Tag Archives: reez

kinetic noir expressiveness

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Dave

The Shadow DC Comics, January 1975 issue, #8 Illustration: Frank Robbins (1917-1994) Robbins had long been a newspaper comics stalwart who did the Scorchy Smith strip from 1939-1944; and—beginning in 1944—he created Johnny Hazard, a strip which ran for more … Continue reading →

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higher powers

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Dave

From Outer Space. Avon, 1963 (or 1957, depending on sources; the copyright data inside the book reference only the hardcover edition) Illustration: Richard M. Powers (1921-1996) The versatile Powers, whose sci-fi oeuvre is normally associated with his Modernist, abstract expressionist … Continue reading →