In the late 70s, Eddie Campbell wrote and drew a handful of short stories tracing the ins and outs of a group of Teddy Boys in Southend. He called them “In The Days Of The Ace Rock ‘n’ Roll Club”,…
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Pop Music Comics: The 90s, part four. Cheap Trick, The Elvis Mandible
In 1990, powerpop band Cheap Trick released a new album entitled Busted, and they partnered with Marvel to release a comic as part of their publicity campaign. A promo-only item, it’s an eight-page black and white pamphlet that tells the…
Pop Music Comics: The 90s, part three. Roger Corman & The Melvins, and more KISS
The 1990s was a boom period for rock & roll music. The success of Nirvana was followed by a glut of records from ‘next big things’, and record companies were signing rock bands left and right. Indie acts that had…
Old Weird Comics: Walt Disney’s Space Age
In the 1950s, Walt Disney’s empire grew hugely, expanding into records, live action films, nature documentaries, children’s magazines, theme parks, and (possibly most importantly) the emerging medium of television. The Disneyland TV show launched in 1954, and played a huge…
Pop Music Comics: The 90s, part two. Prince.
In 1989, DC Comics formed a new imprint for experimental and avant-garde titles. Piranha Press only lasted a few years, but their impact is still being felt today. They gave a home to creator-owned works, the edgy and unusual, and along the way…
Comic Reviews: Wonder Woman, Legion Of Monsters, The Shade
Wonder Woman, issues 1-3 (DC Comics, 2011) Blood. Guts. Intrigue. Meticulous storytelling. Betrayal. Fights. And lots of hairpin plot twists. After three issues, Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang’s new Wonder Woman is a rousing success on every level. Azzarello’s writing…
Comic Review: Sacrifice #1 (self-published, 2011)
Sacrifice is a new self-published comic from artist Dalton Rose and writer Sam Humphries (recently acclaimed for his work on Our Love Is Real). It’s the story of a young man who suffers from epilepsy and has a penchant…
Comic Review: Doc Bizarre, M.D. (Image Comics, 2011)
Doc Bizarre, M.D. is the latest transmission from the twisted mind of Joe Casey (acclaimed author of Gødland, Automatic Kafka, The Intimates, Butcher Baker the Righteous Maker, and other strange and wonderful comics). It tells the story of the eponymous…
Joe Simon: My Life In Comics (Titan Books, 2011)
Joe Simon is a legend in the world of comic books. He co-created Captain America (and many other memorable characters), worked with many of the field’s most important names, and stands as one of the first artists to recognize the…
Comic Review: Screamland (Image Comics, 2011)
Monsters are real. That’s made clear within the first couple pages of this series. Those old-time film boogiemen, they weren’t imaginary. They starred in those movies, playing the roles that were written for them. And now that they’ve gotten old,…