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Comics. This is about comics and comics related stuff. I love comics. I love discovering new comics to read and I also love rediscovering the classic which I used to love so much. I hope to be able to share my love of comics (and sometimes cool stuff) with you too. I grew up reading Spider-Man, Beano, Dandy, Dan Dare, Oink! and more...I remember reading my first issue of New Mutants and was totally blown away by the beautiful cover art. I remember seeing my first John Romita Sr. work and discovering a then unknown Jim Lee. They still are some of my favorite pencillers. Disclaimer: I am in no way currently associated with any of the comics or companies that publish the comics I read and write about. I don't get paid doing this and I don't sell any of these works I post about. Copyright of the materials are owned by their respective creators unless otherwise indicated. If I had posted something I shouldn't have, I am deeply sorry and please let me know so that I may have it removed. Hope you continue to support. Thank you and enjoy!
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Kyle Baker 1985-1986: “It’s Genetic” from Marvel Age #31 - 60

Having landed an internship at Marvel somewhat effortlessly and being well-liked in the Bullpen, Baker could have been a shoo-in for a bright future at Marvel. The big problem is that Marvel is mostly in the superhero business, and Baker is the first to admit he’s not a big superhero fan.

I was still trying to be funny, and I had been submitting strips to syndicates with no luck. It’s very hard to get into a newspaper syndicate. Jim Shooter and Stan Lee both tried to help me get into the syndicate that does the Spider-Man strip. Shooter liked me — I was doing some Marvel stuff, too — but he felt that I was just all wrong for Marvel, because they didn’t do any comedy. So he was always trying to get me set up at the syndicate so he could get rid of me. [laughter] That was nice of him — I’m not knocking him.

During his time freelancing at Marvel, Jim Salicrup commissioned him to write a few one-panel gags about the X-Men, called “It’s Genetic” published sporadically in the pages of Marvel Age’s “Mutant Report” feature. 

Baker did twelve of these comics over the course of a little over a year and it’s the first time we get to see him in his element. I have a fond memory of these comics and loved the way he drew such a short squat Wolverine.

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Kyle Baker 1990: Classics Illustrated #3: Through the Looking Glass

Long before Eric Shanower’s and Skottie Young’s brilliant adaptation, Baker paired his expressive cartoony style with classic children’s literature for his first Classics Illustrated book.

He discusses the process of adapting the classics with Modern Masters:

One of the things that always bugged me about Classics Illustrated is that they had to edit these things. I mean, Bill Sienkiewicz did Moby Dick. If you’re doing a 44-page adaptation of Moby Dick, you’re going to have to cut something. [laughter]
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The editor — a guy by the name of Larry Doyle — was familiar with my style and said he thought I wold do a good job on Alice in Wonderland. I said “I think Alice in Wonderland has been done way too many times, so let’s do Through the Looking Glass.
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This book was only about a hundred pages long, and so what I did was just crossed out all the stage direction, because I could put that in the drawing.
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Because the drawings were public domain, and very good drawings, I copied the ones that I could, like the Jabberwocky. I drew it in my own style, but I pretty much too the same layout and design from the original Tenniel drawing.

John Tenniel’s original illustrations for comparison

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