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Muppets 70 Years Battleworld #2 variant cover with Gonzo as Doctor Strange
September 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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fucked up that both these guys are named benedict tbh
March 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Needed: Time Machine to mid-70s Park Slope
March 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
MoCCA Arts Fest is March 15-16 in NYC

www.moccafest.org
March 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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“ When i say i’m in love, you best believe i’m in love LUV “

RIP David Johansen

Singer of one of the most influential bands of the early 70’s

The New York Dolls

🕊️
March 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Johnny Thunders & David Johansen, LA 1973 - photo by Bob Gruen
November 15, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse documentary showing now at Film Forum in NYC

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Film Forum · ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE
ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE Opens Friday, February 21 at Film Forum
filmforum.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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If you were a '90s era X-Man whose power was absorbing and redirecting energy blasts, how would you even know you were a mutant unless an insane bald man recruited you to Get Attacked By Energy Blasts Academy
February 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I've always liked the Michael Golden art on this cover of 𝘞𝘪𝘯 𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘙 𝘜𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘦 #43
February 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
When Doctor Strange would never, ever, alter someone's memories for Spider-Man... 🙄

(from Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #115, June 1986, by Peter David and Mark Beachum)
February 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Look look a cover
February 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I cannot WAIT for you to read my new book - a chronicle of Doctor Strange's first 10 years, mixing comics history, East Village history, criticism, and memoir. And I'm honored to be in this group of writers, too. apnews.com/article/marv...
Really, who were those masked men? New series of books probes backstories of Marvel superheroes
If you love movies or comics, you’ve likely followed the adventures of Spider-Man, Iron Man and other superheroes.
apnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Tumblr is now the only place I can just step away from the horror and post nonsense I Iove.

I have like ten Tumblrs, including this Ditko blog. If you're a Tumblrer, follow along:

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DITKO COVERS
Steve Ditko covers with thoughts.
www.tumblr.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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When the library has volume 8 of a manga series but not volume 7
a red power ranger and a green power ranger are standing next to each other in a field .
ALT: a red power ranger and a green power ranger are standing next to each other in a field .
media.tenor.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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this is what I’ve been up to
October 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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This is the example I always use when this subject comes up; the colourists knew what the end result would look like and coloured accordingly. So the sky on the original looked like dusk. The reprint uses the exact same colour codes, but the sky looks like a sunny day when it's not on newsprint.
February 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Nowlan’ a choice makes sense in context: Dr Doom is not a regular in Dr Strange and his first appearance on the story is therefore an establishing shot to show Doom’s world to Dr Strange readers. The reverse is true in Fantastic Four so Byrne’s storytelling choices makes sense in a Doomcentric issue
February 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I think Byrne's page is better. Maybe he had the benefit of response or more time to think about the page?

Doom's thought process starts inward and selfish ("How can I chump Strange?"), then proceeds outwards ("No, I can't, my kingdom needs me."). [1/3]
I don't recall ever knowing that the content of the Doctor Strange #57 Stern/Nowlan page reappeared again in Fantastic Four #258 reimagined by Byrne?! Wow TIL

Thanks PTOR
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Updated my blog post
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February 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I don't recall ever knowing that the content of the Doctor Strange #57 Stern/Nowlan page reappeared again in Fantastic Four #258 reimagined by Byrne?! Wow TIL

Thanks PTOR
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Updated my blog post
www.neilalien.com/doc/archive/...
February 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Always remember:

ASTONISHING TALES 8
FANTASTIC FOUR 258
DoctorSTRANGE 57 / 58
&
DoctorSTRANGE/DoctorDOOM: Triumph&TormentOGN

are linked.

Strange's disciple Clea left & many try to fill the position.
Dr.DOOM hears & later enters contest of Vishanti for…REASONS.

Now add RECENT event of BLOODHUNT.
February 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
When Doctor Doom considered being Doctor Strange's disciple

(from Doctor Strange #57, by Roger Stern and Kevin Nowlan)
February 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Today I’m embarking on a journey that I’ve been anticipating for years! I’m headed to the Library of Congress to have one-on-one time with Steve Ditko’s original art pages for Amazing Fantasy #15!

I still can’t believe these exist and that I’m able to interact with them like this…
February 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I know it's just Wikipedia, but it's still nice to see it.
February 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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It’s hard to express, in adequate language, the magnitude of what was done to Kirby. How could anyone could handle it psychologically? Dylan Williams had a good line about Ditko: ‘people call him crazy, but imagine what was done to him being done to you’ and that applies to Kirby as well.
January 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM