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2000 A.D. issue 2
2000 A.D. Issue 2The first appearance of Judge DreddMarch 5, 1977Forty years ago, in early March 1977, the second issue of the sci-fi comic anthology 2000 A.D. was published. Printed using letterpress...
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The Shadow: Blood and Judgment
The Shadow: Blood and Judgmentby Howard Chaykin (story and art)Dynamite, 2012This trade paperback from Dynamite compiles the four-issue miniseries first published by DC comics from May to August,...
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Book Review: Dune
Book Review: 'Dune' by Frank Herbert4 / 5 StarsDune first was published in hardback in August, 1965. This Ace Books paperback (544 pp, including appendices) is a first edition, and was released in...
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Book's End, Syracuse New York
Book's End, Syracuse New YorkJames Street in Syracuse, New York has two good used bookstores within a few block of each other. I've chronicled my previous visit to Books and Melodies LLC here. Last...
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Celtic Women by Jim Fitzpatrick
Celtic Womenillustrations by Jim Fitzpatrickfrom Erinsaga, De Danann Press, 1985Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day 2017I thought I would celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2017 by posting some illustrations of...
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Book Review: Tangents
Book Review: 'Tangents' by Greg Bear2 / 5 Stars'Tangents' (260 pp) first was published in hardback in 1989; this mass market paperback version was published by Questar / Popular Library in August,...
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Bernie Wrightson 1948 - 2017
Bernie Wrightson 1948 -2017Legendary comics artist and writer Bernie Wrightson passed away on 19 March, 2017. He was 68 years old, and had been battling brain cancer.Anyone who read comic books, Heavy...
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The Land of Nod from Open Space Issue 1
The Land of Nodby Barry Malzberg (story) and Ray Lago (art)from Open Space (Marvel) Issue 1, December 1989Open Space was an effort by Marvel to revive the sf anthology comic book concept, one that, by...
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Book Review: The Gates of Heaven
Book Review: 'The Gates of Heaven' by Paul Preuss4 / 5 Stars'The Gates of Heaven' (210 pp) was published by Bantam Books in May, 1980. The cover artwork is uncredited.'Gates' was the first novel for...
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I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get it Girl) by Instant Funk
I Got My Mind Made Up(You Can Get it Girl)by Instant FunkMarch, 1979It's the week of March 17, 1979.........and I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get it Girl) by the Trenton, New Jersey disco / R & B...
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Book Review: The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Book Review: 'The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Volume II'by Ursula Le Guin1 / 5 StarsThe Wind’s Twelve Quarters: Volume II (138 pp) was published by Panther Books (UK) in 1978. The cover artwork is by Peter...
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Hawkmoon: The Jewel in the Skull issue 2
Hawkmoon: The Jewel in the SkullFirst Comics, 1986Issue 2 (July 1986)art: Rafael Kayanan and Rico Rival, story: Gerry Conway(Issue 1 is available here).Issue 2 of 'Hawkmoon: The Jewel in the Skull' saw...
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Heavy Metal inaugural issue April 1977
'Heavy Metal' magazineApril 1977Issue OneApril, 1977, and on the radio, Glen Campbell's Southern Nights is playing.Leonard Mogel, the owner of the very successful American humor magazine National...
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Book Review: Killerbowl
Book Review: 'Killerbowl' by Gary K. Wolfe5 / 5 Stars‘Killerbowl’ (162 pp) was published by Doubleday in hardback in September 1975; the cover art is by Steve Marcesi. [A mass market paperback version...
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Judge Parker and Zip-A-Tone
Judge Parker and Zip-A-ToneZip-A-Tone (aka Zipatone) was a widely used technique in graphic art, including comics, in the days before software-based art composition became commonplace. It required the...
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Blade: Black and White
Blade: Black and WhiteMarvel Comics, 2004In 2004 Marvel Comics decided to capitalize on the release of the film Blade: Trinity by taking material previously published in the mid-70s its Curtis line of...
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Book Review: Progeny of the Adder
Book Review: 'Progeny of the Adder' by Leslie H. Whitten4 / 5 Stars'Progeny of the Adder' first was published in 1965. In a calculated effort to cash in on the interest in All Things Occult occasioned...
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The Cage by Hermann Huppen
The Cageby Hermann Huppenfrom Abominations (Catalan Communications 1990)The Belgian comics artist Hermann Huppen (b. 1938), who often signs his work as simply 'Hermann', is a renowned figure in the...
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Book Review: The 7th Annual Best SF
Book Review: 'The 7th Annual Best SF 73' edited by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss2 / 5 Stars‘The 7th Annual Best SF 73’ (255 pp) was published by Berkley Books in June, 1974. The cover artist is Paul...
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