Toth’s contributions to the comics medium are not widely known among casual fans. He did much of his comics work outside the current mainstream of superhero comics, concentrating instead on such subjects as hot rod racing, romance, horror, and action-adventure. His stint on Disney’s Zorro is highly regarded and has been reprinted in trade paperback form several times and there are two volumes of The Alex Toth Reader published by Pure Imagination which focuses on his work for Standard and Western publishing, but otherwise the bulk of his shorter stories can be difficult to locate. Nonetheless, he is widely regarded as an “artist’s artist” and is often lumped among such greats as Will Eisner and Jack Kirby as one of the undisputed masters of the sequential storytelling medium.
Make sure to check out his featured section of graphic novels at Hijinx in our Fiction and Literature section.
Children of the Atom
Maybe it's something in the water, but Hijinx customers have started developing strange new powers and abilities. Gaze in awe at the Levinson brothers, who will be starting soon at an upscale prep school for gifted youngsters in the Westchester NY area.
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At Hijinx comics get priority. Not overpriced "hot" back issues from last month,
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You'll find an extensive array of comic books and graphic novels and that our friendly staff is
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Turkey Sandwich Sale
Friday November 28th @ 11am
Join us on Friday November 28th, the day after Thanksgiving for the first ever
Graphic Novel Sidewalk Sale with $4.99 trade paperbacks and $9.99 hardcovers,
and bonus book club credit on all books in the store! So cram some leftovers
and get over to Hijinx for this one day only super sale!
The election is over and the like it or not, the country has chosen a new course. We can all breathe a sigh of relief and hope that our best days are still to come in this country. God bless America!
The Onion has the complete story. The story also reveals the sickening truth of just what lies under Joe's infamous eyepatch. This is all part of the trend towards darkening the hallowed comics of yesteryear with gritty realism. I blame Frank Miller, but where will the madness end?
I subscribe to the Daily Rhyme blog who had this little doozy today:
Post-Halloween Blues
Last night I supped on candy corn,
on Milk Duds, Mounds and Mars,
On Plain and Peanut M&Ms,
on Twix and Snickers bars.
That Almond candy brought me Joy.
The Junior Mints were minty.
Some Sweets were also nice and Tart,
while some were Good ‘n’ Plenty.
I wolfed down Reese’s (Cups and Pieces),
Valomilk and Clark,
Bit O’ Honey, Butterfinger,
Hershey’s Special Dark,
Powerhouse, Three Musketeers,
plus Heath and Mallo Cup,
Then Milky Way. I think today
I’ll bring it all back up.
Do you like stories about time travel? I love them when they're done right, and Time Belt does it right! The best part is the (almost) total lack of F/X, but the whole thing has a goofy appeal that's tough to put into words. Here's the first episode which is mostly just setup for the rest of the series where our hero will fight Nazis, dinosaurs and killer cyborgs designed on a budget. Check it out!
Good stuff here. Watch Ron Howard, Henry Winkler and the great Andy Griffith reprise their most famous characters in support of their presidential pick. Guess who it is?
