abstractgeek

Most of the art shown was kirby. thosed were the stories in the pre hero marvel monster series like tales to astonish, journey into mystery etc. they were likely written by stan lee. many great stories were reprinted in the monster masterworks, and more recently amazing fantasy onibus. many of these original comics are very hard to find and feature art from kirby ditko and many silver age greats.

jack kirby . maybe this is too easy but he wouldnt have made my list 3 years ago. the rash of kirby reprints lately along with recent purchaes of silver age ff comics have, made me understand what i only pretended to for many years. dave sim/gerhard i treat them as one artists,as they blend seamlessly. politics or mental stat aside, i ahve seen no finer execution of a black & white co...

my god huge week. $100 2nd week in a row. the trades & hc are killing me and i still havent gotten hellboy hc, and starman omnibus & jack kirby omac are still coming. ultimate ff & xmen are being removed fomr the pull list this week, but ill probably buy a few more as the new writer on xmen may be ok, and i like mike perkins. brave & bold gets a few more issues and countdown to...

this will be my first nycc. Wizardworld has just become blah, san diego has become a hollywood trade show, and my local motor city comic con is kind of  a dump (but i still love it). i look forward to this becoming my new favorite con. and i hop i can mee some of you too.

My shop also just keeps a stack by the register. ill fli thru it and grab one if there is an article that looks interesting. i usuakky grab the seasonal previews or christmas gift guides. While its all info previously announced, its nice to ahve it all in one place. I am surprised any comic shop would pay for i though. they do make good dough on advertisng