Wednesday, September 21, 2011

1987 - Spider-Man marries Mary Jane at Shea Stadium

A mock ceremony with Stan Lee officiating was held to coincide with the marriage that took place in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21.

This clip from youtube is some media coveraged used to hype event...



Looks like I beat Jim Shooter with this post, but his blog post has far more information.

Here's a sample of what you'll find there...


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

1980 - Daredevil #167

From Bob McLeod's facebook page:
Bob McLeod: "Frank Miller pencils. You can't tell unless you download the image to enlarge it, but there's white line zip-a-tone over the entire image, which Miller requested. You can see by my voucher that comics didn't pay all that well (and still don't). With inflation, that would be about $105 in 2011 dollars. That's why most artists of that era were trying to do several pages a day rather than put hours of effort into a single drawing. But I was single and living cheaply in Florida and didn't care about the money. I just wanted to do my best. A lot of today's artists feel the same way, except that in 1980 the original art to that cover probably only sold for $50-$100 (the inker gets every third cover by the same penciler). Today's covers sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars. But today's pencilers should note: The exact linework and detail was done in the inks. The pencils were left vague enough for a lot of artistic contribution from the inker. This would have looked quite different if Sinnott or even Janson had inked it."

Sunday, September 18, 2011

1986 - 20/20 covers Marvel's 25th Anniversary

This nostalgic look back at Marvel Comics includes interviews with Jim Shooter and Stan Lee, and includes a visit to Stan's home!



Friday, September 16, 2011

1982 - Dazzler #21

A behind the scenes look at the making of the photo cover for Dazzler #21 (snagged from jimshooter.com).


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