As long as I have more cool stuff to share, #ComicShowAndTell will continue! Today’s item is a signed Tank Girl and Booga print!
I received this for free with a patch I ordered from the official Tank Girl site. I’m almost certain it’s signed by the author, Alan Martin.
I didn’t know they would send this, so you can imagine my surprise when I opened the package!
Happy Halloween! I’m here with another #ComicShowAndTell: Masked Edition! We all have our demons...his will f*ck you up. This is the Darkness Compendium Vol. 1, and I am not nearly cool enough to be Jackie Estacado.
This HC Kickstarter edition is signed by Marc Silvestri; it included a special dustjacket and a 25th anniv. printing of issue 1. It was the height of the pandemic, so they also threw in this cool Darkness mask I'm wearing.
Today's #ComicShowAndTell: Halloween Edition, features my favorite superhero (and lesbian icon), Kate Kane, in the masterpiece that is Batwoman: Elegy. My dad lent me this book 11 years ago, after I was forced out of the closet because of something that happened at school.
Doing the right thing gets complicated when the horrible truth throws a wrench in things. Parts of this book read like a beautifully-illustrated fever dream (a perfect segue into the New 52).
#Comics #DCComics #Batwoman #LGBT
As soon as I’m less sick I look forward to doing three very special #ComicShowAndTell posts for October…the theme will be “low-effort costumes, high enthusiasm”.
Until then, here’s my pal Mr. Jean Hérisson modeling my super high-quality Batman mask.
#Batman #Hedgehog #Comics
For today's #ComicShowAndTell, I have my only comic that was produced in cooperation with the FBI!
This is Captain America Goes To War Against Drugs (pub. 1991). It's 20 pages and was free at the time. This book is full of 90s outfits and tons of #JustSayNo kinds of stuff.
There is a story - aliens are trying to take over humanity by bringing drugs to earth. Meanwhile, Captain America helps a baseball-playing teen quit an unnamed substance.
I missed last week, but I'm back with more #ComicShowAndTell!
Today's pick is part 1 of a miniseries, Knuckles: The Dark Legion (pub. 1997). The stories in this and the main Knuckles series were actually awesome, focusing on Knuckles, his family's history, and Angel Island.
This wasn't my first comic, but it got 8yo me into collecting…I blew my allowance on Knuckles comics for a few years after that!
#Comics #Knuckles #KnucklesTheEchidna #Chaotix #Sonic #SonicTheHedgehog
Today's #ComicShowAndTell book is actually a martial arts manual!
Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Authorized Martial Arts Training Manual (pub. 1986) illustrates stances and step-by-step forms for each of the turtles' signature weapons. I can only imagine how many kids tried these out with sticks and whatnot.
Let's do #ComicShowAndTell with Red Sonja 1982. Was the story good? Hell no! Was the art good? Eh. But I chose it for sentimental value!
I was in a hit and run last year that totaled my car. I wasn't badly hurt, but they never caught the guy. When I got my stuff the next day, this comic was still in the passenger seat, almost unscathed, save scuff marks and dust on the bag from the airbags. Since then I always bag up my comics before I leave the store.
The songbook features illustrations from a variety of artists. Interestingly, the lineup includes Neil Gaiman, who provided art to accompany "The Murders on the Rue Morgue".
#Comics #ComicBooks #ComicShowAndTell #AlanMoore #NeilGaiman
Let's do this week's #ComicShowAndTell!
I'm not surprised the strangest book in my collection is an Alan Moore book. Or more specifically, Alan Moore's Songbook.
Published in 1998, this strange B&W book collects lyrics for 13 delightfully twisted original songs such as "The Hair of the Snake that Bit Me".
I found it in a dusty box, forgotten in the corner of a comic shop. I haven't seen another copy since.
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