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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 25, 2016 12:56:58 GMT -5
I'm therefore after a comic that could be the secret adventures of Michael Jordan as a succefull under the radar PI, while still having his public life of hall of fame NBA player (but hopefully more creative then that!), or acomic about the scret life of Henry Kissinger as the head of a thief network, which is what a Superman comic would be in the world of Superman. Is this more clear now?  I think the Alan ladd series from DC might fit: "THE ADVENTURES OF ALAN LADD was never a true western comic book, nor was it a true crime or adventure comic, but a strange hybrid of stories that forced movie star Ladd to become mixed up in a variety of intentional and unintentional adventures away from the movie set. The approach was unusual and often strained, so much so that in the last two issues mythical Ladd stories were 'retold'." westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2011/07/buster-crabbe-comics-invaders-from.html   |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 25, 2016 13:17:13 GMT -5
Well, those Buster Crabbe stories don't fit as he's still in the comic adventures "playing" the same character, isn't it?
The biographic aspect of the Babe Ruth comic also doesn't fit the profile. If the fiction adventures of htose same real persons are quite outlandish in regard to what they're known for, that would fit what I'm after. But then again, i'd rather find such a case in a series, not just a one shot.
Just imagine that cover of Superman I posted in the current contest : Kids reading a Superman comic when they see superman flying by. In that world, that comic either couldn't mention Clark Kent as his existance is secret, or, the clark Kent existance would be fiction in the "real" world of superman, who would have a completely unknown backstory. You follow me?
Alright, then, if you transpose this in our real world, because of the lack of super powers, I'm going with famous people, famous enough they eventually got a comic book series while alive, one that would depict their fiction adventures outside of their public personnae (fiction that could be true, but just wouldn't be public knowledge, so much that only a work of fiction could tell those stories), as do the comics that focus on the Clark Kent aspect of Superman, one that isn't public and potentially unrelated to the specifics of Superman's abilities. Bruce Wayne can do stuff Batman cannot, and vice versa. So it could be about the adventures of Bill Gates as himself, but secretly doing stuff we don't know about, in a heroic way, or an evil one.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 25, 2016 13:19:17 GMT -5
I'm therefore after a comic that could be the secret adventures of Michael Jordan as a succefull under the radar PI, while still having his public life of hall of fame NBA player (but hopefully more creative then that!), or acomic about the scret life of Henry Kissinger as the head of a thief network, which is what a Superman comic would be in the world of Superman. Is this more clear now? I think the Alan ladd series from DC might fit: "THE ADVENTURES OF ALAN LADD was never a true western comic book, nor was it a true crime or adventure comic, but a strange hybrid of stories that forced movie star Ladd to become mixed up in a variety of intentional and unintentional adventures away from the movie set. The approach was unusual and often strained, so much so that in the last two issues mythical Ladd stories were 'retold'." westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2011/07/buster-crabbe-comics-invaders-from.html Ah well, that seems to fit the requirements perfetcly!!! Thanks, I'll investigate it further myself, unless you have advices or personnal knowledges about it? |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 25, 2016 13:26:24 GMT -5
Say Arthur, would Boulet's comics count since they feature him as he is in real life but aren't exactly autobiographical? |
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Post by MWGallaher on Feb 25, 2016 14:44:26 GMT -5
Alan Ladd was the first one I thought of, too, as I had a chance to read the series--well, skim-read it, the series wasn't very engaging--a few months back. To elaborate on Prince Hal's description, in those last issues, DC just published some of their typical bland 50's stories--westerns, international intrigue, etc.--and described them as adaptations of movies that Alan Ladd was starring in. Which weren't movies in the real world at all. The fictional films of a fictionalized version of a real film star.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 25, 2016 14:53:31 GMT -5
Say Arthur, would Boulet's comics count since they feature him as he is in real life but aren't exactly autobiographical? Not really, since Boulet isn't a public figure, so there is no pre-existing expectations. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 25, 2016 15:00:00 GMT -5
How about this, based on real-life stuntman Rick Rojatt:  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 25, 2016 15:20:07 GMT -5
Alan Ladd was the first one I thought of, too, as I had a chance to read the series--well, skim-read it, the series wasn't very engaging--a few months back. To elaborate on Prince Hal's description, in those last issues, DC just published some of their typical bland 50's stories--westerns, international intrigue, etc.--and described them as adaptations of movies that Alan Ladd was starring in. Which weren't movies in the real world at all. The fictional films of a fictionalized version of a real film star. Oh, that was the gimmick in those. I've never seen more than the covers, but judging from the covers, I thought maybe the last couple of issues -- the ones that did not feature Ladd in a photo -- had stories featuring Ladd in these predicaments. That doesn't seem to fit Arthur's description. BTW, Arthur, I've never seen any of the Babe Ruth comics, so all I acn go by is that write-up, but the description did say that real sports stars were featured in both true and fictional stories. No idea if the stars were ever featured off the field in what would be considered real life. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 25, 2016 15:37:18 GMT -5
Seen this? I don't think it qualifies, but it's just worth looking at as an artifact of another place and time...   |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 25, 2016 15:40:56 GMT -5
Say Arthur, would Boulet's comics count since they feature him as he is in real life but aren't exactly autobiographical? Not really, since Boulet isn't a public figure, so there is no pre-existing expectations. Hey, he's a hero of mine!!!  |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 25, 2016 16:08:00 GMT -5
Not really, since Boulet isn't a public figure, so there is no pre-existing expectations. Hey, he's a hero of mine!!! He's fine and I love his work as well, but you've never seen outside his comics as a public figure, so the comics aren't fiction about his not public figure. |
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Post by MDG on Feb 25, 2016 16:32:14 GMT -5
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 25, 2016 17:56:49 GMT -5
The Batman piece was very much fictional, probably the most imaginative that Bob Kane was ever able to muster without Bill Finger's help. Even if it appeared in DC Comics's Real Fact Comics #5
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 25, 2016 17:59:22 GMT -5
Former basketball star Charles Barkley swears this happened  |
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Post by berkley on Feb 25, 2016 18:13:26 GMT -5
Jackie Chan adventures lasted for something like 80 issues and seems to be the type of series you,re thinking about. Jackie Chan is an actor in our world, but he is also a genuine martial artist, so who's to say that the adventures depicted in his comics didn't happen in between movie shoots? I don't know if that Jackie Chan series is what Arthur is looking for or not but I would like to say that I thought it was a lot of fun and featured probably my favourite Michael Golden artwork outside his short Mister Miracle run inked by Russ Heath. |
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