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This is a reminder- perhaps a petty one, but a reminder regardless- that Roy Thomas’s “Manager” and best friend is an undeniable fuckin’ moron.
This was posted only a couple hours ago and a reader sent me this screenshot. Happy Birthday Stan!!! Except… Stan’s birthday is in DECEMBER.
This was posted only a couple hours ago and a reader sent me this screenshot. Happy Birthday Stan!!! Except… Stan’s birthday is in DECEMBER.
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is a reminder- perhaps a petty one, but a reminder regardless- that Roy Thomas’s “Manager” and best friend is an undeniable fuckin’ moron.
This was posted only a couple hours ago and a reader sent me this screenshot. Happy Birthday Stan!!! Except… Stan’s birthday is in DECEMBER.
This was posted only a couple hours ago and a reader sent me this screenshot. Happy Birthday Stan!!! Except… Stan’s birthday is in DECEMBER.
You can’t make it up: someone brought to my attention that Roy Thomas’s autobiography has been made available for pre-order. Amongst the comments in the Official Roy Thomas Appreciation Group comes this guy’s somewhat sheepish reminder that Roy is using HIS title, which he’s shared numerous times:
September 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
You can’t make it up: someone brought to my attention that Roy Thomas’s autobiography has been made available for pre-order. Amongst the comments in the Official Roy Thomas Appreciation Group comes this guy’s somewhat sheepish reminder that Roy is using HIS title, which he’s shared numerous times:
Some people thought I was being mean-spirited with this piece, when I was really trying to convey just how misguided and ill-informed many people are about the figures they profess to admire. But yeah, some baffling choices in these pieces…
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“Selfy With God”- A Look At The Banal, Misguided & Nauseating Tribute Art After Stan Lee’s Death
It’s now been half a decade since the untimely passing of Stan Lee, creator and co-creator, editor and art director, modern Mark Twain and/or Shakespeare- surely, there won’t be a dry e…
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September 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Some people thought I was being mean-spirited with this piece, when I was really trying to convey just how misguided and ill-informed many people are about the figures they profess to admire. But yeah, some baffling choices in these pieces…
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fourcolorsinners.com/2023/11/11/s...
Eclipse Comics PSA, 1987.
September 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Eclipse Comics PSA, 1987.
While this article (from last year) is based around comments by Jenny Blake, the greater point is about selective rationalization and the very flawed “you weren’t in the room” defense amongst biased comic book consumers:
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fourcolorsinners.com/2024/08/16/o...
“One of The Hard Lessons The Comics Industry Has Taught Me is That EVERYONE LIES SOMETIME…”- on Tony Isabella and The Continued Irrational Defense of “Not In The Room”
“…but remember this, ultimately we weren’t there and to make a supposition that you have that absolute knowledge is dangerous at best.”, Daniel Best, 2011 “Unfortunately, lying to…
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August 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
While this article (from last year) is based around comments by Jenny Blake, the greater point is about selective rationalization and the very flawed “you weren’t in the room” defense amongst biased comic book consumers:
fourcolorsinners.com/2024/08/16/o...
fourcolorsinners.com/2024/08/16/o...
If Roy Thomas’s retroactive career makeover wasn’t enough to make you boycott Alter Ego, perhaps this will- a regular contributor is the extreme right wing journalist who is such a creep that Fox News fired him:
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fourcolorsinners.com/2023/11/24/a...
Another Reason to Boycott ALTER EGO
Roy Thomas’s long-lived Alter Ego continues to be published by TwoMorrows Publishing, with issues announced as far in advance as December 2024, outliving other comic magazines in an era where…
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August 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If Roy Thomas’s retroactive career makeover wasn’t enough to make you boycott Alter Ego, perhaps this will- a regular contributor is the extreme right wing journalist who is such a creep that Fox News fired him:
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/11/24/a...
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/11/24/a...
JayJay Jackson on a life in the comic book industry, dancing in Eighties New York, the craft of coloring, and both the unseen side- and final days- of Jim Shooter.
