Pop Thoughts
Russ Heath.

Russ Heath.

for the disco…

for the disco…

Digging through old files, I found this Tommy Patterson ShadowHawk sketch for something we almost proposed once. Pretty wicked, I think.

Digging through old files, I found this Tommy Patterson ShadowHawk sketch for something we almost proposed once. Pretty wicked, I think.

Classic Warren era Ditko.

Classic Warren era Ditko.

Fifties Ditko-esque Kubert.

Fifties Ditko-esque Kubert.

Joe Kubert. 1954

Joe Kubert. 1954

Something I noticed while poking around in the past. St. John’s Publications reprinted KITTY #1 (Oct, 1948) as LUCY THE REAL GONE GIRL (June, 1953). Along with changing Kitty’s name, they erased cartoonist Lily Rennée’s signature. Fascinating woman: http://womenincomics.wikia.com/wiki/Lily_Ren%C3%A9e

This is one of the greatest crime covers ever. How sunny could the fifties have really been if stuff like this was on newsstands? Too awesome.

This is one of the greatest crime covers ever. How sunny could the fifties have really been if stuff like this was on newsstands? Too awesome.

I know Doonesbury’s been around for forty years, but the first ten years were golden. There’s no better primer on American politics and culture in the seventies.

I know Doonesbury’s been around for forty years, but the first ten years were golden. There’s no better primer on American politics and culture in the seventies.