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Friday, August 2, 2013
Happy 20th Anniversary to TwoMorrows Publishing!
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Comic Book History
                                        
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TwoMorrows Publishing Turns 20!
 
As Seen At The San Diego Comic Con!
 
TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3921 -     This week I've been blogging about publications from TwoMorrows Publishing. As seen in blogs #3917, 3918, 3919, and 3920.
 
What I didn't cover as much was the fact that TwoMorrows Publishing turns 20 years old this year!
 
I had the opportunity to attend the special 20th Anniversary panel at the San Diego Comic Con International this past month in San Diego. 
 
The panel was as follows:
 
TwoMorrows Turns 20
Since 1994, TwoMorrows Publishing has been producing comics' best and most insightful historical books and magazines. Publisher John Morrow (editor, the Jack Kirby Collector), Jon B. Cooke (editor, Comic Book Creator magazine), Keith Dallas (editor, American Comic Book Chronicles), and P.C. Hamerlinck and Bill Schelly (historians and associate editors of Alter Ego) a revealing look at the ins and outs of their ongoing efforts to bring a new day to comics fans.
Thursday July 18, 2013 11:00am - 12:00pm
Room 23ABC
 
As stated above, I attended that special panel, and took a few photos and videos.
 
I'm sharing a few of the pics here.  The rest can be seen at this special photo album on my Facebook Fan Page.
 
I want to congratulate John, his wife, and his staff plus contributors for an awesome 20 years of printing publications that I, and many thousands of others enjoy! 
 
~Michael
 
 
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TwoMorrows Publishing Turns Twenty!
 
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The Panelists At The Special Panel During SDCC!
 
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  John Morrow (L) and Jon B Cooke (Middle) Discuss A Point Made on a Slide Presentation.
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 This Magazine, Jack Kirby Collector, was the Start of It All back in 1994! Next Issue is #62!

  

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,921 total posts in number!   I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!   Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button!  And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

Note:  My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item(s) that was mentioned here today...!  If I have it, you'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com!     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly differently, sorry about that!  The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer.  Note:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:  Make It So Marketing Inc., PO Box 130653, Carlsbad, CA 92013

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page!
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
My Take On: Back Issue #63 - The British Invasion Issue!
Mood:  caffeinated
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Back Issue #63
The British Invasion Issue!
From TwoMorrows Publishing
  

TODAY'S FEATURE IS (GUEST) BLOG #3920 -     In yesterday's blog post I mentioned that this week is starting to look like it is 'TwoMorrows Publishing Week' here at ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com!

That's because Monday's post was blog #3917 titled: American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1960s, and on Tuesday the blog #3918 was titled: Jack Kirby Collector #61!

Then Wednesday's blog #3919 was on another publication that was picked up at the TwoMorrows Publishing Booth at the recent 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International. That blog #3919 was on Alter Ego #120.

So, in keeping with what I've blogged about this week so far... I've read one of the several back issues of the magazine titled 'Back Issue!'!   Issue #63 of the magazine because the cover caught my eyes in the stack of Back Issues that I purchased from John Morrow's booth at the SDCC!

So what does this magazine have to read? Besides an outstanding front cover?!  Well...Here's the promo from the publisher:

April 2013 - 84 FULL-COLOR pages
BACK ISSUE #63 (84 FULL-COLOR pages, $8.95) watches the USA’s and UK’s comics worlds cross over in our “British Invasion” issue! Featuring a history of Marvel UK, the Beatles in comics, DC’s British talent pool of the 1980s, V for Vendetta, Excalibur, Marshal Law, Doctor Who, and a “Pro2Pro” interview with PETER MILLIGAN and BRENDAN McCARTHY! Showcasing the talents of KAREN BERGER, BRIAN BOLLAND, ALAN DAVIS, DAVE GIBBONS, STAN LEE, DAVID LLOYD, ALAN MOORE, DEZ SKINN, and others—and loads of art originally produced for the UK market. With a Mighty Marvel in London cover by RON WILSON and DAVE HUNT, showcasing art from Marvel UK’s rare 1970s “Quadra-Poster” as a deluxe 25-inch long fold-out triptych cover! Edited by MICHAEL EURY.
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Okay... So what's 'My Take' on this issue?

