tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92028493552542088242024-03-15T21:09:26.805-04:00Marvel Comics of the 1980sNostalgically revisiting the comics of the 1980s since 2008.Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3547125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-75925176375980610182017-12-13T16:21:00.000-05:002017-12-16T00:49:11.203-05:00Shut 'er down, Clancy, she's pumping mud!It's been a good long ride. 10 years. Over 3,500 posts. Over 5,000 comments.<br />
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But all good things have to come to an end. It's time to shut down my blog. A sincere thank you to all for your support. I couldn't have done it without you!<br />
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However, I do have a fun tumblr page focused on the Marvel 1980s. See you over there! http://marvel1980s.tumblr.com/Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-68833540502108902562017-11-15T00:00:00.000-05:002017-11-15T00:00:03.681-05:001989 - Anatomy of a Cover - Punisher #15 by Scott Williams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-36011020711510394292017-11-11T00:00:00.000-05:002017-11-11T00:00:18.853-05:00Punisher by Andrew Robinson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-39745387810225249302017-11-10T00:00:00.000-05:002017-11-10T00:00:16.841-05:00Cloak & Dagger by Cameron Stewart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-35606339837988258702017-11-08T00:00:00.000-05:002017-11-08T00:00:09.032-05:00Black Cat by Fred Ian<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-32951578455985090092017-11-07T00:00:00.000-05:002017-11-07T00:00:00.317-05:00Kitty Pryde and Lockheed by Gabriel Hardman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-7229585160079653152017-11-06T00:00:00.000-05:002017-11-06T00:00:05.234-05:00Dreadstar by Jim Starlin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-81953597175602521962017-11-05T00:00:00.000-04:002017-11-05T00:00:13.404-04:00Magneto by Walt Simonson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-64472615529374932242017-11-04T00:00:00.000-04:002017-11-04T00:00:06.468-04:00Cloak and Dagger by Marco Nelor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-85597590668922125132017-11-03T00:00:00.000-04:002017-11-03T00:00:08.509-04:001977 - Anatomy of a Cover - Captain Marvel #58 by Dave Cockrum and Joe Rubinstein<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-51945271700080172192017-11-02T00:00:00.000-04:002017-11-02T00:00:14.477-04:00Black Bolt and Lockjaw by Leonard Kirk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-19188058135175147572017-11-01T00:00:00.000-04:002017-11-01T00:00:19.641-04:001982 - Book Nook signing ad for Bob McLeod and Paul Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-11903546349199756362017-10-31T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-31T00:00:09.739-04:001986 - Mutant Massacre Map<br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"*G","type":45}" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">From Walt Simonson's Facebook page:<br /> <br />"Actually, the logo on the poster said 'Marvel Mutant Massacre Map'.
Somebody at Marvel felt that 'Merry Marvel Mutant Massacre Map' was in
poor taste. So it was changed. But that was the original title. ;-)</span></span><br />
<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"*G","type":45}" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><br />"The poster outlined the reading order for what I think of as the first true crossover in the<span class="text_exposed_show">
modern sense in mainstream comics. There had been occasional character
crossovers before this (Iron Man and Sub-mariner come to mind for those
of us who go back far enough) and there was an Olympic-themed comic
with a lot of Marvel characters in it around 1980. And Thor featured a
winter invitational during the Casket of Ancient Winters storyline that a
few other titles participated in. So the general idea was floating
around in the ether. But AFAIK, this was the first time a series of
books at either Marvel or DC were linked in quite this way. <br /> <br />"The collaboration really grew organically out Chris Claremont and
Weezie. The story of how that happened, while not THAT long, is longer
than I want to post here. But they began collaborating on what became
this crossover based on a story idea of Chris’s for X-Men. I got into
the act because of Weezie and before we knew it, there were five
different titles involved in an overarching crossover. And it really
happened because the three of us were involved in these five titles. We
did try to write the individual titles in a way that gave readers who
were following individual titles a coherent story in each title while at
the same time creating a larger story arc throughout all the books.<br /> <br />"At some point, it was decided that a chart showing the various threads
and their relationships was needed. Well, both needed and promotional, I
think. :) So I drew it up and added a row of figures across the bottom with a separate drawing.
I don’t remember now if I did the actual paste-ups of the logos. At
the very least, I would have indicated where every title went in which
box.<br /> <br />"The entire assemblage was released to comic shops as a two-color poster.<br /> <br />"We all had a lot of fun, and the crossover was successful enough
commercially that we found ourselves facing an editorially-mandated
crossover the following year. And in general in comics, pretty much
every year since. <br /> <br />"Nothing succeeds like success."</span></span></span>Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-60389544607681548472017-10-30T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-30T00:00:16.409-04:00Why didn't John Byrne draw X-Men and Alpha Flight?<br />
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"Chris [Claremont] had so mishandled scripting Kitty -- who was, after all, my character -- that by the time I left X-MEN I wanted nothing further to do with her.* I'd settled down a bit by the time I drew this group shot, but there is really no significance at all to Kitty looking at the viewer -- except to be "cute".<br />
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"Some of you may recall that I was originally asked to work on the X-MEN/ALPHA FLIGHT book, and I said I would on two conditions: neither Chris nor I would have anything to do with the plotting, and Kitty would not be in the book. Both were agreed to by [Jim] Shooter.<br />
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"When I received the plot, it was OBVIOUSLY written by Claremont, and Kitty was all over it. When I complained, I was told I was being "unprofessional" and the editor actually HUNG UP ON ME!!"<br />
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-34340416924532233642017-10-29T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-29T00:00:19.154-04:00Archangel by Ken Lashley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-19379097692113209592017-10-28T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-28T00:00:13.870-04:00Daredevil by Paul Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-62542887622730850662017-10-27T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-27T00:00:08.511-04:00Dani Moonstone by Bill Sienkiewicz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-39893011297506388532017-10-26T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-26T00:00:09.149-04:00Cyclops by Walt Simonson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-49879187855155786272017-10-25T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-25T00:00:16.247-04:00Kitty Pryde by Scott Koblish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-51340684408245537952017-10-24T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-24T00:00:22.609-04:00Storm by Paul Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-66073019061791593232017-10-23T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-23T00:00:07.869-04:00X-Women by Jorge Fornés<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-4464047871419772542017-10-22T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-22T00:00:00.193-04:00Wolverine by Paul Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-69280723891706196662017-10-21T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-21T00:00:21.935-04:00Black Cat by Steve Rude<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-12591179092033735902017-10-20T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-20T00:00:03.631-04:00Dark Phoenix by Eric Matos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-23293301738104143812017-10-19T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-19T00:00:33.916-04:00Black Cat cosplay by Katy DeCobray<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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