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Most Popular Posts of 2022!

Looking back on Rusty Staples' most popular posts of 2022!

Michael Carroll Uncategorized Leave a comment January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 2 Minutes

Comics That Never Were #12

Is it possible to create a comic that appeals to *everyone*? (Or at least doesn't necessarily repel anyone?)

Michael Carroll Uncategorized 1 Comment October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 6 Minutes

Comics That Never Were #11

When comic mergers go wrong (or maybe right!)...

Michael Carroll Uncategorized 3 Comments August 26, 2022 2 Minutes

Altered Images: Mary Jane Watson

Original: From Amazing Spider-Man #42 (Nov 1966), art by John Romita

Michael Carroll Uncategorized Leave a comment July 30, 2022October 10, 2022 1 Minute

Comics That Never Were #10

Sometimes it's not a good idea to switch a comic or character into a different genre. (But sometimes it IS!)

Michael Carroll Uncategorized Leave a comment June 29, 2022 2 Minutes

Altered Images: Nemesis the Warlock

OK, now we're in trouble...

Michael Carroll Uncategorized 5 Comments May 15, 2022 1 Minute

Altered Images: Sub-Mariner

In another reality Stan Lee was a beatnik... Original: Sub-Mariner #1, Marvel Comics Group, May 1968Pencils by John Buscema, inks by Sol Brodsky

Michael Carroll Uncategorized 1 Comment February 6, 2021 1 Minute

Comics That Never Were #9

2000AD went missing for five weeks at the end of 1978 and to be honest, I'm still not completely over it.

Michael Carroll Uncategorized 1 Comment December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 4 Minutes

Comics That Never Were #4 – #8

The archives have been plundered once again, readers, in order to bring you yet more comic-book gems from another reality! Before I go on (and on, and on) I would like to answer a question that I imagine at least one reader has possibly considered asking... The comics in this series have not all been … Continue reading Comics That Never Were #4 – #8 →

Michael Carroll Uncategorized 1 Comment November 6, 2020December 26, 2020 2 Minutes

Comics That Never Were #3

Welcome, readers, to the long-unawaited third episode in our sporadic and unreliable series in which your Uncle Rusty takes a look at comics that didn't actually exist in this universe but should have... In the 1970s (a sort of prototype version of the 1980s, but with wider ties, longer hair, and orange and brown wallpaper) … Continue reading Comics That Never Were #3 →

Michael Carroll Uncategorized 5 Comments October 9, 2020October 10, 2020 3 Minutes

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The Wee Writing Lassie

The Musings of a Writer / Freelance Editor in Training

Comix Ireland

The Home for Irish Comics and Geek Culture

Retreats from Oblivion: The Journal of NoirCon

Noir, crime, and mystery short stories, scholarship, and so much more

OiNK BLOG - CLASSiC COMiCS iN REAL TiME

A Resource on Jinty: Artists, Writers, Stories

Excellent and weird stories from the past - with amazing art to boot

John Knifton

author and local historian

PAUL TOMLINSON

Nevets Faulkner Presents: The New Warriors Continuity Conundrum

The Reading Order and Chronology Page for Marvel Comics' Heroes for the Next Generation

ComicScene

Graphic Storytelling News

From Mars

Michael Carroll's Blog of Stuff

Paul’s Gigography

Gigs, music and so much more

Nick Brokenshire Comics & Illustration

COMICON

Talking Comics

Superheroes with Dark Hearts, Lawmen with steel in their eyes...

Cheche Winnie

Sustainable Living & Wildlife Conservation in Kenya Blog

Tales of Time & Space...

One Geek's Life-Long Trip Through the Looking Glass...

The finest comics in the small press

The Finest Comics in the Small Press

Site Title

R's Website

Website/blog/hidden base of disgruntled cartoonerist R. Bonham

Becoming a Toastmaster

Superman Collector in Hawaii

out of dave's head

Film & culture stuff from the mind of Dave King

WATCHING BLAKE'S 7

A Blake's 7 blog

Back Prog Hack

Being a Prog slog and a Meg trek

nothingbutafan

This is a blog dedicated to what I have been lucky enough to find out about comics. I might add in some other geeky goodness, but it's mainly about the comics.

Pop Culture Bandit

Ally Sloper

Being the adventures of the world's first comic strip character... and other oddities from the strange realm of Victorian periodicals.

downthetubes.net

Exploring Comics and more on the Web since 1998

'TAIN'T THE MEAT... IT'S THE HUMANITY!

MISCELLANEOUS CURIOSITIES FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COMICS, MOVIES, TOYS AND POPULAR CULTURE

NICKGQ - SHOP THE COMIC !

NICKGQ - SHOP THE COMIC ! comic books, collectibles, vintage, action figures, statues, cards, gaming, weight lifting and training, marketing and advertising industry leader

Virmedius

Ninthart's Weblog

Let's see if I can make this one stick…

Mikayla J. Laird

Charlotte Corday - Official Site

Adventure across the multiverse from Keith Page and Stephen Walsh

WeeBitWordy

The Cabinet of Heed

literary journal

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A daily selection of the best content published on WordPress, collected for you by humans who love to read.

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