CCDatsMe@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 11/29/06 7:13:35 PM, zoogang@cox.net writes:
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>>I've been reading comics on and off for more than 40 years, and attended
>>many comic book conventions in my younger days. Cockrum was one of the
>>greats. I'm definitely a fan of the old school illustrators, like Gene
>>Colan, Bernie Wrightson, Vaughn Bode, Val Meyerik, Joe Staton, Carmine
>>Infantino, Curt Swan, Neal Adams (seeing a new story drawn by him always
>>made my day), and many more. One of my prized possessions is a New York
>>Comicon program full of original drawings done for me at the autograph
>>tables, from such artists as Herb Trimpe (who drew the Hulk, 'natch,
>>with a blue ink pen), Neal Adams (who drew Deadman with a black felt-tip
>>marker), and Sergio Aragones (from Mad magazine, for those of you who
>>don't know).
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>Preemptive motion to list moderator:   as someone whose main hobbies are 
>super-heroes, rock 'n' roll and Syracuse University basketball, I'm BEGGIN' ya to 
>not to view this discussion as off-topic.   I can bring in all manner of 
>reference points to demonstrate that comics and power pop are intrinsically 
>inter-related subjects--from XTC to Segarini to the cover of Bomp's 1978 power pop 
>issue to Beatles roman a clef band The Oliver Twists in the pages of Batman to 
>Joe Field in the pages of Archie, and hell YEAH I could go on and on, if I need 
>to demonstrate that all of this is on-topic.   But I won't--please let this 
>discussion follow its natural course, and I'll spare you the details of 
>cartoonist Fred Hembeck's collection of Shoes LPs.   (And I'll refrain from talking 
>SU hoops, too)
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Hear ye! I'll add another example to CC's list: Anyone out there 
remember The Mighty Groundhogs' Who Will Save the World album from the 
early 1970s, with the great Neal Adams cover? Very cool stuff.

Alan