"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 Heavy Metal, volume IV, number 8, here’s “Sans Family” by Nicole Claveloux; as far as I’m aware, none of Claveloux’s work in comics is currently in print in English:
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From Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone, volume 5, number 3 (August 1985), here’s the cover with art by Gahan Wilson along with an amusing fumetti-style collaboration between Gahan Wilson and photographer Arthur Paxton; in the original printing, the photographs ran, in sequence, with each on a separate page:
If you are a fan of Gahan Wilson, you will definitely want to have the magnificent three-volume, slipcased set, Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons, from Fantagraphics Books — recently re-released at a new, lower price! — in your collection.
BONUS LINKS:
Comic Book Resources > 50 Years of Gahan Wilson [interview] by Chris Mautner
The Daily Cross Hatch > Interview: Gahan Wilson Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt.3, Pt. 4
Fantagraphics FLOG! Blog > The Infinite Kim Thompson — inspired by Marvel comics editor Mark Guenwald, “One Day, While Sitting at a Nexus…” is a grainy black-and-white photo-comic written by and starring Fantagraphics co-publisher, Kim Thompson, with photographs by John E. Thompson.
Fantagraphics FLOG! Blog > New Comics Day/Now Available: cheaper Ghost World & Gahan Wilson
Fantagraphics FLOG! Blog > Nuts by Gahan Wilson – Previews, Pre-Order
Fantagraphics FLOG! Blog > Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons BLAD
Ragged Claws Network > Heads Up: NUTS by Gahan Wilson
From Heavy Metal volume 1, number 4, here’s the cover, a full-page illustration, and a couple of short stories by Moebius:
BONUS LINK:
Parka Blogs > Book Review: 40 Days dans le Désert B by Moebius
From a 1993 reprint of Two-Fisted Tales #22 (EC, 1951), here’s “Dying City!” with script and layouts by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by Alex Toth, and inks by Kurtzman:
Of course, in the summer of 2012, “Dying City!” will be back in print, this time from Fantagraphics, which recently acquired the reprint rights to the EC Comics Library and has announced plans to publish a series of volumes focused on individual creators. “Corpse on the Imjin” and Other Stories (including “Dying City!”) by Harvey Kurtzman and his various collaborators (ISBN: 978-1-60699-545-7) will be the first volume in the series.
From Adventures into Terror #10 (June 1952), here’s “The Dark Passage,” with art signed by Ogden Whiteny, who later teamed up with Richard E. Hughes (writing under the pen-name “Shane O’Shea”) to create Alan Moore’s favourite “superhero,” Herbie Popnecker:
My wife and I already own two “Miss Peach” daily strips by Mell Lazarus. And now we own a third, courtesy of ebay:
Funny thing is, even though we bought the above strip from a different seller than the other two, and we had to outbid another person to get it — it wasn’t a “Buy It Now” listing — the final price, shipping included, came to US$55.00 even, almost exactly what we paid for each of the other two strips.
Not sure we’ll buy many more “Miss Peach” dailies after this, but I’d sure love to own a Sunday strip or two.
BONUS CONTENT:
Mell “The Ladies’ Man” Lazarus visits the Sun-Times public service lounge on 09 April 1962:
First up, from Midnight Tales volume 3, number 9 (October 1974), here’s “The Night of the Demon,” with script by Nick Cuti and art by Tom Sutton:
And next, from Midnight Tales volume 3, number 10 (December 1974), here’s “The Strange Mr. Milque,” with script by Nick Cuti and art by Tom Sutton:
BONUS LINK:
Look Here, Read: Two MIDNIGHT TALES by Nick Cuti and Tom Sutton
Coming in October from DC Universe, the 352-page Night Force hardcover collection (ISBN-10: 140123285X; ISBN-13: 978-1401232856) reprints, for the first time ever, issues 1 to 14 of the 1982 cult-classic series by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan — the team that brought you the acclaimed Marvel series, Tomb of Dracula. Here’s how the publisher describes the series:
The mysterious sorcerer Baron Winter assembles a team of special individuals to fight supernatural threats including Vanessa Van Helsing, granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing and a powerful psychic, Donovan Caine, a professor of parapsychology who lost an arm and a leg on a mysterious missions, and Zadok Grimm, an ancient warrior in the time of King David. Together, they live in Wintersgate Manor, a labyrinthine mansion in Washington, D.C located in a special juncture of time and space which allows them to be sent to different places and times.
Here’s a taste from issue #4:
Come on, now… you know you want it!
UPDATE (12 December 2011):
According to Amazon, the publication date of the Night Force collection has been pushed back to June 2012. 😦 But it’ll be worth the wait, right? Hope so…
First up, from Midnight Tales volume 3, number 7 (June 1974), here’s “Goo,” with script by Nick Cuti and art by Tom Sutton:
And next, from Midnight Tales volume 3, number 8 (July 1974), here’s “The Kilgore Monster,” with script by Nick Cuti and art by Tom Sutton:
To view a cover and a couple of stories with art by Tom Sutton that I posted back on 05 May 2011, click here.
UPDATE (30 June 2011):
Look Here, Read: Two more MIDNIGHT TALES by Nick Cuti and Tom Sutton
From the Warren magazine 1994 (October 1980), here’s a mad six-pager entitled “1894,” with script by Budd Lewis and sprawling art by Alex Nino:
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