tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post80278155217675146..comments2024-03-17T00:19:31.607-07:00Comments on BLOG FOR ROM FANS WHO AREN'T DICKS: A Spaceknight and an Avenger walk into a bar...Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-58685673219496888732018-08-06T05:00:05.176-07:002018-08-06T05:00:05.176-07:00It's not been unusual for Gary to sometimes ta...It's not been unusual for Gary to sometimes take a while to get back to me. (And, again, vice versa.) And he had computer issues for a while during 2017 that kept him from doing much online.Lee K. Seitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337976749549614454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-25099327790697007162018-08-05T08:10:45.772-07:002018-08-05T08:10:45.772-07:00back in mid January of 2017 i posted something coo...back in mid January of 2017 i posted something cool he had sent me recently but by the time February came around he had stopped returning my emails. i know it was around that time that he'd stopped communicating with me because i had found and posted some clip art that month of ROM reprinted in a new Hulk TPB. i mean it was a brand new TPB i was browsing at on a shelf for new books at this comic shop when i came across the particular page and i know letting Gary know about it right away was one of the the first things on my mind. it's the sort of thing that would have been of great interest to Gary under normal circumstances both from a curating stand point and because the fact that Marvel reprinted ROM's likeness as recently as that. but i never heard back from him about it or anything else i've posted since then both in terms of regular mail, email or the comments section here. i REALLY hate that shit but as you can see i'm getting along with out him just fine over here so fuck em.Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-5018195416201985602018-08-05T07:01:51.993-07:002018-08-05T07:01:51.993-07:00I heard from him in April of this year. He's a...I heard from him in April of this year. He's around, but contact is irregular, which is as much on me as him.Lee K. Seitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337976749549614454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-27472395972155488962018-08-04T11:57:41.859-07:002018-08-04T11:57:41.859-07:00now that i'm taking a second look at that firs...now that i'm taking a second look at that first link Dale provided i just realized it's the cover art of the Strange issues in the left column juxtaposed with the fold out poster that comes with with whatever given issue on the right side column. Gary Martin Jr. has been in Limbo since January of 2017 to my knowledge has there been a recent sighting of him i'm unaware of?<br /> Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-54669716680017010762018-08-04T07:48:03.933-07:002018-08-04T07:48:03.933-07:00The image of Rom and the Torpedo was a 12"x18...The image of Rom and the Torpedo was a 12"x18" poster that was included with Strange #174 in France. Thanks to Dale Bagwell's link above, I was able to find it in something Gary Martin Jr. provided.Lee K. Seitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337976749549614454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-36178662591486647192018-08-02T06:19:16.482-07:002018-08-02T06:19:16.482-07:00LOL! I believe that. I'm sure there was plenty...LOL! I believe that. I'm sure there was plenty of his Phew 52 work in there as well. Mr. Morbid's House Of Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721085161381688977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-46688183198274626782018-08-01T22:23:21.239-07:002018-08-01T22:23:21.239-07:00Just wanted to remind you that Youngblood issue ca...Just wanted to remind you that Youngblood issue came out of a box with more Image titles and the box was labeled as “The 25 cents Rob Liefeld section”.Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-33358164239892433912018-08-01T17:35:43.561-07:002018-08-01T17:35:43.561-07:00Nice Cap/ROM fan art.
I did a little digging myse...Nice Cap/ROM fan art.<br /><br />I did a little digging myself in the matter by reverse image searching and found this site that has a whole slew of french reprint covers for Strange Magazine:<br />https://comixtreme2017.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/dossier-strange-le-point-sur-les-posters-et-supplements-du-magazine-culte/<br /><br />They looks really cool, some even better than the original source covers.<br /><br />Then I found this:<br />http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Rom_Vol_1_21<br /><br />I think this is the story that the Strange magazine is based off. At least it appears to be.<br />Hope this helped.<br /><br />I was a massive Image comics fan back in the early 90's as it was something totally different from the old and traditional characters I was used to with Marvel and DC, and definitely more edgier and hardcore too. Of course like I all good fads I drifted away from it later on, but man the years from '93-'96 were my prime Image collecting years. Were they mostly made out of derivative copycats of Marvel and DC characters? Sure? Was the art cruder? yes, and yes the stories were usually all over the place and nowhere near as good as their predecessors, but again, at the time, it was something new to latch onto and it definitely captured my imagination. <br />Mr. Morbid's House Of Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721085161381688977noreply@blogger.com