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About this journal

I have two creative projects I will be discussing in this journal.

The first is The Crimebusters, a new comic series I am writing and drawing. Picking up where Boy Comics left off, The Crimebusters #120 is set in the fall of 1956, with Chuck Chandler — aka Crimebuster — returning to Curtiss Tech for his junior year of college. As always, though, intrigue and mystery abound, as Chuck is reluctantly forced to team up with girl reporter Trixie Trouble to investigate the shocking death of a beloved professor. This is my first comic book, so it's a real learning process trying to make it; I will be detailing that process here. I hope to have the issue complete by the end of March, with the goal of heading to Kickstarter in April for a May publication date. We'll see how it goes though!

The second project I have is the Classic Comics Forum Podcast, where I discuss classic comic book runs. I'm aiming for an episode a month at this point, and will provide updates whenever new episodes become available. 

Thanks for reading!

Entries in this journal

back issue haul, and the bizarre story behind Samuel R. Delany's cancelled Wonder Woman run

Hello, friends! I've made a couple new videos I thought you might enjoy.   First, here's a look at the revolutionary storyline science fiction grandmaster Samuel R. Delany had planned for Wonder Woman, and how it got abruptly cancelled by DC after just one issue thanks to some very unexpected and highly ironic political interference:   And here's a look at some of the back issues I've been buying as retail therapy during the quarantine. This is part one of what look
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Adventures in YouTubing

A couple weeks ago now, I was inspired by a thread in the Comics General section to do a video for YouTube showing off the Top 50 comics in my collection. To my surprise, I discovered I really enjoyed making the video — and some people actually watched it! So I've decided to make some more YouTube videos about comics and comic collecting. I'm hoping to just post like one video a week, and every so often I'll share those videos here. Here's the link to my channel: https://www.youtu
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new YouTube update: I'm giving away some comics!

Here's the latest YouTube videos from yours truly. I'm getting close to 200 subs, so I'm doing a giveaway!    I also picked up some new stuff, including this awesome romance comic I never heard of before:     And speaking of romance comics, here's a look at one of my favorite ongoing soap opera storylines ever:  
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Grail acquired! Plus: what's your origin story?

I've been churning out the YouTube videos, so there's a bunch to see on my channel, but I thought I'd just highlight these two.   In this video, I spend 5x as much as I ever have for a comic and acquire one of my personal grails:       And in this one, I start a new series called Origin Stories: The Comics That Shaped Us where I interview comic book fans about their origin story as a collector, though the lens of the 10 individual comics that had the bigge
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Join the QUEST! 😃

Hey there, comic friends! I'm super excited to tell you that my new epic fantasy comic Quest is coming to Kickstarter next month, and the pre-launch page is currently live.      This is an ongoing series inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and by classic swords and sorcery comics like Savage Sword of Conan. I've always been a huge fantasy fan, and it was fantasy that really got me into comics -- before I bought my first comic book, I was reading comics in the back of Dra
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The Crimebusters #1 - Kickstarter complete!

The Kickstarter campaign for the first issue of The Crimebusters is complete, and was a rousing success. Thanks so much to everyone who supported it! I'm really looking forward to sending out the comic and hearing what you all think. And I'm hard at work already on issue #2, so I'll certainly be sharing plenty more as we go. Thanks!
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The Crimebusters #120 update: Steranko and the Soviet montage theory

In the latest entry of my production blog, I give a prgoress report and share some line work in progress for page 4, along with a discussion of some of my storytelling influences. Enjoy! https://crimebustercomics.com/2019/01/10/progress-update-steranko-and-the-soviet-montage-theory/ Here's a look at page 4, in process, which you may notices has a Steranko influenced layout with the sequence of small panels (which will be dialogue free when I get to that point).  
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The Crimebusters #2 - special announcements

This year has been a series of kicks to the junk, but luckily, it's nearly over! And I do have a couple cool announcements. Tomorrow, I'll be appearing on a Disney YouTube livestream to discuss my comic and how the latest issue was influenced by Disney theme parks! And this weekend, I'll be appearing at the NorthEast Comic Con in Boxboro, MA, so if you're at the show, stop by and say hi! I made a little video about these announcements: https://youtu.be/WJlXIn03IAo
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The Crimebusters - a personal note

In my latest blog entry, I get personal about some of the challenges I have faced this summer. Thank you for the support, everyone.  https://crimebustercomics.com/2019/09/08/a-personal-note/
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The Crimebusters #120 (#1) - now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Aaaaah! I'm super excited to announce that my comic The Crimebusters is now live on Kickstarter! Finally!  Thanks to everyone for all the support throughout this process. As you guys know, bringing Chuck Chandler back to life has been a goal of mine for over a decade now, so this is really exciting for me, and I can't wait to share this comic with you. If anybody has any questions aout the project, or about the Kickstarter campaign, let me know! https://www.kickstarter.com/pr
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The Crimebusters #120 - sneak preview now available!

