Comics – Kane Gilmour

Did I Say the Mail Carrier Loved Me?

On October 31, 2019

In Comics, Cool Stuff, Inspiration, Reading, Uncategorized

More like he hates my guts after lugging this 850 page behemoth up to my door. I’ve got the two Silver Age Omnibuses for the Legion of Super-Heroes, and now today, I have the omnibus for DC’s John Carter rip-off character, Adam Strange. Don’t get me wrong, I love the character. I probably even prefer him. DC Comics really used the better idea by having Adam be an archeologist and an adventurer who needs to travel the Earth constantly looking for another Zeta beam to take him home to his beloved.

This massive slab of book is beautifully recolored and reprints all of Adam Strange’s appearances in SHOWCASE #17-19, MYSTERY IN SPACE #53-100 and 102, and STRANGE ADVENTURES #157, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 235 and 241-243. Takes you from 1958 all the way to the 1970s. Great stories from Gardner Fox, Dave Wood, Jerry Siegel, and Denny O’Neil and amazing art from Carmine Infantino, Mike Sekowsky, Murphy Anderson, and more. A perfect slice of The Silver Age of American Comic Books.

Not sure when the hell I’ll ever get to read this, but it’s looking like I can start at Christmas.

The DC Universe Streaming Service Starts Sep 15th – Here’s What You Can Expect

By Kane

On September 14, 2018

In Comics, Coming Soon, Inspiration

I’m a long time DC Comics fan, so when I heard there would be a DC Universe streaming service with movies, TV series, and comics, I was all in to find out more. When they announced the service, I was first to sign up for the newsletter, and the Beta program, and I even pre-ordered a year of the service (saves you about 20 bucks a year). But then I didn’t hear anything. No Beta invite. No newsletters. About two weeks before the launch date, Sep 15, I sent them a polite note, expressing my disappointment, and I promptly got the Beta invite. (Sometimes it pays to be a whiner. And no, I’m not affiliated with them in any way.)

So, you’re on the fence and want to know whether it’s going to be worth your coin? What, exactly, is going to be behind that paywall? I’ve got your answers.

ISLAND 731 Issue #1 is Out Today

By Kane

On August 10, 2016

In Comics, Island 731, Uncategorized, Writing

First issue hits your local comic book store (LCS) today. Get the to the LCS. Buy All The Copies. Make me proud. You won’t regret it.

Kickass art from Jeff Zornow. Words by Jeremy Robinson and yours truly. Six-issue series. Second one is out in October. You need to order Issue #2 before the 26th of August if you want to be sure your LCS doesn’t run out of copies. You can still get copies online of Issue #1 from the publisher at their Captainco website, here.

Comic Books Full Circle: Island 731

By Kane

On August 8, 2016

In Comics, Island 731, Writing

This week I’ll knock something off my lifetime bucket list: Professional comic book published with my name on it as writer. Not my first dabbling with comics, of course. There’s the amazing New Pulp series Warbirds of Mars, created by Scott P. ‘Doc’ Vaughn, a webcomic for which I was the writer from 2010. Doc collected the web strips and printed them up in actual print comic book form, and we sold them online and at Comic Cons, like the big one in Phoenix (not as big as San Diego, but getting there). I’ve also been working on a script for Doc for a printed graphic novel of the Warbirds, for which he ran a successful Kickstarter campaign.

But this week, Island 731 will be released in comic book stores, having been solicited and shipped through the Previews catalogue from Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., the sole remaining distributor of comic books to stores across the land. I’ll get paid. I should get some comp copies. And I’ll be able to walk into my local comic book store, Wonder Comics and Cards, in Barre, VT, and see my comic book with my name on the cover, sitting on a shelf.