Comics in the Golden Age

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

Nice shelves but they could use a little more King.

Even though this is the first book of his I've read, I've seen about 80% of the film and tv adaptations of his work.

two men sitting in a car with the word thandie on the bottom right Alt: Starsky and Hutch in their car

I saw the miniseries as a kid so I am quite fond of it. And hey, it's got Hutch!

I do love the film adaptation of Misery. Haven't seen the other one though.

That's what @kumuthal.bsky.social likes to hear. "Cheap."

I've actually owned that book for years. My dad got it for me because he thought I'd like it, but I just never got around to it.

I already had so much to read...

Well, shit. Now I have a whole other giant rabbit hole of reading to go down.

King Comics #132 (1947). Popeye is sitting in a sofa chair with a tube in his mouth that connects to a large tank labeled “Home Model Spinach Mixer.” His stomach has grown fat and is sticking out from under his shirt.

Cover by Joe Musial.

Superworld Comics #1 (1940). Astronauts on the moon are being confronted by very bizarre looking aliens with webbed feet, long skinny legs, very bulbous torsos, and insect-like faces. Some sort of green material is shooing out of a device on their chests and forming bubbles around the astronauts.

Cover by Frank R. Paul.

Walt leaves his umbrella on the porch after a hard rain, commenting that the wind is still strong. Skeezix finds it but it’s carried away by the wind. He follows it to a lake and falls in trying to get it. Walt goes looking for the umbrella and Skeezix, and finds him soaking wet. Skeezix tells him “Skeex find umbella Unca Walt- no get wet!”

Gasoline Alley by Frank King from March 9, 1924.

The first page shows a view of the city of Armsville, a munitions town, with mountains in the background. A thick fog has drifted in from the sea while smoke is rising from the factory. At the top of the page is the logo of “The Spirit,” but the bottom of the letters are disintegrating as they meet the smoke from the factory.

The Spirit from March 9, 1941. Art by Will Eisner & letters by Sam Rosen.

LOL Joel Meadows blocked me for pointing out transphobic Declan Shalvey is non only attending MCM comic con London, he’s a guest

"By George! The Comic Art of George McManus." The cover shows Jiggs & Maggie from Bringing Up Father.

New Sunday Press collection coming from Fantagraphics in November.

Tatjana Wood, Award-Winning Comic Book Colorist, Dies at 99

Nice overview of Tatjana Wood's life and career in the Times. (Free without a subscription.)

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

Peak 90s. Love it. Genuinely.

There ain't no sanity clause!

I don't know the password, swordfish.

Oh, and um, an actual ticket to the event. Because it would be awkward if I spent the money to go there and forgot that part.

I have now booked a train ticket (we had credit so it's free) and a hotel room to go to this because I am a that level of a Marx Brothers nerd.

a black and white photo of a man behind a stack of paper ALT: a black and white photo of a man behind a stack of paper

Just bought my train ticket.

The Odd Couple: The Complete Series on DVD. Starring Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.

Wrapping up the weekend with some classic tv.

I love comics.

Prince Valiant Vol. 30: 1995-1996, but Hal Foster, John Cullen Murphy, and Cullen Murphy.

Adding this to the reading stack.

She is holding my copy in that first photo. I took it after she signed it.

She was the first trans person I ever met. She used to come to the library I worked at when I was a teen. I deeply admired her.

He was perfect as Sisko. Deeply traumatized when we met him because of the loss of his wife, and then went on to basically lead the Federation in the war against the Dominion, and then embrace being the Emissary. No other Captain had an arc like that.

Thanks!

She was an incredibly talented woman and we are very lucky to have been able to enjoy her work.