Dark Corners and Little Windows
In 1973, Bruce Lee was the coolest man on the face of the earth. He had the look, the style, the ability, the genius, and the fans. Lots of fans. He became a one-man industry of posters, books, t-shirts (you could get your very own iron-on through the comics! That and a ‘Mickey the Rat’ or ‘Keep On Truckin’ would make you the king of the playground), velvet posters, black light posters, and of course, movies.
Read More“Kirby is coming”. It was splashed across ads for DC comics in the early 70s. It was the biggest thing to hit the ever-shrinking comics world since the Batman TV series. Jack Kirby, a (the?) mainstay of Marvel Comics, erstwhile partner of Stan ‘the Man’ Lee, was leaving the company he’d help lift to popularity with his shear talent, and going to Marvel’s greatest rival, DC Comics. Worlds shook that day. When Jack arrived, he was there to shake those worlds even more.
Read MoreHis face clouds. His speech becomes clipped, the words bit off and spat at the viewer. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, de-briefed or numbered. My life is my own." With that, the man known only as Number Six, turns and stalks toward the door. He doesn't where he is, where he's going or how he'll get there, all he knows is he has to get OUT.
Read MoreThe Joker’s ‘team-up’ with Batman (Brave and the Bold #111, Feb-March 1974) was one of the best-selling issues the title had up ‘til then. Psycho killer be damned! Here was a character just crying out for his own title, and Infantino, Julie Schwartz and Denny O’Neil would give it to him!
Read MoreIn the 70's DC Comics was Neal Adams. It was his versions of the heroes, especially Batman, that became standard. I would copy an trace his art, begging it to reveal its secrets. It never did.
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