tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post6385944754213244879..comments2024-03-29T05:15:44.658-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Black and White Wednesday: Archie Goodwin & Walt Simonson's "Temple of the Spider"The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-80104053831042879352018-04-20T21:43:37.695-04:002018-04-20T21:43:37.695-04:00When I first got a copy of this hard-to-find story...When I first got a copy of this hard-to-find story (around the year 2000), I was amazed how nice the art was, to the point that I couldn't believe it hadn't been reprinted. A really nice follow-up to Goodwin/Simonson's Manhunter run in DETECTIVE 437-443. <br /><br />Another black-and-white masterpiece is Simonson's adaptation of Stephen King's "The Lawnmower Man", in BIZARRE ADVENTURES 29, Dec 1981. <br /><br />The other stuff I really enjoyed in the brief line published by Seaboard-Atlas are the Ernie Colon stories. <br />One Tiger-man story in THRILLING ADVENTURES 1 magazine. <br /> TIGER-MAN issue 1, the color comic. <br />And GRIM GHOST 1, 2 and 3, a compelling tale of a guy who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for vengeance, and I think some of Colon's nicest art. <br /><br />The only other I like better by Colon is a 3-par "Manimal" werewolf story in HOT STUF' fanzine issues 6-8, about a Jewish guy in his 30's whose parents were prisoners at Auschwitz and used for human experiments, that caused him to latently become a werewolf. When surviving Nazis in the U.S. come after him, his werewolf transformations allow him to unleash veangeance on his attackers. <br /> <br />And also Colon's art for ARAK issue 1, in 1981. By far the best issue of the series. I love Roy Thomas' doing the reverse of what we're used to, having a Native American travel to Europe, and explore Europe in Medieval times. <br /><br />A few random suggestions for Groove-treatment.Dave Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353225529813983401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-30195719669651809952015-09-06T02:59:37.100-04:002015-09-06T02:59:37.100-04:00Just discovered your blog while researching comics...Just discovered your blog while researching comics that I collected in the 70s. It's a fantastic resource. Interestingly two of the first clippings (B&W) I I dragged from the basement are this one and "Dread Night of the Jaguar!". Also one of my all-time favourite artists is Alex Nino, both his drawing and inking style - looks like I'll be spending a bit of time browsing, so I'll your site. Riccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562705927653411430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-59533300396964811762009-07-25T13:44:11.464-04:002009-07-25T13:44:11.464-04:00In the name of all that's Moley! I still have ...In the name of all that's Moley! I still have this magazine!Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831507399345911439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-12153208087118231992008-11-10T00:16:00.000-05:002008-11-10T00:16:00.000-05:00Terrific. I never knew this existed. (And yet, I...Terrific. I never knew this existed. <BR/><BR/>(And yet, I think Frank Miller saw it all those years ago...)Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.com