The concluding installment of our look at the fan comic book put together by future comics creators Kurt Busiek and Scott McCloud when they were high school students. It was produced between 1976 and 1978 and was never published professionally. Kurt and Scott have been working on this story for close to two years now, … Continue reading The Battle of Lexington, Part Four
Continuing our look at The Battle of Lexington, a fan comic book put together by future well-known creators Kurt Busiek and Scott McCloud back in their fan days. It was produced between 1976 and 1978 according to sources. Hey! A Gil Kane punch! There's more Battle of Lexington still to come!
Continuing our look at THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON, a fan comic book produced by writer Kurt Busiek and artist Scott McCloud while they were in high school together. Sorry, for some reason Page 17 is missing in the copy I got this all from. Cameos from what I assume were Kurt and Scott's circle of … Continue reading The Battle of Lexington, Part Two
THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON was a fan comic book produced by Kurt Busiek and Scott McCloud while in High School. Never published anywhere, it featured an enormous battle between different Marvel super heroes that they liked set in and around the area of their hometown of Lexington, Massachusetts. As McCloud describes it on his website: … Continue reading The Battle of Lexington, Part One
Walt Simonson had taken over the reins of FANTASTIC FOUR and propelled it into the stratosphere with a series of expansive stories that drew upon the best of Jack Kirby's era on the title and turned the concepts up to eleven. Graphically, the book looked sweet as well, as Walter was able to channel Kirby's … Continue reading 5BC: The Five Best Comic Books of 1991
While Grant Morrison and Richard Case's reinvention of the DOOM PATROL had begun in the manner of a more traditional super hero title, it swiftly morphed into something a lot more strange and wonderful, while never entirely throwing off its super hero roots. This issue is another step in that direction, as Robotman's new more … Continue reading 5BC: The Five Best Comic Books of 1990
SUPERMAN VS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, the first of the real DC and Marvel crossovers (putting aside the WIZARD OF OZ co-produced Treasury) was an enormous success for both companies. Despite being priced at $2.00 as a time when regular comic books were only 30 cents, it sold in huge quantities--enough to make DC look for … Continue reading Lost Crossovers: The Lost and Most Obscure Marvel/DC Crossover
The Rocket's Blast/ComiCollector was one of the longest-running fanzines of its era. Originally, it had begun as two separate 'zines both started in 1961--the Rocket's Blast, created by Miami-based fan G.B. Love, and the Comicollector by Jerry Bails. Eventually, the two combined their mailing lists and merged with #29 (continuing the numbering of The Rocket's … Continue reading The Rocket’s Blast/ComiCollector #152
Scott McCloud's ZOT! has become somewhat forgotten over the past three decades, overshadowed by his later work on UNDERSTANDING COMICS and its sequels, and even his epic graphic novel, THE SCULPTOR. But it's a brilliant strip, very much ahead of its time. McCloud was one of the first to apply the influences of Japanese manga … Continue reading Perfect Game: ZOT! #33
1989 was the year in which I entered the field, so this will be the final installment of this topic, as I don't think it's possible to be objective past this point. Grant Morrison begins his revelatory run on DOOM PATROL by hearkening back to the earliest stories and remembering that these characters are more … Continue reading 5BC: The Five Best Comic Books of 1989
The Tom Brevoort Experience 