I grew up reading reprint comics from the "Silver Age" 60s and the "Steel Age" 80s, so the "Bronze Age" 70s has seemed very elusive to me, and I'm very grateful for this Alex Ross painting for making what I might have once consider silly look epic.
Well now you have no excuse not to catch up. Like any 'age' it has it's goofy books but some are really great. All that Captain Marvel stuff seemed to be drawn and written for a different kind of comic fan, someone who was looking for that kind of complexity. The first of the great original Marvel graphic novels was The Death of Captain Marvel.
LOVED Starlin's MarVell.. Such a wonderous story arc with Thanos, weaving in and out of other book storylines for nearly a decade. Imagine some twerp tryin' that today..?
I forever stand vigilant to protect this planet from the myriad of forces that are always against us. Be it the octopus, zombies, aliens or the robots my team of human agents, and our feline allies, circle the globe in a never ending struggle for human freedom.
I learn all I can on every subject that interests me. I especially enjoy ancient history because in the past there are valuable lessons to be found. Also, if I ever get my time machine to work properly, it would be good to know a bit about possible destinations and what to expect when I get there.
I greatly appreciate beautiful design. Be it manufactured or found naturally I am fascinated by the process of invention. I am attracted to the unique, the strange, the haunted. I like to share what I find on this blog.
And not let us forget the 'Cephalopod Menace' who, if allowed to, would wrap their tentacles around all that is good and pure in this life and crush it until it remained no more. They are creatures of pure spite. Hate is all they know. Death is all they do. They are our most ruthless and determined enemy.
So we fight. Selena has the celebrity contacts, the cat is ruthless and without pity, Roosevelt's ghost has the experience and I do the wetwork.
Fighting for the future of the planet doesn't have to be a chore, however. We can take the time to appreciate all that is cool in this world even as we cut the octopus into bite sized chunks.
This is the reason there has always been and must forever be, a Cave of Cool. Be sure to wipe your feet before you enter.
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I grew up reading reprint comics from the "Silver Age" 60s and the "Steel Age" 80s, so the "Bronze Age" 70s has seemed very elusive to me, and I'm very grateful for this Alex Ross painting for making what I might have once consider silly look epic.
Well now you have no excuse not to catch up. Like any 'age' it has it's goofy books but some are really great. All that Captain Marvel stuff seemed to be drawn and written for a different kind of comic fan, someone who was looking for that kind of complexity. The first of the great original Marvel graphic novels was The Death of Captain Marvel.
LOVED Starlin's MarVell.. Such a wonderous story arc with Thanos, weaving in and out of other book storylines for nearly a decade. Imagine some twerp tryin' that today..?
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