This episode has me reminiscing about why I think of comics artist John Tartaglione every day, my dreams of Paul Anka’s comic book collection and a visit from Gene Colan, my early attempts to get fired from Marvel Comics, a well-earned warning from Marv Wolfman, the puzzle of why covers to romance novels tend to feature aspirational art while comic book romance covers often lean into the problems, and more.

You can eavesdrop on all those memories via the embed below or download them at the site of your choice.

Here are a couple of images related to a couple of the topics I touched on during the episode —

Charlton Comics Lettering
a credit for A. Machine from Blue Beetle #2, Aug 1967

John Tartaglione art
from Love Tales #73, May 1957