Surprising Theater #5 Cover

Kenneth M. Johnston has just turned in the cover to Surprising Theater #5. The cover was colored by Jason Griffin.

Lloyd Smith's Ultimus Coming To Surprising Comics!

Lloyd Smith's Ultimus is coming to Surprising Comics! Originally published by Lloyd's legendary Blue Moon Comics Group in a series of issues, the story we'll be publishing was never finished. It's going to be an honor after all these years to get to print the original story, featuring art by Louis Sollune, and get to finish it as well! Now, if only one of my other dreams would come true... to publish a story featuring Lloyd's Kragor The Barbarian. One legendary character at a time, I guess. I've posted one of the original Ultimus pages we'll be reprinting.

By the way, check out Lloyd's tremendous blog over at http://www.diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/.

Jazzy Jon Gilbert To Bring The Heap To Surprising!

Jazzy Jonathan Gilbert is planning to bring Skywald's The Heap to Surprising Comics! By way of a warm-up, check out "The Man Who Became The Heap" from veteran comic book writer Lloyd Smith's terrific blog.

http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2010/01/black-and-white-wednesday-man-who.html

Unpublished Pablo Marcos Atlas Cover

Pablo Marcos is one of my all-time favorite comic book artists, so when I saw this image posted at the Atlas Comics message board I had to capture it and post it here.

If you haven't been, check out http://www.atlasarchives.com/, a site quickly becoming one of my personal faves.

Atlas Comics Fan Site

I've really been enjoying this Atlas Comics fan site, and have been doing some posting on the message board as well! I can't believe after all these years Atlas is coming back!

http://atlasarchives.com/

Surprising Theater 4 Cover

Here's the final cover to Surprising Theater #4. Art by Smilin' Steve Williams. Colors by Genius Greg Holland.

Atlas Comics

Atlas comic books are returning to the stands. Finally! When the original Atlas comics were coming out, I was in my early teens, which was really my personal Golden Age of comic book collecting. I was very excited about the launch of a new line of comic books. I really enjoyed the variety of titles Atlas offered. My favorite Atlas book was Iron Jaw.I remember walking several miles each way for my new comic books back then, which I purchased at convenience marts. If I could manage to, I would get to several different marts, as none seemed to quite have everything that came out. Man, those were the days, getting new comic books at Circle Ks and 7-11s. In Phoenix there was one drug store that seemed to really respect comics and had a great selection of titles, and it was a rare treat when I could get to that store and pick up books I hadn't seen elsewhere.I was absolutely disheartened when Atlas folded. I couldn't be happier that they're back, and am greatly looking forward to the new launch. Thanks to those involved in making this day possible.
Be sure to check out www.atlasarchives.com. What a great website featuring Atlas Comics, and an awesome message board to boot!