First... Of course I noticed the cover!  It is a 3 page fold out cover, taking the front & back covers & another flip out page.  Beautiful cover with the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, the Sub-Mariner, the Green Goblin, and the Incredible Hulk in London!  Great cover for the 'British Invasion' theme issue by Ron Wilson and Dave Hunt!

Turning the page I found the inside front cover to be an in-house ad for more TwoMorrows publications.

The next page was the Table of Contents page.  Oh, and I want to mention the Editor-In-Chief of this publication, Michael Eury.  I also want to mention that the second reason I read this issue first out of all the other Back Issue mags I picked up is because I have on occasion over the years picked up British comics / magazines to read and or place into my collection.  One of those titles was 'The Complete Fantastic Four' series, which I have for sale right now in my online comic book shop!

I've always wondered about the British publishing history of Marvel Comics.  From the Table of Contents it looked like many of my questions were going to be answered!

Here are the articles in this issue that I especially enjoyed!  There are also other articles in this 80 page publication...

Pages 2 - 20 - Flashback: The Mighty World of Marvel UK -  This article had a lot history of Marvel UK.  I definitely enjoyed reading this!

Pages 21 - 27 - Flashback: The Launch of the 'Titanic' Format - Nice article on Marvel UK's landscape format printed comics.  I have not had the pleasure of reading one of these... But the history was fascinating!

Pages 28 - 32 - Interview: 'Jigsaw' Jim Starlin -  I have enjoyed seeing Jim's art in American comics, and was intrigued to read his early history in UK publications.  If you are a Jim Starlin fan... You will love reading this article!

Pages 33 - 36 - Backstage Pass:  Comic Book Beatles.  I have blogged about the Beatles being pictured on American Comic Book Covers in the past.  This fine article covers those and the British comics.  Definitely for fans of the British rock group!

Pages 37 - 40 - Beyond Capes: Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time.  More on the Britsh TV Show that crossed the pond and joined the Marvel Comics lineup.  I've read the Marvel Premiere issues of Doctor Who and sold them repeatedly during the past decads.  This short article was about those and the British publications.  Interesting reading for Doctor Who fans.

There were other articles, filling out the 80 pages, but the above listed articles were the ones that I enjoyed the most. 

As for my comic book grade for this issue... I'm giving it a Very Fine / Near Mint (VF/NM) 9.0 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale.

You can try your local comic book shop to see if they have this issue in.  Or you can check out my own online comic book shop at ComicBooksCircus.com for this issue and many other previous issues of Back Issue! magazine!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,920 total posts in number!   I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!   Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button!  And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

Note:  My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item(s) that was mentioned here today...!  If I have it, you'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com!     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly differently, sorry about that!  The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer.  Note:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:  Make It So Marketing Inc., PO Box 130653, Carlsbad, CA 92013

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page!
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In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
My Take On: Alter Ego #120 from TwoMorrows Publishing
Mood:  caffeinated
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Alter Ego #120
From TwoMorrows Publishing
 
  
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS (GUEST) BLOG #3919 -     This week is starting to look like it is 'TwoMorrows Publishing Week' here at ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com!

That's because Monday was blog #3917 titled: American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1960s, and on Tuesday blog #3918 was titled: Jack Kirby Collector #61!

Today's blog #3919 is on another publication that was picked up at the TwoMorrows Publishing Booth at the recent 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International.

So, what does this magazine have to read?  Well...Here's the promo from the publisher:

September 2013 - 84 pages (now with FULL COLOR)

ALTER EGO #120 (84 pages with FULL COLOR, $8.95) is a salute to the first series of THE X-MEN (1963 to 1969)—behind JACK KIRBY's unused cover for issue #10! There's secrets behind the mag's first decade—rare late-'60s BRAZILIAN X-Men stories—a long-lost '60s X-Men "character sheet" by STAN LEE himself—and ROY THOMAS on the 1970s revival that turned into a mutant explosion! With art and artifacts by LEE, KIRBY, ROTH, ADAMS, O'NEIL, HECK, FRIEDRICH, DRAKE, and BUSCEMA—plus the story of MMMS fan club! Extra: An interview with Golden Age writer ED SILVERMAN—FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America)—MICHAEL T. GILBERT and Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt—BILL SCHELLY on comics fandom—and more! Edited by ROY THOMAS.

