Great selection, including many personal faves. Conan the Barbarian 21 (as pictured) was the first American comic to totally assault my consciousness - in part leading to where I am today. Thanks for sharing all that, Steve
So many wonderful panels. I had that exact same Fantastic Four colouring book, but never did colour it in – would have seemed blasphemous! I loved the script for 'Life Cycle' and sat on it for ages, waiting for the right place to publish (and artist). To me it had the feel of a classic Metal Hurlant strip, and Henry Flint did a beautiful job.
Excellent choice of panels, Steve. I picked up a stack of Lion weeklies when Garry's collection went on sale at Orbital and the Spider strips are the highlight of those issues. Seeing the original art shows the care and craft that went into Reg Bunn's art. It's interesting to see how he used white-out on the line art.
Frank Robbins was always under-appreciated.
No surprise to see that Romita panel...
Brilliant Robo-Cook panel!
Always nice to see Shaky of course.
That Bellamy panel - I can't help noticing how casually sexist the speech balloons are. Garth, I have just noticed these strange creatures and being a woman, I must SCREAM!
Thanks, Dave... as un update, I realised I'd already added that SCREAMING panel to the previous Largin' it! post, so I replaced it - but yeah, I get your drift.
Great selection, including many personal faves. Conan the Barbarian 21 (as pictured) was the first American comic to totally assault my consciousness - in part leading to where I am today. Thanks for sharing all that, Steve
Thanks, Ed! Nice to know about that particular issue of Conan. Thanks for the Restack!
So many wonderful panels. I had that exact same Fantastic Four colouring book, but never did colour it in – would have seemed blasphemous! I loved the script for 'Life Cycle' and sat on it for ages, waiting for the right place to publish (and artist). To me it had the feel of a classic Metal Hurlant strip, and Henry Flint did a beautiful job.
I agree with you, John. That story was great, and Henry was the perfect choice.
The inker of that Frank Robbins panel ("D. Fraser") is Leonard Starr, creator of "On Stage".
Thanks for the info, Rodrigo. I just looked that up.
FF 94 is a favorite of mine, too. The Hugo Tate panel makes me want to track that book down. Some delightful Herriman vibes there.
Hi Eric, here's a link to Nick's Hugo Tate book! (UK & US) https://www.nickabadzis.com/hugo-tate
Excellent choice of panels, Steve. I picked up a stack of Lion weeklies when Garry's collection went on sale at Orbital and the Spider strips are the highlight of those issues. Seeing the original art shows the care and craft that went into Reg Bunn's art. It's interesting to see how he used white-out on the line art.
Frank Robbins was always under-appreciated.
No surprise to see that Romita panel...
Brilliant Robo-Cook panel!
Always nice to see Shaky of course.
That Bellamy panel - I can't help noticing how casually sexist the speech balloons are. Garth, I have just noticed these strange creatures and being a woman, I must SCREAM!
Thanks, Dave... as un update, I realised I'd already added that SCREAMING panel to the previous Largin' it! post, so I replaced it - but yeah, I get your drift.
Stunning panels, and the Hugo Tate is :chef's kiss:
Cheers, Rick! Here's a link to the book if you don't already have it...
https://www.nickabadzis.com/hugo-tate
Thanks, already on my shelf. 😏
Lovely stuff!
Cheers, Paul!
Wholly justified and jubilantly, jeremiad-free and joyously received, especially the "Robo-Cook" panel – posterity preserved.
Cheers, Cefn! That reminds me, I MUST do that Robin of Sherwood post.