John Byrne Archive

  • Ye Olde School Cafe’: Captain America: War & Remembrance pt 4

    Ye Olde School Cafe’: Captain America: War & Remembrance pt 4

    Hey everybody, glad to see you could make it back for another week here in Ye Olde School Cafe’! This week, we’ll be finishing up the Captain America Tpb (trade paperback) – War & Remembrance. This will be my favorite of all the parts of...

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  • Ye Olde School Cafe’: Captain America: War & Remembrance pt 3

    Ye Olde School Cafe’: Captain America: War & Remembrance pt 3

    Hey everybody, welcome back to part three of this exciting look into the life of Steve Rogers – The original Captain America, In Ye Olde School Cafe’! In this week’s column, we’ll be checking out Cap as he battles against two of his long time...

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  • Comic Cave Makeover: Walls

    Comic Cave Makeover: Walls

    Welcome, friends, to another edition of Comic Cave Makeover! Things stalled for a while as I was making final preparations for how to decorate my walls. Part of this was waiting for my birthday, as I knew my wife had some plans to get me...

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  • Ink Stains 19: CPL 11

    Ink Stains 19: CPL 11

    Gil Kane. Alex Toth. Don Maitz. Rick Buckler. Joe Sinnott. Jim Starlin. Berni Wrightson. John Byrne…LOTS of John Byrne. All in one “little” zine. And that zine is…CPL 11! CPL 11: 1974 Publisher: Robert Layton As you know, if you read Ink Stains 5, which...

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  • Ink Stains 9: Woweekazowie 3 and 4

    Ink Stains 9: Woweekazowie 3 and 4

    Many fanzines were repositories for spot illos and fanboy articles on the latest ‘it’ character.  A few, like Woweekazowie, looked to be training grounds for those that truly wanted to make it in professional comics. Woweekazowie 3 and 4, Summer 1978, Winter 1978 Publisher and...

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  • Ye Olde School Cafe’: Days of Future Past

    Ye Olde School Cafe’: Days of Future Past

    Welcome back everyone to another edition of Ye Olde School Cafe’. This week, I’ll be talking about another X-book and keeping things in chronological order too (reading chronology that is). This week I’ve got The Uncanny X-Men in – Days of Future Past. This is...

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  • Ink Stains 5: CPL and John Byrne

    Ink Stains 5: CPL and John Byrne

    CPL (Contemporary Pictorial Literature) 12 (1975) Publisher: Robert Layton, Editor: Roger Stern Much like The Collector, our current champion CPL could be lumped into the category of “semi-pro” fanzine. It had high production values (including color covers) and a roster that included many artists that...

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  • Ink Stains 1: The Collector 27

    Ink Stains 1: The Collector 27

    Before I start this column proper, I thought I should introduce myself to all of you. My name is Ken Meyer Jr. Some of you may know my work as penciler on the Clint the Hamster Triumphant comic of the late 80′s, the stories and...

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