FA - The Comiczine

Jerry Robinson and Joe Simon pass away

Comics lost two of its links to the Golden Age of Superheroes this month.

Comics Friends United 2011

Comics Friends United, Saturday 26th November: The Phoenix Pub, 14 Palace Street, Victoria, London SW1E 5JA.

Noon to 11.00pm

Douglas Wolk on superhero visual styles

A plug for an excellent piece on the dominant look of DC and Marvel superhero books.

Sales in perspective…

New sales records set by One Piece in Japan.

FA on the radio

Podcast of a radio show I did recently, hosted by Tim Hopkins, also starring Al Ewing and Magnus Anderson, all about comics criticism and some about this site.

Alan Davis posts Frank Bellamy art

Alan helped Frank’s widow clear out at one point, and held onto lots of printed, photographed and original art, hoping to do a book. He doesn’t think that’s likely now, so he has posted a load of it on his site. Well worth a good look.

Sadly, we really need this now…

Marvel have announced that a bunch of their titles appearing from Feb-Apr next year will have ‘.1’ appended to the issue number. These are official ‘jumping on’ points, where the stories for the next twelve issues will be set up.

the origins of Wonder Woman

One of the most extraordinary finds in the history of comics: a letter from H.G. Peter to William Moulton Marston featuring character sketches for the proposed Wonder Woman, and discussion of her costume