Okay... So what's 'My Take' on this issue?

First, I noticed that the print format of this magazine has changed.  It is what would be called a 'square bound' if it was a comic book.  Interesting change... Oh, and it is all in COLOR now!  That is a BIG change!

The front cover was exciting to behold!  A Half-Century Salute to the X-MEN Featuring Their First Decade Definers... With a list of writers & artists in that decade.

I turned the page.. The inside front cover was an in-house ad for previous issues of Alter Ego...

The Table of Contents Page showed that there were a LOT of contributors to this issue!

Pages 2 &3 were from the Editor of this magazine, Roy Thomas.  Good reading as to what the issue would be about, and Roy's own thoughts on the X-Men.

Next were the articles... I'll blog about the features that appealed to me...

Pages 4 - 19 were on 'The Extraordinary But Star-Crossed Origins of the X-Men' by Will Murray.  Having lived through this time period, I knew most of what was presented, but the additional info made for good reading also, and I am not an X-Men fan...

Pages 21 - 32 were on 'The Secret History of the Mutants South of the Equator'.  In other words, 'Made In Brazil: The X-Men!".   Which I found to be of interest, although the pages shown were in the language of Brazil.  Roberto Guedes did a good job in presenting this feature.

Pages 33 - 38 were on 'The M.M.M.S. Wants You!', a feature I have personally blogged about a few times in this Blog.  Richard Kelsey's take on the Marvel Fan Club was an interesting presentation. The color scans / photos shown greatly added to the text of this feature.

Pages 40 - 51 were on 'I Kept All the Comic Book Stuff In a Separate File', which was an interview with the very versatile Ed Silverman.   I wasn't overly familiar with Ed's work, but recognized some of the works presented in this feature. 

Pages 54 - 59 showed 'The Men Who Would Be Kurtzman Part 2'.  Very interesting feature on those who came after Harvey Kurtzman and did homages to his work.  I'll have to find Part 1 of this feature!

Pages 60 - 65 was a 'Spotlight on Bill Schelly - Part II', which was on Alter Ego's Associate Editor's Own Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011.  Which I attended, and found the transcript to be accurate.  The photos included in this feature were not shared at the Comic-Con.

Pages 66 - 69 were on comic book creators that had passed recently:  Roy Ald, John Severin, Norman Fruman, and Sid Couchey.  I didn't know all of these men... Yet found those one page tributes to be good reading.

Pages 73 - 80 were part of the FCA #179 publication that is included in each Alter Ego. For those interested in the Fawcett Publications history, this would be good reading.

Whew!  80 pages!  That is quite a bit of reading to go through!  But in my mind, it is worth the time invested in reading this issue.  I'll have to check the previous issues that I missed since last year's 2012 San Diego Comic Con next!

As for my comic book grade for this issue... I'm giving it a Near Mint Minus (NM-) 9.2 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale.

You can try your local comic book shop to see if they have this issue in... It ships August 14th.  Or you can check out my own online comic book shop at ComicBooksCircus.com for this issue and many other previous issues of Alter Ego!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,919 total posts in number!   I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!   Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button!  And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

Note:  My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item(s) that was mentioned here today...!  If I have it, you'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com!     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly differently, sorry about that!  The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer.  Note:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:  Make It So Marketing Inc., PO Box 130653, Carlsbad, CA 92013

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page!
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In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
My Take On: Jack Kirby Collector #61
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS (GUEST) BLOG #3918 -     Yesterday, I blogged about the American  Comic Book Chronicles: The 1960s 1960 - 1964, as seen in blog #3917. Which was my review blog on the free book I won at the 20th Anniversary Panel for the TwoMorrows Publishing company at the recent 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International.

In the same blog I mentioned that I had stopped in at the TwoMorrows Publishing booth on Wednesday's Preview Night.  Why?  Well... Ever since the Jack Kirby Collector magazine had gone to the oversized (Treasury size) edition, I had stopped subscribing.  The USPS had messed up a few of the oversized magazines, and I elected to pick up my JKCs at the San Diego Comic Con International instead.  

So instead of getting my JKC fix every so often, it would be just once a year at the TwoMorrows booth at the SDCCI!

