Happy Birthday, Mr. Ditko!

Steve Ditko turns 82 today! Watch "In Search of Steve Ditko" here.

The Peter Parker-ing of Clark Kent

Amazing Fantasy #15, art by Steve Ditko (left), Superman: Secret Origin #2, art by Gary Frank

Stalking Steve Ditko

Following in the footsteps of Jonathan Ross and Neil Gaiman, Steve Fuentes pays Mr. Ditko a visit.

Original Spidey Logo Revealed!

Ditko's intended "Spiderman" logo (no hyphen) was hidden beneath a paste-up. Read more about the difference between the artwork and the printed page at Blake Bell's website, Ditko Looked Up.

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Now...which of these belong to you...already?

Mystery Tales #40, the comic book from last night's episode of 'Lost,' featured some of Steve Ditko's first work for Atlas Comics (Marvel's precursor).

The titles of stories in this anthology comic fit into 'Lost' too perfectly-
"The Hidden Land!"
"The Voice of Warning!"
"The Travelers""Crossroads of Destiny!"
"Sammy's Secret!"
"The Silent Stranger"
"March Has 32 Days"

In an early 'Lost' episode, Locke describes the rules of backgammon with a statement that doubles as his world view- "One side is light, and one side is dark." I'm sure Ditko would appreciate that sentiment.

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Update 05.27.08- Page by page scans and analysis of the issue are now available at Mysterytales40.com.

Library of Congress Receives "Amazing Fantasy #15" Art

The original Steve Ditko artwork for the first appearance of Spider-man was anonymously donated to the Library of Congress. Press release here.
Mercury News on the story here.

Thanks for the tip, Dad!

The Big Eight Oh for Ditko!

Happy Birthday, Steve!

Beyond beyond...

Blogs to be bookmarked-
"Beyond the Groovy Age of Horror" features an interview with Richard Sala as well as some great scans and synopses of pulp novels.

"Datajunkie" (discovered by Nick) does some analysis of the work of Steve Ditko, Gil Kane, Wally Wood and Jack Kirby. It takes a while to load but it's worth it.

At Long Last! (Update: Dammit.)

BBC4's "IN SEARCH OF STEVE DITKO" has been posted in seven parts on YouTube.
Mark Evanier has pieced together the clips on his website.

Update: Looks like it's all been taken down... I only saw 3 of the 7 parts. So far, it's a fun documentary. Can't wait to see the rest... someday...

In Search of Steve Ditko

Watch clips of Jonathan Ross's upcoming BBC documentary, "In Search of Steve Ditko," here.

What might have been...

Comic book writer and historian Mark Evanier collects unpublished covers to classic Marvel comics here.

Fun Fact: While Jack Kirby's design for Spider-man went unused, Stan Lee had him pencil the cover to Amazing Fantasy #15...and Steve Ditko inked it!

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Ditko Shrugs.

Reclusive Spider-man co-creator Steve Ditko will be the subject of an hour long BBC documentary.
More info here.

Uh, I have a Question....

...why? For the love of Ditko, why?

Blue Beetle Battles Beatniks

Fun with alliteration and Steve Ditko- a brief history of the Blue Beetle.