by Tom Batiuk | Sep 4, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
I was a guest at the Akron Comic-Con a number of years ago when I inadvertently made what would turn out to be a delightful discovery. A dealer at the con happened to be selling tabloid comics sections from the New York Daily Mirror from the 1940s. I found on that had...
by Tom Batiuk | Aug 30, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
A few weeks back we came to the final John Darling Sunday of the strip’s eleven year run. Except… There was still a remaining week of dailies before it wrapped up. I was in the middle of a lawsuit attempting to regain the ownership of my characters, and not knowing...
by Tom Batiuk | Aug 28, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
Awhile back I posited that the was some question as to whether the Batman on this classic cover was jumping towards or away from the reader. Well, not anymore as the original pencil art clearly shows. Whew,...
by Tom Batiuk | Aug 18, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
Forty years ago, The Crisis on Infinite Earths launched the concept of the company wide comic crossover, and, in doing so, unleashed a beast that lives on to this day. Most crossovers these days as much as anything are a blatant attack on the wallets of vulnerable...