Anyways, the photo at the top right of this blog post is a photo of me picking up the Jack Kirby Collector #61 from the Editor / Publisher, John Morrow, on Preview Night.  Thanks for the photo opportunity, John!

So what's the magazine issue #61 about?  Here's the scoop from the TwoMorrows web site:

Summer 2013 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine
NOW IN FULL-COLOR! JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #61’s theme is JACK KIRBY: WRITER! Whether creating stories while drawing, or pecking away at a typewriter, Kirby gave his work a unique voice which fans either love or hate. Don’t miss this examination of the quirks of Kirby’s conceptualizing and wordsmithing, from the operatic FOURTH WORLD to melodramatic ROMANCE work, and beyond! There’s a feature-length Kirby interview, MARK EVANIER and our other regular columnists, NORRIS BURROUGHS on Kirby's design and composition on the NEW GODS, a comparison of STEVE GERBER’s Destroyer Duck scripts to Jack’s pencils, Kirby’s best promotional blurbs and sound effects, an unpublished STUNTMAN story (in color!), galleries of pencil art including NEW GODS, DESTROYER DUCK, 2001, and more, plus an unseen Kirby cover painting! Edited by John Morrow.

Okay... So what's 'My Take' on this issue? 

Well... The choice of the scan on the cover page of the magazine was an interesting one... I don't see how it fit into the issue's theme of 'Jack Kirby: Writer', though... So I went ahead and turned to the inside cover page.

Which was an in-house ad featuring 'TwoMorrows Publishing Update', which was interesting to read what was coming out from TwoMorrows other magazines.

The first page was the Contents Page for issue #61.  With the theme, 'Jack Kirby: Writer' at the top left.  Then listing the articles that were presented in this issue.  At the right was a 1979 illustration of 'She-Demon', a 1979 project that Jack had put together. 

The second page in was an article by John Morrow titled 'The "!!" Effect'.  So right away the magazine went into presenting its features for the issue.  I'm only going to mention the articles that appealed to me...

Which included:

WHACHUTALKINBOUTKIRBY? feature - 'That Is Strong Talk... Whoever You Are by Mike Breen.  Which was a Quick Quiz -where 'Can you identify the sources of all of these typical Kirby quotes?'.  I found the answer to be part of a very interesting article.   The source was from my favorite series that Jack did over the years.

INCIDENTAL ICONOGRAPHY feature - Greek God... To Hippie! by Sean Kleefeld. Which is part of an ongoing anlysis of Kirby's visual shorthand, and how he inadvertenly used it to develop his characters.

OVERVUE feature - Poetry In Motion.  Jack Kirby and the Death of JFK, by Kevin Ainsworth.  A very detailed account by this author of Fantastic Four issues #25 & #26.  Something I had not known about my favorite Jack Kirby series!  Worth the price of this issue alone!

GALLERY 2 feature - The Truth.  A story by Jack that was to have been featured in a DC magazine titled: 'True Life Divorce.  The pencils / partial inks on this seven page story are something to see!  I enjoyed reading this, something I had never seen before by Jack!

UNEARTHED feature - Jack Kirby & Outland by John Workman. A six page story that although a bit hard to read, presented a nice tale.  Worth reading!

KIRBY AS A GENRE feature - by Adam McGovern.  A follow up on the Argo film, the Best Picture Award Winner at the Oscars for 2012.  Presenting two scans that I had not seen before.

RETROSPECTIVE feature - Where Kirby Stopped by Glen Gold.  This article is on where Kirby left the Marvel train, per the author's thoughts.  The Fantastic Four issues #74 through #77.  Interesting reading, and something that I just may agree with...

There are other articles in this issue as well, but the above individually named articles are my favorites of this issue.   As you can tell... There were quite a few of them in this 100 page issue!

So as for the comic book grade I'm giving this issue... Well, it is a Very Fine / Near Mint (VF/NM) 9.0 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale.  Overall the issue was very readable, and enjoyable.  The Jack Kirby Collector is a magazine that I look forward to for each issue that is printed.   My last review blog on this magazine series was issue #60 which I picked up at WonderCon in Anaheim in April of this year.  As seen at blog #3838.

