--Link-- Mr. A. 50th anniversary Kickstarter

Now on Kickstarter, the next release from Steve Ditko and Robin Snyder, a new publication to mark the 50th anniversary of the first Mr. A. story in WITZEND #3.

Happy Issue #89

Upcoming Ditko - #26 with Miss Eerie and ...

Ditko and Snyder aren't stopping with the recent #25. Coming soon is:

#26, which as you can see features the return of Miss Eerie, the character who debuted in DITKO PRESENTS [2009].  This will be the eighth Miss Eerie story, bringing her up to 64 pages if it's an 8-pager like all the others have been.

A few more familiar faces, including:

This will be Rex Graine's first return to the 32-page series since OH, NO! NOT AGAIN, DITKO! [2009], although he's had a few solo issues, both new and reprint, since then.

(or possibly it's The Outline, hard to tell with this small scan)

More details when available.

New Ditko - #25 & OUT OF THIS WORLD #20

It's that time again...

If your choice is the first one, than you should  know that these are now available:

#25, latest in this series of Ditko's 32-page collections, this time returning to The Madman, and OUT OF THIS WORLD #20, latest in this long-running series of one-shots, this time reprinting two Charlton stories from the 1957, two QUESTAR stories from the 1970s (printed sideways on two pages per original page), one MONSTERS ATTACK story from the 1990 and one STRANGE AVENGING TALE from 1997. Both published by Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, ordering address over here, or available now or soon from the usual sources (retailers interested in carrying the Snyder/Ditko line contact Snyder for wholesale rates).

New Ditko - DITKOMANIA #95

Just in, DITKOMANIA #95, "The Philosophy Issue". Under a Mr. A. / Grey Negotiator / Avenging World cover by Javier Hernandez are examinations of various issues raised by Ditko's work. Plus letters on previous issues and closing with a Gorgo backcover by Stephen Bissette.

Regular subscribers should have copies now or soon. For everyone else, ordering info here, as usual, plus a few PDF copies of earlier issues.

Reminder, Ditko Kickstarter

Quick reminder, less than a day to go on the current Ditko/Snyder Kickstarter, for a pair of books, one all new, one primarily reprint. Over here.

--Link-- Kickstarter #13, OUT OF THIS WORLD and #25

Currently soliciting funding is the 13th Kickstarter campaign from Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko. This time another issue of OUT OF THIS WORLD (presumably "#20", as the numbering of these things tends to go) and #25, the appropriately named twenty-fifth issue of this series of 32-page publications they've done since 2008.

OUT OF THIS WORLD #20 features the spectacular cover from Charlton's OUT OF THIS WORLD #4 [1957], so there's a good chance that it'll have the 8-page story "From All Our Darkrooms..." from that issue as well. A favourite of mine, with some clever visuals. No doubt some other quality reprints and maybe some never before seen stuff as well, as these books tend to have.

#25 cover features Ditko's The Madman, which will be the 8th story to feature the character. If you're catching up, check out:

DITKO PRESENTS [2009]
A DITKO ACT TWO [2010]
DITKO #5 - FIVE ACT [2010]
ACT 8, MAKING LUCKY 13, THIRTEEN DITKO'S 32s [2011]
#16 - SIXTEEN [2012]
#9 TEEN [2014]
#22 [2015]

And no doubt a lot more.

You know, with 32+ pages of original content every issue, the set of Ditko's 32s might have more pages of new Ditko work than any other series, or close to it...

--Link-- Ditko's MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER #19 Kickstarter

Still time to back the latest Snyder/Ditko Kickstarter, TALES OF THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER #19.

No details yet on exactly what will be in there, beyond the cover from Charlton's TALES OF THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER #3 [1957], but you can see what was in the previous issue (#16) over here for an idea of what they're including.

New Ditko - MR. A. #18

Now available, MR. A. #18, featuring two new stories, "Mr. A. and the Horror" (11 pages) and "The Score" (20 pages), both done for the second issue of the unpublished 1991 series, and a previously unpublished iconic Mr. A. pin-up.

Ordering info for MR. A. #18 and earlier Snyder/Ditko publications is over on this page.

--Link-- MR. A. #18 Kickstarter by Snyder/Ditko

Latest Snyder/Ditko Kickstarter is live:

This time it's another issue of MR. A., this one being called MR. A. #18, after the previous #15. As usual, don't ask me to explain the numbering. Maybe TALES OF THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER #16 and OUT OF THIS WORLD #17 fill in the numbers between them, even though they also continue the numbering from the Charlton books of those titles. With this numbering, it could be:

#1 - MR. A [1973]
#2 - AVENGING WORLD [1973]
#3 - ..WHA..!? [1975]
#4 -  MR. A [1975]

I'm not sure which books in this system make up #5 to #14. Two issues of CHARLTON ACTION? Three issues of DITKO'S WORLD? THE SAFEST PLACE? STRANGE AVENGING TALES? LASZLO'S HAMMER? THE MOCKER? STATIC? THE COVER SERIES? See if you can come up with a combination that gets you to ten books to fill in the numbering...

Based on the image on the Kickstarter page, this might be the material produced in 1991 and advertised for what would have been MR. A. #2, with the stories "The Horror" and "The Score".

Upcoming Ditko - #25

In case you missed it, next in Ditko's series of 32-pagers is #25, and features the return of The Madman, I believe his 8th story since his debut in DITKO PRESENTS [2009].

Details on Ditko/Snyder publications is here, as usual. If there's a Kickstarter for this one I'll post a link when it goes live, or keep an eye on this page.

New Ditko - Ditko #24 and Ditkomania

 

Now available, Ditko's 32-page series hits #24 with the aptly named #24, and DITKOMANIA #94.

Ordering info for #24 and the earlier Ditko/Snyder publications is on this page, while DITKOMANIA info (including copies of some earlier issues) is over here.

Ditko in 2015 wrapup

Busy year for new and reprint Ditko in 2014. As usual, go here for the occasionally updated list going back to 2005.

Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko's publishing continued with two all new books in their 32-page series, some reprint and previously unpublished material in two revivals of old Charlton titles, a 40th anniversary reprint of a Mr. A. book and the final three installments in the FOUR-PAGE SERIES of essays.

Ditko also contributed to a few issues of Robin Snyder's newsletter THE COMICS, including a wraparound cover on the January 2015 issue.

A few things from other publishers, the most noteworthy is STEVE DITKO'S WEIRD COMICS #1, from Mort Todd, reprinting coloured versions of five black and white stories Ditko did under Todd's editorship of MONSTERS ATTACK in 1989/1990. Also some stuff from DC, IDW, Marvel and others.