tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post6352027359439197089..comments2024-03-25T11:21:33.915-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Black and White Wednesday: Original Our Pal SalThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-88743281111593535412017-10-30T07:39:14.884-04:002017-10-30T07:39:14.884-04:00Sal still does incredible work! His commissions ar...Sal still does incredible work! His commissions are awesomely fun and he is an incredible inker! I know! Cause he is my inker! Every time I get pages back I am supremely pleased.Romhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665504314021792576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-64612610399934461322016-09-01T17:44:08.675-04:002016-09-01T17:44:08.675-04:00Pretty sure Anonymous is referring to the page fea...Pretty sure Anonymous is referring to the page featuring Dr. Strange and Valkyrie from Marvel Team-Up #35. Being drawn by Sal and featuring those two characters, it does look for all the world like a Defenders page.The Groovy Agenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-61397771608120455202016-09-01T15:13:24.724-04:002016-09-01T15:13:24.724-04:00Which? The only 'Defenders' page that I se...Which? The only 'Defenders' page that I seen listed here at a glance is credited to John Verpoorten...?Sinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643121348126645818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-63221607871702686312016-08-31T19:35:46.407-04:002016-08-31T19:35:46.407-04:00Man Groove, you hit my sweet spot. I started buyi...Man Groove, you hit my sweet spot. I started buying comics monthly, as a 10 year old, with Avengers 91! Those next 10 or so issues blew my mind esp fora newbie! Think about it! What a run it was for the Avengers! Sentinels, Skrulls, WWII characters, Sal Buscema, Neal Adams AND a $.25 giant, Barry Smith, Rich Buckler... Thomas and Ellison were writing! Only downers was Mar-vell was no longer in green :( Actually, I think you ought to reprint those covers and suggest is this the most talent-loaded 10-issue run in Marveldom in the 70s?Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-28115908516734240922016-08-31T11:02:59.266-04:002016-08-31T11:02:59.266-04:00Beautiful stuff when seen in the raw. But it's...Beautiful stuff when seen in the raw. But it's painful to look at that Colletta-inked Defenders page. Looks like he dashed it out over lunch --- vague, unimaginative and scratchy, with no light sources. When compared to the care and craft of everyone else used, it's total hack work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com