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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 10, 2016 12:26:18 GMT -5
Kind of a shame how this is such a forgotten genre these days, even though it had something of a resurgence in the 80's with Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider Ham, Captain Carrot & The Amazing Zoo Crew, Bucky 'O Hare, and Fantagraphics' Critters among others
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 10, 2016 15:25:23 GMT -5
I really like Funny Animals, so good topic! (And Hoppy the Marvel Bunny is the only Golden Age book I actively collect.) They are still around, though: Howard the Duck is still around for the moment. And Rocket Racoon has his own book, unless they got cancelled since I last checked. I swear I saw Captain Carrot in one of those damn DC Crossover things, and he was in Grant Morrison's Multiversity before that. There are still a surprising number of indy funny animal books aimed at adults: Zac Sally's super-depressing Sammy the Mouse, Kim Deitch's Waldo the Kitty/Demon, stoner comedy MegaHex... I've argued this before, but there is vastly more effective, adult, literary-type comics featuring funny animals than there are featuring superheroes - Forinstance the # 1, # 2, # 3, and # 4 spot on Fantagraphics best English Language Comics of the 20th Century list. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 10, 2016 15:33:39 GMT -5
I love Howard, but I don't really consider it much in the way of a "funny animal book", though Gerber was quoted as saying that Howard was intended to be a parody/deconstruction of the genre
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 10, 2016 15:39:55 GMT -5
There are still a surprising number of indy funny animal books aimed at adults: Zac Sally's super-depressing Sammy the Mouse, Kim Deitch's Waldo the Kitty/Demon, stoner comedy MegaHex... Add in Three Fingers by Rich Koslowski. |
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Post by String on Feb 10, 2016 15:50:25 GMT -5
Spider-Ham is currently starring in the Web Warriors title. He had a major role in the last year or so Spider-Verse event. It was fun seeing him again.
With access to the Rock of Eternity, I so want a team-up of Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and Usagi Yojimbo, perhaps featuring a collaboration between Stan Sakai and Eric 'Doc' Shaner? One can dream.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 10, 2016 16:32:03 GMT -5
There's also the new IDW Disney books, which are re-printing stuff that was previously only in Europe oF the Ducks and Mickey Mouse.
Then there's Mouse Guard, and that other similar series that I can' recall the name of that is similarly mice-as-knights.
I just read The Humans, which is a 70s biker parody with Primates... they might be too explicit to be called funny though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2016 22:11:44 GMT -5
I'm getting a whole load of these for Little Jez...loved them when I was small. Chip & Dale too.  |
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 10, 2016 22:32:08 GMT -5
I'm getting a whole load of these for Little Jez...loved them when I was small. Chip & Dale too. Was there ever an inherently "bad" Gold Key book? Because I can't even think of one |
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 11, 2016 0:01:58 GMT -5
TMNT is still going strong
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2016 0:54:31 GMT -5
There's also the new IDW Disney books, which are re-printing stuff that was previously only in Europe oF the Ducks and Mickey Mouse. Then there's Mouse Guard, and that other similar series that I can' recall the name of that is similarly mice-as-knights. I just read The Humans, which is a 70s biker parody with Primates... they might be too explicit to be called funny though. Mice Templar?  -M |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2016 0:57:47 GMT -5
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 11, 2016 7:41:14 GMT -5
Yes, Mice Templar is it. And I forgot about Autumnlands.. great series there (hopefully they haven't dropped it)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2016 7:42:59 GMT -5
^^^That art is beautiful. It's something that would have scared the p!ss out of me as a child, though, but as an adult, I find it beautiful.
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 11, 2016 8:44:39 GMT -5
Autumnlands just went to the top of my Emerald City shopping list.
Cei-U!
I summon the must have!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2016 8:47:14 GMT -5
Autumnlands just went to the top of my Emerald City shopping list. Cei-U! I summon the must have! Right?! For me, if nothing more than to just look at it. I'm fascinated by that art. |
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