Comics eh ? Now we’re talking . I used to be a total Marvel Zombie but branched out and am better read now . Frank Miller and the whole Sin City thing was good . Peter Bagge is great and so is Ivan Brunetti . www.fantagraphics.com has a lot of the old EC stuff which I like . There’s a new Dick Tracy series out that would make Chester Gould proud and I just have to see that . Heavy Metal is publishing again now too .
Did you read the works of R. Crumb in your youth?
I started collecting comics from 1989 to 1993 and have lots from the 1970's to the 90's. I also have a large TPB (graphic novels) as well. They ruined collecting in the 90's when they started multiple issues of the same comic with more than one cover, I have over 15,000 baseball cards to from the 70's to 90's. They ruined cards when they started special editions at 3 times the normal price. I love the smell of an old book or comic paper.I love comics, I don't have any collection today (too heavy to move around)...
But I scanned them all and have 53,000 on my server.
No, in my youth I was on our ranch and did nothing but fish and ride horses. When I got 14, I got a license and started chasing girls and driving fast cars. I a few years ago got into Doc Savage and have all his 60 plus books. I read old western paperbacks as well and collected 100's. I am a collector of many things from pottery to glass of all eras. I sold 12 tractors recently and still have 22 cars.
Yes , I did read Robert Crumb and also Gilbert Shelton who did The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers . Shelton just put out a new series of The Freak Brothers . Among my treasures is Crumb’s Illustrated Book of Genesis . A masterpiece !
CONAN ! “ Between the time the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas , there was an age undreamed of . Where shining cities lay upon the earths mantle like jeweled crowns . And unto this came Conan - thief , riever , barbarian - one day to become a king by his own hand but to wear the crown upon a troubled brow . It is I alone , his chronicler , who can tell his tale . Let me tell you of the days of high adventure ! “ Oh man ! You are singing my song ! Savage Sword of Conan and the Barry Windsor Smith issues are my favorites . Crom . . . . . .
You would be, I have long runs of many popular Marvel comics, some DC some Blackhorse , some Image and lesser known companies, but Marvel is my favorite and 90% of my collection. I have a good many Werewolf and Crypt Keeper to. I have maybe 30 Marvel titles. A lot of the Stan Lee resurrected for movies later in life that were obscure until then.
The old guys started in Comic Strips and evolved into Comic Books. I have a lot of Conan and popular titles then, that died out, but still very good even today to read and the artwork is wonderful.
Yes, I have a lot of Thor, enough story lines for a lifetime and already blocked into scenes, waiting to be made into movies.
The b/w issues were awesome . To me they fit the mood of Conan better than color . Buscema’s artwork fit b/w well too .
