Category Archives: GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (12 May 2025)

Posted on May 12, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

Between sponsoring genocide, ethnic cleansing, and running a concentration camp in El Salvador, how long until the current US administration and its supporters start to wonder if they’re the ‘baddies‘? In the meantime, for this week’s reminder that comic books … Continue reading →

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (5 May 2025)

Posted on May 5, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

Gothal Calling is going back to comic book covers for a month… Let’s start with a trio of Secret Hearts issues from the 1950s and 1960s whose design includes both some neat mise-en-scène and even neater clothing:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (3 March 2025)

Posted on March 3, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

This time around, to mark Will Eisner Week, our reminder that comics can be awesome spotlights a trio of stylish title pages from Eisner’s groundbreaking creation, The Spirit (not necessarily drawn by Eisner himself, but all of them following his … Continue reading →

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (17 February 2025)

Posted on February 17, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

The first Lucky Luke sequence that blew my mind, back when I was an impressionable young child: Lucky Luke versus Pat Poker

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (10 February 2025)

Posted on February 10, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

The type of sequence that made me fall hopelessly in love with Marvel’s black-and-white magazines from the 1970s: The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #7

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (9 December 2024)

Posted on December 9, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

This week, another reminder of how awesome – and how all-over-the-place – were the covers of pre-Crisis Wonder Woman…

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (2 December 2024)

Posted on December 2, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

Another action-packed reminder that comic book covers can be awesome…

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (30 September 2024)

Posted on September 30, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

Yep, it’s time for another reminder that comic book covers can be awesome.

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (23 September 2024)

Posted on September 23, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

This week’s reminder that comic books can be awesome is a tribute to the meticulous and effective composition in the covers of the series Secret Hearts (1949-1971):

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (2 September 2024)

Posted on September 2, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

Here is this week’s reminder that comic book covers can be pretty… bizarre?

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