Barbarian Life: Volume One by Roy Thomas is a fascinating history of how Marvel Comics’ Conan the Barbarian came to be. Stan Lee, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Michael Moorcock, John Jakes and others…all are discussed in its pages.
Read MoreComics legend, Howard Chaykin, turned seventy years old today. A fifty-year veteran of the industry, he's known more nowadays for his controversial comics series of the last three-plus decades. However, he initially made his bones in the '70s doing lots of cool space opera and sword and sorcery.
Read MoreGil Kane died on this date in 2000. He was an artistic bad-ass. Let’s get that out of the way. He also depicted his figures in wildly exaggerated poses and drew far too many covers with the reader looking up various characters’ noses. Let’s get that out of the way as well. The bottom line is that Gil was a lifelong fan of the Good Stuff, he created a body of classic work and he was—and remains—an influence on numerous comics artists.
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