Author Archives: I.M. Baytor

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (12 August 2024)

A reminder that comic book covers can be awesome… and also super weird:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (5 August 2024)

A reminder that comic book covers can be awesome… and also quite meta:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (29 July 2024)

A reminder that comic book covers can be awesome… and also very, very goofy:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (22 July 2024)

This week, one more tribute to the underappreciated fusion subgenre of superhero horror:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (15 July 2024)

There are comic books I love as storytelling vehicles and those I dig as a pure visual object. I can put up with a weak script on an action comic as long as the art is dazzling (like Frank Espinosa’s … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (8 July 2024)

A reminder that comics can be awesome… and yet another tribute to the gloriously pulpy covers of Strange Adventures:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (1 July 2024)

Today’s reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to licensed properties. While the reliance on importing IPs across media can carry the stench of creative bankrupcy, some films and shows seem perfectly suited for an expansion into comic … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (24 June 2024)

Another reminder that comic book covers with facial portraits can be utterly awesome:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (17 June 2024)

Jim Aparo was especially good at ghost stories, even if he did solid work on all kinds of different comics, from war to romance… And, boy, did he draw some awesome covers:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (10 June 2024)

This week, a reminder that comic book covers in the 1990s were awesomely ridiculous:

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