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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 18, 2018 13:21:46 GMT -5
Isn't that your secret identity, chad?  See what I mean about memory playing tricks? So sorry. You've got me totally confused, now. I woke up this morning out of a dream where I am being overwhelmed by everyone needing something (it's Christmas, I'm a manager of a retail printing & shipping store) and then I see I have been tagged in a thread, only to see someone else's name. I'm waiting for Rod Serling to show up. "Picture a man who works in the service industry. He deals with a constant stream of people who can't do their work on time and expect him to rescue them. The calendar displays the coming months, but they are incapable of reading it. He has entered................................ THE HOLIDAY ZONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" DAAAAAAAAAA.....................dunh-dunh-dunh-dunh................................ Doo-doo-doo-doo, Doo-doo-doo-doo..................................... This made me laugh out loud. "Cody S. Tarbuck, age indeterminate. A gregarious man bedecked in red and green, his eyes ablaze with the spirit of the season, his smile a beam of joyous brightness illuminating the darkness of his customers' lives. Yet for all the happiness he brings to all whom he encounters, Cody S. Tarbuck himself is confused, lost, and discombobulated himself. Because that is life... in the Holiday Zone." Cue credits. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 17:02:02 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Dec 18, 2018 18:57:14 GMT -5
It seems the so-called "second class" satire magazine got the jump on the top dog when creating a cover subject, quickly inspiring said top dog satire magazine... Cracked #104 (October, 1972) - cover by John Severin. MAD #155 (December, 1972) - cover by Norman Mingo.  |
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Post by MDG on Dec 19, 2018 12:38:24 GMT -5
It seems the so-called "second class" satire magazine got the jump on the top dog when creating a cover subject, quickly inspiring said top dog satire magazine... Cracked #104 (October, 1972) - cover by John Severin. MAD #155 (December, 1972) - cover by Norman Mingo. This isn't the only time this happened. In the 70s, MAD seemed to have a long lead time and often their parodies would appear long after the movies were out of the theater. |
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Post by tarkintino on Dec 19, 2018 22:32:47 GMT -5
It seems the so-called "second class" satire magazine got the jump on the top dog when creating a cover subject, quickly inspiring said top dog satire magazine... Cracked #104 (October, 1972) - cover by John Severin. MAD #155 (December, 1972) - cover by Norman Mingo. This isn't the only time this happened. In the 70s, MAD seemed to have a long lead time and often their parodies would appear long after the movies were out of the theater. That's true about how behind their parodies were. At least in The Godfather's case, both Cracked and MAD's satires were not that far behind film's March of '72 release, unlike say, The Empire Strikes Back--released in May of 1980--but its MAD satire ( "The Empire Strikes Out") had a cover date of January of 1981. Now that's lagging behind by some length of time. |
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Post by rberman on Dec 20, 2018 8:31:58 GMT -5
Jason Statham is... The Phantom  |
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Post by tarkintino on Dec 20, 2018 9:35:38 GMT -5
Self-homage--
Mystery in Space #17 (December, 1953 / January, 1954). Cover by Murphy Anderson. Justice League of America #19 (May, 1963). Cover by Murphy Anderson.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 20, 2018 10:52:52 GMT -5
Don't forget the very next issue:   |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 20, 2018 11:01:23 GMT -5
This cover has been bugging me, not because it reminds me of another cover, but b/c those Martians seem to look like another character from years later. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?  |
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Post by MDG on Dec 20, 2018 11:16:07 GMT -5
This cover has been bugging me, not because it reminds me of another cover, but b/c those Martians seem to look like another character from years later. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Maybe you're thinking of this?  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 20, 2018 11:30:56 GMT -5
This cover has been bugging me, not because it reminds me of another cover, but b/c those Martians seem to look like another character from years later. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Maybe you're thinking of this? No, I thinks it's the color combination of the Martians' uniforms and those white faces. Good cover, though! Wait! Aargh! Maybe it was this? I had just written about it for the 12 Days of Christmas event. I dunno.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 22, 2018 5:57:51 GMT -5
It's been a while since I've posted here but these images jumped out at me. Although they are not straight swipes, Buckler looks like he was influenced by Avengers # 2 when he drew GS Super stars #1.    Or maybe I'm reading too much into the panel composition. |
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Post by tarkintino on Dec 23, 2018 12:12:34 GMT -5
The year raced by--it seems like I posted this just a short time ago. As mentioned on that 12/22/17 post in this thread, before the thoughtful, busy Christmas day arrives, here's a re-post of the appropriately themed homage cover group-- Supersnipe Comics V3 #9 (February, 1947). Cover by George Marcoux. DC's Limited Collectors' Edition C43 presents Christmas with the Super-Heroes (March, 1976). Cover by Curt Swan.  ![]() |
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Post by Farrar on Dec 23, 2018 13:17:47 GMT -5
It's been a while since I've posted here but these images jumped out at me. Although they are not straight swipes, Buckler looks like he was influenced by Avengers # 2 when he drew GS Super stars #1. Or maybe I'm reading too much into the panel composition. The first and third panels are inspired by images from Fantastic Four #25. There's lots more in Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 that's based on various 1960s Kirby work, ranging from Avengers to Thor to the FF and even the last-minute, hastily-drawn Kirby story in Tales to Astonish #82 (Iron Man vs. Subby). |
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Post by tarkintino on Dec 23, 2018 14:57:59 GMT -5
Speaking of interior homages, I've always believed Steranko's legendary page from Captain America #110 (February, 1969) may have been somewhat inspired by the cover of Captain America Comics #18 (September, 1942) by Al Avison--  --from the multi-story lair with attacking villains, to Cap leaping down into the fight (actually fighting on the '42 cover) while both Bucky and Rick Jones punch out a villain in the background, there's much mirroring going on. |
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