Strange and Stranger

Strange & Stranger

The thing with comics is that they're a lot like pool, darts and knowing about football. I call these "tipping point interests", to a degree that it is interesting and cool to be good at or knowledgeable about them, but if you pass the "tipping point" you end up looking like a total dick. It's cool to be able to win a round of pool, but taking your own cue to the pub is so far from impressive that you may as well show up with it hanging out of your arse. That said, up to a point comic books are great. And if you like comic books a lot you will probably like a hardback book about one of the comic book world's greatest artists, Steve Ditko. The visual creator of characters like Hulk and Dr. Strange, Ditko is a giant in comic book history. Ditko stands apart from other artists like Jack Kirby because of his tendency to drift towards the creepy, surreal and dark side of imagery. So this is in fact maybe the best comic book coffee-table art book ever. Just look at the cover.

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