tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post3012520652706909979..comments2023-12-24T18:29:26.864-05:00Comments on BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: Creem Does Marvel-1973Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-76688828356527002742013-06-04T10:08:51.954-04:002013-06-04T10:08:51.954-04:00Yeah, I hunted for this issue for a while, FINALLY...Yeah, I hunted for this issue for a while, FINALLY picking it up for under $20 on eBay.<br /><br />Awesome cover, on stands the year I dove head-on into the Marvel Universe, like Dorothy heading to Oz, 'Dark Side'-style.<br /><br />1973.<br /><br />Seriously, I bought it to matte/frame the cover, but the article is awesome for the play-by-play notes on Barry Smith and Conan pages. <br /><br />A HUGELY valuable time capsule to own and reflect on, especially when reviewed next to the 'Marvel: The Untold Story" hard cover.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-87444021927659831982011-02-19T14:27:44.107-05:002011-02-19T14:27:44.107-05:00There is a CREEM book out. It is not all that grea...There is a CREEM book out. It is not all that great though.<br /><br />I have been following their website for years now.<br /><br />For a while, they announced a return to publishing, and then an announcement of an online magazine. <br /><br />But so far - nothing had happened. <br /><br />I had a letter in CREEM magazine once.Analogmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417836522797095876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-43349277286652645192011-02-16T19:49:57.062-05:002011-02-16T19:49:57.062-05:00Boy Howdy do I get that reference. Cream was the g...Boy Howdy do I get that reference. Cream was the greatest Rock & Roll Mag that ever was - Lester Bangs, etc. Man, do I miss the incredible scattershot, dead-on writing of that magazine. I still quote from that mag often. I still think of Neil Young’s guitar style as “elemental scrapings” as one Cream writer put it. I would give anything for a "Best of Cream" multi-volume set. I have Bangs' "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung" but it's not enough. So many other great writers. Rolling Stone (even then) sucks by comparison.Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-76978926025145096912011-02-16T17:06:23.037-05:002011-02-16T17:06:23.037-05:00I always loved the "behind-the-scenes" s...I always loved the "behind-the-scenes" shots at Marvel, thought it must have been as groovy working there as Stan made it sound in his Soapbox raves...<br /><br />But looking at the pictures now, it seems awfully cramped and kind of icky (at least in the art department!). And what's with all the HIPPIES?!? ;^)<br /><br />I love the way the Spider-man costume includes his underarm webs. Just a tiny detail, but I really appreciate it.<br /><br />Wotta geek I am.ilamfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com