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Tommy, Stela and the Graphic Novel that Never Was.... Part the First.

March 27, 2020 by Tom Stewart in Comics

Haven. It was/it a graphic novel I worked on for nearly a year. It was never published. Here is that story.

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March 27, 2020 /Tom Stewart
comics, superheroes, super heroes, watchmen, graphic novel, science fiction
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Adam West; Being Batman

June 11, 2017 by Tom Stewart in Comics

He was a working actor, maybe not working enough. He had several guest roles in series, even a supporting role in a series, and supporting roles in movies but nothing that broke him out of the herd of other handsome actors in his age range... until Batman. He was a smart and talented actor with the sense of humor and innate ability to 'get' what William Dozier and Lorenzo Semple Jr. were after in the pilot script. He nailed it. See the screen tests done by Adam and his competition for the role Lyle Waggoner. Lyle plays a man who believes what he is saying, Adam plays one who believes, but is in on the joke. It's a fine line and not easy to play, but one that is bright as day when you see. Adam got the part.

And therein lies the tale doesn't it?

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June 11, 2017 /Tom Stewart
adam west, burt ward, batman, batman 1966, 1966, DC Comics
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The Obsessions of Harvey

September 17, 2015 by Tom Stewart in Comics

The thing about Harvey though, the thing that still amuses me, is the somewhat sick obsession each character had. Almost every character was based around one thematic obsession, food, money, dots, being dead, really dead. Or a devil. With Harvey, there was variety.

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September 17, 2015 /Tom Stewart
comics, richie rich, casper, little dot
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