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so i know he's one of the greats, obv, but which comics of his are good to read? and where's a good (cheap!!) place to start reading?

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:35 (twenty years ago)

A very cheap place to start reading: tothfans.com - The Official Alex Toth Website

― Chris F. (servoret), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Sadly, not that many are great to read, mostly just to look at. The Bravo For Adventure stuff is fun. There are odd magnificent short pieces ('White Devil, Yellow Devil' in a DC war comic, two jet fighter stories in one of the EC war titles, and so on). The Cord story in Hot Wheels 5 (cheap because there's no Neal Adams, just Toth!) is among my all-time favourites. There's a nice Warren special of Creepy or Eerie which is all classic-Toth stories. Lots of good stuff in DC titles like House of Mystery. He's probably my favourite comic artist, and I completely adore his work - but there's no extended run with a good writer, and he was only a competent one himself.

When I stopped doing my comic fanzine, I had agreement from Toth to do an interview and a cover for me. I'm really sad that never happened. I believe I still have his letter somewhere, in that familiar writing.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

thanks! i guess i'll start checking ebay for the reprints.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 16 September 2005 05:40 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

scans of a luvverly 70s black canary story here:

fishnet

― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 1 July 2007 10:45 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

Anyone seen this today?

http://www.avclub.com/articles/an-apology-from-the-av-club,48888/

― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 10 December 2010 17:28 (fifteen years ago)

Considering the fact that we live in the same city and the incestuous nerd subculture in any given metropolis , I find it amusing that I've probably met the culprit in question, if only in passing.

Hell, we're probably on the same sub list.

Also, the implicit dismissal of both the Jaime Hernandez and Tony Millionaire art books = crazy.

― R Baez, Saturday, 11 December 2010 04:48 (fifteen years ago)

Was it Leonard Pierce? That guy is terrible and often bullshits above his weight.

― i'm assuming that it's tity boi, host of the mixtape (sic), Saturday, 11 December 2010 05:14 (fifteen years ago)

Yup.

― R Baez, Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:15 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10380583_10202815826259816_2035672435254000476_o.jpg

― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Sunday, 29 June 2014 18:26 (eleven years ago)

been luxuriating in the new Genius Animated vol

― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Sunday, 29 June 2014 18:28 (eleven years ago)

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