Marvel in the Silver Age

Growing up in the 1960s, I was surrounded by pop-culture touchstones – The Beatles, The Man from UNCLE and Civil War News gum cards. The biggest influence on my life was Marvel Comics. I wanted to write something about the early days of Marvel, but felt it needed to be put in the right cultural context. So this is my Marvel Comics ...

Showing posts with label trope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trope. Show all posts
Saturday, 30 November 2019

Separated at Birth 3 - more comic cover cliches

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I LOVE COMIC BOOK COVERS , especially those of the 1950s and 1960s. And because I look at so many, I can't help but notice trends, trope...
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Friday, 30 August 2019

Separated at Birth 2 - another comic covers interlude

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HERE'S SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE LIGHT-HEARTED than my more recent posts ... another look at the many tropes, cliches and chestnuts that ...
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Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Separated at Birth - a comic covers interlude

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SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS FASCINATED me is the way comic artists have re-used various conventions and imagery from what has gone before. ...
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Air Pirate Press is a virtual publishing company started by Alan McKenzie and Brett Ewins to publish THE ART OF BRETT EWINS, a retrospective of Brett's 20+ years in the British and American comic industries. This was followed up with McKenzie's revised third edition of THE HARRISON FORD STORY, an unauthorised biography of the top Hollywood star. Air Pirate Press currently has several more projects in preparation.
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