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 It’s probably accurate to say that most people don’t know who Steve Ditko was, and in fact, were probably saturated more with false information, lack of information, and rumors than actual facts. But you can’t really fault them since he didn’t make his life a public spectacle like some others might have done in the same shoes. dedicated to sharing our passion with the world and providing the best selection of comics and graphic novels.

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The 1964 New York Comicon: The True Story Behind the World's First Comic Book Convention

The story of the  first comic con ever held. The story of the  1964 New York Comicon is the story of Bernie Bubnis, Ron Fradkin, Art  Tripp, and Ethan Roberts. Four boys who, like an early 1960s Kirby kid  gang of boy commandoes, took Comic Fandom by storm by writing and  publishing their own fanzines, pillaging used-book stores and flea  markets for back-issue comics, visiting the offices of Marvel, DC, and  Gold Key Comics, and meeting with Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Stan Lee,  Julius Schwartz, Bill Harris, Flo Steinberg, Curt Swan, Mike Sekowsky,  Don Heck, Gil Kane, and Joe Giella. Tired of hearing about other fans'  failed attempts to stage a convention for years, these four boys took it  upon themselves to make a convention happen. They pooled their  resources and used their contacts with the comic professionals they knew  to get them to attend and donate door prizes that included stacks of  original art pages. They even convinced Spider-man artist Steve Ditko to  attend the con - and to this day it is the only con Steve Ditko has  ever attended.  

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Ditko Shrugged by David Currie

 Steve Ditko was the last of a sturdy generation  of American comic book artists who produced iconic, modern day mythology  and was among the most influential and original creators of the 20th  Century. A prime architect, together with Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, of a  universe of heroic characters that took Marvel Comics from an underdog  New York publisher in the 1960s to the world-recognized brand of comic  book superheroes and multi-million-dollar movies of today, Ditko  co-created Spider-Man but walked away from the character he designed  over 50 years ago, to never again return to the enduring superhero and  retreating completely from the public eye thereafter. Seeking his own  individualistic paths for creative and personal expression would lead to  condemnation from some, restricted work opportunities from others and a  reclusive life peppered with memories of interfering editors; original  artwork that had been stolen from him and a life-long adherence to his  Objectivist convictions. With the book sourcing a decade-long  correspondence between Steve Ditko and its author David Currie, the  history of the formative years of American comic books and the rise of  Marvel Comics is revealed, illuminated further by interviews with many  other comic book creators from all periods. It's an intrigue-filled  story of heroes and villains, both fictional and real; visionary artists  on zero-hour contracts and one man's artistically productive and  diligently uncompromising life. 

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Steve Ditko: Mysterious Traveler by Zack Kruse

 Steve Ditko (1927?2018) is one of the most important contributors  to American comic books. As the cocreator of Spider-Man and sole creator  of Doctor Strange, Ditko made an indelible mark on American popular  culture. Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity resets  the conversation about his heady and powerful work. Always inward  facing, Ditko?s narratives employed superhero and supernatural fantasy  in the service of self-examination, and with characters like the  Question, Mr. A, and Static, Ditko turned ordinary superhero comics into  philosophic treatises. Many of Ditko?s philosophy-driven comics show a  clear debt to ideas found in Ayn Rand?s Objectivism. Unfortunately,  readers often reduce Ditko?s work to a mouthpiece for Rand?s vision. Mysterious Travelers unsettles this notion.

In this book, Zack Kruse argues that Ditko?s philosophy draws on a  complicated network of ideas that is best understood as mystic  liberalism. Although Ditko is not the originator of mystic liberalism,  his comics provide a unique window into how such an ideology operates in  popular media. Examining selections of Ditko?s output from 1953 to  1986, Kruse demonstrates how Ditko?s comics provide insight into a  unique strand of American thought that has had a lasting impact. 

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Working With Steve Ditko by Jack C. Harris

 Working With Ditko takes a unique and nostalgic journey through  comics’ Bronze Age, as editor and writer Jack C. Harris recalls his  numerous collaborations with legendary comics master Steve Ditko! It  features never-before-seen preliminary sketches and pencil art from  Harris’ tenure working with Ditko on The Creeper, Shade the Changing  Man, the Odd Man, the Demon, Wonder Woman, Legion of Super-Heroes, The  Fly, and even Ditko’s unused redesign for Batman! Plus, it documents  their work on numerous independent properties, and offers glimpses of  original characters from Ditko’s drawing board that have never been  viewed by even his most avid fans! This illustrated volume is a  once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience the creative comic book process  by one of the industry’s most revered creators, as seen through the eyes  of one of his most frequent collaborators! 

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For Bread with Butter: The Life-Worlds of East Central Europeans in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1890–1940

 Fifty years ago, enactment of the Wagner National Labor Relations Act  gave American organized labour what it has regarded ever since as one of  its greatest assets: a legislative guarantee of the right of workers to  organize and bargain collectively. Yet although the Wagner Act's  guarantees remain substantially unaltered, organized labour in America  today is in deep decline. Addressing this apparent paradox, Christopher  Tomlins offers here a critical examination of the impact of the National  Labor Relations Act on American unions. By studying the intentions and  goals of policy makers in the context of the development of labour law  from the late nineteenth century, and by looking carefully at the course  of labour history since the act's passage, Dr Tomlins shows how public  policy has been shaped to confine labour's role in the American economy,  and that many of the unions' problems stem from the laws which purport  to protect them. 

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