Welcome back to the Long Lost Longbox. We continue the epic journey through the Books of Magic and meet some artful dodger types - cor, blimey! A little background. A long time ago in a lost era called the 90s DC decided it wanted to highlight some of its magical characters. So
And we're back! I have been away for the last week in sunny Florida. My daughter and I went to experience the start of the Great Humidity Fest that they hold every year (also known as Spring Break). We also went Disney World to visit an anthropomorphic mouse and all the franchises Disney has purchased
Welcome back to the Long Lost Longbox. Today we begin an epic journey through the Books of Magic. We will be covering issues 8-17, 43-49 and annuals 1 & 2. So yeah, that's a lot. Best get started. So it begins, the 19 week exploration of the Books of Magic. This is
Welcome back to the Long Lost Longbox. Today we examine The Books of Faerie, but alas only for one issue. The Books of Faerie is a spinoff of the very successful and popular Books of Magic series (something that if you follow this blog you will be seeing much more of in
Does it say something about me that this image has stuck with me for forty years? As a kid, I had this issue, and this panel in particular I thought was one of the coolest things I had ever seen. There is an evil villain with no face, another villain with rotating saw blades on
I spend a lot of time on the internet. Its a way to pass the time for sure, but its also part of my job. If you get a chance to be paid to surf the net I recommend that you do. Anyway, as I surf I occasionally come across various bits of art that
Welcome back to the Long Lost Longbox. We continue with Black Orchid (albeit missing a couple of issues) and a look at who wrote this thing. Okay, the writer. I am put in a difficult situation. Normally I would do some research (i.e. Google around and eventually end up on Wikipedia) and
Welcome back to the Long Lost Longbox. We continue with Black Orchid and a look at the artists on the book. The artists on Black Orchid are both quite good. Outstanding actually. I first became familiar with the cover artist Dave McKean through his work on Sandman with Neil Gaiman in the
Welcome back to the Long Lost Longbox. We continue with Black Orchid, albeit with a bit of a gap (as I’m missing issue #16) and start a six-part storyline: A Twisted Season. So who is Black Orchid? Or maybe I should say what is Black Orchid? Well, as far as the character
Welcome back to the Long Lost Longbox everyone. Today we begin a five week look at Black Orchid. Also the LLL will be posting on Mondays now because why not? So here we are starting a new title and a new character. I’m actually very excited about this because I’ve never read
