Alex grand comic book historian

This is an absolute must have for anyone who considers themselves a comics aficionado or armchair science fiction historian. Alex grand and jim thompson interview the illustrious trina robbins, underground womens comic pioneer, comic book historian, and defender of social justice. The sassy smart women of presuperhero comics panel took place on thursday morning at san diego comiccon. Welcome back to the comic book historians podcast, with alex grand and jim thompson. Harvey kurtzmans visual history of the comics in 1991, developed parkinsons colon cancer, and died in 1993 from complications of liver cancer. On the planet mongo the complete flash gordon library. See more alex grand and jim thompson interview michael dooley, professor of comics and animation history at pasadenas artcenter college of design and print magazine contributing editor for the past 20 years. In 1947, bill gaines inherited ec comics, a new venture founded by his legendary father m. The 10 greatest comic book artists of all time creative bloq. I have tried to post more than once, and just cant most weeks. On the planet mongo the complete flash gordon library raymond, alex on.

Im alex grand and were dedicated to creating a multimedia experience to learning the intricacies of journalistic comic book history, to fit the comic books and strips that we know and love into a visual historical context. Joe staton, detective comic cartoonist with alex grand. The 8 ages of comic books by alex grand comic book. All my raw files go to them to increase the sound quality of our podcast. So posting will slow down a bit, moving to just on fridays except on special occasions. What changed for most of us was the revival of alex raymonds grand and glorious vision in the first flash gordon issue published by king comics in the mid 60s, returning to planet mongo to face the evil ming. His brief threeissue stint on captain america gave the grand old superhero a popart makeover, but it is sterankos iconic cover of giant size hulk, shown above, which he is most famous for. Todays list is the greatest alex ross stories ever told. He writes the scotland yards murder squad series and is the cocreator of the comic book series proof. Another photo released from jurassic world sets simon reveals about his pitch about a superhero hawaii five0 to bid goodbye after 10 years sony gives a go ahead to baby driver 2. Growing up, alex read all the classics by authors like c.

These two dragon ball super characters could destroy the grand priest. Featuring weekly comic release discussions, creator amas, a friendly and helpful userbase, and much more. Each story was hand picked by roys son, dusty and include his favorite tales. Welcome to cbh, today were talking about interesting newspaper strip precursors to later comic books. The 8 ages of comic books 1897present by alex grand 7,539 views 2 years ago an overview of the 8 ages of comic books from 1897present day which includes key events in american history that. Greg jenner, official historian to tvs horrible histories about this title may belong to. The 8 ages of comic books 1897present by alex grand. As they say in baseball, this summer is sure to be a grand slam. The influence of early pulp fiction on comic books by. And other comic book legends revealed and why does batman carry shark repellent. We have selected 10 of the absolute best new comics from 2018 so far, to serve as both a recommendation for readers seeking out great new reads and. Gaines, who was responsible for midwifing the birth of the comic book as we know it during his tenure at allamerican comics, bringing the likes of wonder. They are a largely unspoken chapter in the formative years of the. Welcome to comic book historians, an online fanzine.

She currently has one completed graphic novel betrayal and several short stories available. Featuring an extensive essay on marvels pulp magazine prehistory, publisher martin goodman and the birth of marvel comics by noted historian will murray, and topped off with special bonus features including original artwork and items never seen since 1939, this collection forms the cornerstone of marvel history essential for every comic book. He was inducted into the will eisner comic book hall of fame in 1996. In 1994, writer kurt busiek and painterillustrator alex ross produced a fourissue limited series that thrilled both fans and critics alike, offering a unique look at the marvel universe and its denizens. Alex grand, comic book historians resonate recordings. The group spoke about 3 cases where there are conflicting stories among the cocreators and publishing. The tijuana bibles often featured 8 pagers of one panel per page of some sexual satire largely produced as underground comics likely by mafia related businesses. However, when ditko got his hands on the character, he streamlined the characters armor into the red and gold design we all know today which is significantly successful in current films. May 24, 2019 in comparing sally the sleuth by adolphe barreaux in donnenfelds spicy detective mysteries 1930s to major malcom wheeler nicholson sandra of the secret service as a sophisticated strong heroine of her own comic its interesting to see that same trend in sally of the bart regan spy series by siegel and shuster in the early 1937 detective comics.

