Makin’ Links # 119


I always figured this bizarre team-up between SPIDER-MAN and the original Not Ready For Prime-Time Players was a ploy to get Stan Lee a spot hosting SNL but that never happened. A fun, one-off story though, written by Chris Claremont with art by Bob Hall and Marie Severin (who utilized her marvelous caricaturist skills !).
http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2010/01/grooves-faves-spidey-meets-not-ready.html
Here’s another brand spanking new comics blog, this one devoted entirely to the phenomenal international superstar hero of nearly 75 years who has never quite caught on as well here in his country of origin: THE PHANTOM.
http://falkonthewildside.blogspot.com/
Starting out as a traditional comic book illustrator in the 1940′s, Carmine Infantino’s art became increasingly stylized over the years. Here’s some late period Infantino from EERIE in a Bruce Jones story and with Al Milgrom inks.
http://blacknwhiteandredallover.blogspot.com/2010/01/post-26-sams-son-and-delilah.html
In an earlier era, John Pound might well have drawn for Disney but instead he drew his NSFW RONALD RABBIT for the underground market in 1972. In later years, he would become better known for his work on GARBAGE PAIL KIDS.
http://johnglenntaylor.blogspot.com/2010/01/john-pounds-ronald-rabbit.html

— booksteve

































