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The demon army withdrew as the sun began to set. The soldiers of Atlantis staggered about the battlefield, giving aid to fallen comrades and dispatching the wounded among their foes.… Read the rest
More of this unpublished 1980s Archie Comics superhero story (Part I and Part II here) I scripted, with art by the incomparable Pat Boyette. As always, click on the images to see them at a readable size…
Continue reading about Cat-Girl and the Black Queen, Part III
Bits and pieces of The Same Old Story, my 500-words-a-day-novel-in-progress, are scattered through previous postings (here, here, here, here, here and here). Of course, once things got rolling, I was averaging more than that (better than double) and, for the past several days, I’ve been concentrating exclusively on finishing this up.… Read the rest
Continue reading about 500 Words A Day and the Temple of Doom
I ran the first five pages of this unpublished 1980s Archie Comics superhero story here. And now (click on the images to see them in a readable size), the next exciting episode of…
Continue reading about Cat-Girl and the Black Queen, Part II
Back when my son was three or four years old, we were having breakfast at IHop with a friend and her daughter, Hannah, a couple of years older than Max. She was talking about their new house, an old 18th century farmhouse, saying that some of it was kind’a spooky, especially the “scare cases.”… Read the rest
Nowadays I’m not sure who comics are for, but they used to be for kids. A long time ago, during one of their periodic attempts to do superhero comics–late 70s, early 80s–I did a job for Archie Comics, re-writing a script for a character called Cat-Girl.… Read the rest
In 1979, DC Comics published the first issue of a short-lived science fiction anthology title, Time Warp, sub-titled “Doomsday Tales and Other Things.” It was 68-pages for $1 and the covers boasted “8 All-New Science Fiction Thrillers!” The emphasis did seem to be on the story over the art; the cover to #1 had credits for the “Startling Stories by” the writers only.… Read the rest
Taking up a dare from his friends, young Merlin Krebbs now finds himself locked inside a rocket full of corn flakes speeding towards his planet’s sun (or you can just read it, here). Boy, is he sorry now he didn’t listen to his parents!… Read the rest
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