Batty Batom Bullpen – Ron Frenz

Mar 25, 2017

When I was talking with Ron Frenz about creating the Amazing Mr. Sponge cover, I told him I wasn’t looking for a humorous or camp cover. I said that this character was totally serious and that’s how I wanted the cover to be. He said he understood. So when I got the cover there were a couple of surprises. First, Ron had added a sidekick for Mr. Sponge… Absorbing Junior… and, in spite of what I had told him, I loved it! In fact, I wish I’d thought of it myself. The second surprise was that he’d asked Sal Buscema to ink it. Sal’s inks had graced some of my favorite books (Kree-Skrull War anyone?)  back in the day and it was a genuine thrill to see the Spider-Girl art team reunited. Top it all off with the fact that the cover is an homage to the “Robin Dies at Dawn” Batman cover and you’ve got yourself a real gem. Ron wouldn’t be the last artist to use a Batman cover as inspiration, but that info will have to wait that other cover is revealed.

If you want to see what all the fuss is about, check out the gallery on this site and click on the covers to enlarge them. You’ll be in for a treat and we’re only getting started.

Some Other Komix Thoughts Posts We Thought You Might Like

To Every Season

To Every Season

And so it begins. I'll soon be hitting the road in support of The Complete Funky Winkerbean Volume 8 beginning in ...
Match to Flame – 49

Match to Flame – 49

Almost before we knew it, we had a strip in syndication that was now being called John Darling (after discovering ...

Funky’s Fortieth

Things are a little crazy here in the Funkyverse as the serious book signing season gets underway. If you check ...