Daily Comic Journal: August 25, 2023: “Visiting With A Science Fiction Superhero From The 70’s.”
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Daily Comic Journal: August 25, 2023: “Visiting With A Science Fiction Superhero From The 70’s.”

by on August 26, 2023 at 1:56 pm
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I was 12 years old when this comic book series came out and after reading it now, as a 62 year old, I don’t think I would have appreciated it 50 years ago. Back then I was more into reading adventure stories with good guys vs. bad guys than anything with a much deeper meaning.

Like many unique titles that Marvel published in the 1970’s this was a bi-monthly series and it only ran for 22 issues. They started out with multiple writers, Gerry Conway and Marvel Wolfman before Don McGregor took over to make this series his own. The same thing goes for the artists. Neal Adams (who co-created this series) penciled only the first 11 pages of the first issue (Howard Chaykin finished the remaining 9) and a parade of artists followed until P. Craig Russell took over with issue #27, the tenth issue of the series. Once McGregor and Russel became the creative team and took over, the stories really beagn to click.

I haven’t bought or read any current Marvel comic in over 20 years so I don’t know if they ever brought this concept and these characters back, but if they did I hope they did them justice.

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My Artwork and Designs at Hasbro 1983 thru 1989

by on December 6, 2024 at 8:41 pm
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From November of 1983 through April of 1989 I was an artist/package/toy designer at Hasbro. During those 5 years I created and illustrated a lot of artwork on toy packaging, designed a toy line and illustrated many, many images that were used by licensors for a myriad of companies that wanted Hasbro characters on their products.

This past November I was a guest at the TF Con (Transformers Convention) in Baltimore. I printed a 56 page book that collected many of the designs and illustrations of the toys I worked on to sell at that convention. Along with all the artwork, I give background stories for all of these toys.

They include:

Transformers, G.I.Joe, Air Raiders, Battle Beasts, Army Ants, Inhumanoids, Visionaries, Cops n’ Crooks

I have copies of the book left from the show that you can buy here on my site. For just $20 plus $6 to cover shipping.

(And if you order before Christmas I’ll include free,  one of the personal Christmas cards I made and sent to family & friends over the years!)

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Don’t be fooled by the date on the above comic, It was posted TODAY!

by on May 1, 2017 at 12:06 pm
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This is a DAILY comic, based on everyday of my life. Because of that, having to complete a comic every day and with the inability to get ahead by completing a bunch of comics ahead of time, it becomes very easy to fall behind.

You’ll note that the comic posted today is about ELEVEN months behind, but don’t let that fool you. It’s new and was posted today. I write notes at the end of each day, about what occurred in the previous 24 hours, so I have written material for every comic. Consider that a script.

So when you read the comic that talks about what happened to me on the date written on the comic, you’re assured that it actually happened. Albeit several months ago.

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I’ve got over 3,000 comics posted, so….

by on February 18, 2016 at 2:56 am
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I have 10 years of comics archived (over 3,000) and if you haven’t read them yet, they’re new to you. I know that digging through past years of comics could be a pain, so to help you out I’ve broken down each year and a link that’ll take you directly to the January 1st comic of every year so you can begin reading each year from the beginning.

January 1, 2020

January 1, 2019

January 1, 2018

March 8, 2017

January 1, 2016

January 1, 2015

January 1, 2014

January 1, 2013

January 1, 2012

January, 1, 2011

February 17, 2010

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I’ve got Ten Years of Comics posted now…

by on January 31, 2016 at 11:04 pm
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If you’d like to read specific years you can start reading each year at the following links:

• February 17, 2010– I began my comics this year and to be truthful a lot of these early ones are pretty sloppy. BUT – this year I was involved in a car accident, my Uncle Al died as did my cat Oscar.

• 2011 – Was a roller coaster year. There was the good; I adopted Two Kittens and fell in love with Maria. But this year also was the year my father passed away.

• 2012 – Started well, but by the summer my heart was broken and I had to dive back into the dating world, again and again.

• 2013 – Began with the completed construction of my new Sun Room, had a colonoscopy and tried running for 365 straight days.

• 2014 – I met a woman who I thought might be the one, started playing Quizzo and began to be betrayed at work.

• 2015 – This year, well, it may well be the worst of my life.

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