Has anyone ever commented on Sheldon Mayer's Bernie the Brain being visually based on 1960's comedian Marty "Hello Dere" Allen? The clue came to me from Sugar and Spike #81 dialogue, "Hello there." Does Bernie say this is other appearances? And just look at the hair!
@georgepereznet Does anyone know what extras come with the new absolute edition of COIE? I'm really hoping it comes with the original multiverse guide in previous editions.
Turning 40: WORLD OF WOOD #1 (of 5); from May 1986.
Reprints by Wally Wood, Sam Parsons, Ben Oda, Archie Goodwin, Dan Adkins, Steve Oliff, Ken Feduniewicz, Ralph Reese & Mike Zeck; cover by Dave Stevens.
The Beatles. Help! January 1965.
Harvey Kurtzman edited Help! from 1960-65, bringing over some previous contributors to MAD magazine to assist. This issue also features some early Robert Crumb cartoons as well as Gilbert Shelton's Wonder Wart-Hog.
In the comics community, All Stars Comics #3 is a fairly famous image. Lots of parodies/tributes have been created over the years. With this latest commission, it was my turn! The request was to change certain characters and add specific dialog. Done and done!
Sky full of stars.
Following a successful lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts captured this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on April 7, 2026.
Grant Morrison on LANTERNS and Damon Lindelof
“The moment I toss out a single snide remark, suddenly I dominate headlines for days, and somehow a top-tier Hollywood writer gets dragged out to apologize—just because, two years ago in some interview, he casually called a certain color “stupid”
Why does no one report how much I love Absolute Martian Manhunter? Or, closer to home, how I’ve praised Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen series? Why is it that every week I write sincerely, enthusiastically about things I genuinely love—and no one cares? But the second I drop a few cranky, off-the-cuff complaints, everyone loses their minds?
I don't know Damon Lindelof personally, but he's clearly a talented writer-and by all accounts, a decent guy. The apology he wrote over this whole thing was gracious, measured, and full of class.
That "green = stupid" comment of his struck me as careless-especially coming from someone involved in a Green Lantern project, saying that to Green Lantern fans. I came across some angry fan reactions to the show's teaser, saw the interview link in the comments, and his tone just rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like venting a bit-just enough to pad out a paragraph or two in my weekly post.
I never imagined those heated complaints would be taken seriously-let alone spread this far. Making a show is hard with negative press on top of that is even harder. I regret that my words pushed him into having to respond publicly, and l apologize to him. I genuinely thought he'd never see something | posted on a subscriber platform for die-hard readers. I never expected an offhand remark to be amplified like this.
I underestimated online media-they love turning a spark into a wildfire. And sure, exposure is supposedly always good-but seeing a fellow creator dragged into the storm like this doesn't sit right with me.”
#TheAvengers: "Return of the Cybernauts" (1967)
Good old Charles Tingwell coming a cropper here.
First saw this on Channel 4, Sunday 13 March 1983.
I didn't see the original ep until Nov '84.
That exterior location, incidentally, is where Paul Darrow went to school!