In 1837, we have the first recorded graphic novel with sequential art called the adventures of obadiah oldbuck. Born in north carolina, grew up in tennessee, and graduated from murray state university in 1970. Alex schomburg was born on may 10, 1905, in aguadilla, puerto rico, as the son of guillermo schomburg, a civil engineer and land surveyor of german ancestry, and. Alex grand, jim thompson and guest cohosts start off a journalistic comic book historical discussion between fans, historians and scholars in determining what happened and when in comics, from strips and pulps to the platinum age comic book, through golden, silver, bronze and then toward modern. As far as comic book history, comic books have been aroundfor a very long time.

Alex has lived in six states, three countries, and has been a spanish teacher in kentucky somehow. This best of collection exclusively features the work of comic book masters alex toth and john buscema. As it turned out, it would be several years before another book came along and revisited the past. Of course that sounds obvious, but when enough of them do, the flavor of an entire industry changes. Comic city, usa, featuring thirteen oregon artists, writers, and cartoonists who madeand continue to makea dramatic impact on this increasingly popular art form. Alex grecian is an american author of historical mystery novels, and is also a comic book writer. The image has been parodied and paid homage to countless times, and remains one of the greatest comic book covers of all time. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Alex lewis is an independent creator, making comics in the uk. He reconciled with bill gaines in the mid 1980s, cowrote from aargh. Nicky wheelernicholson, a historian whose paternal grandfather published many of the comics discussed during the panel, moderated the panel. This episode is consistent with the origin contained within the comic book and strip, except that krypton is described as being on the opposite side of the sun from earth. An anthology comic book that retells classic hero myths in the modern day.

Comic books, comic book memorabilia, comic book historian. Hermes press presents the comic book adventures of roy rogers, king of the comics, originally published by dell. Lewis, charles dickens, lewis carroll and edgar allan poe, before discovering crime fiction and reading authors like graham greene. Most of these i recorded at comic book conventions. Jan 28, 2018 before the 1970s flesh gordon there was the late 1930s tijuana bible of the hot and steamy flash gordon a sexual parody of the alex raymond classic. In comparing sally the sleuth by adolphe barreaux in. Alex grand, bill field and jim thompson start off a comic book history discussion between fans, historians and scholars in determining what happened and when in comics, from strips and pulps to the platinum age comic book, through golden, silver, bronze and then toward modern. Kate williams, historian and television presenter reel history is a hoot.

They were bob kane and bill finger over batman, stan lee, martin goodman, jack kirby and joe simon over captain america and. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use my. The black country and the devils workshop in 20, 2014 and 2015 awards, respectively. Plus, he recommends great comic academic sources like the comic book historians podcast and youtube channel videos, wink wink. Newspaper comic strips predate the first comic book by a definite 5 or so decades, and the first comic books were compilation reprints of newspaper strips. A comic about a lonely astronaut, working in orbit of neptune. It was a great comic book with the bulky tin plated armor that became a yellowgold color as shown in issue 45 below.

Later he contributed to the legacy of captain america and hulk, but it was his vision of fury that became tattooed on the brain of a generation. Im alex the historian, a simple description of who i am and what i do would be that i post youtube videos about disneylands history, often explaining unknown facts such as how the illusions work or explanations of the ride technology. Alex raymond received a reuben award from the national cartoonists society in 1949 for his work on rip kirby, and he later served as president of the society in 1950 and 1951. Alex september 28, 2010 july 16, 2014 uncategorized comic book, interviews, john prufrock, proof, riley rossmo interview on comics career here is an excerpt from my interview at the mokan comics conspiracy show in kansas. Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the walt disney company, including mickey mouse, donald duck and uncle scrooge the first disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with the mickey mouse comic strip. Alex makes comics alex makes comics home of alex lewis. The main body of his artwork revolves around the world of the orata, a fictional tale of animal mythology, upon which his book series, seek the throat from which we sing is based, and is further extended in an illustrated compendium, known as the orata. Mickey mouse magazine, the first american newsstand publication with disney comics, launched in 1935. From newspaper strips to comic books by alex grand comic. The unofficial dc comics sub reddit a place for fans of dcs comics, graphic novels, movies, and anything else related to one of the largest comic book publishers in the world and home of the worlds greatest superheroes. Before the 1970s flesh gordon there was the late 1930s.