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Post by Farrar on Mar 14, 2018 15:16:41 GMT -5
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Søren
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Post by Søren on Mar 14, 2018 16:07:12 GMT -5
I think was too young at time when reading simpsons comics, I guessed some were copying something just didn't know what lol |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 14, 2018 16:20:32 GMT -5
I think was too young at time when reading simpsons comics, I guessed some were copying something just didn't know what lol Bongo was one of the smartest companies to emerge in the 90s. They knew their audience and knew how to market to it, while also grabbing a wider collection of comic people. They gave you the same feel on the page as you got watching an episode, while also referencing comics, knowing that those fans were going to be their bread and butter. They did gimmicks; but, their gimmicks were both cool and mocked the whole concept of gimmick covers, like the issue of Bartman, where he is dangling over a vat of silver ink, with the pool colored in silver ink; or, Radioactive Man #1, with the glow-in-the-dark skeleton. They got the best of both worlds: money from speculators who bought up gimmicks (a poor investment, unreservedly) and those who were sick of them. The Radioactive Man mini-series was great, as the inside story was filled with homages to the period. For instance, the one where Fallout Boy is now a hippy, is an homage to the Adams/O'Neil Green Lantern stories and has the hero The Purple Heart appear in his new form, Bleeding Heart, with a sudden ultra-liberal personality, who hangs out with a woman called the Black Partridge. It's a parody of how Green Arrow went from millionaire playboy to bleeding heart social crusader, and his romance with Black Canary. Meanwhile, the Black Partridge's outfit was both an homage to Black Canary and the outfits of the Partridge Family, from the tv series. She even has a ruffled blouse, like Shirley Jones wore, as Mrs Partridge, and looks rather like her (in that Simpsons style).  They also parodied Neal Adams' in joke, from Deadman, of a Steranko-style wave effect....   |
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Post by Søren on Mar 14, 2018 16:32:09 GMT -5
I think was too young at time when reading simpsons comics, I guessed some were copying something just didn't know what lol Bongo was one of the smartest companies to emerge in the 90s. They knew their audience and knew how to market to it, while also grabbing a wider collection of comic people. They gave you the same feel on the page as you got watching an episode, while also referencing comics, knowing that those fans were going to be their bread and butter. They did gimmicks; but, their gimmicks were both cool and mocked the whole concept of gimmick covers, like the issue of Bartman, where he is dangling over a vat of silver ink, with the pool colored in silver ink; or, Radioactive Man #1, with the glow-in-the-dark skeleton. They got the best of both worlds: money from speculators who bought up gimmicks (a poor investment, unreservedly) and those who were sick of them. The Radioactive Man mini-series was great, as the inside story was filled with homages to the period. For instance, the one where Fallout Boy is now a hippy, is an homage to the Adams/O'Neil Green Lantern stories and has the hero The Purple Heart appear in his new form, Bleeding Heart, with a sudden ultra-liberal personality, who hangs out with a woman called the Black Partridge. It's a parody of how Green Arrow went from millionaire playboy to bleeding heart social crusader, and his romance with Black Canary. Meanwhile, the Black Partridge's outfit was both an homage to Black Canary and the outfits of the Partridge Family, from the tv series. She even has a ruffled blouse, like Shirley Jones wore, as Mrs Partridge, and looks rather like her (in that Simpsons style). They also parodied Neal Adams' in joke, from Deadman, of a Steranko-style wave effect.... A lot of that was lost on me back then, I was reading between age about 6 to 12, wish still had some them comics as bet lot the references would likely make more sense to me now, like the Fantastic Four cover. Think your right that they probably knew the audience very well while keeping it fun for the kids like myself that just liked the Simpsons as it was like a printed episode  |
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 15, 2018 13:42:36 GMT -5
Troubled archers in superhero groups--dramatic background burst effect included from Justice League of America #69 (February, 1969) by Sid Greene and The Avengers #109 (March, 1973) by John and Sal Buscema.  |
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Post by MDG on Mar 15, 2018 15:59:01 GMT -5
Bongo was one of the smartest companies to emerge in the 90s. They knew their audience and knew how to market to it, while also grabbing a wider collection of comic people..... Bill Morrison, who did a lot of these, is the new EIC for MAD. It'll be interesting to see what he can do with it. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 16, 2018 8:14:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 10:08:45 GMT -5
Nice Call ... Prince Hal - I can see that similarity! |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Mar 16, 2018 17:49:08 GMT -5
Troubled archers in superhero groups--dramatic background burst effect included from Justice League of America #69 (February, 1969) by Sid Greene and The Avengers #109 (March, 1973) by John and Sal Buscema. GCD credits the JLA cover to Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson (Sid Greene inked the interiors). |
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 17, 2018 11:27:26 GMT -5
On sale October 1961 On sale September 1972   |
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 17, 2018 14:27:59 GMT -5
GCD credits the JLA cover to Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson (Sid Greene inked the interiors). I've seen that credit, but the work really looks more like Greene (perhaps with Anderson's softening inks) than Infantino. |
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 17, 2018 14:53:47 GMT -5
Attacking sea monsters appear as, or shaped like man-- Sea Devils #5 (May-June, 1962) by Russ Heath. Sea Devils #12 (July-August, 1963) by Irv Novick & Jack Alder. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea #4 (May, 1966) by George Wilson. The New Adventures of Superboy #44 (August, 1983) by Gil Kane.  |
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Post by rberman on Mar 19, 2018 20:50:16 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 27, 2018 14:28:59 GMT -5
In the palm of a hairy giant: Tarzan Family #64 (August, 1976) by Joe Kubert & Star Trek #53 (July, 1978) by George Wilson.  |
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Post by rberman on Mar 30, 2018 15:28:52 GMT -5
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