Here’s Alex Toth, circa 1975, writing about his own career; as usual, click the image to view a larger (and in this case, readable) file:
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"This day's experience, set in order, none of it left ragged or lying about, all of it gathered in like treasure and finished with, set aside." –Alice Munroe, "What is Remembered"
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Entries RSSLast 10 posts here at RCN:
- Look Here: Four DENSAGA covers by Richard Corben
- Out of Context: “Okay, Eddie… okay… we was just askin’”
- Connections: R. Crumb and Kevin C. Brown
- Out of Context: “After him, girls! AFTER HIM!”
- Heads Up: Corben Art Sale, 11 February 2012
- Look Here, Read: Two PSAs from FAMOUS FUNNIES, with art by Frank Frazetta
- Out of Context: “A bike! In trouble! That may be the killer!”
- Look Here, Read: “The Beast in the Forest,” with art by Jesse Santos
- Look Here, Read: “Minit Mystery”
- Out of Context: “WHOOPEE!!”
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock