Gil Kane was one of the few mainstream guys pushing the idea of FORMAT, with his self-published HIS NAME IS SAVAGE and the later BLACKMARK paperbacks trying to mix text and pictures in a new way (and his STAR HAWKS strip fighting against the shrinkage of newspaper strips in a unique "two tier" format).
   Sadly, in his…

Be fair, Kirby would have killed Nixon off in the strip, too. 
  But where Englehart let Tricky Dick commit suicide off-panel, the King would have probably revealed he was a robot and had him smashed to pieces in an epic throwdown.
   Both are historically acceptable.

Williams was apparently a late substitute for the role of Swan (they went through every name rock star in the book, and couldn't find one who was both right for the roll AND willing to do it for cheap). There is a certain wit to his casting, as he doesn't seem to fit at all… but actually WAS a real life pop superstar…

And sexin' it up!
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BEST WAR COMICS COVER EVER:
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 The King knew what he was talking about.

Well, I absolutely, totally agree in principle… but in practice, it doesn't mean I'll ever buy another Frank Miller comic.

One of the critics at THE COMICS JOURNAL noted that the paradox of Kirby's writing is that it's actually very nuanced, with shadings of theme and character… but nobody ever conciously picks up on it, because it's also PRETTY GODDAMN LOUD.

Definitely a personal quirk of yours; "clear and easy to recognize" is practically the dictionary definition of "good comic book art".
   Mike Mignola must drive you around the bend!

Naw, they're fine with all that; they just wish it was, you know, by NAME.
  I totally get that things ends up on the cutting room floor, but if you didn't read all the credits, it just seems like "oh, and I guess some guy drew that stuff".

The truth is, if I were to put together a list of pre-1980s comics with the intention of it being, first and foremost, accessible to newbies… I'd actually end up going pretty niche.
  I'd have stuff like Simonson and Goodwin's MANHUNTER (and maybe even Chaykin's SCORPION!) in there, to reflect the cinematic dynamism…

Well, the 1980s did have what, to the uninitiated, seemed like a massive overnight transformation in the attitude and style of mainstream comics; I don't blame people for drawing that dividing line. But it was really a bunch of things coming to fruition all at once, and the trails are there to trace backwards… and…

In the sense that the part was edited down so much his name is never said in the finished film.

Well, as I said, he didn't deny it. But he seemed very comfortable giving Ditko credit for it -possibly because, while the question of "who wrote what" is always tricky when Stan Lee's around, the last part of Ditko's run on Spidey EXPLICITLY contains "story" and "plot" credits for Ditko ALONE, with Lee given credit…

Buscema had talent, but he sleptwalk through most of his career. (Seriously, most of that long CONAN run is basically inkers like Alfred Alcala making him look good).
  Kirby, on the other hand, was never less than engaged; even when he WANTED to hold back (like near the end of his Marvel run, when he was already…

Kirby's take on feminism: A dame can kick ass as well as ANY guy!

Kirby himself rejected this idea… but he didn't DENY it, either; he merely brushed it off with "Aww, that's Steve's strip".
   Early Kirby concept drawings of A "spider-man" exist, but they look very different from the published version ( for example:  Kirby had him using a pistol that shot webbing)

True story: When Mark Hammill saw what Vader looked like for the first time, he said "It's Doctor Doom!"
  Lucas winked at him and made a "shhhh!" gesture.

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE. It's the thinking man's  ROCKY HORROR…. smarter, harder, and still relevant.

It Came From… THE CHIROPRACTOR!

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