by Tom Batiuk | Aug 2, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
As I alluded to earlier, the other major story arc weaving in and around all of the others during this period was the one about Les having a sporto for a daughter and his trying to support her athletic travails and triumphs on a stage completely alien to him. From the...
by Tom Batiuk | Jul 5, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
And then I tiptoed into the exploration of my comic book roots with a story about Jerry Siegel and the creation of Superman. When I was in grade school, I read an encyclopedia entry about Jerry Siegel that said he had lived in Cleveland, and it was beyond inspiring to...
by Tom Batiuk | Jun 12, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
Okay, show of hands, is there anyone out there who didn’t think that I would be writing about my car crash in the strip? Nobody? Good thinking, that. Well, heck, as long as it happened, I sort of felt it was my duty to write about it. Plus, I had a lot of great car...
by Tom Batiuk | Jun 6, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
I made use of the personal as well. Funky has always been fairly meta, but never more so than when my apparent avatar Les shows up to the Kent State University Press to pitch his book about Lisa. I follow it from his initial trudge up the steps to the Press’s then...
by Tom Batiuk | May 15, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
Much of 2008 and 2009 was devoted to recovery and training for the climb. Cathy and I would hike the snowy farm fields surrounding our house with weighted packs, CamelBak drinking devices, climbing boots, gaiters, balaclavas, goggles. and numerous layers of thermal...
