Category Archives: Comic Books

Going to the North Texas Comic Book Show

Posted on February 8, 2018 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

It’s been a while since I’ve been to a Comic Book Convention, so I’m especially looking forward to going to the North Texas Comic Book Show this weekend for my first visit to this event. I marked this on my … Continue reading →

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Happy 88th Birthday, John Romita, Sr.

Posted on January 24, 2018 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Wishing a happy 88th birthday of one of my all-time favorite comic book artists, John Romita, Sr. About 2 ½ years ago I explained why he is one of my favorite comic book artists in a post, “Mt. Rushmore of … Continue reading →

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Mt. Rushmore Of Comic Book Artists – Part 4

Posted on September 8, 2015 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Note: I originally wrote this as a single post, but it turned out to be much too long for a single reading, so I divided it up into 4 parts; 1 for each artist. Part 1 contains my intro to … Continue reading →

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Mt. Rushmore Of Comic Book Artists – Part 3

Posted on September 2, 2015 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Note: I originally wrote this as a single post, but it turned out to be much too long for a single reading, so I divided it up into 4 parts; 1 for each artist. Part 1 contains my intro to … Continue reading →

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Mt. Rushmore Of Comic Book Artists – Part 2

Posted on August 31, 2015 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Note: I originally wrote this as a single post, but it turned out to be much too long for a single reading, so I divided it up into 4 parts; 1 for each artist. Part 1 contains my intro to … Continue reading →

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Mt. Rushmore Of Comic Book Artists – Part 1

Posted on August 28, 2015 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Note: I originally wrote this as a single post, but it turned out to be much too long for a single reading, so I divided it up into 4 parts; 1 for each artist. Someone raised the question of who … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Yvonne Craig

Posted on August 19, 2015 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

I awoke to the sad news this morning that Yvonne Craig had passed away Monday evening at the age of 78 from metastatic breast cancer that had spread to her liver. The first time I saw Ms. Craig was in … Continue reading →

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John Byrne Splash Pages

Posted on May 8, 2015 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

One of my favorite comic book artists is John Byrne. Byrne is retired now and usually only does commission drawings for fans. One of the things on my bucket list is to purchase such a drawing from him some day … Continue reading →

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My iPhone Wallpaper

Posted on May 1, 2015 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

A few weeks ago, one of the members of a Facebook Comic Book Collecting group I’m a member of asked us to post a screen capture of our mobile phone wallpaper. All of those posted, of course, had some tie-in … Continue reading →

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Superman Is, After All, An Extraterrestrial

Posted on February 24, 2015 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

I don’t know where I got this from, but it makes me laugh every time I see it, because I can just imagine this is how it would be the first time Lois Lane sees Superman’s junk.

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