When you’re a kid who doesn’t quite fit in, the art world can be a mysterious and alluring creature. A lot of people go through that phase where you become entranced by Warhol, where you blunder into some art students somewhere and they capture your imagination. You never thought such a thing existed.
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When it comes to legendary comic book artist Steve Ditko, there are two paths of interest in his story. One is obvious — as the co-creator of Spider-Man who wrote and drew the first few years of the character’s existence, his skill as an great innovator in the comic book form is of great importance.
There [...]
Here’s a collection of Tiny People shots from the past:
If you’re looking for subtle or profound statements on growing up, finding your place in the crowd — hell, just finding yourself — and the psychological effect New York City has on a naive person, “The New York Four” may not suit you. If you’d like a teen soap opera version that touches on all [...]
The 1970s was a great decade for weird science fiction — in fact, it was probably the last time that clunky pluck and scrappy strangeness combined with doom and gloom social satire in order to create some real oddities. By 1977, “Star Wars” had ushered in a more facile and flashy vision of science fiction [...]
The 1970s was a great decade for weird science fiction — in fact, it was probably the last time that clunky pluck and scrappy strangeness combined with doom and gloom social satire in order to create some real oddities. By 1977, “Star Wars” had ushered in a more facile and flashy vision of science fiction [...]
“We’ll have to talk about that — and I’m not being unreasonable. I’ve just had a chance to see it for what it is.”
“You know, don’t you?”
There is no argument — Jack Kirby is the single most important figure in 20th Century comic books. Whether you like his work or not, whether you appreciate his ideas or not, no single person has had so much of his output spread so vigorously throughout the industry.
And if you think this is something that [...]
“I’m tired of settling and I’m tired of pretending to be you. And I’m going to show everyone just how serious I am.”
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