“Comics Should Explore The Great Range, Opportunities of Fiction and Fantasy”- On Ditko’s Influence & Influences

You’ll have to bear with me with this entry as it’s a bit stream of consciousness and would likely be a better comment on an article than an actual article itself. It also will speculate, which I generally frown upon when pushing a case for the argument; however, I believe the speculation here has significant […]

“In A Serpent’s Nest, Nothing Can Survive.” – OR, This Is The Shit I Have To Deal With

One thing about this blog that I’d like to maintain is that I am never interested in promoting myself like an Alex Grand nor am I out to cultivate public spats and feuds like a Rich Johnston. Why, I’m even hesitant to mention their offensive names lest it appear that I, of all people, might […]

“Roy Said to Me I ‘Just Showed Up & Never left’- And He’s Right!”- The Moving Story of The Roy Boyzz

They are, quite possibly, the current most iconic duo in the world of comic books. They are seemingly joined at the hip and feed off of each other’s energy, finish each other’s sentences and go nowhere without the other. Not since the days of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope has there been a partnership so […]

“I’m From a Generation You Fellas Know Nothing About” – Revisiting The Kirby Artwork Struggle, The Most Important Comics Story of The 1980s’

The story of Jack Kirby’s fight to regain his original artwork from Marvel Comics during the first part of the Eighties is one that is well known to most fans and one that has routinely been covered, albeit in passing or in context as part of a larger piece devoted to Kirby, Lee, or Marvel. […]

“I Tried Not to Make Very Much Money Off His Memory…” Appraising Mark Evanier’s Cliff Notes Version of a Kirby Biography

I was reluctant to even tackle this, believe it or not- such is my immense dislike of Mark Evanier. That dislike has been formulated over the years strictly from my own observation and comprehension skill; listening to the ever-changing stories and contradictory statements, being legitimately taken aback at his lack of awareness when sharing his […]

“Stan Lee is God”- Reviewing Tom Scioli’s Same-Old, Same-Old “I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of The Legendary Stan Lee”

This is a review of the newest in a long list of Stan Lee biographies, the second Lee bio which is in graphic novel format as well as the second creator biography done by the truly talented Tom Scioli. Scioli had already made the right choice with his first endeavor, the well-received “Jack Kirby: The […]

“Was Looking For Ways To Get Out of This Ghetto…” Busting Two of the Three Top Myths of Stan Lee

There are many myths about Stan Lee and his origins, perpetuated and regurgitated to the point of nauseum. Today we’re just going to tackle two of the top three of those myths that anyone reading this site is surely familiar with, for a specific and very important purpose. In an earlier article I pointed out […]

“He Was Like An Oracle…” Exposing Further The Fraudulent Nature of Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment

When last you presumably visited, (if you’re indeed reading these entries in order), we took a closer look at more of the seemingly endless post-Marvel and post-mortem creations credited to Stan Lee. It seems as if Lee is as prolific in death as he was credited to be in life, with new announcements continuing into […]

“…Created By The Most Successful Creator of Intellectual Property of Our Time.” – Digging Deeper Into The Post-Mortem Fake Creations of Stan Lee

It’s been barely two months since we commented on the exciting announcement of Stan Lee Comics, an upcoming publishing venture consisting of apparently unreleased original Stan Lee creations headed up by his acolyte and sometimes ghost writer Michael Uslan. If you tragically missed that glorious post, you can read it here, o frantic one: https://fourcolorsinners.wordpress.com/2023/07/15/to-a-global-audience-as-never-before-the-endless-fake-creations-of-stan-lee/ […]

“To See The Way He Was Treated, It Just Hurts…” Sifting Thru AMC’S Shameful ‘Mighty Misfits Who Made Marvel’

I had never seen, nor had any interest in AMC’s original program ‘Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics’ when it initially aired in 2017. Much like Sean Howe’s “Untold” story of Marvel, I took it to be simply condensing existing information available to anybody who can read and presenting it in an accessible format for […]