Big Barrel is off to the dumpster to get some grub. Jakub Żulczyk draws a picture of decline in Many Years of Hardships, translated by John and Małgorzata Markoff.
New episode! Satisfy your sweet tooth and then slap on some stamps! This week we're checking out the mail-away comics Marvel put out as part of a marketing campaign with several candy brands in the 1990s!
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Random insight into my new(ish) #comics addiction: here’s my pull list for June. I’m hoping to keep this under 10 books per month FOREVER because I’m already behind on my reading 😬
Star Trek Celebrations #1 (2024) : IDW proudly presents a one-shot anthology centering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters from across the Star Trek universe! Join legendary heroes from each era of the beloved franchise in stories that showcase the strengths of infinite diversity in infinite combinations, brought to you by a star-studded cast of writers and artists including Vita Ayala, Steve Orlando, Mags Visaggio, and more!
Ob "Wie ein Hund", "Kafka für Boshafte" oder schlicht "Kafka": Zum 100. Todestag erscheinen Comics, die sich mit Leben und Werk des Prager Schriftstellers beschäftigen. Was wohl Kafka davon gehalten hätte? Von Alex Jakubowski.
The fact that classic Marvel UK Transformers artist Geoff Senior still draws Transformers is great but even cooler is he still often draws/paints Death's Head, the character he created with Simon Furman that was first in the Transformers stories, then crossed over into Marvel UK's Doctor Who comic stories and then the Marvel superhero universe too. :O
And Senior's art style is still awesome. I love it. So dynamic :)