Tag Archives: Don Moore

111 | Golden Age Seen By Later Generations, Creator Credits. A Few New Comics And Bill Everett.

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We start off discussing the golden age we never saw, but thanks to The Digital Comics Museum it’s possible now. Creator credits issued in comic books, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers. Thunderworld Adventures, Indestructible Hulk, Xenozoic Tales, The Fade Out, G.I. Zombie, Afterlife With Archie Magazine 3, Eerie 6, She Hulk and Amazing Mysteries: The Bill Everett Archives.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Superdrag

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We Used To Ask, What’s EC?
Destination Nightmare Is A Good Place To Visit If You Want To See Golden Age Work.

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110 | Humor Magazines, Mexican Pulp Art, Eleanor Davis, And The Great Unsung Roy G. Krenkel

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Humor magazines from the sixties and seventies start everything off, moves onto Eleanor Davis, Fernando Fernandez, Bill Sienkiewicz and the great unsung artist Roy G. Krenkel.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Ed Woltil

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National Lampoon.
Tony Hendra Interview On Mister Media.

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109 | Graphic Design Masters In Comics

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Al, Dallas and Don get together on this supersized episode to discuss comic artists who not only had fantastic drawing abilities, but were masters of graphic design as well.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Samaria

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Alex Toth.
Seminal Works. Creepy Presents Alex Toth, Genius Isolated, Genius Illustrated, Genius Animated, Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 And Zorro.

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108 | Beatles In Comics, Harvey Comics, She-Hulk And Jim Henson’s The Storyteller 2

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Al and Don start off with comics The Beatles appeared in, then go into Harvey Comics. Weird Love 4 And The Amazing Matt Baker And Rick Estrada. They Finish Out With She-Hulk 007 And Jim Henson’s The Storyteller 2: Witches.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Robert Pollard

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Yellow Submarine Comic From Gold Key.

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107 | Dead Media And Other Things You Can No Longer Get

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Al, Don and Desmond rehash the comic book or trade question, reading and/or collectability, record stores, the many formats of Afterlife With Archie, cartoonists for girlie magazines and mail order record clubs that no longer exist.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Bob Mould

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Singe Issues Or Trades?

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106 | Comic Book Movies (again), Villains Becoming Heroes And R. Crumb

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Desmond rejoins Dallas and Don! The boys talk the X-Men: Days of Future Past movie, and Don’s experience with the first X-Men movie, comic book villains becoming heroes, The Fantastic Four through the years, Adventures Of Superman by Jerry Ordway and Steve Rude, violence and dark themes in superhero movies, The Comics Journal #301 (the R. Crumb interview), Daredevil by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Sonic Graffiti

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X-Men Days Of Future Past.

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105 | X-Men Comics And Nothing But X-Men Comics

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Happy Halloween!!! Don and Dallas are joined by their friend Desmond to talk everything X-Men!

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: DANNY ELFMAN

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X-Men Drawn By Dave Cockrum.

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104 | Comic Strip Reprints, Comic Book Schools, Follow Creators Or Titles And Silver Surfer

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Al and Don discuss old comic strips reprinted in the seventies and comic book schools, They bring up the question of creators or titles, buying properties only to alter it for the screen and Silver Surfer by Slott and Allred is also discussed.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Dukes Of Stratosphear

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Menomonee Falls Gazette.

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103 | Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Rot & Ruin And Favorite Creative Teams

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Episode 103 finds the entire crew returning once again at their secret lair deep within Rook’s house. Don, Al, Rook and Dallas discuss their favorite writer/artist and penciller/inker duos.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: In honor of the beginning of the Halloween season,
it’s CONCRETE BLONDE with BLOODLETTING!

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Fallen Worlds By Yoshihiro Tatsumi.

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102 | Locke & Key, DC On TV, Voice Actors, Grant Morrison, Little Nemo And Captain Nemo

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The fantastic foursome return! Talking points include: Locke & Key, The Flash (TV), Gotham (TV), Agents of Shield (TV). Cartoon talk! Adventure Time, Ed Edd & Eddy, Looney Tunes and the documentary “I Know That Voice.” We discuss matching voices to animated lips and Don’s love for The Incredibles.
Dallas gushes over Supergods by Grant Morrison, and Don compares superhero comics to MC Hammer. We review Little Nemo by Eric Shanower & Gabriel Rodriguez, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Rose of Berlin by Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Samaria

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Locke & Key By Joe Hill And Gabriel Rodrigues.

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101 | Comics Of The Past

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Special guest Joust joins Al and Don to discuss The Marvel Super Heroes Animated  Cartoon From 1966, The current Hawkeye comic, Joe Simon, Harvey Comics Thriller Line, Alex Toth, Gene Colan, Frank Robbins, George Perez, Dave Cockrum and Steve Rude.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Jules and the Polar Bears

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The Marvel Super Heroes Animated Cartoon From 1966.

