THAT COMIC SMELL: Monster Comics

The latest episode is available now here: https://soundcloud.com/thatcomicsmell/that-comic-smell-episode-104-monsters

"For this Halloween we take a moment to have some fun and get all our comics involving “MONSTERS” together.

We have appearances of comics and characters such as: The Hulk, The Thing, Alan Class Comics, The Archie Gang, Cthulu, Robots, Godzilla, Ultramega, House of Mystery, BWS’s Monsters and many many more.

We had an absolute blast with all these gargantuan greats, bold behemoths and marvelous monster.

This and all the usual comics chat on…

That Comic Smell!"

CHRISTMAS COMICS: Mike Ploog's Santa Claus

Mike Ploog has drawn a lot of comics over the years. Ones I’ve liked include Abadazad, Frankenstein, Ghost Rider, Planet of the Apes and Weirdworld. He’s even drawn some of Eric Powell’s The Goon.

This Santa Claus comic is an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s story. As indicated in the title, it follows his life from baby to adulthood. Here are some pages, click for larger versions...

Before the end, Death turns up for Santa...

In order to make some money, Ploog left comics and worked in movies. With decent income sorted out, he wrote and drew Santa Claus outwith the deadline driven processes of Marvel and DC. It was then published in 1992 by Tundra. Ploog turned out a really beautiful book here.