by tombatiuk | Aug 25, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
This is one of the better Flash issues in this part of the run primarily because it deals with one story, the unmasking of the Eradicator. Peripherally it also includes Barry/Flash’s boss Captain Frye as the bumbling Captain Invincible, but as part of the main...
by tombatiuk | Aug 9, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
My name is Funky is an accidental book. At least it wasn’t planned. After the story arc dealing with Funky’s addiction had run in the newspapers, I was contacted by a member of Alcoholics Anonymous who wanted to see if the Hazelden Foundation, a group that...
by tombatiuk | Aug 5, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Although it hasn’t been the “world’s greatest comic magazine” for quite some time, this cover is still pretty arresting. It shows that you don’t need to have all sorts of action to capture attention. A placid cover with cool underlying...
by tombatiuk | Aug 4, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
As I sit here in my attic studio, the window is open and glancing outside as the smell of cut grass wafts in I can see that a summer afternoon is in full bloom, which to me always includes a whiff of melancholy. Back when summer vacations meant all summer long,...
by tombatiuk | Jul 19, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
When the first part of Lisa’s Story ran in the paper, I talked in interviews about how I had taken the experiences of others and used them to create an internal landscape that I would draw upon as I did the writing. But, having since experienced cancer firsthand with...