If you enjoy shoptalk about comics making & the people behind the scenes, you’ll enjoy this:
fourcolorsinners.com/2025/08/15/i...
If you enjoy shoptalk about comics making & the people behind the scenes, you’ll enjoy this:
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“I Did Not Sleep Much in The ’80s, or the 90s’ for that Matter…”- an Interview w/ JayJay Jackson on Her Prolific Career, Art, and Life in Comics
(Just a small smattering of terrific photographs shared by the vibrant artist that FCS compiled for this article header; the actual scans- with captions by Ms. Jackson herself- will accompany the i…
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August 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
JayJay Jackson on a life in the comic book industry, dancing in Eighties New York, the craft of coloring, and both the unseen side- and final days- of Jim Shooter.
If you enjoy shoptalk about comics making & the people behind the scenes, you’ll enjoy this:
fourcolorsinners.com/2025/08/15/i...
If you enjoy shoptalk about comics making & the people behind the scenes, you’ll enjoy this:
fourcolorsinners.com/2025/08/15/i...
I don’t know this candidate- based in Rhode Island- it’s in his favor that he’s a Democrat- but, hey- dig that name:
August 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I don’t know this candidate- based in Rhode Island- it’s in his favor that he’s a Democrat- but, hey- dig that name:
The travesty that nostalgia wrought- another shallow “Biography” on the sainted Old Master, by another of his rationalizing acolytes:
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fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/27/l...
“Look, Stan’s relationship to the truth is very interesting…” Evaluating the Exhausting ‘Stan Lee: A Marvelous Life’
Among the various comments I’ve seen regarding Four Color Sinners, one stood out to me, and its content was not surprising: when our article about POW! Entertainment’s many failed ventu…
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August 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The travesty that nostalgia wrought- another shallow “Biography” on the sainted Old Master, by another of his rationalizing acolytes:
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/27/l...
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/27/l...
Interesting aside from Susan Loeb who, as a 22 year old Marvel employee in the late 60/early 70s was asked to take a “writing test” by seeing how she’d ghost an installment of ‘Stan’s Soapbox’.
Perhaps it’s nothing but I found it interesting in spite of what we know today regarding… ghosts.
Perhaps it’s nothing but I found it interesting in spite of what we know today regarding… ghosts.
July 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Interesting aside from Susan Loeb who, as a 22 year old Marvel employee in the late 60/early 70s was asked to take a “writing test” by seeing how she’d ghost an installment of ‘Stan’s Soapbox’.
Perhaps it’s nothing but I found it interesting in spite of what we know today regarding… ghosts.
Perhaps it’s nothing but I found it interesting in spite of what we know today regarding… ghosts.
“And Captain America is, today, a 21st century film icon.
I’d like to see him punching more Nazis though.” - the great Rick Veitch
I’d like to see him punching more Nazis though.” - the great Rick Veitch
July 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“And Captain America is, today, a 21st century film icon.
I’d like to see him punching more Nazis though.” - the great Rick Veitch
I’d like to see him punching more Nazis though.” - the great Rick Veitch
A reminder that Mark Evanier routinely makes things up, such is his image of himself as “The Source”. He banks on ppl being unaware of his prolific insults of JK (before he learned Kirby lived within driving distance) and on being unaware of his many falsehoods:
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fourcolorsinners.com/2023/10/28/t...
“The Following May Be of Interest to Stan Lee Historians…” – The Pathological Needs of Mark Evanier
Patrick Ford at The Marvel Method group brought something to my attention: a blatantly untrue statement by lifelong grifter and sociopath Mark Evanier regarding the syndicated Spider-Man newspaper …
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July 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A reminder that Mark Evanier routinely makes things up, such is his image of himself as “The Source”. He banks on ppl being unaware of his prolific insults of JK (before he learned Kirby lived within driving distance) and on being unaware of his many falsehoods:
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/10/28/t...
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/10/28/t...
