More non-3D 3D Tor from Joe Kubert

Joe Kubert's Tor in one and a half D

I'm working on a Kubert project, so look for more Tor in the near future.

A fine cover from Joe Kubert's St. John run

As mentioned before, St. John put out some great comics.

St. John Publications -- Nightmare #10

But no Adam Strange

St. John was a small but extremely influential comic publisher of the late Fifties. No doubt much of the credit goes to managing co-editor Joe Kubert. Not only did Kubert produce a tremendous number of stories for St. John (covering everything from cavemen to romance), he also did a great job hiring and managing gifted artists like Everett Kinstler, Matt Baker and Murphy Anderson. Fans of DC's Silver Age (particularly Mystery in Space) should enjoy "The Cycle of Time" from St. John's Nightmare #10.

When Joe Kubert first got the idea of teaching comic art

This would turn into a lucrative gig.

Joe Kubert and the importance of sucking

The following story sucks.

There are glimpses of talent here but on the whole it's crude and ugly, like something a teenager might draw.

As a matter of fact, it was drawn by a teenager. This seems to be the first story published by Joe Kubert, who would, in a few years, produce some of the most beautiful and influential comics of the Golden and Silver Age. He was able to do that, in part, because he was in a field where a young artist could support himself while learning his craft.

The first requirement for achieving greatness is the opportunity to suck.

More Kubert -- "Love Came Second"

When Simon and Kirby launched Young Romance in 1947, they started a genre that rivalled the Golden Age of superheroes in popularity. It doesn't get much attention now but its impact was huge and it remained a major genre for almost thirty years.

If you've never read a romance comic, you could do worse than this example from St. John's Hollywood Confessions. The story is typical of the genre and the art is typical Kubert, which is to say, very good indeed.