Til the Last Hemlock Dies

I generally don't get excited about the things I have bought and the things that I own. I've known folk who get really choked up whe...

Robert Mathis Kurtz' latest chapter of the COALITION zombie trilogy is out!   LORD OF THE LIVING From Severed Press , home of f...

I enjoy many aspects of pop culture. Not music so much, because for some reason I cannot delineate, I stopped listening to pop music when ...

The Fantastic Four was the first comic book that I encountered that was created by Jack Kirby. And the first issue of that book that I ever ...

When I was a kid reading Spider-Man, I knew that there were other fans out there. I saw their names and their comments on the letters page...

In the old days self-publishing was an appropriately difficult proposition. There was, of course, no shortage of awful writers ready and wil...

In the days at Marvel, before Jack Kirby brought the company back from the brink of destruction by introducing superheroes into the mix, it ...

I just got another old EC for my collection. This one is FRONTLINE COMBAT #14 with a cover and first interior story illustrated by Wally Woo...

One rumor surrounding the departure of Steve Ditko from Marvel and his relinquishing of the reins of his title The Amazing Spider-Man is tha...

A couple of new strangers tried to get me to read their new self-published novels. Ugh.  You folk who are doing well with your self-publis...

Whenever I look at the comics that Steve Ditko produced for Charlton and DC just at the time he was leaving Marvel, I cannot get over the fa...

Since we bought Carole the kayak, and since I will be getting one soon for myself, we're selling our canoe. It was a great boat, but w...

Battle-Ground was an Atlas war title (obviously). I bought this copy for the Russ Heath cover. Heath is one of the best comic artists who wo...

Here's a story that I wrote when I was very young. I found it on an old floppy disk. I never sold it, but I recall sending it out a few...

One of the artists very important in the history of the company that was variously known as Timely Comics, Atlas Comics, then Marvel Comics,...

I love to hike and backpack. But sometimes when I'm laboring up a giant freaking mountain in the heat with a heavy pack on my back a...

"Why are you so grouchy?" People ask me this all of the time. I used to know a comic book artist who ended up being revealed t...

As I labor away on my latest projects, I take the time to mention something about ebooks. So far, the ebook deal seems to be a good one fo...

A list of the best movies I have seen since 1980. Why 1980? Because I said so. Philip Baker Hall as Sydney, retired hit man. What a voic...

Steve Ditko came up with some stunning cover artwork during his tenure at Marvel Comics. I've always liked the cover to AMAZING SPIDER-M...