Over Chronicles Of Wasted Time ... New Shadows Hurtle

The first person we looked at from the Rocket's Blast Comic Collector was John Adkins Richardson. At that time, i rather thought we'd be getting to his Maxor Of Cirod comic - "a combination of science fiction, the macabre, and satire" - in the days following. 

Sixteen months later my peripatetic mind finally wanders back around. Let's jump straight into the story before it wanders off again...

by John Adkins Richardson from RBCC #s 122-126 (1975, 1976)

Mutants Walk Among Us

We sure ran a lot of posts in a row on the same guy, so let's take a minor break from Don Rosa - but we'll stay with the RBCC.

Kurt Busiek is highly regarded for a number of reasons, not least of which is investing new life into old stories. When he and Alex Ross created the Marvels mini-series back in 1994, he cemented his legacy as a highly knowledgeable historian of their world.

Some of us already knew that. A decade and a half earlier, he worked with Scott McLeod to bring us The Mutant Handbook -

Little did we suspect how it pointed towards the future.

Bonus! Here's a couple extra pin-up pages of Scott by Scott -

page art by Scott McLeod from Rocket's Blast Comic Collector #s 148 & 152 (1979, 1982)

So THAT's Where Rainbows Come From!

Urk.
Somehow slept for about 15 hours. Brain & body not reconnecting after time apart. So here's a couple Ellis Chambers quickies for a Sunday Morning Funnies post -

Of course, with Ellis Chambers, that could have ended much more darkly. In fact, one might even ponder if perhaps the story could have been a reaction to an editor asking him to lighten up a bit on the fate of the bad guys. But that's nothing more than a touch of random speculation triggered by the way he teased with the "You don't mean - murder!" bit. And, y'know - the number of times his stories have ended in death.
(Hooray! I wrote that bit yesterday, so we gots some words in there.)

page art by Ellis Chambers for Daffy Tunes #12 (1947)

On To The Answers!

Okay - those reading in the now have had a week to work out our second birthday crossword puzzle. (To our future visitors - Hello! Sorry, but you'll have to determine your own waiting period before checking the solutions.)

To offer a bit of spoiler space for those who do not wish to accidentally see the answers before perusing the puzzle, here are the two original works that were combined to create the background image.

Thought -

Don't Leave Your Mind Alone In The Dark -
 

More than enough space. 
On to the answers!

Yes, i'll explain any particularly perplexing obtuse answers at request.

stuff by -3- (2011-2019)