http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/harvey-pekar-who-chronicled-ordinary-lives-in-american-splendor-comics-dies/?src=me Harvey Pekar, one of my all-time favorite comics writers died yesterday. He was 70. I first learned about Harvey from a valued penpal of mine, Marty Pahls, in the early ’80s. I was a struggling small press comics creator at the time and Marty was a key figure in my development as a writer [...]
Ken Meyer Jr. is writing a column over at comicattack.net called Ink Stains that I’m enjoying quite a bit. The latest column focuses on the work of one of my favorite early ’80s creators, Rick McCollum. (McCollum is mentioned favorably in the Past Works section of this website.) It has a long quote on Rick’s [...]
When I recorded a podcast with Joey Manley, I got one of my facts wrong. I said that Chris Reeve’s first SUPERMAN film came out in 1979. It actually came out in December, 1978. (STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE — another movie that was very important to me — came out the following Christmas.) This [...]
I’ve linked to the website at http://www.ultrazine2000.com quite a bit on this site in the past, since Matt Bucher’s ULTRAZINE played an important part in my history as a comics creator. I also mentioned in the TalkAboutComics podcast that I recorded with Joey Manley. This site has been down for a couple weeks now. Apparently [...]
WEIRD MUSE #1 front cover(c)2006 Dan W. Taylor Dan W. Taylor — not to be confused with the Dan Taylor who does SUPER HERO HAPPY HOUR — is someone who played a major part in my history as a comics creator. You can read more about the role he played on the Pre-1989 Past Works [...]
The main reason for this post is to provide a home for Jerry Goebert’s recent “blast from the past” comment. Jerry’s an old friend of mine. I did some comix with him in the ’80s. If you didn’t already know, I’ve been involved in various small press/independent comics scenes since the early ’80s. I learned [...]
I’ve got a big batch of autobiographical comics I just purchased here by Justin Green, Carol Tyler, Joe Chiappetta, Denny Eichhorn, Vaughn Bode, and Jim Valentino. I want to write semi-informal blog reviews of them in the days to come. Dan W. Taylor — mentioned elsewhere on this site — sent me a new “old [...]
The first episode of MISFIT’S JOURNEY has been up on the web for only 2 1/2 weeks, but I’ve already had, as of this writing, 833 visitors to its series page (the page where you access the actual story). The Comics Journal thread I mentioned last time has died down now, but I enjoyed it, [...]
Not too long ago I promised to explain why I changed the name of this site. Here’s the explanation. The first time that I ever mentioned the name “BenAdamsArts.com” was in this post. The post hints at some of the possible reasons for the change, but it really doesn’t give all of them either. To [...]
Going forward, I’m going to be having regular polls on this site. The first one now appears in the sidebar, as does its closing date (April 3, 2005). You can learn more about the how’s and why’s behind the polls by reading my Poll Info page. My next post will introduce the first poll. In [...]
I haven’t posted here for a bit, and I thought it would be a good idea to post an update on the status of the autobiographical “Mistaken Identity” strip that will soon appear on this site. (Archived blog entries on it are here.) Site traffic is up quite a bit. (Perhaps the word is spreading [...]
Okay, my interview for Sebastien Dumesnil’s Top Two Three Films website has been emailed over to him. I imagine it will show up there shortly. The script and page layouts for my “Mistaken Identity” strip (which is discussed in these posts) are nearly done. The first seven pages are completely written and laid out. Pages [...]
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