Before Wizard magazine there was Comics Scene - Kirby, Barks, Byrne, Judge Dredd, Wally Wood - 1982
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2022
- Comics Scene magazine 2: 1982 - Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, Carl Barks, John Byrne, Judge Dredd, creators rights, royalties + contracts, and fandom. Comics Scene was a big part of my comics education and chronicled the early days of comics' Direct Market. Comics were changing in the 1980s and Comics Scene was there.
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Wow, so many fond memories now for this Gen-Xer; I recall reading Comic Scene during study hall in high school back in 1982. 😊👍🏻
Comic scene! Yes, this, Blip, Starlog, Dynamite and a few others (and letter pages and editorials and the tv show Entertainment Tonight) were my internet back in the day. Flipped through lots of them, bought very few and of those, most a year or two old since yard sale finds. Even lucked out and had a library with a few of these regularly. Had they been cheaper I would've gotten lots of them just for the cover alone, with the rest being gravy. Roy Thomas' Alter Ego and various TwoMorrows companion/history books are my go to now a days ( other than internet and youtube...sometimes even ahead of those two)
Thanks so much for this! I adored this magazine back in the early 80s, this is really formative stuff for me.
Now we're talking! This and Comics Buyers Guide were my go to comics publications during the '80s!
This issue was my intro to Judge Dredd and British comics. I was (and still am) captivated by the weekly tabloid format. I wish we'd had that here in the states.
I have all the copies I bought of Comics Scene. I can still remember how excited I was to find a magazine about comic books. Found my first copies at The Little Professor Book Store in Forest Hills.. 👍
The interlude music for your comics promo is perfect! Sounds like something out of "Everything is Illuminated"
It's how I learned about The Crow.
The weekly Comics Buyers Guide is the “Internet of comics before the internet.” Well said! Along with the weekly Toy Shop News, these two hobby weekly periodicals made you race to the mailbox so you could be the first to purchase the back issues / rare-used toys being advertised. 🙏🏻
There was another magazine at newsstands and Waldenbooks around the same time called Comics Collector, from Krause Publications, that heavily promoted direct sales comics and comic book stores. Early Starlog issues had comic history articles by Ron Goulart. It was definitely a great new time to be a comics fan.
There was another low-profile how to draw booklet that came out around this time. As a young aspiring artist I sent some cowboy drawings to Charlton and received some pretty thoughtful commentary back, along with the "Comic Book Guide for the Artist-Writer-Letterer" by Nick Cuti with art by guys like Tom Sutton and Joe Staton. It's pretty good nuts and bolts stuff and the first place I ever saw mention of an Ames Guide. Charlton also gave it away as a premium with subscriptions. And now you can get it Print on Demand over at the Indy Planet site.
Things I learned about from the original run of Comics Scene: Doc Savage, pulp magazines, Roy Crane and Capt. Easy, the Air Pirates, underground comics, and there’s probably a ton more.
that concertina music for the promo part really caught me off guard! well played.
Comics Scene was my jam. Thanks for this.
I like the ad break music
Super dope!
I picked that up several years ago. It’s the only issue I have. I bought it for the Kirby interview, but the whole thing was interesting. Some great thoughts from Kirby. I didn’t realize it was the first time Byrne did his cog in the machine line, though.
Comics scene was my magazine I would flip through at the book stores in the mall, I remember this issue because I loved Captain Victory and his Galactic Rangers . Good job finding this mag. I also was introduced to Judge Dredd in this issue, couldn’t wait to go to the flea market to find a lot of the independent comics I would see in these mags.
Comics Scene was my first exposure to direct distributed comics outside of newstand Marvel and DC. Fed my curiosity for books I couldn't get, and pushed me to order books by mail. I was disappointed to see the first volume cancellation at #11, I entered the reader's poll contest not knowing there would never be an issue #12. About a year after publication ceased I received a nice letter from DC with a copy of Star Raiders that I still have. DC honoured the reader's poll winners, which was a surprise. There were 6 Star Raiders prizes, 12 subs to Thriller and some other unmentioned "goodies".
That ad makes me laugh since I'm from Duluth. What about us indeed.