Cover gallery - Gorillas

If there are two truisms in life, one is that there is never enough time; although time itself is (allegedly) infinite, we humans have only a finite amount of it. This week has seen me working too much and family has taken up the rest of the time. (The other truism that taxes (cue Prinicpal Skinner's "oh yeah, the taxes" thing), which just depletes the resources needed for more comic books.)

So, as I have not had enough of "me" time this week to begin writing my article on gorilla comics, I thought I would show some interesting covers of books of the subject I shall be covering soon. Luckily for me, school is winding down for the boy (meaning less school events to go to) and time should free up again soon. (Please note I am not complaining truly as I would do anything for my kids first and foremost.)

So without further ado let's get our monkey on...













I tried to get a mix of comic book companies, but DC has by far the most of this subgenre of collector comics. Join us next time when the story begins ....with Planet of the Apes Comics, Part 1

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