Cursitor Doom is a psychic investigator who has been in a coma for the past “twenty-something years”. His castle is being used as a prison by the government.

Steve from the Bear Alley-blog treats us to an episode of Cursitor Doom.

The strip was drawn by Eric Bradbury, one of my favourite artists. Eric was responsible for many of the finest strips I read when I was growing up (’House of Dolmann’ was a huge favourite) so I am completely biased in his favour.

For all of you Irwin Allen fans  Hermes Press proudly announces its publication of complete reprints of all of the classic Irwin Allen television show comic book adaptations: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; The Time Tunnel; and Land of the Giants. Hermes Press will kick off the series by reprinting Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Volume One in February, 2009.

Following the release of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Volume One, Hermes Press will publish the two issues of The Time Tunnel in a trade paperback with over 48 pages of supplementary material, photographs, and essays about the show and its production in July, 2009.

What surprises me here, though, is that they don’t mention a Lost in Space comic. Did they not make one? That seems like a lost opportunity, since it was easily the most kid-friendly of all the Irwin Allen shows and the one that more people seem to have heard of.

Read more about it on Brainfreeze: Comic Love.

Who doesn’t remember their first comic book, the one that got you excited and ready to enter the world of comics with full power. For Mark Hale his first comic book was The Bible that he got  as a gift by a friend of his mother.

The Bible is a comic edition of the bible tales that was published in 1975

I feel lucky to have found this comic again in the midst of moving one summer, buried in the bottom of a box of random books. This is truly the Ten Commandments of comic books, featuring astounding craft that fits the format used.

 

Due to the economic situation most comic lovers have to be cheep on purchasing their comics, because prices are to high right now and everything is too expensive comics should be sat a side, is it really have to be this way? Kleefeld on comics comes to the rescue with a great post for the broke comic fan.

If you’ve been reading this blog even semi-regularly, you’ve probably noticed a shift in the past several months to more online comics coverage. Well, here’s the next step: online comic conventions.

The latest Viz annual (sub-titled the last Turkey in the shop) is out now, featuring 160 pages packed with comic strips from issues 152 to 161 of the ongoing monthly. Priced at £10.99, the large hardback includes characters such as The Fat Slags, Sid the Sexist, The Real Ale Twats, Elton John’s Bandit Beater, Roger Mellie, and many more. Artists include Paul Palmer, Cat Sullivan, Davey Jones, Simon Thorp, Alex Collier, and myself. (My contribution is Suicidal Syd on page 139 if anyone interested.)

Viz features comic that most of the public is familiar with, several years ago it was selling over a million copies an issue.Though Vis is the most successful british adult comic ever it is usually ignored by the champions of the “adult comic” and you’ll hardly find any mention of it at the UK comic convention, apparently it is too cartoony for the the taste of most fans that used to more realistic comic that is dark and scary like the work of Alex Ross.

Read The new Viz annual for more information.