To the Batcave or: Long Night in Crime Alley   Have a smilie 🙂 Heck, have another 🙂 Everybody’s friends now, right?   Now, GET LOST!  I’m Workin’ here…   …

Your Other Left or: Reservoir Dogs   My neighbor and I took a march up to the reservoir today. In theory we were going to run his dog ragged but, …

Show Me the Money or: the Odd Couple   Back to the grab bag. This weeks pick is Powerman and IronFist #67. It’s the old 2-fer-one trick. Neither character can …

the Doublespeak of Dachau Donnie or: the Road to New Nuremberg    Hey, Donnie: NUTS!   Smitty      

Sons of Donald or: Fun With Fascism    Breaking news! Being anti fascist is a form of terrorism!    Ike was a terrorist. Patton was a terrorist. Little Audie Murphy …

the Wolverite or: the Littlest Killer Back to the grab bag which this week reveals X-Men Super-sized Annual #12. #12? There were 11 before this? … This time around Chris …

Lather, Rinse, Repeat or: Uncomfortably Numb   Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton, Chicago… not a good week to be an innocent bystander in America.    Sunday. I’m supposed to draw… something. …

Passin’ Thru or:Burn, Brood, Burn   I’m late, I’m late for a not so important date but, I’m going anyway… have a post.   Happy Trails, Smitty      

Fly Me to the Moon or: The Ride Home   I first stumbled across this piece about a year ago but decided to hold onto it for the Apollo 11 …

Unfinished Business or: Re-Up   Found this lying around alone and unprotected and thought I’d finish it up.   Happy Trails Smitty      

Greetings or: Winning the Lottery   The universe has a oblique sense of humor. On this 4th(ish) of July the grab bag reveals the Nam #12. Michael Golden is on …

Blast From the Past or: Passing Through Family’s visiting so no new sketch for you. Instead we’ll dig into the archives and present the original layout for the cover of …

The Howling or: @#$%! I live in the Land of Broken Things 🙁 The fans on my computer are howling like a banshee! It’s not overheating. Simple troubleshooting tricks aren’t …

Shazap or: Body Swap 
 This weeks dive into the Long-Box of Mystery reveals Captain Marvel #31. Not the original Big Red Cheese you understand but Marvel’s new fangled version …

Marvelous Maneely or: It’s Just a Scratch Once again we don our blindfold and plunge into the Long-Box of Mystery to reveal… Fantasy Masterpieces #11. Fantasy Masterpieces was, along with …

Thick Skinned or: the Raging Rhino It’s back to the Long Box of Mystery which reveals issue 41 of the Amazing Spider-man. John Romita, having just two months earlier taken …

Depraved Oysters or: Culinary Misadventures Not sure what I did. Left the chicken in the fridge too long? Under cooked? Maybe it was just a stomach flu. Whatever it was, …

Who Was That Masked Man or: Spidey, I Hardly Knew ‘Ya Why do I do these things? I know it can’t end well. 2500 movies on the TV stream and …

Tesla Power or: Barrel Full of Artists So I get a care package from my web-master. We’ll call it the Mailbox of Mystery. Whatever could be inside? There’s some heavy …

Snakes in the Grass or: Friends of Donnie The Long-box of Mystery™ has a perverse sense of humor. This weeks grab is the Avengers #33, the concluding chapter in the …

Return of the Lady in Red or: Look What the Elves Left Struggling to find something wise or comforting to say about Sri Lanka. It’s getting to a point where …

Lady in Red or: …Under Construction I hear you knockin’, but, you can’t come in. It’s a… safety issue. Happy Trails Smitty      

Killing Floor or: Gladiators From Mars This weeks grab is Amazing Adventures 29 featuring Killraven, Warrior of the Worlds. My strongest memory of this strip is picking up what would …

Baby, It’s Cold Inside or: Dreaded Deadline Doodle Just when I’m getting used to Daylight Stupid Time I wake up in the middle of the night (8 am but, that’s …

That’s Impossible or: Poppin’ Off Back to the grab-bag which this week reveals: Fantastic Four #11. Marvel merrily mocks Mr Mxyzptlk as the Impossible Man visits from planet Poppup where …

Kiwis Unite or: Stupid Bigots …I got nuthin’. Smitty      

D*** Savings Time or: It Burns, It Burns Family (yea) insomnia (boo) and d*** savings time (double boo with stupid boo sauce) have wiped me out. I’m goin’ back to …

The Iceman Cometh or: Let it Snow I don’t know about you guys but, I love the snow (assuming the pantry is stocked and I can hang in by the …

the Ret-Con Configuration or: That Ain’t What I Remember My biggest disappointment with the Golden Age was that Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman were verboten. Everything I knew about the …

Heads,No Tails or: No One Told ME Not To Drop Kick the Baby Somedays you got it, some days you don’t. This is a don’t day… I killed it. Have …