Russ Jones, the founding editor of Warren’s black and white comics magazines CREEPY and EERIE has a rather annoying website which is nonetheless worth traversing for its nuggest of comics (with Wood, Orlando and others) and comics history. Here’s a link to his page on the origins of those two venerable monster mags of the sixties and seventies.

http://popfiction.com/hotad/html/monstermania/creepy/index.html

The amazing Dutch historian of American comics, Ger Appeldorn, interrupts his sick leave from his blog, THE FABULEOUS FIFTIES (sic) in order to share a nicely drawn Mort Meskin tale of DC speedster JOHNNY QUICK.

http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/2009/09/slowest-post-ever-sunday-quick-fix-i-am.html

Everett Raymond Kinstler, an artist who was too good for comics (and went on to much success as a portrait artist-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Raymond_Kinstler ) is on display at NEDOR-A-DAY with JIMMY COLE-BOY SLEUTH from a 1940′s issue of THRILLING COMICS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Raymond_Kinstler

The great humor cartoonist Scott Shaw! has long collected oddball comics and for the past few years, along with various contributors, has been sharing them over at his website, ODDBALL COMICS. The current offering is a 1952 issue of JUDO JOE. Check it out then roam the archives for hours of fun and historical comics facts.

http://www.oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=2009-09-21