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Post by Confessor on Feb 25, 2017 7:56:33 GMT -5
I read it as being a swear word... more like F___ than darn. Also, it's not just Spidey, but all of 2099. I always kinda liked it... it was alot more original than alot of the pretend swear words sci fi often comes up with. Frak was pretty darn good on both incarnations of BSG. Felgercarb, on the other hand... Nothing beats "smeghead," though, from Red Dwarf. (and "smeg" itself) Smeg, and by extension Smeghead, weren't made up sci-fi swear words though. Smeg was a UK slang term for -- how shall I put this -- the nasty, crusty dried seamen and other filth that can build up around an unwashed person's genitals. A-hem! I remember the word being in usage among my friends at middle school, long before Red Dwarf began.
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 25, 2017 11:20:01 GMT -5
Frak was pretty darn good on both incarnations of BSG. Felgercarb, on the other hand... Nothing beats "smeghead," though, from Red Dwarf. (and "smeg" itself) Smeg, and by extension Smeghead, weren't made up sci-fi swear words though. Smeg was a UK slang term for -- how shall I put this -- the nasty, crusty dried seamen and other filth that can build up around an unwashed person's genitals. A-hem! I remember the word being in usage among my friends at middle school, long before Red Dwarf began. Well, yeah, I assumed it derived from smegma, when I first heard it on Red Dwarf. When I was in school, the full name was usually used. That was back in the days when about the only British comedy that we saw was Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and The Good Life (shown as the Good Neighbors, on PBS) and the only sci-fi comedy was the adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Post by brianzero on Feb 27, 2017 15:18:23 GMT -5
Hi all, a newbie here and I do have a question that I hope someone might be able to shine a light on. When I was a child around 8-9 (we are talking 1969 here ). I was given a copy of Mystic #41 ( Miller and son), made quite an impression upon me. Now at 56 I have managed to track down a very good copy. But there was another comic that I had at the same time as Mystic and this is the one I am trying to trace. I do not remember a cover but it was the same format eg. short stories, very weird and dark. So, I briefly describe two of the stories and if anybody recognizes them and know what the comic is called then please leave a message. #1. was basically a lot od zombies rising out of very old graveyards, lots of them. Great drawings and long shots depicting the grave yards, bvery atmospheric. I didn't remember the storyline except a lot of dead were walking. #2. This was of a guy sort of traversing the underworld, weird seas full of strange creatures. Wierd mutations living in subterenean caverns, very nightmarish. The end of the story is the guy had a fever in hospital / home and wakes at the end, of course that being his dream etc. So that all I can go on at the moment. If that jogs any memory with you please let me know. Many thanks
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 27, 2017 15:57:12 GMT -5
Could it have been Mystic's sister title, Spellbound? Published by Miller & Son at the same as Mystic?
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Post by Confessor on Feb 27, 2017 15:59:40 GMT -5
^^ Miller & Sons were a British company that reprinted a lot of American comics and pulps in black & white. Was this comic you're trying to identify also a black & white British comic? If so, chances are, the stories you describe first appeared in the U.S.
Also, can you tell us roughly what year we'd be talking about for this comic you recall owning?
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Post by brianzero on Feb 27, 2017 16:56:26 GMT -5
Pretty sure it wasn't spellbound. It was between the years 67-69. Yes it was all in B/W. have been looking over the web for cover images that might jog my memory. Weird tales ?? really not sure.
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Post by brianzero on Mar 1, 2017 10:57:14 GMT -5
I have a sneeky that it could have been 'creepy', they were around at the time I believe. Was the format short stories etc ?
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Post by Polar Bear on Mar 1, 2017 13:06:57 GMT -5
Hi,
I'm a real Russ Manning nut, and I'm trying to be a completist. We're about to have an embarrassment of riches regarding his work on Star Wars, and I'd like your advice.
Marvel's just published Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strips Vol. 1, which contains CLASSIC STAR WARS: THE EARLY ADVENTURES 1-9, CLASSIC STAR WARS: HAN SOLO AT STARS' END 1-3, CLASSIC STAR WARS 1-3, and MATERIAL FROM CLASSIC STAR WARS 4 (464 pages, 39.99).
On the other hand, IDW's about to publish Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 1, which "contains 575 sequential comic strips from the strip’s premiere on March 11, 1979 to October 5, 1980" (260 pages, $49.99).
Marvel's seems like it might be slightly more desirable on the face of it due to being both less expensive for more pages and, in all probability, full color even for the daily strips. However, if it's going to end up skipping huge swaths of material, I may want the IDW HCs after all.
