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Book Review: Blowfly
Book Review: 'Blowfly' by David Loman3 / 5 Stars‘Blowfly’ (184 pp) was published in 1984 by Star Books (UK). The artist who provided the cover art, among the most striking produced in the era of the...
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Grizzly Adams Gentle Man of the Wilderness
Grizzly AdamsGentle Man of the Wildernesspromotional photo, 1970s
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Warlords
Warlordsby Steve Skeates (story) and David Wenzel (art)DC Comics, Graphic Novel No. 2, 1983Strange as it may seem, this DC Comics graphic novel was based on an eponymous 1980 Atari video game.Trying to...
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American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1990s: 1990 - 1999
American Comic Book ChroniclesThe 1990s: 1990 - 1999by Jason Sacks and Keith DallasTooMorrows Publishing, September 2018My review of the volume for 1965-1969 is here.My review for the volume for the...
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Book Review: Swords Against Darkness
Book Review: 'Swords Against Darkness' edited by Andrew J. Offutt3 / 5 Stars'Swords Against Darkness' (288 pp) was published by Zebra Books in February, 1977. It was the first of what would eventually...
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Gimme an Inch Girl
Gimme an Inch Girlby Ian MatthewsMay 1979'Gimme an Inch Girl', from the 1978 album Stealin' Home, was the followup single to Matthew's top 40 hit 'Shake It'.Originally written and recorded by Robert...
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The Book of Alien
The Book of Alienby Paul Scanlon and Michael GrossHeavy Metal Books May 1, 1979Forty years ago, 20th Century Fox was kicking off a major marketing campaign for the movie Alien, which was going to...
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Book Review: The Furies
Book Review: 'The Furies' by Keith Roberts5 / 5 Stars'The Furies' was serialized in the UK digest Science Fantasy in 1965, then published in novel form in the UK in 1966 by Hart-Davis. This US edition...
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Star Trek / X Men
Star Trek / X MenMarvel Comics, December 1996Crossovers were a big thing for the comics of the 1990s, but I confess I was unaware of this one until I read about it in the pages of American Comic Book...
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Thin Lizzy: Lizzy Killers
Thin Lizzy: Lizzy Killersalbum cover illustration by Jim Fitzpatrick, 1980
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You Need Friends
You Need Friendsby Larry Watson (story) and Massimo Belardinelli (art)2000 AD, prog 646 (September 30 1989)
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Book Review: Tales to Astonish
Book Review: 'Tales to Astonish' by Ronin Ro4 / 5 Stars'Tales to Astonish' (298 pp) was published in hardback by Bloomsbury in 2004. Author Ronin Ro (I have a faint suspicion that the name is a...
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In the Box in the Back of the Store
In the Box in the Back of the StoreLast weekend I traveled to a comic book shop in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It's only about 70 minutes away from where I live, but once you reach the main drag (i.e.,...
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The Tower King episodes 1 - 3
The Tower Kingepisodes 1 - 3Alan Hebden (writer)Jose Ortiz (artist)Eagle (UK) 1982This is another hard-to-find gem of British comics.'The Tower King' was serialized in 24, three-page chapters in the UK...
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Book Review: Falling Toward Forever
Book Review: 'Falling Toward Forever' by Gordon Eklund2 / 5 Stars'Falling Toward Forever' (190 pp) was published by Laser Books / Harlequin in 1975. The cover art is by Kelly Freas.Calvin Waller is a...
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One on One publicity still
One on OnePublicity Still1977One on One was a feature film released in 1977. Robbie Benson starred as a freshman basketball player who discovers that the game at the college level is more challenging...
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Book Review: O-Zone
Book Review: 'O-Zone' by Paul Theroux1 / 5 Stars'O-Zone' was first published in hardback in 1986. This Ballantine Books paperback (536 pp) was published in October 1987.'O-Zone' is set in the early...
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Sanjulian: Master of Fantasy Art
Sanjulian: Master of Fantasy ArtSteve Morger / Big Wow! ArtMarch 2019Sanjulian: Master of Fantasy Art was Kickstarted by Steve Morger back in 2018, and the limited number of copies produced when it was...
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Book Review: Full Service
celebrating Pride Month 2019Book Review: 'Full Service' by Scotty Bowers5 / 5 StarsThe Queens were the most demanding. A straight guy would merely ask for a blonde or a brunette or a girl with a cute...
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The Tower King episodes 4 - 6
The Tower Kingepisodes 4 - 6Alan Hebden (writer)Jose Ortiz (artist)Eagle (UK) 1982episodes 1 - 3 are here.More postapocalyptic mayhem, starring the Tube Rats: the mutated survivors who had adapted to a...
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