Critical Nostalgia

Rest in peace Michael Zulli. A great artist and writer. Lyrical and solemn in turns. Always a welcome presence on the convention floor. This was the first sketch I ever commissioned for money, his version of Death from Puma Blues in 1989.

This is how hard Marvel Comics went in the seventies.

Okay. I guess it's time to start on this. Put it off long enough, at least according to the boss.

This is Gracie. She's likely 20 years old. More than two years ago, we were told she's got 18 months, max. She's dodged death so much I now call her "Gracula."

This might require some rethinking.

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Critical Nostalgia

Babylon! The mother of harlots! Damn they make this look sick.

I used to take pictures of comics, mostly old to very old ones, pre-glossy pages. I did it for several years. I have a 20g folder full of them. I still can't adequately explain why but it made sense at the time.

Oh, we're posting panels from Spire comics? Here's one from my favorite Spire offering (Al Hartley art!)

It's the Rapture, you sickos.

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HEY GUYS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS THREAD?

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Furthermore, me on pronouncements from Big Accounts Telling Us How Things Are:

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Chaos Undivided on the streets of San Francisco yesterday.

Suck it, losers.

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Oh. This is bad, right? And it sounds like the internal HD is... scratchy.