Welcome back fans, friends and family to another edition of Fabulous Finds. This week I’m sharing a fanzine from the Spring of 1972. It is the third issue of Sentinel, or Sentinel # 3, if you prefer. This fanzine was published by fan Randy Emberlin of Portland, Oregon. It features an outstanding cover drawn by…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re continuing our Multiversal tour with a look at DC’s Earth 13! Not the original plan for this week, but Spooky Town got me thinking “Halloween”. The League of Shadows! L to R: Hellblazer, Annataz, Witch Boy, Swamp Man, Superdemon, Fate, Ragman, Deadman, & Enchantress. How’s It…
DetailsPresident Superman Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re not looking at a specific story but a world of DC’s sprawling Multiverse – Earth 23, home of President Superman! How’s It Different? This would be, like most worlds of the Multiverse, a Royale With Cheese – differences pile up until you have a…
DetailsHi gang! I’m back this week with a sweet little fanzine that was published in 1971 by Gary Groth through his publishing company; Fantagraphics. The fanzine is entitled; A Selection of Fictional Narratives by Dennis Fujitake. It is only sixteen (16) pages long and basically is a look at the storytelling of artist Dennis Fujitake.…
DetailsA real album that exists in the world. Welcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where we are once more looking into the world of music! We’re spinning Pat Boone’s 1997 album In A Metal Mood: No More Mister Guy. Why this? Why now? Some of you may already know this, but…
DetailsToday, let’s turn back the clock forty-three (43) years to 1976, for this week’s RETRO REVIEW, with a comic book cover dated; December 1976. This comic comes from Marvel Comics and the book in question is Marvel Spotlight # 31. AS most of my readers know Marvel Spotlight featured and spotlighted various characters that did…
DetailsNew Universe. Same Slayer. Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re looking at something a little outside the usual scope of this column – Boom! Studios’ Buffy The Vampire #1-4. How’s It Different? We’re going to have to add yet another new category to the list: this baby is an Ultimate Universe, named…
DetailsWow, it still provides an impact all these many years later! The reds and pinks really make the black and white figures pop! I love it! The contributors within, are a who’s who in the small realm of comic book fandom, at the time. There are stories by Ronn Foss, Roger Brand, Biljo White and…
DetailsI’m back again with this allegedly-on-indefinite-hiatus column! Let me tell you all what kind of life I lead and friends I have: on Sunday 8/3, a very good friend of mine texts me to saying “[mutual friend’s boyfriend] is subjecting us to this film which I now feel obligated to share with you at some…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re looking at the Marvel Mangaverse and an ostensibly mainstream one-shot worthy of the MAX label – Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher #1! The Punisher at work! How’s It Different? Like the rest of the Mangaverse, it’s an Imaginary Story wherein Marvel’s characters are reinterpreted through the lens of…
DetailsI would guess that everyone is familiar with MAD Magazine. If you haven’t actually read an issue, you’ve at least heard of it over the years. But did you know that that also produced MAD paperback books? Yes indeed, they did. The creators of the magazine decided, rather early on, as a matter of fact,…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re once again turning our eyes to the Gosei Sentai Dairanger (guess which Sentai I finished most recently?), this time to the Kujaku arc/subplot. Kujaku and her boyfriend ShiShiRanger Plot Rundown The Dairangers defeat a mirror monster working for Gara, one of the three generals in the Gorma Triumvirate, and…
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