Jesse Santos' artwork is an acquired taste, and I will freely admit that it took me a long, long time to acquire a taste for it. When I was very young comic book reader, Gold Key comics were widely available - often in the form of Whitman 3-packs, priced to sell at local discount retailers. I imagine that many of the Gold Key books I purchased and read were actually a couple of years old. So many of these seemed to feature the same scratchy, quasi-abstract artwork that did nothing for me. If I was a more glib blogger - I'd say that they looked as though they were drawn by a drunken Joe Kubert. As I've aged, I have come to appreciate the little things in life, and I can now fully appreciate all of the charm in Santos' work. There's also a raw energy, where the figures seem to be attempting an escape from the panels - or simply flow right into the scenery.
Dr. Adam Spektor fills the post-Kolchak, pre-Mulder void as he travels around the world investigating bizarre occurrences of all shapes and sizes. He has at least two female companions during his short stay in comics; Lakota and Lu-Sai. Don Glut's stories are fast-paced and imaginative, and have Dr. Spektor dealing with everything from Lewtonian zombies to Harryhausenesque living skeletons. I'm particularly fond of Simbar, the man-lion as he's the classic tragic monster, trying to protect his love. There's a lot of fun to be found in these books, and it is fortunate that they continue to reside in dollar bins around the world.
Jesse Santos' artwork is an acquired taste, and I will freely admit that it took me a long, long time to acquire a taste for it. When I was very young comic book reader, Gold Key comics were widely available - often in the form of Whitman 3-packs, priced to sell at local discount retailers. I imagine that many of the Gold Key books I purchased and read were actually a couple of years old. So many of these seemed to feature the same scratchy, quasi-abstract artwork that did nothing for me. If I was a more glib blogger - I'd say that they looked as though they were drawn by a drunken Joe Kubert. As I've aged, I have come to appreciate the little things in life, and I can now fully appreciate all of the charm in Santos' work. There's also a raw energy, where the figures seem to be attempting an escape from the panels - or simply flow right into the scenery.
Dr. Adam Spektor fills the post-Kolchak, pre-Mulder void as he travels around the world investigating bizarre occurrences of all shapes and sizes. He has at least two female companions during his short stay in comics; Lakota and Lu-Sai. Don Glut's stories are fast-paced and imaginative, and have Dr. Spektor dealing with everything from Lewtonian zombies to Harryhausenesque living skeletons. I'm particularly fond of Simbar, the man-lion as he's the classic tragic monster, trying to protect his love. There's a lot of fun to be found in these books, and it is fortunate that they continue to reside in dollar bins around the world. 
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