-
Recent Posts
Categories
- ART OF BATMAN COMICS (35)
- ART OF HORROR COMICS (29)
- AWESOME COVERS (52)
- BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS (34)
- BOOKS OF THE YEAR (16)
- COLD WAR CINEMA (12)
- COVERS OF BATMAN COMICS (51)
- FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (49)
- GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS (75)
- GLIMPSES INTO THE FUTURE (16)
- GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST (70)
- GOTHAM CITIZENS (36)
- GOTHAM INTERLUDES (82)
- HARDBOILED CRIME (36)
- HEADSHOTS (9)
- MANIFESTO (3)
- POLITICS OF BATMAN COMICS (21)
- SPYCRAFT & WARFARE (42)
- SUPER POWERS (15)
- WEBS OF FICTION (52)
- WILD WEST (7)
- WRITERS OF BATMAN COMICS (20)
- WRITERS OF SUPERMAN COMICS (4)
Drop me a line at
imbaytor@yahoo.com
Tag Archives: Nick Cardy
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (9 December 2024)
This week, another reminder of how awesome – and how all-over-the-place – were the covers of pre-Crisis Wonder Woman…
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (2 December 2024)
Another action-packed reminder that comic book covers can be awesome…
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged All-Star Western, Authentic Police Cases, covers, Danger Trail, Ed Hamilton, Frank Giacoia, Gaspar Saladino, Ira Schnapp, Jerry Grandenetti, Jim Sanders III, John Buscema, Lanciostory, Lawbreakers, Neal Adams, Nick Cardy, Our Army at War, Silver Sable, Stan Goldberg, Steven Butler, Syd Shores, The Spirit, Two-Gun Kid, Wanted, western, Will Eisner
Leave a comment
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (27 May 2024)
Today’s reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to the trippiness of old DC covers…
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Animal Man, Aquaman, Black Magic, Bob Brown, Brian Bolland, covers, Creig Flessel, Doom Patrol, George Evans, Gil Kane, Green Lantern, Ira Schnapp, Jack Adler, Jerry Grandenetti, Joe Giella, Joe Orlando, Luis Dominguez, Mike Esposito, Mr. District Attorney, Murphy Anderson, Mystery in Space, Nick Cardy, Ray Burnley, Ross Andru, Scalphunter, Sensation Comics, Sheldon Moldoff, Weird Western Tales, Wonder Woman
Leave a comment
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (1 January 2024)
Have a Gotham 2024! In this year’s weekly reminders that comics can be awesome, I’m going back to spotlighting ten covers every Monday. To get things started, I’ve chosen covers from very different genres (including from peaks of the medium … Continue reading
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged 2000 AD, Bernie Krigstein, Bill Sienkiewicz, covers, Frank Miller, Gaspar Saladino, Ghostly Haunts, Jack Adler, Joe Kubert, Joe Simon, Klaus Janson, Lone Wolf and Cub, Marie Severin, Michael Golden, Moon Knight, Nick Cardy, Piracy, Spider-Woman, The 'Nam, Tom Sutton, Tomahawk, Warfront
Leave a comment
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (30 October 2023)
I tend to use Halloween as a pretext to write a bit about recent horror movies in Gotham Calling. One trend that has been quite prominent this year – in cinema as well as in literature – is the entanglement … Continue reading
Posted in ART OF HORROR COMICS
Tagged 2000 AD, Álvaro Martínez Bueno, Andres Juarez, Artie Simek, Bernard Baily, Beyond the Grave, Carl Burgos, Clint Langley, covers, Crossed, Dan Green, Dave McKean, Dreaming, Ghostly Haunts, Ghosts, Godzilla, Herb Trimpe, horror, Horror in the Dark, Jack Davis, Jack Kirby, James Tynion IV, Jim Aparo, Joe Rosen, John Bolton, John Romita, Jordie Bellaire, Juan Jose Ryp, Lee Elias, Luis Dominguez, Megan Hutchison, Monsters on the Prowl, movies, Nice House on the Lake, Nick Cardy, Phantom Stranger, politics, Ramón K. Pérez, Richard Corben, science fiction, Sol Brodsky, Stan Goldberg, Stillwater, Strange Tales of the Unusual, Swamp Thing, Tales from the Crypt, Tatjana Wood, Tom Sutton, Tomb of Terror, Twisted Tales, Unexpected, Weird Tales of the Future, Witching Hour
Leave a comment
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (5 September 2022)
In last week’s reminder that comics can be awesome, we celebrated goofy romance covers. This week, let’s pay tribute to goofy horror:
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Adventures into Terror, Christopher Rule, covers, Ed Hamilton, Elliott Caplin, Gaspar Saladino, Ghosts, Gil Kane, horror, House of Secrets, Ira Schnapp, John Romita, Kurt Schaffenberger, Lou Wahl, Luis Dominguez, Midnight Tales, Mort Meskin, Murphy Anderson, My Greatest Adventure, Myron Fass, Nick Cardy, Ruben Moreira, Sol Brodsky, Stan Goldberg, Strange Adventures, Tales of Horror, Tatjana Wood, Unknown Worlds, Wayne Howard, Witching Hour, Worlds Unknown
Leave a comment
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 March 2022)
Just yet another reminder of how awesome comic book covers can be…
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Adventures of the Jaguar, Bob Layton, Challengers of the Unknown, covers, Creeper, Crime Reporter, Fight Comics, Gaspar Saladino, Gil Kane, Hit Comics, Joe Doolin, Joe Kubert, John Rosenberger, Lou Fine, Matt Baker, Nick Cardy, Our Army at War, Rich Buckler, Russ Heath, Star Hunters, Tarzan, Tatjana Wood, Undersea Agent
Leave a comment
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (28 February 2022)
It’s been pretty hard to concentrate on anything other than the war in Ukraine, which hits close to home in many ways (though fortunately not on a literal level), especially now that the nuclear threat is escalating again… Still, I … Continue reading
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Aquaman, covers, Gaspar Saladino, Ira Schnapp, Nick Cardy
Leave a comment
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (25 October 2021)
With Halloween just around the corner, this is usually the time of the year to share some thoughts about horror… When it comes to cinema and television, one of the most vibrant trends in recent years has been labelled Prestige … Continue reading
Posted in ART OF HORROR COMICS
Tagged Alien Worlds, Artie Simek, Astonishing, Baffling Mysteries, Bill Everett, Black Cat, Bob Brown, Chamber of Chills, Charles Sultan, covers, Crypt of Shadows, Danny Crespi, Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion, Frank Giacoia, Frank Robbins, Fred Kida, George Tuska, Ghostly Tales, Ghosts, Gus Ricca, Haunted Love, horror, House of Secrets, Jack Davis, Jim McLaughlin, Joe Maneely, Larry Lieber, Lee Elias, Marvel Tales, Mike Esposito, movies, My Greatest Adventure, Mystic, Mystical Tales, Nick Cardy, Nicola Cuti, Out of This World, politics, Ron Wilson, Russ Heath, Stan Goldberg, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Strange Tales, Tales from the Crypt, Tatjana Wood, The Beyond, Tom Sutton, Warren Kremer, Weird Horrors, William G. Stout
Leave a comment