$9.60 For Jack Kirby 26 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm

More than 45 years ago, Jack Kirby became my first comic book "idol." He remains up there in my Top Three, shifting frequently back into the number one spot. The first Kirby art I ever saw was the cov...

Marina Sirtis 25 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am

I've had the pleasure of seeing many STAR TREK performers in person through the years but one of the most entertaining was definitely Marina Sirtis in the early nineties. I had to go to work after we ...

Happy 8th Anniversary to Me! 24 Aug 2013 | 04:06 pm

This past week marked the 8th Anniversary of BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY! We may not be the biggest or the best but we're still here. As other wonderful pop blogs fell by the wayside over the years, we've wea...

The Funniest Person Who Ever Lived # 15-Carol Burnett 23 Aug 2013 | 10:10 pm

Mutt and Jeff 22 Aug 2013 | 04:41 am

I like MUTT AND JEFF, one of the earliest successful US comic strips and one that ran for nearly a century…if it's not STILL running somewhere. But I've never understood why it was so successful in co...

Booksteve Reviews: Going Rate by Greg Farrell 20 Aug 2013 | 07:12 pm

The autobiographical comic book as we know it today can be dated back to Justin Green's intensely personal BINKY BROWN MEETS THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY from 1972. In the last couple of decades, the genre ha...

More Art O' Mine 19 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm

Sorry to do another art post so soon but I really think I've gotten then hang of this. Any prog rock bands out there need a cover?

Unfinished Films 19 Aug 2013 | 04:22 am

Last weekend, a clip turned up on YouTube featuring a tantalizing few behind the scenes glimpses of Jerry Lewis's legendarily unfinished film, THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED. I'm not going to post it here as...

Superman Meets Big Boy 18 Aug 2013 | 04:02 am

Here's a teamup one doesn't see every day. In fact, I wonder if they team up at all inside or if the cover was just a way of promoting SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE? That's certainly not the official Superman l...

Automania 2000 16 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm

50 year old animated cartoon from John Halas looking at the technology of the next century--this one.