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Post by the4thpip on May 4, 2014 7:21:59 GMT -5
I have a bit of a fascination with comics about real-life celebrities. They've been around for a long time, and they still exist. But I guess we will never again see an age were dozens of cowboy actors and comedians were carrying their own books. I like the contrast between the 1970s and the 2006 Johnny Cash comics:   |
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Post by Nowhere Man on May 4, 2014 7:44:16 GMT -5
I'm just glad we don't live in a world where Duck Dynasty and Jerry Shore warrant the comic book treatment. This will forever be my favorite: "From his childhood in Poland to the assassination attempt to his thwarting of a Skrull invasion force and his touching conversion of Past Pot Pete to Roman Catholicism!"  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 4, 2014 10:53:32 GMT -5
I always got a kick when they met a super-hero  |
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Post by Jasoomian on May 4, 2014 11:33:08 GMT -5
THRILL as he executes his nemesis JFK and turns America over to his French masters!  |
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Post by Jesse on May 4, 2014 11:40:28 GMT -5
Would Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope comics count?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 4, 2014 12:23:43 GMT -5
Would Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope comics count? You're denying they existed or were not celebrities? |
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Post by the4thpip on May 4, 2014 12:44:38 GMT -5
I always got a kick when they met a super-hero Jerry also met Diana Prince.  |
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Post by Jesse on May 4, 2014 12:53:05 GMT -5
Don Rickles in Jimmy Olsen comics.  You're denying they existed or were not celebrities? Neither. The first three examples I think might fall under non fiction (just a guess I haven't read them) apposed to The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis which are not. That was before I noticed you already posted a Jerry Lewis comic. My question was more about if the OP was looking specifically for non fiction which doesn't seem to be the case. My fault for assuming and not looking through the thread more carefully. I always got a kick when they met a super-hero He's met quite a few hasn't he. Flash and Superman I think as well. |
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Post by the4thpip on May 4, 2014 12:58:30 GMT -5
Did anybody see Clint Eastwood's somewhat sympathetic movie portrait of J. Edgar Hoover, "J. Edgar"?   They not only acknowledged the existence of those comics in the movie, Hoover's life partner even accuses him of mixing up his memories with the idealized heroics from his comic books when he was becoming senile. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on May 4, 2014 13:02:18 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of: 
This was from the St. John series. There was another at DC which appended "and the Honeymooners" to the title. In addition to Ralph Kramden, the St. John series apparently used several of Gleason's characters from his DuMont variety show (Reginald Van Gleason III, Joe the Bartender, etc.). I've been meaning to track one of these down. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 4, 2014 13:38:48 GMT -5
Superman was ready to give Perry Como a beat-down for crooning to his girl  |
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Post by Phil Maurice on May 4, 2014 13:57:05 GMT -5
Superman was ready to give Perry Como a beat-down for crooning to his girl It's near-impossible to overstate the popularity and significance of Perry Como. Though not my cup of tea, the man enjoyed a 50-year unbroken string of success in music, film, and television, free of scandal, beloved by most of the world. He was the only entertainer my father and his father could agree on and trust me, that's no small feat. A multi-generational attraction and all-around class act. |
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Post by the4thpip on May 4, 2014 14:04:10 GMT -5
With Prince back at Warner Bros., maybe we will see a Nu52 version of him?  IIRC, this was by Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan, with a Bolland cover. Pretty stellar creative team! |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 4, 2014 14:14:14 GMT -5
I'm drawing a blank on something witty about Woody.Momma Mia  |
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Post by Phil Maurice on May 4, 2014 14:20:16 GMT -5
Superman and Orson Welles? Yes. Always. Here, under protest, is "Black Magic on Mars."
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