KC’s Life in Comics
- Posted by Johanna on December 4, 2007 at 8:14 am
- Category: KC
KC has written a very lengthy piece on how he got started in comics, featuring a bicycle and a monkey. (No, really!) It’s his latest column at Westfield Comics.
And I forgot to tell you there was a new That Looks Interesting up last Friday. KC praises friend Stuart Immonen’s work on Ultimate Spider-Man; loves Teen Titans Go!; analyzes the problems with Sensational Spider-Man #41, drawn by Joe Quesada; and randomly quips, as below.
courtesy of the Marvel Atlas… did you know that there is not only a “Monster Island,” but a “Monster Master’s Island”? We should give thanks that, in this universe, we have hotels where pets can stay in the same rooms as their masters!
December 4, 2007 at 9:14 am
I LOVED KC’s history of comics. Those were some wild times.
December 4, 2007 at 3:38 pm
KC,
Johnny DC titles still have a subscription service available. I just ordered Scooby-Doo for my nephew. I will let you know what shape they come in.
I used to have subcriptions to Arion, Lord of Atlantis and Swamp Thing in the late 80’s. At that time, they shipped the comics flat in a brown paper sleeve. Suprisingly, my comics arrived in very good condition. Maybe, a small bend in the corner at worst.
I remember going to 7-11 and the pharmacies to scope out new comics. I got a subscription because those spinner racks tore up comics without mercy or remorse. Good times, good times.
By the way, you need to get a hold a good artist and turn your earlier history as a comic reader into a comic. Man, I would love to see the monkey story illustrated.
Awesome, column. Brought back a lot of memories.
December 4, 2007 at 8:40 pm
I don’t go as far back as KC does, but that was a great article. I also remember having to ride my bike to different 7-11s and various drugstores to make sure I never missed any issues — and of course I still did all the time. This was in the ’80s. And then…
I answered a Westfield ad in a Marvel comic and started using their subscription service, which really saved me and introduced me to indie comics.
I also remember the awesome Westfield newsletter that KC edited, which introduced me to comics fandom and self-publishing.
Those really were the days, man.
December 5, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Those were neat stories by KC! I thought it neat that though decades apart he and I shared similiar feelings on first discovering a comic shop.
That feeling of “wow…” was just amazing back then, since it had been years since the local grocery store I had been buying comics at had stopped getting them.