A BIRTHDAY SALUTE… Keith Pollard is one of those workhorse artists who could do just about anything but never reached the upper echelons of stardom. It’s too bad because the comics industry is built on the backs of guys like this. It’s Pollard’s 76th birthday, so for this 13 COVERS salute, we bring you a run of his fab covers starring Spider-Man, from the late ’70s. Right on. — MORE — KEITH POLLARD, NEAL ADAMS and the Project That Died on the Vine. Click here. — 13 Underrated SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN Covers. Click...
DESPOP TUESDAYS… Detective Comics #27 has been homaged 1,000,006 times but that doesn’t mean I don’t get revved up whenever I see another really clever version, like this commission by our pal Des: Here’s the 1939 original by Bob Kane, in case you got hit in the head recently and forgot what it looks like: A whole run of classic covers done in Bruce Timm style would be pretty rad, right? — Want more DESPOP TUESDAYS? Come back next week! Want a commission? Buy prints? Buy Des’ comics? Check out his Despop Art website! — MORE — MUST-WATCH: Dig This VIDEO of the Swingin’ Sixties SPIDER-MAN Animated Series We Want to See. Click here. — As Ever, JULIE NEWMAR’s CATWOMAN Is a Work of Art. Click here. — DES TAYLOR is the man behind creator-owned comic properties Scarlett Couture, The Vesha Valentine Story, The Trouble With Katie Rogers and a new property in the works The Blue Lotus Strikes. His client list includes DC Comics, La Perla, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Universal Music, ITV Studios America and many more. When he’s not working on his own properties or churning out commissions, Des spends his spare time… working some more, hating Arsenal and raising his two baby daughters, Scarlett and...
Don Martin’s widow shares a memorable New Year’s Eve in the Everglades — and some rare sketches by the great cartoonist…
He’s comics’ greatest ambassador and he deserves our love and respect.
