Good news, fellow dorks! Your 1978 calendars are good for 2023! Same dates. Pull them out of storage and hang them up again.
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I post this every New Year's Eve, from one of my favorite Batman scenes, and it becomes ever more relevant each time I do. We made it through 2022. Stay safe out there, everyone.
From my collection.
Tales of Suspense is, for my money, as good as it gets for the Silver Age. Capt. America by Kirby & Lee. Iron Man by Lee & Colan. Every issue from 1966 to the end of the title in 1968 is a classic.
This is my favorite issue. That cover!
RIP Vivienne Westwood, the grandmother of punk rock.
Pictured here at SEX, the boutique she ran with Malcolm McLaren, and the place where the Sex Pistols were born.
L-R: Pistol Steve Jones, unknown, pop-culture critic Alan Jones, Chrissie Hynde and her butt cheek, punk icon Jordan, Vivienne
4 power substations in Washington state were sabotaged on Christmas morning knocking out power to 14,000 customers.
The wire story headline that most media reprinted states the stations were "vandalized.".
Leaving a burning bag oif dogshit on a doorstep is vandalism. Causing massive outages for 14,000 homes in the middle of a Bomb Cyclone is domestic terrorism!
From my collection.
A stunning greytone cover by Jack Sparling, one of the masters of the technique. Marvel couldn't pull off greytone covers. Only DC.
The gothic horror line, which capitalized on the Dark Shadows tv fad on the same era, was DC's biggest sales hit of the bronze Age. The books were a bit spotty. Some issues had classic stories, others were full of meh. Oh, but those covers! #comics #comicbooks
The Twitter meltdown is fascinating to watch, from afar, since I bailed a couple weeks ago.
Yesterday saw widespread outages. Like a Tesla spontaneously bursting into flames. Gee, what a surprise.
Even better, Spaceboy is becoming unhinged. This exchange here is my favorite so far. Yes, this is normal behavior.
Happy 100th birthday to Stan Lee.
He gave us so much. He was the voice and personality of Marvel Comics, the impresario, the greatest publicity genius this business has ever known, the heart and soul of the Bushy-tailed Bullpen.
What a pity that wasn't enough for him.
As Gerry Conway famously described him: Stan's a good guy. He's just not a great guy."
Kirby and Ditko and Wood would agree, in much harsher terms.
But I'm grateful for what Stan gave me. I'm still living off that buzz.