Alex Toth and Me

December 14, 2021 by Tom Stewart

I love this story.

My first (known) encounter with the work of Alex Toth was this story. It was only later I learned that Toth had been one of the major character designers at Hanna-Barbera from the 60s through the 70s, designing on Space Ghost, the Heculoids, the 3 Musketeers, Scooby Doo, The Super Friends, and hundreds of others. He is one of the few worthy of the title 'genius'.

My Mom and the Old Dark Basement

October 05, 2015 by Tom Stewart

In the 70's DC Comics was Neal Adams. It was his versions of the heroes, especially Batman, that became standard. I would copy an trace his art, begging it to reveal its secrets. It never did.

Carmine Infantino Hates Me!

September 22, 2015 by Tom Stewart

Now my friends, gathered here today under the auspices of the mighty web, let me tell the sad tale of Carmine Infantino and one of his biggest fans, Thomas P. Stewart, and, in the course of the story, how I got the name, “The Comics Savant”.