Rusty Staples – Mike Writes About Comics!
Everything you ever needed to know about comics (limited to the stuff that I know and am willing to tell you)!
In days of yore I regularly contributed articles and such to fanzines and other small-press publications, and The Brentford Mercury -- the fanzine of Sproutlore, the Robert Rankin Appreciation Society -- was one of the most frequent recipients of my yammerings. Among my contributions to the Mercury was a short series of spoof comics and … Continue reading Altered Images: From the Pit of Forgottenness… Fyre of London!
Original: Starlord #2, 20 May 1978. Art by Brian Bolland.
Grant Wood's American Gothic is one of my favourite paintings, but I can't stop myself from tinkering with it...
(Update April 17, 2018: David Butler directed me to a tweet from DoubleZCreative -- who are certainly in a position to know -- dated 1 November 2017 that states the artist in question was John Moore.) Original post: August 1, 2017: Zig and Zag meet Judge Dredd in the first issue of Zig and Zag's … Continue reading Altered Images: Zig & Zag meet Judge Dredd!
Original: Beryl the Peril Annual 1977. Artist unknown.
Original: Roy Rogers and Trigger #125, May-June 1958. Cover photo uncredited.
Original: Wolverine #1, September 1982. Art by Frank Miller.