Does anyone know for sure how much daily/Sunday material the Marvel book will omit by reprinting only those miniseries?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 1, 2017 13:13:47 GMT -5
Hi, I'm a real Russ Manning nut, and I'm trying to be a completist. We're about to have an embarrassment of riches regarding his work on Star Wars, and I'd like your advice. Marvel's just published Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strips Vol. 1, which contains CLASSIC STAR WARS: THE EARLY ADVENTURES 1-9, CLASSIC STAR WARS: HAN SOLO AT STARS' END 1-3, CLASSIC STAR WARS 1-3, and MATERIAL FROM CLASSIC STAR WARS 4 (464 pages, 39.99). On the other hand, IDW's about to publish Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 1, which "contains 575 sequential comic strips from the strip’s premiere on March 11, 1979 to October 5, 1980" (260 pages, $49.99). Marvel's seems like it might be slightly more desirable on the face of it due to being both less expensive for more pages and, in all probability, full color even for the daily strips. However, if it's going to end up skipping huge swaths of material, I may want the IDW HCs after all. Does anyone know for sure how much daily/Sunday material the Marvel book will omit by reprinting only those miniseries? I can't speak to the question about the marvel books. But the IDW book will have the Sundays in color along with the header and the "bonus" panels. And IDW's restoration and formatting is always outstanding.
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Post by shaxper on Mar 1, 2017 13:17:48 GMT -5
Hi, I'm a real Russ Manning nut, and I'm trying to be a completist. We're about to have an embarrassment of riches regarding his work on Star Wars, and I'd like your advice. Marvel's just published Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strips Vol. 1, which contains CLASSIC STAR WARS: THE EARLY ADVENTURES 1-9, CLASSIC STAR WARS: HAN SOLO AT STARS' END 1-3, CLASSIC STAR WARS 1-3, and MATERIAL FROM CLASSIC STAR WARS 4 (464 pages, 39.99). On the other hand, IDW's about to publish Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 1, which "contains 575 sequential comic strips from the strip’s premiere on March 11, 1979 to October 5, 1980" (260 pages, $49.99). Marvel's seems like it might be slightly more desirable on the face of it due to being both less expensive for more pages and, in all probability, full color even for the daily strips. However, if it's going to end up skipping huge swaths of material, I may want the IDW HCs after all. Does anyone know for sure how much daily/Sunday material the Marvel book will omit by reprinting only those miniseries? thwhtguardian is likely the person best qualified to answer this. He's knee deep in this week's Off The Racks reviews right now, but you might find the answers in his Star Wars: The Dailies thread.
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 1, 2017 13:18:40 GMT -5
I have a sneeky that it could have been 'creepy', they were around at the time I believe. Was the format short stories etc ? Do you mean Creepy Worlds? One of the Alan Class titles? They were around for decades. Anthologies reprinting several short stories from American titles in black and white.
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Post by Polar Bear on Mar 1, 2017 13:30:51 GMT -5
thwhtguardian is likely the person best qualified to answer this. He's knee deep in this week's Off The Racks reviews right now, but you might find the answers in his Star Wars: The Dailies thread. That's an incredible thread--Wow! Thanks much, Shax. Member Rom (great name) said on 9/1/16, "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." If anyone can confirm that, it's certainly a huge incentive for me to pick up the vastly more expensive IDW editions.
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Post by Polar Bear on Mar 1, 2017 13:42:23 GMT -5
OK, one more question: I'd like DC to print an Alex Toth omnibus reprinting all of his work from ~1960 until his passing. Who's DC's reprint editor at present? I've already compiled a complete list of Toth's work from that time period for them (including Charlton, the rights to which they own--yes, obsessive).
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Post by Cheswick on Mar 2, 2017 2:35:05 GMT -5
OK, one more question: I'd like DC to print an Alex Toth omnibus reprinting all of his work from ~1960 until his passing. Who's DC's reprint editor at present? I've already compiled a complete list of Toth's work from that time period for them (including Charlton, the rights to which they own--yes, obsessive). Would you mind posting the list here? Off the top of my head, I can only remember 6 Alex Toth DC Comics stories. The Flash/Atom team-up from Brave and the Bold, the Black Canary two-parter from Adventure Comics 418-419, the Super Friends story from Limited Collector's Edition 41, the Superman Annual 8 team-up with Batman, a Detective Comics story, and the Question story from Charlton Bullseye. I'm a huge fan of his work and would love to own the collection you are proposing.
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Post by brianzero on Mar 2, 2017 3:03:57 GMT -5
I have a sneeky that it could have been 'creepy', they were around at the time I believe. Was the format short stories etc ? Do you mean Creepy Worlds? One of the Alan Class titles? They were around for decades. Anthologies reprinting several short stories from American titles in black and white. Yes they could be the ones. I was trawlling the net last night and I see you can get them in condensed volumes. Still feels like looking for a needle in a haystack :-)
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