Now that the magazine has been downsized from the tabloid size it was printed in for several years... I'm sure that the USPS will take good care of delivering this issue to your mailbox.  You can purchase a copy of this issue at the TwoMorrows web site.

My thanks to John Morrow, Editor & Publisher of this magazine, for another fine issue in this Jack Kirby Collector series!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,918 total posts in number!   I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!   Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button!  And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

Note:  My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item(s) that was mentioned here today...!  If I have it, you'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com!     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly differently, sorry about that!  The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer.  Note:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:  Make It So Marketing Inc., PO Box 130653, Carlsbad, CA 92013

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page!
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In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!
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Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 6:32 AM PDT
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Monday, July 29, 2013
My Take On: American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1960s 1960-1964
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Topic: Comic Book History
                                        
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Presents His Take On...
 
American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1960s 1960-1964
 
  
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS (GUEST) BLOG #3917 -     This book was picked up at the TwoMorrows Publishing Booth at the recent 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International.

How?  Well... I attended the 20th Anniversary Celebration Panel at the SDCCI, and on the way out of the panel, was given a business card.   On the back of the card I was given it said, 'Free Book at the TwoMorrows Booth'.  So I made sure to stop in again at the booth later that same day and checked out the rest of the items John Morrow had brought to the Comic-Con.  

I had already purchased the Jack Kirby Collector Sixty-One on Preview Night... So that wasn't my first choice for the 'Free Book'.

So I looked through all of the goodies that John had brought and it came down to this book and one other...  This book won out for me, and I handed over the business card for the book.

I'm glad I did!   This was a very good book for me to read!

The book itself is just one volume of several in the 'American Comic Book Chronicles' series published by TwoMorrows Publishing.  I have not read the other volumes published or to be published.

This hardback book is printed with a white background cover, along with a vertical strip at the far right. A really nice presentation!

Opening the hardback, you see the inside cover page and the first page, in a silver color.  Another nice presentation with a DC promo page, and an Amazing Fantasy Fan Page.  Nice touch!

Thumbing in a couple of pages, you come across the Dedication Page, along with the Credits to this book.  The Writer is John Wells. The Editor is Keith Dallas.  The Cover Design is by Jon B. Cooke.  Nice page!

The next page is the Table of Contents Page...

Page 4 is the Introductory Note about the Chronological Structure of American Comic Book Chronicles. You should read that to get an idea about where the book series is going.

Page 5 is a Note on Comic Book Sales and Circulation Data.  Interesting figures...

Page 6 is the Introduction and Acknowledgments page.

Chapter One: 1960 starts on page 8 and ends on page 39.  I lived this period in American Comic Books.  Of course, being a kid, with a limited allowance... I didn't buy all of these comic books when they were first published.  So it was very much fun to read the background history of each comic book publishing company along with the issues that were being published in the year of 1960.

Chapter Two is on 1961, with Chapter Three on 1962 and then so on until Chapter Five being through 1964.

Page 213 is the end of the stories... With Pages 214 - 219 being the Works Cited by Chapter.

Page 220 starts the Index to this volume, ending on page 222. Pages 223 - 224 are in-house ads by TwoMorrows with 223 showing the 1980s volume to this series, and 224 being photos of other books from TwoMorrows.

All in all, a pretty darn good book to read!

Even though I lived through this period in American Comic Books history, this Chronicle put it all together for me!  So for those of you that lived through part of these years, 1960-1964, or were born later and want to know more about this period of American Comic Books... I highly recommend this book!

There is a timeline for each year, along with world history combined with comic book history.  This book doesn't just state historical facts, but intertwines why and when different comic book features were started and in what comic book titles.  Knowing a little more about the history of the comic book publishers is also interesting reading. 

I for one really enjoyed this book and give it a Near Mint (NM) 9.4 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale! I look forward to the second volume of the 1960s when it is published later this year.

You can purchase this book direct from TwoMorrows via this link. Do it and immerse yourself into some fun comic book history reading!

Oh, and for the other volumes in this series... Here's who writing them:

1965-69 also by John Wells

1970s by Jim Beard

1940-44 by Roy Thomas

1945-49 by Roy Thomas

1950s by Bill Schelly

1980s by Keith Dallas

~ Michael

 


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