Two more lettercolumn headings, or at least the lettering/title part. Above, for TEEN TITANS SPOTLIGHT, in my standard open block lettering, and not too dissimilar to the book’s logo, which was designed by Gaspar Saladino: I don’t have the comics anymore, but I imagine the blue rectangle is where the address and such went on [...]
As often happens, we’ve gone from wintery weather to summer in two days. The temperature here hit 75 degrees in the shade a little while ago. Having caught up with work for the moment, I went out and did some yard cleanup. I also restarted the pond pump that runs the little waterfall and aerates [...]
All images © Marvel Characters, Inc. The character Thor’s own title was missing for a few years during the mid 1990s, as part of a deal with Image Comics, but he returned to a relaunched title in 1998 that reused the Alex Jay logo, still looking as timeless and appropriate as ever. Even fighting all [...]
All images © Marvel Characters, Inc. With issue 338, cover-dated December, 1983, THOR gained a magnificent new logo that I feel is the best one he’s ever had to this day. It was designed by Alex Jay, who has written about the logo’s creation in depth on his own blog. Here are links: Part 1, [...]
All images © Marvel Characters, Inc. Like several other important characters in the Marvel Comics superhero revival of the 1960s (Iron Man and Ant Man for example) Thor first appeared in an ongoing anthology title, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY. As the title suggests, it previously featured short horror and mystery tales, but issue 83 brought a [...]
Images © DC Comics, Inc. As the “Rise of the Third Army” storyline rolls along in this title we begin with the Guardians being devious, then switch quickly to the newest Earth Green Lantern, a Mr. Baz, being confronted by the Justice League. Baz is almost as much in the dark about his own new [...]
Images © DC Comics, Inc. Since I’m not reading ANIMAL MAN, I’m getting only half the “Rotworld” storyline. I think half is about enough, maybe more than. As often happens, we’re in an end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it situation, with most of the population of earth apparently wiped out or part of The Rot, with only a small island [...]
© Estate of Robert Heinlein, cover art by Paul Lehr. “Glory Road” was the first novel of Heinlein’s I read that was not aimed at younger readers (his “Juvenile” series, which is anything but juvenile). I actually read it serialized in “Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, where it was graced with two wonderful covers by [...]
© Estate of L.M. Boston, illustration by Elisabeth Vellacott. There’s something a bit melancholy about reading the last new book you’ll ever read by an author you love. Boston is a favorite of mine, best known for her series of “Greene Knowe” children’s novels, six long ones and some shorter books for younger readers. They [...]