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There are really two distinct levels of authors. There are the kinds who make tons and tons of money with everything they write — the […]
There are really two distinct levels of authors. There are the kinds who make tons and tons of money with everything they write — the […]
Most Americans know the very basics of the legend of William Tell. They know the hero, William Tell, was ordered by the bad guy to […]
Every year around this time — just as all the Christmas decorations arrive at the stores — the Comics on the Brain staff starts thinking […]
Comics on the Brain has written before about its enjoyment of the whole ATC art movement — where artists create little masterpieces on paper the […]
Comics on the Brain has mentioned before how much we love Bill Peet, a children’s author in the 1960s and 1970s. In fact, if you […]
One of the things the Comics on the Brain staff enjoys most of all is drawing and creating things. With that in mind, we’ve […]
Back in May 2008, when Comics on the Brain found out Robert Asprin died, and we can honestly say we collectively mourned. Asprin was probably […]
It’s not often that Comics on the Brain gets to review a children’s book that actually has a permanent place in the CotB library. Sure, […]
I was asked by a local book store, The York Emporium to create a coloring page for their annual St. Patrick’s Day contest. You can […]
Comics on the Brain loves children’s books. They offer a sense of fun that many modern comics don’t offer. We see in them the exuberance […]
Comics on the Brain is lucky enough to be on a comp list of sorts from DC Comics. We get stuff from them every once […]
When the Masters of the Universe toyline came out in 1983 — a year after the end of “Thundarr the Barbarian,” a cartoon about […]
After reading some other work by C.J. Henderson, most notably his New Pulp offerings, Comics on the Brain was eager to grab another one of […]
This great pulp magazine cover features an illustration for Isaac Asimov’s short story called “Living Space.” The short story deals with the colonization of […]
The cover of 1951’s Avon Fantasy Reader No. 17 features a great scene from “The Sapphire Siren” a short story by Nictzin Dyalhis. The “Siren,” […]
One of Comics on the Brain’s absolute favorite children’s author-illustrators is Bill Peet. He got his career kick-started by the Walt Disney studios, back during […]
In the vast expanse of the publishing world, New Pulp is just one of the niches. The genre is an attempt to revitalize the stories […]
Every year around this time, a series of fat catalogs would arrive in the mail at my childhood home. Upon its discovery, my sister, brother […]
Comics on the Brain — which is really just me, John Simcoe — is hard at work assembling the very first Downward Spirals collection. This […]
For the longest time, I’ve been a comic book fan that pretty much ignored any comic book that didn’t have a guy in tights and […]