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Post by rom on Sept 1, 2016 21:21:50 GMT -5
I read the Charles Burns "Black Hole" collection; interesting & disturbing story. Note this was referenced in the excellent 2014 film "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes".
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Post by rom on Sept 1, 2016 21:15:37 GMT -5
I would definitely be onboard with buying a collection of The Human Fly series. I don't remember much of this, but I'm a huge fan of any all all 1970's comics, so I'm sure I would enjoy this. Here's a cover gallery: www.coverbrowser.com/covers/human-fly
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Post by rom on Sept 1, 2016 19:27:47 GMT -5
I apologize in advance if there's another thread on this. Anyway, anyone else remember this old BG comic series? As a kid growing up in the late '70's and '80's, I have fond memories of these. And, though I enjoyed the TV show, IMHO this comic series was superior. While the show, though interesting, was limited by the special effects/budget at the time, the comics were quite innovative & really held my interest. There were some great arists working on these issues, including Walt Simonson & Ernie Colan, and IMHO the writing was also top-notch. Plus, after the first five issues (which adapted TV episodes), IIRC most of the rest of the issues (#6-23) were original stories. Some specific memories of these issues include: - The "Marvel Super Special" of the pilot 2-hour TV movie; very well-done, and included a surprisingly gory scene where the traitor Baltar was taken out by a Cylon with a sword - this was cut from the show (I think), since Baltar ended up being a regular on the series; that being said, I seem to remember seeing a VHS or DVD of this pilot with this scene included. - The issue where a creature invaded the Galactica and was able to take on the form of crew members - very creepy. - The Scavenger world issue(s). - The last several issues with Simonson artwork, focusing on Lt. Jolly. Here are some links: space1970.blogspot.com/2011/12/battlestar-galactica-1979-80-marvel.htmlen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(comics)It would be great to see Marvel (or another company) come out with an Omnibus of all 23 issues of this series re-colored/re-mastered, but since it hasn't happened already it's doubful it will (since the new TV show has come & gone). Titan Press/Books did reprints of some of these issues a while back in 2 volumes, but they weren't comprehensive & seemed to be just scans of the old floppies, i.e. they didn't appear to be re-colored/re-mastered. Specifically, Titan's two books combined collect: BG: Saga of a Star World collects BG #1-5 & #15-16 BG: The Memory Machine collects BG #6-13 So, that still leaves issues #14 & #17-23 uncollected.
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Post by rom on Sept 1, 2016 18:15:50 GMT -5
I like some of Crumb's art/work, but not all of it. I really enjoyed the collaborations he did with the late Harvey Pekar, and feel this is some of his best work - I'm a big fan of Pekar anyway, and like his "common man" stories.
I also think Crumb's Kafka was brilliant - excellent stuff.
If you want to get a better understanding of the artist & his work, the excellent but extremely controversial & disturbing documentary Crumb (1995) is great - directed by Terry Zwigoff. Good stuff, but not for the squeamish and/or easily offended. One of the many things I didn't know about Crumb (that I learned from watching the doc.) was that he actually knew Janis Joplin back in the day; IIRC, he did the artwork for one (or more) of her album covers and possibly flyers some of her shows.
It's interesting that though Crumb is definitely associated with hippies & specifically the San Francisco/Haight-Ashbury late '60's "scene" (at least partly since he was living & working there at the time), I don't necessarily think he was ever a hippie himself, per se - for one thing, he never seemed to dress the part.
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Post by rom on Sept 1, 2016 17:16:28 GMT -5
I know for a fact that Marvel has not reprinted the Manning or Goodwin/Williamson newspaper strips in their entirety. Marvel Unlimited is just re-reprinting what Dark Horse did back in the '90's. What I had heard rumored back around 2011/2012 was that DH was going to reprint the strips unedited. In the early '90's, Russ Cochran publishing produced an excellent 3-volume oversized HC set of books reprinting all of the Goodwin/Williamson strips as they originally appeared. I was lucky enough to read these not long after they came out, but don't own the volumes (got them out of a local library); I don't remember if the Sunday strips were in color or not. In any case, this 3-volume set is extremely expensive these days. So, it would be nice to be able to read these in much more affordable volumes: www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=36084173
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Post by rom on Aug 27, 2016 18:14:52 GMT -5
Thanks - it's been 30+ years since I read Arak, so I had forgotten the writer; the art is what really stood out in my mind - DeZuniga was amazing. IIRC, he may also have drawn some of the Conan comics in the '80's as well.