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100 | NFL SuperPro, Captain Citrus, Kool-Aid Man And Superhero Dream Teams

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After a five week wait… the core four has come out of hibernation for an action-packed double-sized episode 100! Join Al, Dallas, Rook and Don as they argue who would make the best Superhero and Supervillain Dream Teams!

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Dungeon Boss

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99 | Anthony Desiato, Unknown Archie Creators, Walt Simonson, Alan Davis And Marie Severin

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Documentary filmmaker Anthony Desiato starts the show off discussing his films My Comic Shop, Buy Spoon: The Jay Meisel Story and Wacky Man: The Rise of a Puppeteer. We then go into a discussion of unknown Archie creators, Walt Simonson’s Ragnarok, Groo Vs. Conan, Chic Stone, Terry Austin, Marshall Rogers and the amazing unsung hero Marie Severin.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Graham Gouldman

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Flat Squirrel Productions.

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97 | Influences, Sketchy LIne Style, Older Pulp Look, Creation And/Or Contribution

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We start off with a discussion of influences, mention the difference between creation and contribution, and artists who work with a sketchy line style. Old Daredevil comics, the New Wonder Woman of the early seventies, Dial H For Hero and finish off with the Fantastic Four as always.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Ruby Sting

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Conan By Gary Gianni.

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96 | Long Running Series, Burroughs, Tarzan Comics And Glamorous Jungle Ladies

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Changes in current comics, imaginary stories, Arnold Drake, variant covers and long running series by the same creators start out the show. Portrayals of Tarzan in comics, along with other Burroughs tales, glamorous jungle women of the forties, My Heroine Addiction, Captain Marvel, along with Jack Kirby and Stan Lee’s Fantastic Four run to finish it out.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Pierre Legault

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Eternity By Walt Simonson And Dave Gibbons.

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95 | Inspiration, Plagiarism And Filling In The Gaps

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Conversation starts out with bean counters and idea looters, then quickly cascades into movies and television shows that you only heard about as a kid. The documentary SUPERHEROES A Never Ending Battle, Inkers for John Buscema and Gil Kane are discussed (again), and the fine line between inspiration and plagiarism.

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TV And Movie Comics.

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94 | Barbarian Lord And Other Sword And Sorcery Comics.

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Barbarian Lord by Matt Smith, Barbarian comics of the seventies, Alex Toth and a couple other titles.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Bouncing Souls

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Barbarian Lord By Matt Smith.

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93 | Artist’s Page Rates, Comic Book Body Building Ads And The Black Panther

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Deep in the heart of Parts Unknown, Don, Al and Dallas discuss Slice Radio, Afterlife with Archie, some comic shop documentaries, the Origin of Rook Murphy, Warren comics, art commissions, Bernie Wrightson, Art Adams, John Buscema, Howard Chaykin’s Iron Wolf, Mike Mignola, Flex Mentallo, Charles Atlas, Count Dante, Jack and Stan’s Fantastic Four, civil rights in 60’s comics, the portrayal of minorities in 40’s and 50’s comics, and we wrap it up with Uncanny X-Men circa 1980’s.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Ruby Sting

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The Rook From Warren Publishing.

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91 | Creator Owned Comics, Black And White Explosion And Finding Comics Off The Rack

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Walking Dead is mentioned which quickly turns to creator owned comics and the black and white explosion of the eighties. A comparison of Alex Toth and Jaime Hernandez occurs, as well as a short discussion of nineties comics, titles about villains, newspaper strips and finding comics off the rack. And of course, more Fantastic Four talk. Whoo hoo!

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Wilco

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The Walking Dead All Out War Storyline.
By Robert Kirkman And Charlie Adlard.

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90 | Comics Overseas, Color Or Black And White, Kirby’s Fantastic Four And Inkers

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We start off talking about living with no rules, shipboard life, and nine minutes later finding comic books overseas. Once again black and white or color is discussed, as well as Kirby’s epic run on Fantastic Four 41-50. Vince Colletta, Walt Simonson’s Star Slammers and old war comics finish it out.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Ed Woltil

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Teen Weekly Komiks From The Philippines.

Artist’s Signature And The Time It Was Done,
From Teen Weekly Komiks.

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89 | Comic And Fantasy Artists Of The 70’s, Dragon’s Dream And Steve Ditko

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Jack Kirby’s epic run on Fantastic Four is mentioned, then quickly goes into comic and fantasy artists of the seventies, books from Dragon’s Dream, Steve Ditko, Days Of Future Past (the comic book) and IDW’s upcoming Star Trek: City On The Edge Of Forever.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Stranglers

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Don Is Currently Reading His Way Through Kirby And Lee’s
Fantastic Four Run, But Didn’t Want To Talk About It At This Time.

