The Vulgar Eclectic

Category: comics

  • Masters of the Universe mini-comics and the art of Alfredo Alcala

    The painting above is from the first Masters of the Universe minicomic, He-man and the Power Sword, published in 1981. These small comics were included with action figures. The art in this one, as well as several of the other minicomics, was done by Alfredo Alcala, a prolific comic illustrator in the ’80s and ’90s.…

  • Comics

    I’m pretty much always in the process of slowing trying to complete a number of comic book runs and titles (the list of titles I’d like to collect seems to be in a state of constant expansion!), and I recently picked up a number of issues. I love the process of organizing new comics…bagging and…

  • Korg: 70,000 BC

    Korg: 70,000 BC, a comic book published by Charlton comics with art and story by Pat Boyette.

  • Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels, Book 1 by Serena Blasco

    I just finished reading Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels, Book 1 (2022) by Serena Blasco, translated by Tanya Gold. It’s based on novels written by Nancy Springer. It contains three stories: The Case of the Missing Marquess, The Case of the Left-Handed Lady, and The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets. The stories are meant to…

  • The Spoken Word

    For awhile I’ve been enjoying listening to old Transformers books-on-tape while lying down. I recently decided to look at a list of titles with publication dates, so that I could try listening to them in order (not that it really matters much…they’re stand-alone stories with little to no continuity between books). Anyway, I’m really having…

  • A Matter of Life by Jeffrey Brown

    I just finished reading A Matter of Life (2013) by Jeffrey Brown. This is a graphic novel that describes itself on the back cover as “an autobiographical meditation on fatherhood and faith.” This is a wonderfully sweet, poignant book that feels honest and personal. Even though it’s about someone else’s life, it made me think…

  • A Slew of Comics

    I went to a comic book store yesterday that I’ve never been to before. It was a great shop, with quite a lot of back issues. They had a dollar bin, which is something I love and don’t find a lot anymore. If you bought 25 comics, the price dropped to 80¢ an issue. The…

  • comics!

    I’ve picked up a number of comics recently, some at a little hole-in-the-wall shop near where my family gets together for the holidays and some from online and two from my niece for Christmas! Here’s a mishmash of covers:

  • A Comic a Day: Captain America #144

    I am attempting to initiate a new habit for myself…reading a comic book every day. I am sure it won’t actually be every single day, but hopefully this will result in reading a comic most days. I decided to jot out a bit of a recap and reaction to the first one I read. Here…

  • Rawhide Kid and the Western

    I read an issue of Rawhide Kid last night (#68, 1969), a Marvel western that began in 1955 and ran until 1979. I really enjoyed Larry Lieber’s distinctive art. It has a clean sharpness to it that works well with the bright, bold coloring style of the comic. Lieber wrote and drew the comic from…