Comics For Halloween

 When it comes to my favorite holiday Halloween, it’s all about the old-fashioned rustic orangey magic that only childhood memories can provide, and no one captured that feeling better than the old Dell and Gold Key comics of the 50’s and 60’s, so I was stoked to come across this great deal of old Little Lulu comics just in time for Halloween!

Ahhh, something about the way that these stories are told is just done so RIGHT, where the look and FEEL of the strip really takes you back to that wide-eyed feeling of trick-or-treating as a kid! Probably the earliest Halloween comic I remember loving was an old Dennis the Menace strip where Dennis and his pals try to put grouchy old Mr. Wilson’s front gate on his roof (since he heard his Dad had done the same as a child) as a "trick" since he didn't "treat" them, it’s wonderful visuals really MADE the story for me- the costumes, the porch-lit  doorways and that real 1950’s suburban neighborhood!

 I remember reading an interview with the Hernandez Brothers (of Love and Rockets fame) talking about how some of their favorite Halloween comics were the Walt Disney Comics and Stories featuring Donald Duck and his Nephews, and looking over those, I can TOTALLY see what they were talking about! These old comics just captured the moment in a time-capsule, for easy enjoyment as an adult!

Aw yeah, those old comics- It's Halloween done RIGHT!!

The Kite Runner

Second time reading this Graphic Novel version of the powerful Khaled Hosseini novel, with amazing art by Fabio Celoni and Mirka Andolfo.

Girl Group "Zepparella" Rocks Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks"...Amazing!

Hard Boiled Defective Stories

Aw Man, Charles Burns' awesome stories of El Borbah, the Wrestling Detective were some of my favorite things about Heavy metal magazine back in the 80's, and when i found out they'd put 'em all together in one cool collection, I knew i just had to have it! Besides the four stories featured in the pages of Heavy Metal, (Robot Love, Dead meat, Living In The Ice Age andBone Voyage) they even featured one I don't remember seeing before, "Love In Vein"!

This is one collection I read and re-read again constantly!!!