The discussion about original art being stolen from Marvel has continued for decades. Here’s something to further the discussion, peppered w/ things like photographic evidence, notable statements, and names on guest lists at events where stolen artwork appeared:
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“As Fans, We All Knew the Artwork Was Important, Even if The Professionals Didn’t”- On The 1968/69 Original Art Theft Inside Job (UPDATED)
(BAYCON 1968, Berkely CA- photographs of this show taken by Jay Kay Klein) Everything I’m going to compile and cover in this entry has been helpfully researched and discussed by other histori…
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July 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The discussion about original art being stolen from Marvel has continued for decades. Here’s something to further the discussion, peppered w/ things like photographic evidence, notable statements, and names on guest lists at events where stolen artwork appeared:
fourcolorsinners.com/2024/08/03/a...
fourcolorsinners.com/2024/08/03/a...
For the record, I’m for Julia Garner’s casting and can hardly tolerate outraged comic bros whining about “Woke”- that being said, no one seems to have considered the possible motivation for choosing Shalla-Bal in the new FF film:
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Conservative Snowflakes & Liberal Know-It-Alls Both Get It Wrong: The REAL Reason For The “Controversial” Silver Surfer Casting
This’ll be a short one friends, as I’ve got all sorts of irons in the proverbial fire with the ongoing (and growing) pushback towards Roy Thomas and John Cimino’s villainy, as wel…
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July 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
For the record, I’m for Julia Garner’s casting and can hardly tolerate outraged comic bros whining about “Woke”- that being said, no one seems to have considered the possible motivation for choosing Shalla-Bal in the new FF film:
fourcolorsinners.com/2024/04/07/c...
fourcolorsinners.com/2024/04/07/c...
Roy Thomas is hellbent on retconning: fourcolorsinners.com/2025/07/22/i...
“I’ll Be Damned if I Stand Aside Silently…” – The Confessions of Roy Thomas, Creator
Well folks, buckle up! The long-awaited rebuttal from Rascally Roy has finally reached us, courtesy of TwoMorrows Publishing- and its chock-full of, well, everything you might expect from Team Thom…
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July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Roy Thomas is hellbent on retconning: fourcolorsinners.com/2025/07/22/i...
I know, I know… watching an interview with Roy Thomas manager John “Ditko Ambusher” Cimino is the last thing you want to do. Fortunately for you, Four Color Sinners watched it *for* you, and discussed it here:
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fourcolorsinners.com/2025/07/21/a...
“And I Knew That Roy Was The Second Wave Guy…”- an Interview with the Living Legend, John Cimino
I’ve got to start by sharing what a gratifying experience it was to see the tremendous response from fans and industry professionals alike when it came to our interview with the great Clair N…
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July 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I know, I know… watching an interview with Roy Thomas manager John “Ditko Ambusher” Cimino is the last thing you want to do. Fortunately for you, Four Color Sinners watched it *for* you, and discussed it here:
fourcolorsinners.com/2025/07/21/a...
fourcolorsinners.com/2025/07/21/a...
A reminder of Roy Thomas’s villainy, and John Cimino’s passion for JUSTICE in attacking a deceased Len Wein. We bring the receipts in a piece that Eisner Award for Comics Journalism winner Austin English called “brave journalism”:
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fourcolorsinners.com/2023/12/29/s...
“Such a Shame That A Little Fame And Attention Began to Get to Len’s Head…” On Roy Thomas’s Erasure of The Real Creators of Wolverine
2024 is upon us which means we’ve also got one more gruesome event to look forward to in the new year: the 50th Anniversary of popular mutant antihero Wolverine which will, inevitably, lead t…
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July 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A reminder of Roy Thomas’s villainy, and John Cimino’s passion for JUSTICE in attacking a deceased Len Wein. We bring the receipts in a piece that Eisner Award for Comics Journalism winner Austin English called “brave journalism”:
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/12/29/s...
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/12/29/s...
