ScuzzBlog: Diaries October 2019
Entry 18th October 2019: Post 02: King of the Nerds - Comics.
King of the Nerds - Comics.
For me I had had an interest in comics since my mom bought me
The Beano and that was 1964 onwards. I don't have the original
comics as I left them with my parents when I finally flew the
nest, but I do still have all my books from the period.
Comics featured rarely again as I grew up as I found magazines
a rich source of information. I think if I had chosen to collect
comics I would have way more storage space available. Saying all
that I did start collecting comics again, mostly after discovering
Lara Croft and Tomb Raider. This little adventure opened up the
world of Michael Layne Turner who was responsible for the artwork
of Witchblade and Fathom plus Tomb Raider. Sadly Michael died in
2008 and so his covers just dried up.
I think I pretty much exhausted all of what I could drain from
his work which I have to say covered a lot of comics. I even
collected the special editions.
It was incredible to me that comic stores were so popular. I do
recall visiting a store in London that not only had a queue to go
in but there was a bouncer on the door.
My interest in comics is the artwork. Some are pretty good but
finding a great artist is the challenge. I wasn't that interested
in the original comics from the Marvel and DC houses. I can
understand why they have cult following, but for me, well, I was
never really that interested in the stories. I only ever have
looked at pictures in books ... what a sad admission.
Here are some sexy Witchblade and Lara comics. I make no apologies
for the way the feature hero of the comic portrays herself. For
me I never really notice her disfigurement and super powers, I
tend to just see her as a tasty chick that takes her clothes off.
But then I really am a very shallow individual. What ?
And Emma Frost looks way more hot in the comics than in the movie.
Sadly for Jennifer Garner so does the later comic version of Electra.
But what do I know ?
King of the Nerds - Part II.
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