Tag: Andrew Murphy

FSC: COMICO PRIMER #1

By 1980, I started to attend comic book conventions in New York City. My father would take myself and occasionally a comic book reading friend or two on the Long Island Railroad into New York City and give us a couple of hours inside one of the cons that were going on there. These were … Continue reading FSC: COMICO PRIMER #1 →

Brand Echh: Comico Primer #2

The opening up of the Direct Sales market in the early 1980s made it possible for anybody with a little bit of money to publish and sell their own black and white comic books. All sorts of new companies popped up, put out a few releases, then vanished without a trace. Comico performed better than … Continue reading Brand Echh: Comico Primer #2 →