Tag Archives: Marvel

Who read comics, the far-out version

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Wim Lockefeer

In 1970 Italian photographer Fausto Giaconni was in London and heard about the Isle of Whight festival. He went there and focused on the gathering, rather than the performance. His photographs went on to chronicle the great youth gathering of … Continue reading →

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Now that’s what I call ephemeral (also, stamps)

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

I’ve writtten before (quite a lot, actually) about collecting stamps about comics, and I’ve written about counterfeit stamps, fake stamps, satirical stamps and collectibles looking like stamps, but this is going one step further. Turns out in 1964 comic artist … Continue reading →

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Marvel goes bazooka

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Wim Lockefeer

One of the most peculiar uses of comics in a marketing context, is the Bazooka Joe comic. For roughly sixty years (from 1952 onwards), Topps included a short comic with its Bazooka Joe brand of bubblegum, chronicling the adventures of … Continue reading →

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I just don’t get Marvel

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

Would somebody explain to me how, in the course of a week, you can arrange to have a visual genius like Michael Cho to create variant covers to 22 of your regular books (my favorite, above) and degrade your characters … Continue reading →

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Iron Man Drives an Audi

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

According to the new interactive comic book, Steer The Story, that Audi Of America and Marvel launched, Tony Stark currently drives an slick rag top Audi R8.  Who knew? Incidentally, this campaign is a nice mix of a crowdsourced affair and … Continue reading →

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Michael Neno’s History Boys

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Wim Lockefeer

The wonderful Michael Neno created this Kirby-inspired poster for a new production of the Alan Bennett play, The History Boys. You’ll have to go to Columbus to see it, but at least you can enjoy the poster wherever you are. … Continue reading →

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Washroom Wisdom

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

These posters from the Marvel offices make you wonder about the aim of the bullpen dwellers, even when they’re not rehashing the same story over and over. (spotted by Tom Brevoort)

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Boxpunx Marvel series 2 !

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

The wonderful Jason Edwards Harlan of Harlancore has just released series two of his delightful Marvel-themed Boxpunx foldables.  This series features the Fantastic Four, the Silver Surfer, Galactus, DareDevil, the Sub-Mariner and Nightcrawler.  They’re very easy to assembly and look … Continue reading →

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The Great War !

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

Phil McAndrew brings the great Galactus wars to their proper dimension.  Check his website for larger size verisons of this great illo, and for the war’s unexpected turn… (via Super Punch)

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Alternate universes

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

These and more strange and cute takes on the Marvel universe can be found on Rachelle Goguen’s blog.

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