Makin’ Links # 40


Sorry I missed yesterday but I was on day two of installing WINDOWS7. Some glitches but now it’s worki…
Sorry. Locked up a second there. Anyway, as I was sa…
OOPS! Had to reboot. My point is that this software is the beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest…Sorry. Keyboard glitch. Sigh. Anyway, here’s today.
John Byrne’s first art for Marvel-sorta-can be found here although one would be hard-pressed to recognize it as such due to the overpowering inks of Rudy Nebres that give the overall piece a unique but decidely comprimised look.
http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2009/10/famous-first-fridays-john-byrne-finds.html
Writer/Artist Frank Robbins is both celebrated and raked over the coals at the BRONZE AGE OF BLOGS. Robbins Caniff-styled art worked well in newspaper strips for decades but his arrival in comic books led to some controversially odd work.
http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.com/2009/10/frank-robbins.html
Keeping in mind that Halloween is just ahead, here’s a comic adaptation of Hammer Films’ PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES, adapted by Steve Moore (script) and Brian Bolland (inks)-the guys who went on to create LASAR ERASER AND PRESSBUTTON. Pencils by one Trvor Goring.
http://hairygreeneyeball2.blogspot.com/2009/10/plague-of-zombies.html
From WWII era THRILLING COMICS, here’s the fairly generic hero DOC STRANGE with some fairly generic evil Nazis in a fairly generic superhero tale for your enjoyment and amusement.
http://nedor-a-day.blogspot.com/2009/10/doc-strange-light-absorbing-machine.html

— booksteve

































