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- Tom Floyd
- Tecumseh, Nebraska, United States
- Creator, Artist, Writer of the On-Line comic strip CAPTAIN SPECTRE. Also a fan of all things pulp, serials, old comic books, Roy Rogers movies, Universal Horror movies, 50's monster movies, Robert E. Howard, Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs, great illustrators, and especially King Kong (the real one).
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Captain Spectre and the Lightning Legion, and Action Science Adventures Magazine is copyrighted 2007.
All original artwork and characters pertaining to the Captain Spectre comic copyright Tom Floyd as created. All other art or images copyright by their creators.Please ask if you want to repost or use any of my art.
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Places to see on the Web
- Captain Spectre's Free On-Line comic strip
- Buy Captain Spectre stuff here!
- Captain Spectre on Comic Space
- Tom Floyd's Portfolio site
- Martin Powell - fantastic wordsmith
- Edgar Rice Burroughs zine
- Coming Attractions - Great Pulp News
- Bleeding Cool comic and film news
- Dave Flora Presents....Doc Monster
- Golden Age Comic stories - Great Art
- Uncanny ManFrog - Terry Tidwell's art blog
- Pappy's Golden Age comics blogzine
- Cartoon Brew - animation news and stories
- The Pulse - comic news site
- Chris Mill's Atomic Pulp
- Pimpernel's Blog
- DieselPunks - a great place for all things 1920-1950
- Doc Atomic's Attic of Astounding Artifacts
- Francesco Francavilla's Pulp Sunday
- Ka-Blam Digital printing specialists
- Newsarama -comic news
- Shorpy - great old photo reference
- Steve Canyon on DVD - and other Milton Caniff info
- The Beat - more comic news
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