This is, literally, a question. I’ve asked this question, sincerely, and with an open mind for some time now. There’s never an answer, just flustered defensiveness and insults. I’ll present it again. As Judas sang, “Don’t get me wrong- I only want to know”
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“Was Looking For Ways To Get Out of This Ghetto…” Busting Two of the Three Top Myths of Stan Lee
There are many myths about Stan Lee and his origins, perpetuated and regurgitated to the point of nauseum. Today we’re just going to tackle two of the top three of those myths that anyone rea…
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July 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is, literally, a question. I’ve asked this question, sincerely, and with an open mind for some time now. There’s never an answer, just flustered defensiveness and insults. I’ll present it again. As Judas sang, “Don’t get me wrong- I only want to know”
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fourcolorsinners.com/2023/09/10/w...
Reposted
Make up your own mind but this (summarizing the 3 previous posts, linked at the top) is my take on one of Evanier's grifts right after Kirby died.
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Simon and Evanier: Timeline
Photo by Harry Mendryk See three earlier posts for details. Click links below for article or message. date unknown, possibly neverJack Kirby tells Mark Evanier about the creation of Challengers of …
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July 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Make up your own mind but this (summarizing the 3 previous posts, linked at the top) is my take on one of Evanier's grifts right after Kirby died.
accordingtokirby.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/s...
accordingtokirby.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/s...
“Thereafter, Roy occasionally fed me, “Hey, when you talk to Stan, tell him you don’t like this guy on a book.” - Roy Thomas was affecting other professional’s careers as far back as 1970.
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“What about the Darlin’ One?” How Dick Ayers was blacklisted and slandered by Marvel
(Excerpt from Ayer’s 3-Part graphic novel Autobiography.) “It was clobberin’ time for Stan Lee at a 1976 college lecture, a one-two punch, feint and jab. “Hey, Stan” c…
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July 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Thereafter, Roy occasionally fed me, “Hey, when you talk to Stan, tell him you don’t like this guy on a book.” - Roy Thomas was affecting other professional’s careers as far back as 1970.
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/15/w...
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/15/w...
One of the very first articles on Four Color Sinners, this deserves a wider audience. Why isn’t this a bigger deal amongst comic fans and pros?
When Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio intentionally destroyed a powerful Black woman in the Avengers:
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When Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio intentionally destroyed a powerful Black woman in the Avengers:
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“And using it to further a White Man’s story is so f**king awful…” Thoughts on those who forget the past
(Compare Captain Marvel in the left panel when she was being written as a strong, competent natural leader and then on the right, purposely being diluted to strip away the initial intentions for th…
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July 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
One of the very first articles on Four Color Sinners, this deserves a wider audience. Why isn’t this a bigger deal amongst comic fans and pros?
When Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio intentionally destroyed a powerful Black woman in the Avengers:
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/08/a...
When Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio intentionally destroyed a powerful Black woman in the Avengers:
fourcolorsinners.com/2023/07/08/a...
There’s a few articles I felt were especially worthwhile that I wished would’ve reached a wider audience. This is one of them:
fourcolorsinners.com/2025/04/13/i...
fourcolorsinners.com/2025/04/13/i...
“It Became Increasingly Stylish to Bash Stan…”- What Critics of Stan Lee Should Actually STOP Doing in Order to Be Successful
“In the ’80s and ’90s, it became increasingly stylish to bash Stan, to accuse him of hogging attention for his creations from the artists.” – Peter David, now cursed by the Romani…
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July 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There’s a few articles I felt were especially worthwhile that I wished would’ve reached a wider audience. This is one of them:
fourcolorsinners.com/2025/04/13/i...
fourcolorsinners.com/2025/04/13/i...
I spoke with Clair Noto for three hours and she certainly didn’t come off as mentally troubled. She did, however, mention that whenever a woman pushes back against inequality they’re frequently painted as difficult or not mentally sound.
So what does Gerry Conway write?
So what does Gerry Conway write?
July 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I spoke with Clair Noto for three hours and she certainly didn’t come off as mentally troubled. She did, however, mention that whenever a woman pushes back against inequality they’re frequently painted as difficult or not mentally sound.
So what does Gerry Conway write?
So what does Gerry Conway write?