My history book Understanding #Superhero #ComicBooks published by McFarland at Foreword by #Steranko. Click to see reviews by #comics pros #JimShooter, #TomDeFalco, #TomPalmer, #AlexSegura, #CarlPotts, #GuyDorian & #DannyFingeroth

RT @Comichistorians: This 1970s Continental insurance commercial showed that Comic Books (#Superman), Radio Shows (The #LoneRanger) and Com….

#DCComics #SilverAge #writer #RobertKanigher on #ToTellTheTruth 1972.

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Watched #FantasticFour again today! Probably the most #1960s #Marvel Jack Kirby movie we’ll ever get.

Trina and I worked on the Women in Comics chapter in my book. Such a great experience! I’ll never forget her

Many of us discuss the New Universe line from Marvel for mature readers, but they also had a kid friendly comics line called Star. Star Comics ran a licensed Masters of the Universe series from 1986-1987 penciled by Ron Wilson and written by Mike Carlin. This series was

Many people love Little Lulu, and I agree it’s fun. I tend to favor Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller which ran for decades starting in 1938(retitled). The visual puns are just great, here is one strip commenting on Modern Art in 1964.

In the aftermath of Crisis of Infinite Earths, Trina Robbins drew The Legend of Wonder Woman limited series 1986, which she co-created with Kurt Busiek which was essentially a golden age flavored flashback of a 1940s style adventure. Fun pencils, color and story.

Burne Hogarth was a worthy successor to Hal Foster on the Tarzan Sunday strips in 1937. He worked on the character until 1950 with a brief hiatus in the late 1940s. He left to work on his later named, School of Visual Art. Hogarth was at such the top of his game, that reading

Reed Crandall had very few contracted works in the 1970s, some random jobs for Warren Magazines with artwork that reduced in quality over time, one Marvel story for Creatures on the Loose 13, 1971. Treasure Chest stopped buying new material, and he was losing money. He moved in

In the early 1960s when Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created the Marvel characters, it was fun to see Jack's version of an Invisible or Giant character. Milo Manara also plotted and drew similar special characters in his own vision in 1994 Butterscotch and 1996 Gullivera with an

1938 Dick Tracy dailies by Chester Gould show us that even if Tracy doesn't execute some people, they will still meet some pretty gruesome ends.

Chester Gould finally went all in on the costumed criminal with the Blank in 1937. Much like the 1960s Question or 1980s Rorschach he led a relentless war on criminals. The Blank was more like Rorschach and killed them one by one through sadistic methods. His name is Frank

Marie Severin drew the cover to a 1969 Esquire magazine featuring football player, Joe Namath.

Wordless comics have a long history of this going back through various decades. Here is a 1952 example of Little Lulu's friend Tubby, as a short and sweet one page wordless comic.

RT @robertliefeld: I did an extended interview with @Comichistorians - fun chat!

Cathy Guisewite started the Cathy Newspaper Comic strip in 1976 about the comedic day in the life of the modern working woman. The strip ran for 34 years and Cathy earned an Emmy in 1986 and a Reuben Award in 1993.

RT @Comichistorians: #DCcomics' #Superman faces #Flash's enemy, #CaptainCold in a 1983 #Hotcocoa commercial. That freeze gun doesnt stand a….

Before Gotham had shadows, writer Bill Finger cast them. Comics scholar Alex Grand (Understanding Superhero Comic Books) moderates a lively conversation with Athena Finger (Bill’s granddaughter and advocate), historian Bill Field (Field of Comics), and playwright/filmmaker.

Thrilled to share some good news. 📚 Cengage Learning has selected a segment of Understanding Superhero Comic Books for inclusion in Contemporary Literary Criticism volume 562. The series is a core reference set in academic libraries, so my chapter will sit beside essays that