Tag Archives: Todd McFarlane

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (10 June 2024)

Posted on June 10, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

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

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (1 May 2023)

Posted on May 1, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

In this month’s reminders that comics can be awesome, we’re going back to spotlighting covers. Let’s start with a trio of representative covers from the 1990s which live up to that era’s reputation for violent, ultra-muscled men, highly sexualized women, … Continue reading →

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (3 April 2023)

Posted on April 2, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

A gloriously excessive reminder that comics can be awesome! Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #138 Grimjack #23 Spawn #6

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Grimjack, horror, Jack Kirby, John Costanza, John Ostrander, Linda Lessman, Murphy Anderson, Paul Guinan, Reuben Rude, Spawn, Steve Haynie, Steve Oliff, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, Todd McFarlane, Tom Orzechowski, Tom Sutton, Vince Colletta | 1 Comment

A month of Batman moments – Day 7

Posted on May 7, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Spawn / Batman

Posted in GOTHAM INTERLUDES | Tagged Batman's personality, Frank Miller, Steve Oliff, Todd McFarlane, Tom Orzechowski | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 April 2021)

Posted on April 26, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

A monstrous reminder that comics can be awesome… Kaiju $core #1 Mars Attacks Red Sonja #1 Spawn #2

Posted in ART OF HORROR COMICS | Tagged Fran Strukan, horror, John Layman, Kaiju Score, Mars Attacks, Red Sonja, Rem Broo, Spawn, Steve Oliff, Taylor Esposito, Todd McFarlane, Tom Orzechowski, Valentia Briski | Leave a comment

15 superhero horror covers

Posted on February 25, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Just because the weekly COMICS CAN BE AWESOME section has moved back to focusing on splash pages, it doesn’t mean Gotham Calling won’t continue to spotlight cool covers every once in a while… Here is a selection of fifteen eerie … Continue reading →

Posted in ART OF HORROR COMICS | Tagged Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Alex Ross, Anthony Tollin, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Bolland, covers, Daredevil, Dick Giordano, Fantastic Four, Frank Miller, Gaspar Saladino, Green Lantern, Greg Capullo, horror, Hulk, Jeff Jones, John Byrne, John Totleben, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Klaus Janson, M.D. Bright, Maximortal, Miracleman, Moon Knight, Paul Smith, Rick Veitch, Romeo Tanghal, Sam Parsons, Spawn, Spider-Man, Starman, Supergirl, Tatjana Wood, Todd Klein, Todd McFarlane, Tony Harris, Wonder Woman, X-Men, Zatanna | Leave a comment

1990s’ Batman comics reading guide – part 4

Posted on July 9, 2020 by I.M. Baytor

Batman #530 (Yep, I’m still posting about superheroes, even though the latest proto-apocalyptic events seem to have finally pushed the genre out of public consciousness, perhaps suitably.) After the success of 1993-1994’s Knightfall, the different Batman books kept a closely … Continue reading →

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (August 2019)

Posted on August 6, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Your August reminder that comics can be awesome… GrimJack #67 Spawn #6 Ivar, Timewalker #9

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Andrew Dalhouse, Dave Sharpe, Fred van Lente, Gary Fields, Grimjack, Ivar Timewalker, John Ostrander, Martin Thomas, Pere Pérez, Reuben Rude, Spawn, Steve Oliff, Steve Pugh, Todd McFarlane, Tom Orzechowski | Leave a comment

6 Batman breakups

Posted on February 9, 2016 by I.M. Baytor

With Valentine’s Day around the corner and all the schmaltzy faux-romantic mood in the air, I guess this is the time to have a look at half a dozen times when Bruce Wayne said goodbye to the women in his … Continue reading →

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Frank Miller’s goddamn Batman

Posted on October 20, 2014 by I.M. Baytor

All kinds of people have written Batman stories. Not just people: even Snoopy has done it. But one author has the particularity of having written both the most critically acclaimed Batman comics of all time, and the most … Continue reading →

Posted in WRITERS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged Alex Sinclair, Batman's personality, Bernie Wrightson, Cold War, David Mazzucchelli, Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Jim Starlin, John Costanza, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley, politics, Richmond Lewis, Scott Williams, Todd McFarlane | 2 Comments