"This day's experience, set in order, none of it left ragged or lying about, all of it gathered in like treasure and finished with, set aside." –Alice Munro, "What is Remembered"
From PLOP! volume 3, number 11 (April 1975), here’s “Ssssssssppprrrtttzzzzz,” with superlatively silly scripting by superlatively silly scribe, Steve Skeates, and art by Alex Toth:
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From My Love #23 (May 1973), here’s a tale of romance as narrated to Stan Lee and illustrated by Jim Steranko:
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
(But what a stupid ending to that story… )
BONUS LINKS:
The Simon Drax Blog: “My Heart Broke in Hollywood,” from Our Love Story (June 1970) — the first printing.
ana_lee: “My Heart Broke in Hollywood,” as reprinted in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (2002)
ALSO:
Cloud 9: The Passing of a God — here’s a notice of the death of Frazetta that includes the complete story, “Empty Heart,” from Personal Love #28 (1954) with glorious black-and-white art by the master.
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From the out-of-print collection Kafka: The Execution by Leopoldo Duranona (Fantagraphics Books, 1989), here’s the title story, “The Execution,” which is based on Kafka’s original short story, “In the Penal Colony“:
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To view all of the stories with art (or art and script) by Duranona that I’ve posted thus far (including two more of the artist’s Kafka adaptations), click here.
From The Mirk-Wood Times #2 (March 1973), here’s an interview with John Severin in which the EC and Cracked stalwart can think of only one underground artist worthy of praise; and if that isn’t a big enough blast from the past, here, too, from Thrilling Adventure Stories #2 (August 1975), is “Town Tamer,” with story by Steve Mitchell and art by Severin:
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“They made a devastation and called it peace” — Roman historian Tacitus on the Roman conquest of lowland Scotland, AD 80-81.
From Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #7, here’s “…just passing by!” by the inimitable, underappreciated Alex Nino:
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From 1984 #7 (August 1979), here’s “Teleport: 2010,” with story by Bud Lewis and art by Alex Nino:
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From Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated, volume 1, number 8 (September 1999), here’s Alex Nino’s “Deception..!”:
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From Heavy Metal, volume II, number 1 (May 1978), here’s Alex Nino’s “Tap-Dancing on a Tender Cerebellum”:
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From Thrilling Adventure Stories #2 (August 1975), here’s “A Job Well Done,” with story by Richard Meyers and art by Alex Toth:
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From Bride of Heavy Metal (1985), here’s Alberto Breccia’s humorous tale of an unusual night on the town:
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Ragged Claws Network 