I'm excited to announce that you can now read a sneak preview of the first six pages on my website here! I've also created a Facebook page if anyone is interested. I'm going to be creating a mailing list too, but I haven't quite got that figured out yet. But if anyone wants to be put on it, the website has a "Contact Us" button you can hit to send me a message. I'll be streamlining this at some point. Right now I am expecting to have the whole 30 page story completed in about 3 we
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Here's my CGC "unboxing" video

I made a video where I show the results of all 5 variants of my comic, The Crimebusters #1, that I sent into CGC. Results were mixed! But it was a good learning experience, particularly just trying to figure out how the submission process works when you are sending in your own signed books. The answer is: it's confusing!  
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My new comic Quest #2 is coming in two weeks!

Well, the year is coming to a close, but I'm going to squeeze in one more Kickstarter campaign before 2023 ends.  This is for Quest #2! Quest is my new ongoing epic fantasy comic featuring a ragtag group of adventurers who are thrown together by fate and charged with an impossible quest with the fate of their world at stake. You know... the good stuff! The Kickstarter launches on October 23. I'm still working on the final cover, but here's a look at some of the covers you'll be ab
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Quest #2 is coming right down to the wire! 😬

We're inside the final 29 hours on the campaign for my new fantasy comic Quest #2, and it's coming right down to the wire. I thought we had funded a couple hours ago, but no sooner did we cross the goal than someone canceled a pledge and we dropped back below the line. That means at the moment we're still $15 short of being funded. There's still plenty of time -- but also plenty of time for more people to cancel, so who knows! If you love epic fantasy and classic swords & sorc
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My first crossover!

I'm really excited to share that I'm doing my first crossover with another comic! The short versions is that I've had artist Ryan Mendoza do variant covers for both issues of my series Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam, which is currently live on Kickstarter. Ryan is the regular artist on a series called Miskatonic High. For those who aren't familiar with Miskatonic High, it's one of the most successful series on Kickstarter. They actually have a pretty regular distribution schedule, not monthly,
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My new comic is now LIVE on Kickstarter! 😮

Hello, comic book friends! I'm so excited today to announce that my new comic book Quest #1 is now LIVE on Kickstarter!   I've been a huge fantasy fan for my whole life. Playing Dungeons & Dragons and reading their Endless Quest series of books as a child opened my imagination to new worlds of wonder. I would sit on the floor with my modules and play out whole campaigns by myself, creating stories of heroes and monsters, triumph and tragedy, before rolling the dice an
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Quest #2 is now live on Kickstarter!

Hello, friends! I'm excited to announce that my new epic fantasy comic Quest #1-2 is now live on Kickstarter! This is my ode to Bronze Age style swords and sorcery, and comics like Warlord and Conan, so if you like that sort of thing I think you'll like Quest! You can check it out here. I've also finished the other variant covers, and wanted specifically to mention the Tabletop RPG Edition. The cover is an homage to the classic D&D module "Keep on the Borderlands" by Jim Rosl
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A crazy dream

Should I draw and self publish a comic even though I am not an artist? One of my dreams is to someday publish Boy Comics #120. I know, some people dream of being rich and famous, I dream of reviving a forgotten comic book series that ended 58 years ago. What can I say. Crimebuster is one of my favorite characters and since Boy Comics and Crimebuster are in the public domain it's actually feasible. It's just a matter of having the time, energy and - most importantly - the money. Time and ene
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My Top Ten

A countdown of the top ten books in my collection. Well, I do like making lists, so I thought I would do one of these top ten books everyone is doing. These are the ten books in my collection I would get rid of last. To be honest, beyond the top eight, it was pretty hard to pick the last two, so there are a number of books that almost made it in, the last cuts being Captain America #111, Star Spangled War Stories #151 and Wow Comics #38. But here is my current Number 10 pick: Strange Tales
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Classic Comics Forum Podcast #17: Wonder Woman: Space Pirate

This time around we do something a little different, as I talk to a new reader/collector about her experiences getting into comics more than two decades after being briefly introduced to the hobby as a kid. We also discuss the stories she first read as a kid, particularly the Wonder Woman: Space Pirate storyline from Bill Messner-Loebs in Wonder Woman #66-72.  Here it is. Hope you enjoy!
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Classic Comics Forum POdcast #14: Blackhawk by Mark Evanier part 3

If you ever wanted to listen to three hours of discussion about the 80's revival of DC's Blackhawk, now is your chance!! This episode is the last of three about this classic series.  Next episode: Cap's Kooky Quartet!   Classic Comics Forum Podcast #14: Blackhawk by Mark Evanier part 3 September 1, 2017 In the final part of our three part discussion of the 1982 reboot of the classic war comic Blackhawk by Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle, Prince Hal and I examine
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Issue #13: Blackhawk by Mark Evanier part 2

The second part of this epic three-part examination of Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle's 1980's Blackhawk run is now available to listen to. I guarantee this is the only podcast in the world that will deliver three hours of conversation about Mark Evanier's Blackhawk! In this middle installment, we start going through the actual issues themselves, discussing #251-259 in detail. Enjoy!
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The Classic Comics Forum Podcast episode master list

Here's a master list of all the episodes of the Classic Comics Forum Podcast so far! As new episodes are released, i will update this list as well as post new entries for new episodes.  Most episodes I am joined by guests, so before we start the discussion about the topic at hand, there's a short interview where we discuss their reading and collecting history so you have an idea what their frame of reference is going into the discussion. Enjoy!   Issue #1: Life the Archi
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