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Post by rom on Aug 27, 2016 17:57:22 GMT -5
Nice thread. I've always had a passing interest in reading Killraven as a kid back in the day, but never did - other than maybe paging through a couple of issues. I do like any & all '70's sci-fi comics, so I'm sure I would like this.
I have 0 interest in getting b&w reprints of comics that were originally in color, so passed on the Essentials of this series. However, I would be very interested in getting color Trades/HC's of Killraven. Not sure if rights issues are holding this up, however - re: War of the Worlds....
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Post by rom on Aug 27, 2016 17:35:13 GMT -5
The late Gene Day's run (artist) on the later issues of Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu in the early 1980's. GD is my all time favorite comic artist, ever; this is despite the fact that he doesn't have a large body of work (since he unfortunately passed so young).
Daredevil by Frank Miller (writer/artist) in the early 1980's; plus, FM's later '80's writing for the DD "Born Again" storyline
New Teen Titans by the great George Perez & Marv Wolfman - 1980's
Classic Moon Knight by Bill Sienciewicz's and Doug Moench - 1980's
Arak, Son of Thunder by Tony DeZuniga & ? - DC - 1980's
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Post by rom on Aug 26, 2016 22:48:59 GMT -5
I'm an '80's kid, and IMHO the '80's was the best era for action figure toy lines. I have fond memories of collecting Star Wars, MOTU< and G.I. Joe: ARAH figures during that time.
However, there were a lot of other nice toy lines as well:
Sectaurs
Crystar - the figures weren't that great, but would look good now with modern sculpting techniques
Power Lords
M.U.S.C.L.E. - not action figures, but a series of small plastic non-articulated figures. I remember having a poster of all of them as well.
Madballs - I think this line is supposed to make a come-back this year?!
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Post by rom on Aug 26, 2016 22:06:07 GMT -5
Great thread! I was a kid when these original SW newspaper strips hit, but I only remember the Russ Manning ones in my area - not the later Goodwin/Williamson strips.
So, I've got a soft spot for the Russ Manning versions, because I do remember cutting those out of the newspaper as they came out, and then taping them to cardboard so I could "collect" them. I don't remember where any of these are anymore, however.
I did get the '90's Dark Horse comic series of both the Manning & Goodwin/Williamson strips & those were great. However, these were edited to smoothly tell a continuous story (instead of being repetitive like the original strips) so I believe some of the art was missing.
IIRC, before it was announced that Marvel would take over the SW comic franchise from Dark Horse several years ago, DH had mentioned that they were going to release the unedited versions of the SW Newspaper strips in several collections. However, before they could do this, Marvel took over the SW comic license. So, I doubt that will ever happen at this point. Marvel is too focused on their new material & re-releasing some of DH's series - so spending a lot of time/effort to put together these unedited strips is probably not a high priority for them.
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Post by rom on Aug 26, 2016 16:52:48 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember those Baxter reprints - they came our around '84 - I had a couple of those back in the day. Thanks for the info. - I didn't know they were that low these days.
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Post by rom on Aug 26, 2016 16:51:16 GMT -5
Thanks. I knew IDW had the license for both properties (ROM & Micronauts) and that new comics were coming out.
However, AFAIK there are no firm plans to reprint the classic '80's series. My understanding is that since both Marvel ROM & Micronauts series are firmly entrenched in the MU & feature a lot of the MU super-heroes, they would need to come to agreement with Marvel in order to reprint these. Just my .02...
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Post by rom on Aug 26, 2016 14:57:11 GMT -5
Great thread, everyone. First time poster - I just joined today. I'm an '80's kid, and was a big fan of The Micronauts back in the day - though my floppies are all long gone. The first run with Michael Golden art was especially incredible, but from what I can remember all of the issues were great. Here's hoping Marvel (or an another company) will reprint all of those original Marvel issues.
I haven't read them in years, but would pay good $ for a nice series of reprints, either in Omnibus or color Trade format.
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