by tombatiuk | May 27, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
For a book written by Kurt Busiek, it doesn’t matter what the cover looks like… I’m buying it. But this cover was pretty good.
by tombatiuk | May 26, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
With the success of the first part of the story about Lisa Moore’s battle with breast cancer as it ran in the newspapers, my syndicate, King Features, began to seek a publisher for the work. They found one at Penguin Putnam under their Perigee imprint. At the...
by tombatiuk | May 20, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
This cover jumped out from the comics rack from across the room. Certainly, props for that.
by tombatiuk | May 16, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
And so we come to the penultimate volume in the collection of the band strips from Funky Winkerbean. Colorist Lee Loughridge once again lends his coloring to the cover, and, once again I prove how coming up with snappy short titles is not my forte. It is a funny title...
by tombatiuk | May 12, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Here’s a pretty extreme example of an expository splash page. There’s enough expository dialog here to choke a horse. First the readers are brought up to speed, and then the stage is set. All served beautifully by Gene Colan’s art which turns it into...
