“..Towards A Life Of Peace And Justice For All Mankind.” PEOPLE! A Brief Farewell To Joe Kubert.

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Posted by: John Kane on August 17, 2012

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On August 12th 2012 Joe Kubert died. I wrote what follows as a kind of farewell to Joe Kubert. Then I realised it isn’t really a farewell, because his work remains and I’ll be reading it until I’m no longer around either. So, I guess it’s a kind of thank you instead. The kind he’ll never read but the kind I need to say. The selfish kind then but it’s also the genuine kind so I guess it balances out?

Better than never: Hibbs on 6/27

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on July 4, 2012

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As far as I am concerned, this isn’t “last week’s comics” until I open the front door of the store on Wednesday!

“I’m A MAN, And I’ll LOVE You As A Man Loves A …” Comics! Sometimes There’s A Film Out As Well! (John Carter!)

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Posted by: John Kane on March 8, 2012

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So, yeah, there’s a John Carter film out on Friday. Not that I ever get to the pictures anymore but, hey, you might! In the meantime you could read this about some comics featuring the same character. It’s a thought isn’t it. Probably one more than went into the writing of this. Hey, can CGI do this?: No, no it can not. You lose CGI!

“I Want To Be That Man!” Comics! Sometimes A Little Melodrama Doesn’t Hurt!

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Posted by: John Kane on January 5, 2012

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Happy New Year and I do so hope you all had a very Merry Season of Cheer! Sadly I read some more DC war comics from the ’70s and then wrote about ‘em! I think you’ll find I can and, worse, I did!

“They Gave Their Lives…Just For THAT?” Comics! Sometimes They “Dare To Be Different”!

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Posted by: John Kane on December 16, 2011

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Old war comics written about by old man – pictures at Eleven!

“Watch Yer Noggin!” Comics! Sometimes They Are About Losers!

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Posted by: John Kane on November 11, 2011

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I read an old ‘70s DC war comic and I liked what I saw. Because what I saw was drawn by Joe Kubert, Alex Toth, Sam Glanzman and John Severin. I am good to my eyes. It cost 25 cents. Well, in 1971 it did.

“Okay, Let’s Go.” Comics! Sometimes They Contain Cowboys!

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Posted by: John Kane on October 26, 2011

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I hear tell there’s no call for Western comics no more. I reckon folks don’t know diddly squat. One’s I read made me more than partial to ‘em. Hunker down a spell why doncha and hear me jaw about a couple of Western comics.

In which I fall in love with a brushstroke: Graeme in a tree with Kubert, Hawkman.

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on April 16, 2007

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So last night, I had a dream that proved that my subconscious was frantically grabbing what little pieces of pop culture that I’d exposed myself to over the last couple of days – My life was being narrated by This American Life’s Ira Glass, and illustrated by Joe Kubert. Needless to say, everything was much funnier than it is in real life, and looked beautiful. Kubert’s art was pretty much the main reason that I picked up SHOWCASE PRESENTS HAWKMAN VOLUME 1, the phone-book-sized collection of the first Silver Age stories about the man with the feather fetish. I’ve never been a major fan of the character or the concept, but the idea of getting lots of prime Kubert art…  Read More…