While reading through the jokes I’ve jotted down in my notepad these past few months, I’ve laughed out loud more than once. The script for the graphic novel I’ve been writing is nearly done so I think it’s time to take a break and tell you all some of these new jokes.
Love seeing these stories with the original color and printing imperfections. The restored digital archive collections Marvel puts out look so sterile by comparison! I picked out two books sort of at random to read last night. Amazing Spider-Man #9 and The Fantastic Four #32. I had way more fun reading these books than I expected. Here are some of my favorite panels. J. Jonah Jameson and Victor Von Doom battle it out for Employer of the Year. Some great figure drawing from Ditko. Check out those crazy dance moves! These comics archives even include the letters pages! Picked-up this little tidbit from Amazing Spider-Man #9:
He wrote me back to say that I just may be the longest current subscriber he’s got — I signed up in 1994 with issue #44! 1994 was my first year in college. Looking back through those comics stirs up a lot of memories. Kingcat is one of my all-time favorites — you should subscribe! John also runs a distribution service called Spit And A Half where you can buy more fun mini-comics: https://www.spitandahalf.com/product-tag/subscription/
