Dave Stevens (1955-2008)

Another great comics legend passes at the young age of 52

Dave Stevens artwork is some of the most iconic in the last 20-30 years.

He will be mainly known as the creator of THE ROCKETEER, but it was his pin-up art that will be the forefront for me. Using Bettie Page as inspiration and being personally responsible for her revival after many thought her dead, his pin-up works were THE bar in the 80's and early 90's.

He got his start doing Tarzan strips and moved on to storyboards for Hanna Barbara for such notables as The Godzilla Power Hour and Super Friends.

Reading up on his death I learned that he was fighting a long, hard battle with leukemia that he kept quiet except for close friends and family.

He passed away due to complications last Monday.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Stevens.

And to think I knew him before he was famous...

Some books from a random long box

Well, I grabbed a random longbox and these are a few of the cooler books I pulled out from it. Mostly it's new stuff -- New Avengers, Cap, Amazing Spidey -- a lot of stuff from right before I quit buying (the very first Civil War Spideys are in there).

And some cool Silver Age stuff. I thought, just for fun, I'd throw one of these up on eBay... but then I looked around eBay and these books are just so cheap unless they're in 9.8 or better... I'll keep them for another 20 years and then reconsider.

So here they are, for your viewing pleasure. What would you grade the X-Men # 6 at?

Jonesy got a SCANNER

It's on now, baby!

LEGO BATMAN!!! LEGO BATMAN!!!!

LEGO BATMAN TRAILER

Thank you Tim, Zarko!

Thanks to Tim Tjarks ($25) and Rich Zaric ($20) -- both recently contributed to our CopyCo bill. I went down to the office just now and dropped off $50, so the bill continues to shrink. I'll have to defer to Copy J on how much is left on that account now, but it's under $100 I'm sure.

sjones2@gcsaa.org is my PayPal address if you still haven't chipped in and would like to.

Thanks again, guys!

Who watches the Watchmen?

These guys do!

RADIOHEAD,,,

I've got Radiohead on so loud in my headphones, I can't even hear you!!!

Oh, and I have Radiohead tix for May 14th in St. Louis.... boom-shaka-laka!!!

And I have a solid buzz on a Sunday evening. We're being warned about flash floods. Jason, call me if you need me to bring over my canoe. Bart: You're on your own. (We all know Copy Jesus walks on water.)