Markley’s Fevered Brain: Adventure Comics


Tintin

Tintin



Westfield’s Wayne Markley looks at adventure comics including Herge’s Tintin, Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant, and Marvel’s Indestructible Hulk.

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Markley’s Fevered Brain: It’s Adventure Time


Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles

Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles



Westfield’s Wayne Markley recommends some collections of classic adventure strips.

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Markley’s Fevered Brain: A Strip a Day Will Keep You Entertained


Pogo Vol. 1: Through The Wild Blue Wonder

Pogo Vol. 1: Through The Wild Blue Wonder



Westfield’s Wayne Markley looks at some recent comic strip collections including IDW’s Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, Classic Comics Press’ Cisco Kid, and Fantagraphics’ Pogo.

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10 Things I Like About July ’10 Comics (and a couple I’m not so crazy about)


by KC Carlson

Batman: Odyssey

1. CLASSIC CREATORS RETURN TO CLASSIC CHARACTERS: Neal Adams writes and illustrates Batman: Odyssey, a new six-part miniseries from DC Comics. For those of us reading comics in the late 1960s and 70s, Adams was THE Batman artist, so his return to write and draw a brand-new Batman tale (featuring a bunch of classic friends and foes) is pretty big news.

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