The High Evolutionary

The High Evolutionary is one of Kirby's less popular creations at this point, yet his whole character premise as a perfectionist who regularly destroys the very civilizations he creates seems ripe for a modern day spin beyond the fleeting excellence of Rick Remender & Daniel Acuna's second volume of "Uncanny Avengers".  He's a dynamo of design whom I've never seen a bad version of, but he's never looked more iconic to me than when drawn by Keith Pollard on the "What If..." cover referenced below.  Oh, and I loved when he met ALF in that faithful summer of 1988...



Check out my comic book, Spinner-Rack #1 (80 Pages / Black & White).  It's available on Etsy, at Arcane Comics, & at the Fantagraphics Store & Gallery

1990s Cyclops : Scott Summers

Oh, the agonies and ecstasies of life as X-Man, Scott Summers...  He's had his ups and downs, especially in recent years, but he's never been the hippest square this side of Captain America and Superman since his 1990s iteration.  And why not?  This was post-"Inferno", the time of the animated series, and everything leading up to him and Jean tying the knot in 1994.


Check out my comic book, Spinner-Rack #1 (80 Pages / Black & White).  It's available on Etsy, at Arcane Comics in Seattle, & at the Fantagraphics Store & Gallery

Cap Wolf & Thanks !!

First of all, thank you to anyone who came by to see me at last week's Seattle Punk Rock Flea Market.  Your interest and kind words made for a great first time experience at this local event.

Well, as a kid I fell off of Mark Gruenwald's Captain America run somewhere after Steve's legendary clash with John Walker aka The Captain aka USAgent in #350.  Had I just held on five and a half more years I'd have read of Steve's era of Lycanthropy, but the idea has popped up enough over the years where I couldn't help but resist the Marvel Legends Captain America with a switchable Cap Wolf head when it was  released last year (revolver courtesy of a Simpsons' Snake figure in photo).

While looking into Cap Wolf I was shocked to find that Gruenwald's run was 135 issues (307-422,424-443) and 10 years long (1985-1995) all told.  That's quite a run, and one with some obvious ups and down if you peruse the covers on GCD.  You gotta love the timely pun of the story title in 1992's #405. "Dances with Werewolves", what gold!!

Spinner-Rack #1 (80 Pages / Black & White).  It's available on Etsy, Zanadu Comics, Arcane Comics, & at the Fantagraphics Store & Gallery