on me. As I describe in that piece, while Hamill's writing about his friend Casey was intended to underscore the emptiness and … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #327
This was another wonderful issue of MYSTERY IN SPACE that I got in my Windfall Comics purchase of 1988. Just looking at the book, you can get a sense as to how much more invested editor Julie Schwartz was when working on science fiction material. He'd started out as an SF fan, and eventually found … Continue reading WC: MYSTERY IN SPACE #68
An entry from my old Marvel blog speaking about the spirit of the comic book fan community. Community November 6, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General One of the aspects of the comic book business that I don't think gets talked about enough is the sense of community that exists among … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Community
This was a cool surprise to greet me at the 7-11's spinner rack that Thursday afternoon. I had taken to following MARVEL SUPER-HEROES regularly by this point, but a story that guest-starred the Fantastic Four was incredibly welcome. Even though I'd never experienced one firsthand, the concept of a Thing vs Hulk fight being something … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #74
You never know what's going to turn up in the world of comic books, even after decades have gone by. So I was astonished to see the page I'm about to share with you turn up at one of the comic book auction sites recently. It's an amazing thing unto itself, but it also provokes … Continue reading Lee & Ditko & Orlando & Rockwell: A New Discovery in the Multiple Car Crash of TALES TO ASTONISH #61
An entry from my old Marvel blog going through the individual comic books I edited a decade earlier--which is now more like 23 years earlier. Ten Years Ago This Month November 12, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General It's been a while since I last did one of these, but I … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Ten Years Ago This Month
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