Good day, all. My name is Loren MacGregor, sometimes found on the Net as Churnworks.
Actually, I've been here a couple of years but until the most recent tweak, my home PC did not like the forum software. Seems OK now!
I'm 62, been reading comics sice they were still 10 cents new on the stand, and can remember that appalling day when I had to pay two whole cents more for some of my favorite comics.
I read DC and Marvel interchangeably in those days, pre-Silver Age. I've always loved the older comics for their sheer invention and rough-and-tumble stories and art. As I became more discerning, I began to see the differences in the art and look for the "good artists," trying to identify them amid the myriad house names under which they were disguised -- and I learned to stark looking for the advertising signs, commercial trucks, books in shelves, etc., where the artist's name was sometimes worked into the text.
Parenthetically, that's one of the reasons I love the JVJ comics -- I look forward to seeing the 3x5 card when I reach the end of the story, to see whether we agree on the artists!
Coming back from a deep financial hole, so no donation quite yet, but as soon as I can, I'll be throwing some change into the hat, in gratitude for the hard work which has paid off in hours of enjoyment.
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