Category Archives: Stuff Joe Likes

How to Draw Monsters by Larry Evans

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Last week I wrote a post about the how-to-do-it book I got back in 1977 that has probably had the most influence over my illustration work. These visual ideas still rattle around my brain and often end up emerging from … Continue reading →

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What I Miss About Comics – Untold Riches!

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Jiminy Cricket on a CRUTCH!!! Would you just look at that fat wad of cash that chubby kid is flashing! Cripes, I’m going to give up my meth lab and get me a paper route!

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Vintage Mini-Comics

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Joe_Williams

16 pages plus cover. 1 staple. Measured 6.875″ x 3.0625″. It came with the GI Joe Scuba set that included a rubber shark that was nowhere near the ferocious scale depicted in the comic.

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Sunday Matinee

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Hey, kids, it’s a new category – Sunday Matinee! Actually, I was curious to see how well the embed function from The Internet Archive works, and, as it turns out, it works very well! If you haven’t checked out the … Continue reading →

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Plastic Spaceman Head

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This was an old astronaut toy that predated the Apollo missions probably belonged to my older brother John. Brian Bubonic and I used him as the evil Cosmonaut that would fight Major Matt Mason.

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What I Miss About Comics…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Joe_Williams

…the ads.

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Holy High Tops, Batman!!!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Geek Cred returns with this fabulous pair of canvas sneakers emblazoned with the Batman logo! These Converse Sneakers were released to coincide with the 1989 Tim Burton movie. After the movie’s release, and the VHS tape’s release, and the VHS … Continue reading →

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