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Dwayne McDuffie (1962-2011).

Dwayne McDuffie, comics and animation writer/editor, and cofounder of Milestone Media, passed away earlier this week. While I’ve enjoyed many of his works – in particular, Milestone’s Hardware and...

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Gene Colan (1926 – 2011).

So long, Gene.   from Sea Devils #13 (September-October 1963)

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That really is one of my favorite Superman covers.

We’ve lost some fine comics folks recently…Batman artist (and man credited with creating the Joker) Jerry Robinson, Captain America cocreator Joe Simon, and fine comic book and comic strip artist...

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Keeping it short today.

1. So it would appear to be that the mystery caricature on the cover of Spoof #3 is apparently Tom Jones, based on some of the images I’ve been sent, and the fact that the editor of the book, Roy...

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Peter Bergman (1939 – 2012).

Peter Bergman (pictured on the right), one of the four or five guys from the Firesign Theatre, passed away Friday morning. The Firesign Theatre site has a memorial page that you can visit right here....

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Jean (Moebius) Giraud (1938 – 2012).

I’d been aware of the work of Moebius before coming across The Incal as it was being serialized in Heavy Metal back in the early ’80s…but there was something about the art, the weird things happening...

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Two Ray Bradbury books.

I have no idea where I got this book, a 1976 hardcover of Long After Midnight: It’s been sitting on my bookshelves for well over thirty years. Did I pick it up at a yard sale? Did my Nana (never...

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Joe Kubert (1926 – 2012).

Another comics legend passes: Joe Kubert died Sunday morning at the age of 85. We recently acquired at the shop a good handful of classic Our Army at War comics, all featuring Kubert’s wonderful cover...

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Errol.

So Errol had been coming to the shop for years, popping in about once a month to pick up his holds, and calling me the next day with his Previews order. He had a health condition that slowly robbed him...

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Carmine, George, and Roger.

So whenever I think of Star Wars comics, just, you know, as a general concept, and not as something specific I’m staring at on a rack or processing for the back issue bins, this is the cover that I...

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Kim Thompson.

As I’m sure you know, Fantagraphics mainstay Kim Thompson has passed away at the far too young age of 56. I was a fan of Thompson’s work on The Comics Journal and Amazing Heroes, and of course have...

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Alan Moore only wished the transitions in his comics were this awesome.

From Bat Lash #3 (Feb-Mar 1969), written by Sergio Aragones and Denny O’Neil, and drawn by Nick Cardy. I once saw a review of this comic that described the above panels as a terrible scene transition,...

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Robin Williams (1951 – 2014).

“My happy thought… I got it! I got it! I found it!” Hook (1991) was not much liked by critics at the time, as I recall, but I sure enjoyed the heck out of it then, and still love it now. I just...

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Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015).

Yes, I’ve posted this pic from that 1977 All About Star Trek Fan Clubs magazine before, but, you know, it’s been nine years, and I’m thinkin’ now is the right time to appreciate it again. So long,...

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Herb Trimpe (1939 – 2015).

My earliest experience with Herb Trimpe’s work, at least as far as I was aware, was this issue of Marvel Super-Heroes #100. I was mostly a DC kid at the time, but I also liked buying extra-sized...

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Christopher Lee (1922 – 2015).

Oh man, just how amazing was this guy? From playing Dracula, to recording heavy metal albums in his nineties, to this terrifying bit of information, to this musical piece from an obscure superhero...

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Phil Austin (1941 – 2015).

So long, Phil.     images from The Three Faces of Al CD by the Firesign Theatre (1984) and The Firesign Theatre’s Big Mystery Joke Book (1974)

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How I was never quoted in any kind of advertising or on any print edition for...

So the other day I sold a copy of the Superman: Krypton Returns trade paperback, and as I flipped it over to get the price, I noticed the following pullquote on the back cover: “Superman is still...

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Wes Craven (1939 – 2015).

I know there’s no shortage of more impressive and better remembered films the man was responsible for, but, by God, Wes Craven brought Swamp Thing to the screen. Sure, the film may have its issues,...

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My grandmother.

My grandmother, Beulah Sterling, passed away Sunday afternoon in her own home at the age of 96. She had a good, long and active life, always surrounded by lots of family and friends. When Grandpa...

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