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I reviewed this immaculately crafted new graphic novel series by Vertigo veterans Lovern Kindzierski, John Bolton, and Todd Klein over at She Never Slept. Based on the first issue alone I highly recommended this series. My review can be found here:http://sheneverslept.com/newsandreviews/archives/5793
Because you demanded it*, a short review of Hack/ Slash #22 on the Comics Forge:http://comicsforge.com/2011/07/hack-slash-22-mind-killer-part-ii/*I hope someone demanded it anyway...
Here is the iconic image of Carroll Baker from Elia Kazan's "scandalous" 1956 classic Baby Doll, which my wife Sarah and I watched again last evening. The film was absurdly denounced by the Catholic League of Decency at time of its release. I once interviewed Richard Blackburn, director of the delightful Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatuural, and he related to me that Lemora had also been condemned by the Catholic League, and he mused, "I felt I must be doing something right to be singled out by the Catholic League of Decency - I mean, Baby Doll was and it's a classic, so I was in fine company".
This ends my week of (in my opinion) spectacular images culled from the Tarzan and Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I've tried to find unusual or rarely pics; I was even hesitant at first to include Frazetta's Mars covers, but they were just too awesome to leave out. My closing pic is the gorgeous original cover of A Princess of Mars, the classic first novel in the Mars series, featuring a cutlass-wielding John Carter protecting beloved Dejah Thoris. This one has special significance for me since, though I'd read it once, APOM was absent from our (my wife's and mine) library. That is, until we received a 1939 hardcover edition in excellent condition as an anniversary gift from our dear friend, Jeremy Duncan, who stood up for me as best man for our third wedding (of many more to come...). It was almost odd having a traditional best man, as, due to various factors, my first two "best men" were women - Cara Cirincione Mueller, a dear friend of mine since 1999; and Alanna Quinn, Sarah's housemate at the the time she moved 3000 miles to marry me, and her close friend since 2005.
But I digress: Jeremy's gift was wonderful; an indispensable addition to a recently christened shared library - and a shared life together. I bet John Carter and Dejah Thoris are still traversing the Barsoomian star system sharing their life together - a life fraught with deadly danger, battles to the death, bizarre creatures - and eternal romance.
Guess it's Edgar Rice Burroughs week here at Image du Jour HQ...
TARZAN TRIUMPHANT!
An absolutely gorgeous Shang-Chi splash by Rudy Nebres, one of my all-time favourite comix artists (who I nearly worked with alongside Rich Buckler on my proposed Defenders Inc. project for Marvel in 2006). Those were the days when the Master of Kung Fu was shown some respect!
Norma Bengell rocks the black leather space suit in Mario Bava's exquisite Planet of the Vampires (1966).
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