West, April 1946
West, Feb. 1947
West, Oct. 1946
West, Sept. 1947
West, May 1945
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Friday, June 21, 2019
Forgotten Books Special: BILL CRIDER sings ELVIS!
One momentous day in history, Bill Crider sent Cap'n Bob Napier a cassette tape labeled "Billy Boy & the B.B.s." Bob thinks it was sometime in the '80s, but could have been a little earlier or later. In any case, the tape has languished in a drawer at Chez Napier all these many years, and made its World Premiere on YouTube just this week.
Renaissance Man that Bill was, it seems possible he could have played all the instruments and sang lead and backup vocals at the same time, but it's more likely he used a karaoke tape, just as we lesser mortals might have done. The Bouchercon pics are thanks, once again, to Sir Arthur Scott.
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The DAVY CROCKETT Mystery (1955)
Coming to direct from the height of the Crockett Craze, it's a weird adventure from Forbidden Worlds #39, December 1955. "Tigger" scanned it for Comic Book Plus (.com). Art is credited to Kurt Shaffenberger. If true, it isn't his best. I prefer his work on the later years of Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family.
Monday, June 17, 2019
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Another Portland Rogues Gallery
A couple of months back I posted some of Bob Stuart's fine photos of Portland area collector types. (You can still see them HERE.) Well, here are more of the usual suspects, this time from our May lunch at Szechuan Kitchen. Thanks, Bob, for not catching us with food in our mouths.
Don't fret about names yet. All will be revealed.
Mike Britt and Larry Paschelke
Rob Edwards and Barry Bernard
Cheryl Britt and Bette Wald
Frank Portwood, Dick Wald, Monte Wolverton, Carl Richter
Tim Goodyear (far left), and friends
Debbie Cross (foreground), with June Edwards and Judy Paschelke
Some of many wonders on hand for show and tell
Some weirdo brought this Roy Rogers playset
Some weirdo (me) and Pat Rosenkranz
Paul Wrigley and Debbie Cross, Judy Paschelke and Bette Wald
Mike Britt and David Wilson
Saturday, June 15, 2019
THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE's Comic Book Debut (1946)
You probably know the Phantom Detective as a second-tier pulp hero who starred in his own pulp mag from 1933 to 1953. But did you know he also had a ten-issue stint in Thrilling Comics? That's so. This was his first adventure, from #53 in April 1946. Thanks to dsdaboss for uploading it to comicbookplus.
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