Author Archives: pkindlon
Vacation!
What’s the statute of limitations on a character? Like, when is he so ubiquitous that to do your own version of him isn’t parody and isn’t theft, it’s just… homage? A character like Superman is part of the cultural milieu, interpretations and new takes are expected. But what about bit players? What about the characters [...]
Seduction of the Willing
A good chunk of the people I follow on Twitter are comic book professionals. It’s interesting to see what they opt to reveal and what they choose to keep close to the chest. It’s especially gratifying to see them bicker. They spend a lot of time they could be writing, penciling, inking, or coloring, talking [...]
Savagery is My Drug of Choice
Typically, I don’t lust for inanimate objects. I once saw a Frank Quietly illustration of Emma Frost that moved me, but it was during a time of great drought in my sex life. This auction inspires lust. I am salivating looking at it and debating doing criminal shit for the money to buy it. Buy [...]
The Time Has Come
It’s Monday and that means MORE Auctions From the Dark Underbelly of Original Art! Our weekly installment of sellers plying wares only suitable for weirdos adults. Let’s start with this killer Cheetara piece by Mac. Did you enjoy the cartoon ThunderCats when you were 7 years-old? Do you want to masturbate to those memories? Here’s [...]
Strictly Business
One of the sad realities of comics is that they are a business. They may be art, but money keeps the presses running. So it shouldn’t really surprise anyone when a clueless corporation with no regard for the labor put into a comics universe buys it out and turns it to diarrhea. No, not a [...]
Maybe Age Mellowed Him
If you had access to a real comic book store in the 90′s -and had a truly puerile sense of humor- Milk & Cheese was it, man. Those two “dairy products gone bad” would whoop the crap out of people for no good reason. And it was hilarious. If you took all the light, singular [...]
From the Dark Underbelly of Original Art
Some people have regular jobs (we call them “regs” or “norms”) and, for them, Monday has some significance. I’m told these people need a pick-me-up on Monday morning to assist them through their miserable workday and unfulfilling life. To that end, I declare every workweek will begin with “Admit You Like It Monday.” On AYLIM [...]
Miracle On Ice
Check it. An original John Byrne Alpha Flight page. My love of the Flight is well-documented, so I won’t go into the finer points of Canadian superheroism here. But I will say that one of my primary motivations for collecting the team from the Great White North was affordability. Full runs of Puck and the [...]
More Ashcans From Forgettable Comics
My last post stirred something deep inside me. I am now on the hunt for the most dated and irrelevant comic’s works I can find. Anyone can find forgettable comic books on ebay. I think it takes a master to find forgettable comics everyone remembers.  I’m going to continue to mix the ubiquitous with the obscure here, [...]