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88 | Original Packaging, Our Fascination With Ruins And Over-Explained Storylines

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It starts off with a brief history of Aurora Model Kits, goes into keeping things sealed in the original packaging, and mankind’s fascination with relics and ruins. Pin-ups, Fantastic Four, Chic Stone and the constantly changing line-ups of Yes. Then finish up with Hanna-Barbera theme songs, over-explained comics and Doctor Strange.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Pixies

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Aurora Model Kits History. Cover By James Bama.

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86 | Epic Comic Runs, 60’s Comics, New Mutants, Wordy 80’s Comics And Go-To Guys

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Episode 86. The entire crew returns to discuss Game Of Thrones, Lee and Kirby’s Fantastic Four Run, other epic comic runs like Walking Dead, Groo, and Uncanny X-Men,
Differences between Marvel and DC in the 60’s, Ghost Rider, Digital Reading, Comixology, Mike Ploog’s Horror Comics, The New Mutants original run, Herring and Robinson Book Binders, Wordy and dated 80’s comics, Jack Kirby’s Inkers, and Sal Buscema & Vince Colletta: Marvel’s Go-To Guys.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Coheed and Cambria

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Game Of Thrones.

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85 | Comic Shop News, Free Comic Book Day, Marvel Tales And Random Titles

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Don, Al, Dallas, Rook, and Rook’s Beard reunite in an epic roundtable discussion about comics! During this trainwreck they discuss: Comic Shop News, Free Comic Book Day, Marvel Tales, Amazing Fantasy #15, Graded/Slabbed Comics, Locke & Key, Rook’s new vlog on Youtube, Kafka by R. Crumb and David Zane Mairowitz, Superior Carnage #1, Jupiter Legacy #4, Walking Dead: All Out War, Rat Queens, and Ghost Rider: Engines of Vengeance #1.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Pierre Legault

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Comic Shop News.

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84 | Research Before Drawing, Comics Old And New

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Drawing with references were discussed, as well as The Silver Surfer, Jack Kirby’s amazing run on Fantastic Four, kung fu comics from the seventies, and Don thought Shannon was from Miami, only to learn she was really from New York.

Comic books that started in 1984, Jan Strnad, Richard Corben, western art, Beanworld and Adventure Time finished out the episode.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Shannon • Alex Chilton (again)

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If Doctor Morbious Enterprises Were Real,
He Would Have An Ad Like This.

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72 | Will Comic Book Movies Wear Thin? Are There Any Genius Artists Pushing The Medium?

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“Will comic book movies wear thin? Do we have any genius artists working in the field today?” Al asks both of these questions, and the entire episode is spent discussing it.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: PARADA

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Dallas Can’t Stop Watching Man Of Steel.

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70 | Vinyl Records, French Comics, Strong Female Characters And Muck Monsters

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Al and Don start off talking about John Severin, then go into humor magazines of the seventies, rising paper costs of the nineties, the evolution of brick and mortar bookstores  and the return of vinyl records.

Comic book artists streamlining styles as they progress, color work and uninked pencils are discussed, as well as comic book heroines, French comics and muck monsters.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson

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John Severin Cover For Cracked.

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66 | Gene Luen Yang, The Silent Invasion And Other Black And White Series From The Eighties

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Al and Don discuss American Born Chinese and Boxers • Saints by Gene Luen Yang, which leads into a discussion of making changes in foreign places you don’t understand, and how little Don actually knows about world history. The Silent Invasion By Michael Cherkas And Larry Hancock and other black and white series from the eighties. Golden age artists that didn’t make the transition into the silver age and cartoonists that went into advertising.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Cune • Eno

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American Born Chinese By Gene Luen Yang.

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33 | Bring A Younger Audience

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Don, Al and Dallas are joined once again by Don’s daughter, Holly, as we finally return to traditional comic book talk. We have some technical difficulties (Don’s a little hard to hear, so turn up the volume LOUD!!)

Don reviews the new Popeye #1 by IDW and reminisces about the character, and he discovers an indie book from the 90’s called Optic Nerve. We go on to discuss the merits of Free Comic Book Day, and ask the question: is it bringing in a younger audience to local comic shops?

Al talks romance comics from the 60’s, particularly Young Love featuring art by the master, John Romita Sr.

Dallas gushes about the masterpieces that is Chris Claremont’s run on Uncanny X-Men and reviews Rick Remender’s first handful of Uncanny X-Force issues.
Larry Marder’s Tales of the Beanworld gets an analysis, and Al finally reads Asterios Polyp!!!!

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: hitomi

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IDW’s Popeye.

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32 | Comic Books On The Big Screen And Third Sequels

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Al, Dallas and Don are back and joined with Holly as we continue to discuss comic books that were translated to the big screen. We also questioned why the third sequel in any movie franchise is pretty bad, but this person actually seems to have an idea on the subject.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Dir En Grey

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X-Men Movie From 2000.

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