Showing posts with label Len Wein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Len Wein. Show all posts

17 September 2017

Sunday Morning Funnies - Len Wein Style


As you know, we lost Len Wein a week ago today.
I'll continue to offer up odd bits from his career in the days ahead as a reminder to folks of just how wide ranging his work was over the years.

So our Sunday Morning Funnies will be a bit of Odd from the man. From the short lived Spoof comic, Len's take on The Odd Squad:


Now enjoy your day with a smile courtesy of Len Wein.

The Clod Squad by Len Wein and Marie Severin from Spoof #1 (1970)

14 September 2017

Losing Len

While i was recovering here, little attention was paid to the outside world. When peeking out again, i find we lost another one of the Greats on Sunday.
I'm sure you all have already heard Len Wein has left us, and many others have spoken on his huge body of work and lasting creations, ranging from Swamp Thing to Wolverine. Here's J.M. DeMatteis's personal remembrance of the man. He'll tell you far more, and fare more eloquently, than i could.
So, i'm not gong to try to encompass his career, or tell you how reliably entertaining his work was. I'm just going to point out that you've probably only seen a fraction of it. Besides the huge number of books he worked on at the Big Two, he wrote plenty for other publishers, such as Warren and Skywald, where we'll be going today. Here's the introduction to The Bravados by Len Wein from Wild West Action #1:



Sure, he was famous for writing Horror and Superhero books. Did ya know he wrote Westerns, too? And more. There was just one boundary limiting him.
He wrote good stuff.

The Bravados by Len Wein, Syd Shores and Mike Esposito for Wild West Action #1 (1971)