Known for his psychedelic rock posters from the late sixties and early seventies, the late but extremely influential artist Rick Griffin is also remembered as a comics artist even though most of his work appeared in the niche drag cartoons market. Here are his surreal pieces from Zap issues 2 and 3, though.

http://comicrazys.com/2010/07/12/zap-comics-issues-2-3-1968-rick-griffin/

Captain Action is undergoing a big comics comeback these days. Here’s Jim Shooter with artists Gil Kane and Wally Wood (always a great combination) from DC’s licensed version the first time around in 1968.

http://www.kingdomkane.com/2010/07/captian-action-battle-begins.html

It’s awards season in comics what with the Eisners and such right around the corner. If you’d like ti keep track of who has one what over the years, here’s a site that does that for you.

http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/index.html

Finally today, here’s An International Catalogue of Superheroes which, along with pointing out what country characters exist in, attempts to decipher such delicate questions a show an obviously American character (Judge Dredd) came to be created in England by a British writer and a Spanish artist.

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/