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Reading some of these comments, it's funny because I can't remember how many times I passed by uber talents like Wrightson, or Neal Adams sitting at a table all alone in a convention, and I never stopped to say Hi. I just wouldn't know what to say. I won a print from Tony DeZuniga one time and had a nice chat with him and his wife. But I never asked anything about his artwork because it felt awkward. Even though I consider him a legendary artist. Sucks being an introvert, sometimes.

Great comments. Think I will have to go all the way back to the beginning. Coolest thing was jughead became a writer for al feldstein and they played three horror episodes he wrote (in the fashion of EC). One thing I noticed is the series seems a lot more adult themed than 9021 or 90s type shows. Maybe I'm just getting old, but it's pretty riske.

Anyone watch this series? Just started at S7 as they time travel to the 50s. Huge homages to PEP, EC, Werther, Al Feldstein, Ray Bradberry, etc... Great series. Never knew what I was missing.

I know some people had asked for scans of Taschen EC, so since I pulled out all these monstrosities, figured this is a good time to do it. On glossy, heavy stock (typical of Taschen) and is loaded chronologically with write-ups, covers, OA, memorabilia, etc.. Must have for EC collectors, IMO. Although if OA detail is your thing, definitely go with AE editions (most hard to find now).

Excellent example, Zonker. I've never seen the larger version of that title in hand, so the picture gives it a lot of support. I got to thinking about comparing the titles I do have and came up with the following table, where we see the three Taschen titles are comparable. I haven't found the large versions of DC and Marvel, but I have the Stan Lee Story and it is a monster. You can also see Prince Valiant is enormous in Area, even compared to the others. I have Prince Valiant and Stan Lee, so I can attest to that. If I have time to pull them out maybe I'll show a picture when I go home later. Can't think of any that beats all of them, but would love to hear if anyone has any. I have a lot of AEs and none comes close to Prince Valiant. Title depth (in) width (in) height (in) weight (lb) pages DC 75 years (Taschen) 3.5 12.5 18.25 18 720 Marvel 75 years (Taschen) 3.54 13.31 18.5 16.8 712 Stan Lee Story (Taschen) 2.76 12.6 19.7 16.6 621 Prince Valiant (Fantagraphics) 20 25.5 160 edit: pulled out some titles for comparison pics The Jack Kirby is a 'twice up' AE, common in silver age and earlier titles that were done in 14X20 OA. A more common AE size (11X17) is shown in the second image with more recent Michael Golden titles. Hard to see, but the Stan Lee Story dwarfs all of them in depth (and page count), not so certain about weight. Prine Valiant is not only enormous but very heavy. Last pic is Immortal Hulk omni (sold out first day), a recent massive sized omnibus (others I can think of are Colossal Conans).

Those comments about huge books, got me thinking... what are the largest, heaviest comic related books you own or have seen? Personally, I'd put the Prince Valiant studio art edition from fantagraphics, and The Stan Lee Story from Taschen on that list. Now those are monstrous and heavy. Any others?

Jimmy Olsen.

Finally watched it and glad I did. I found it very enjoyable. The comedy wasn't too over the top and had a good mix of serious moments. High Evolutionary was a good villain - very driven by some objective (if not to the point of insanity) at all costs. Nice to see live counter earth, war-pig, etc... Although, I think Warlock isn't the Warlock we expected from comics, I understood his character here. I very rarely felt bored, something I can't say for many recent films (esp. latest Batman). All in all, very entertaining to me, and I felt like it belonged with the good batch of early Marvel films before they went downhill. I swear those creatures toward the end were straight from the cover of GOTG Marvel Presents 4. I'd give it a 7 to 8. I found it way better than the holiday special.

Amazing to see actors turn down lead role of FF Mr. F. A few years ago, they'd probably be salivating for the role.

I'll definitely watch Barbie. I've heard some really good things about it. I just don't expect it to get any academy awards for acting or story (like numerous Westerns mentioned). But I agree, that's a pre bias upfront.

Taylor Sheridon's shows have been extremely successful (Not just Yellowstone, but many spinoffs, and LIoness is already on Rotton Tomatoes top list). I tend to think 1923 has the best romance storyline since Titanic. They are not on Netflix, as likely they didn't meet a payment agreement. Take a look at Variety here... Most Popular TV Shows of 2021-22, From 'Yellowstone' to 'NCIS' - Variety Looking at some of your posts, I tend to think that a good story is a good story regardless of period or genre. Unforgiven, was about a period long past, but the characters, storytelling, and filming were fantastic. I haven't watched Barbie,but would be surprised if it was anywhere near Unforgiven in terms of a good picture. Alas, I admit I don't get a lot of films success factors nowadays, but I do have a lot of grounding in screenwriting and storytelling. I think good storytelling hasn't changed all that much. I also agree that Westerns are a harder sell than Superheroes and maybe SciFi though. For one Westerns aren't that dependent on catchy explosions and flashy special effects - they are more story oriented. I think this generation's attention span is shorter and more visually demanding than the past. From what little I've seen, Barbie seems to have a very unique and colorful set and milieu. One positive thing it has going is the uniqueness. I haven't seen Mario Brother's either, but think its success can be attributed to good storytelling (along the lines of Diisney classics - hero's journey) along with nostalgia for gamers.

...And Logos are not trivial to do either. Extremely difficult to do right in ink.

I do. It is very nice. Huge tome, has various artwork (colored and black and white) within.

A short list, If I may. Unforgiven. Hostiles Dances with Wolves Tombstone Wyatt Earp

Didn't James Gunn say this was the greatest superhero movie he's ever seen (or something like that)? Has me worried, with him at the helm now.

Ouch, and I was looking forward to it, with Rocket and his animal compadres. Guess I'll wait until Disney has it.

When I talk about AI replacing artists, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Pretty incredible, IMO. Sadly, the AI programmers (Microsofts, Googles) will likely freely borrow from art repositories and collect the money for the derivative art work while replacing artists.

On the other hand, there's the thought that they haven't wasted his potential yet (can't say the same for Kang).

John Buscema used to use empty newspaper margins and inside of cereal boxes to practice sketching on when he was younger.

Weird, I saw this... Buy House Of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 2- Various, Books | Sanity showing NOT FINAL COVER. But, the only one I've seen is this Let us know if you get it. I'd prefer yours.

No . It was going to be and they switched to ugly covers. It was on essentials however.

Flashpoint. Esp. considering, the latest Flash is based on it.

Ok, this looks pretty touching (counter-earth origins I'm sure).

I think AI can surpass the best artists, eventually. The stuff I've seen so far is pretty remedial. But imagine that you have 100 trillion random manipulations of one cover theme, and several are stunning. A big difficulty is generating the huge number of random versions, but there are ways to reduce by optimization. The big difficulty I see from a machine learning/optimization perspective, is you have to have a good critic to evaluate through each of the ten trillion iterations or to set an optimization criteria. And that's difficult to do without expertise.

New Kirk really makes me think of Jim Carrey's version of Kirk. Not quite what I expected.