The Frosty Rider by C Lue Lyron I’m holly, jolly soul corn cob pipe, and a button nose and I’ve got two eyes made of coal but I’m not gonna let’em catch me, no not gonna let’em melt Frosty the Snowman Well there must have been some magic in that old top hat I’m wearin’ playin’ with the village children But I’m not gonna let police man, no not gonna let’em stop the Frosty Snowman... On a freezer train with Karen rail to North Pole goes on forever and I’ve got one black magic top hat but I’m not gonna let’em catch me, no not gonna let’em melt Frosty the Snowman Right click and save download direct! Christmas card cartoon to David Anthony Kraft and to my buddy Ed Pettis, who helped me launch the very first Creating Marvels podcast: Merry Christmas True Believers! C Lue

Face front! We're heading back to 1975, alongside the Marvel Bullpenner charged by The Man himself with organizing the whole gasmorgle. Scott discusses the memos and his thoughts on putting together the big weekend of Marvel Comic Con 1975. You can find the lowdown on his career and his podcast, Eating The Fantastic (on iTunes) at Scottedelman.com ! Enjoy! First: you can't get in without this, OK? (Thanks Harold! NOw I'll use this one to get in and double back and hand it back to ya!) HEre be the link where you may download or stream the 36:51 podcast. https://creatingmarvels.podbean.com/e/marvel-con-75-with-bullpenner-scott-edelman/ That's https://creatingmarvels.podbean.com/e/marvel-con-75-with-bullpenner-scott-edelman Convention program scans courtesy of Halcyon Harold Parker! A couple courtesy of Ken Seagal and Wil Alvolis at Marvel Comics 1961-1986 on FB : That's lil' Ken with STan. Boy, it's so hard to save some of these for

sammaronieentertainmentfunhouse.com It's pop culture writer/ photographer Sam Maronie! Hear all about his adventures at the first Marvel Comic Con, the spring which saw the return of King Kirby! IN fact, Sam sat down with Jack Kirby, in addition to attending all the panels. Come back in time... Marvel Comic Con in 1975 was the very first convention hosted by the Marvel Comics Group itself- and Sam Maronie was there! Here's a few minutes with his eyewitness account, including his meeting with Jack Kirby. Sam shot most of the existing high quality photos from the event that you still see today- and continues photographing comics convention the nation over. Sam's also produced a book: Tripping Through Pop Culture: The (Mis) Adventures of a Pop Culture writer, with a cover by the acclaimed Joe Phillips! It's also got a foreword from Scott Edelman, who you see in the silly picture above with legendary inker Joe Sinnott- our next guest on Creating Marvels!

CAP #110 “Alone No More!” From the first panels, we get the essence of noir, and a very cinematic approach: the figure, against a repeating background, advances to the fore. The deft caption tells us it’s Steve Rogers- the man who is Captain America. The star literally walks up from the anonymous streets, towards a concert appearance poster of his star-spangled public identity, hanging on a wall. If you happened to be a lonely young person yourself, this moody opening is a sure-fire grabber. Steve lights a pipe- maybe he was depicted smoking occasionally back then still, it’s so out-of-character for the interpretation with which I grew up, but maybe that one was too lilly-white anyway. The dark overcast on his countenance is the beginning of a recurrent visual, where Cap will be presented in silhouette in key moments where our fearless hero feels angst. I love how literally he becomes ‘alone no more’- but we’ll get to the Hulk’s hands bursting through the wall momentarily.

MARVEL VISIONARIES: Jim Steranko, 1999 Whether you’re talking about transforming the sheer optical design of a comics page as a piece of art, pop culture history writing, graphic novel pioneering, or simply raw ideas, there’s no denying the impact of surf guitarist-turned escape artist- turned graphic designer, Jim Steranko. If I have anything critical to say about any of the gentleman’s work, it’s absolutely within the context of his breath-taking contributions. Comics moved on to different styles, sure, but they evolved under the energetic care of the Pennsylvanian wonder. He was so perfectly charming and gracious in person- I can’t overlook that in light of any of his controversial remarks in recent years. I spent an entire afternoon in his company, at a Comic Con before AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. made him so in-demand. I came back to visit awhile the next day, too- he had read the short story I gave him! This experience could shape anyone’s perceptions of a guy. It’s nothing n