Comic Art: Wally Wood "Bug-eyed monster" illustration




New comics collected editions for July 2018

Highlights. Click the links to pre-order titles from Amazon.

Fantastic Four Epic Collection: The Coming of Galactus

 Fantastic Four - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine

 Hulk by Mark Waid & Gerry Duggan - The Complete Collection

 The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection

Marvel Two-in-One Epic Collection - Cry Monster

Mighty Thor Masterworks Vol. 17

Silver Surfer By Slott & Allred Omnibus
 
The Thing & The Human Torch by Dan Slott
 
Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones Vol. 2
 
 Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1

Batman - The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6

Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Vol. 1
 
New Gods by Jack Kirby

Supergirl - The Silver Age Vol. 2

Tales of the Batman - Gerry Conway Vol. 2
Wonder Woman, Diana Prince Omnibus (50th Anniversary)

Best Of Witzend

Disney Masters Vol. 3: Paul Murry: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: 
The Case Of The Vanishing Bandit

Prince Valiant Vol. 17: 1969-1970

Time Capsule: Pink Floyd performs "Remember a Day," May 1968


Video find: BBC documentary on infamous Chelsea Hotel

Details:

First transmitted in 1981, this documentary programme looks at New York's Chelsea Hotel, a legendary haven for some of the 20th Century's greatest talent, from Mark Twain to Dylan Thomas. 

With appearances from Andy Warhol and William Burroughs, who have dinner in the room where Arthur C Clarke wrote 2001, and Quentin Crisp, who lived in the hotel for more than 35 years.

While BBC's "Arena" was filming the corridors and rooms of the Chelsea Hotel, Howard Brookner was making a separate film about William Burroughs.

After Warhol had eventually agreed to return to the Chelsea Hotel, a room was found and painted especially for the dinner. However the room was too small to accommodate both the "Arena" film crew and the Brookner film crew, who also wanted to film the dinner. "Arena's" cameraman, Mike Southon, had to carefully frame his shots to avoid the Brookner camera crew that were filming him and director Nigel Finch.

The Brookner film crew compromised by hiding their soundman in the cupboard - he was a young Jim Jarmusch.