“It Became Increasingly Stylish to Bash Stan…”- What Critics of Stan Lee Should Actually STOP Doing in Order to Be Successful

“In the ’80s and ’90s, it became increasingly stylish to bash Stan, to accuse him of hogging attention for his creations from the artists.” – Peter David, now cursed by the Romanians he once insulted, back in Nov. 2018 Stan Lee. The Myth. “The Man”. The legend. And one that is, apparently, bashed. The term […]

‘Thank God That Jon Bolerjack Came Back to Stan’s Side When He Did!’- On The Continuing Circle-Jerk of No-Talent Comic Grifters & Their Industry Enablers

The starting saga of the inevitable ‘Stan Lee: The Final Chapter’ continues to divide hosts of terrible comic-related YouTube shows and friends of its director; among the majority of observers however, the ones that aren’t dependent on elderly professionals, the verdict seems fairly clear: this thing is highly questionable and highly cringe. It’s quite possible […]

“I Could Trojan Horse My Way Into Meeting Stan if I Could Film Something with Him…”- On Documentaries and The REAL Last Days of Stan Lee

You couldn’t blame someone for thinking that Four Color Sinners is following the zeitgeist right now and touching on a story that’s captured the attention of seemingly all of the comic book community’s attention-starved minds- after all, we were MIA for half a year before worming our way back into your hearts this month, and […]

“One of The Hard Lessons The Comics Industry Has Taught Me is That EVERYONE LIES SOMETIME…”- on Tony Isabella and The Continued Irrational Defense of “Not In The Room”

“…but remember this, ultimately we weren’t there and to make a supposition that you have that absolute knowledge is dangerous at best.”, Daniel Best, 2011 “Unfortunately, lying to yourself does not protect you from people who are good at reasoning.” – Professor David Pinsof, Feb 2024 It seems I have to, unexpectedly, touch upon the […]

“The Rest is Houseroy Being Houseroy, Kirby Tried to Warn All of Us”- On The Self-Destruction of Roy Thomas’s Legacy

Don’t worry, friends- Old Reliable has finally returned. Which in itself is quite a story- one much more interesting than the very topical issue we’re about to cover below- but, due to the pressing need to cut off utterly worthless excuses for sites like Bleeding Cool (ugh) from continuing to mine Four Color Sinners for […]

“That’s The Way It’s Supposed to Be After a Lifetime of Writing”- an Interview with Christine Valada, Defender of Creative Rights & Spouse of Len Wein

Christine Valada was already a fascinating human being even if she’d never been the beloved wife of the late Len Wein– a person of immense strength and wide breadth of talent, genius and skills- so, I almost regret that the main crux of my interview with her consists of the recent credit theft of Roy […]

“This Really Diminishes Him and Makes Him Look Pathethic”- A Look At Industry and Fan’s Opinion On Roy Thomas’s Grand Theft

I know, some of you are thinking “still with the Roy Thomas coverage…? Why, it almost sounds personal at this point!” Allow me to assure you, dear reader, that there is no obsessive interest in the misdeeds of the Rascally One and his vile hangers-on and enablers. It’s simply that Thomas continues his celebration tour […]

“On My Recommendation, I Talked to Stan…” – Continued Dispatches From The Roy Thomas Dishonesty Tour

So much. So much has happened on the ongoing Roy Thomas Lies campaign that I barely know where to begin, o frantic ones. It’s hardly been three months since awareness of the Rascally One’s villainy increased, due to longtime Marvel editor Bobbie Chase post regarding Thomas’s retroactively granted credit as the co-creator of Wolverine. So […]

“I’M NOT SHY ANYMORE”- The Awareness-Lacking Admissions Of The Rascally One

Roy Thomas has gotten bolder. Or maybe… just maybe? I’ve been wrong all along. I’m serious. Perhaps Roy hasn’t been scheming in the traditional sense, and isn’t purposely trying to be an abhorrent lying thief and scoundrel- I mean, I know his Manager/Hanger On/Leech John Cimino is all of those things, as well as the […]

“Must Be The Only Thing Written About Roy Thomas that Roy Never Read…” – On The Public and Prolific Bitterness of Roy Thomas

It had been brought up more than once, notably by Patrick Ford, how often a certain generation of Marvel employees referred to Jack Kirby in the press as “bitter“- and the irony in that considering that many of the employees guilty of that particular smear were, themselves, quite prolific in public venting, righteous indignation, fragile […]