by Tom Batiuk | Nov 4, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
As if reading the Avengers Omnibus editions wasn’t enough, I’m also tackling the biblical task of reading the Marvel Conan editions as well this winter. If doing that appeals to you too, I would highly recommend reading Roy Thomas’s wonderful...
by Tom Batiuk | Oct 28, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
We’re deep into my favorite season of the year. Tomorrow I’ll be bringing in the last of the firewood as we button things up for the winter. I’m planning to spend a good chunk of the remainder of the year working on Volume 14 of The Complete Funky,...
by Tom Batiuk | Sep 20, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
On Sundays when I was very young, on the way home from church, we would stop to pick up some pumpernickel bread and the Sunday paper. When we got home, I’d sit on my Dad’s lap enjoying a warm piece of bread while my dad read the Sunday comics to me. One of...
by Tom Batiuk | Aug 18, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Dropping work in the studio to write a foreword for an upcoming Prince Valiant collection from Fantagraphics. So in the words of the Michael Stanley song, I’ll be workin’ tonight. Back to regular blogging next...
by Tom Batiuk | Aug 3, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
For the longest time (and for almost my entire life), the quintessential image of the American front porch or stoop was with a newspaper sitting on it that had been tossed there by a paper boy or girl. When I got this delivery pic from Amazon (my kinesio tape –...