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Post by flausch on Mar 6, 2015 7:48:04 GMT -5
... I bought two volumes of a comic book in the late 80s or early 90s, in Austria, probably a European (French?) comic, either in English or German translation (sorry, I do not even remember this). It was slightly "adult" oriented (not pornographic, but as far as I remember not suitable for children), medieval/fantasy setting. Contents: A king has some birds with rings on their feet (?) locked up in a tower(?), his daughter sets them free by mistake, thus bringing doom to the land (don't know how/why). The king sends the princess away to recover the birds, only accompanied by a young page. The two volumes I had did not progress the story much, there was a bit of erotic tension between princess and page, and some low level adventuring. I think at the end of the second volume they set sail for the orient. It doesn't ring any bells so far. Can you give a bit more information? How was the drawing style? Realistic/cartoony? The drawing style was "realistic" (as opposed to cartoony), also the medieval setting was more "realistic" than fantasic/magical. Sorry, I cannot think of any more details. In any case, thanks for the kind efforts. |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Mar 6, 2015 8:42:11 GMT -5
Alright, so I have been reading Marvel Comics, The Untold Story. I like it a lot and I cam across a passage talking about Neal Adams. We all know he started with DC and there was mention of an issue of Strange Adventures where he pays homage to Jim Steranko by hiding the words "Hey, it's a Jim Steranko effect!" in a panel that has weird wavy lines.
I wanna know which issue this is?!?! Assuming it is from the run #206-216 that Adams worked on (I think those are the issues). If anyone has these and the time to let me know, it would be much appreciated because I want that issue!
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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 6, 2015 10:01:22 GMT -5
Alright, so I have been reading Marvel Comics, The Untold Story. I like it a lot and I cam across a passage talking about Neal Adams. We all know he started with DC and there was mention of an issue of Strange Adventures where he pays homage to Jim Steranko by hiding the words "Hey, it's a Jim Steranko effect!" in a panel that has weird wavy lines. I wanna know which issue this is?!?! Assuming it is from the run #206-216 that Adams worked on (I think those are the issues). If anyone has these and the time to let me know, it would be much appreciated because I want that issue! According to google, it's #215.  |
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Post by Paradox on Mar 10, 2015 1:42:40 GMT -5
This is probably an easy one for the folks here, although I'm looking more for the character than the issue, the issue will do fine. Someone posted this as a "Name that Villain" in a Facebook group I'm in, and while I immediately said "Oh, that's Imus Champion from Avengers #109", I was dead wrong when I looked it up. I know I've read the comic this is in SEVERAL times, but internet searches and poring over covers has given me no clue (and the poster isn't telling yet, but I want to stop obsessively searching  ) Anyone got a clue? Obviously Don Heck, and I want to place it in the same era as Champion, but that may be just my mis-connecting the two, although I think he's a great big guy, like 7-8 feet, like Champion was.  |
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Post by JKCarrier on Mar 10, 2015 22:37:06 GMT -5
The arm on the left side of the panel looks like Firebrand, so maybe it's from an issue of Iron Man?
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Post by Paradox on Mar 10, 2015 23:04:38 GMT -5
It's not. He finally gave it up. It's from the Black Widow story in Amazing Adventures #8. I couldn't remember because my focus was always on the lovely Adams Inhumans story, not the utterly forgettable BW story in that one.  |
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Post by tolworthy on Apr 1, 2015 8:13:53 GMT -5
Can anyone identify this cartoon cat? Fantastic Four issue 244 is full of 1980s cultural references (Garfield, Muppets, Leggings, corporate buyouts, Rubiks Cube, etc.) so I am guessing that this calendar pic is a genuine character. but who? Any ideas?  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 4, 2015 8:19:16 GMT -5
It looks vaguely like Top Cat, but he's from the 60s, and didn't have a big lion mane, he's just a cat. I can't really recall any lions in cartoons, other than Care Bears (which would be the a full body pic to get the tummy symbol). There was a pretty popular Noah's Ark cartoon at the time.. maybe that's it?
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 4, 2015 9:19:43 GMT -5
Possibly Linus the Lion-Hearted, mascot for Post Crispy Critters? He had an animated Saturday morning show in the mid-60s.
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Post by tolworthy on Apr 5, 2015 2:54:54 GMT -5
Thanks. Maybe Byrne didn't intend it to be anything then. But it looks so distinctive. I suppose that's the sign of a good artist - even incidental throwaway details look right.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 5, 2015 6:08:14 GMT -5
You could try the John Byrne forum, too.. you might actually get him to comment... seems like the sorta thing he'd want to tell you about if it is something.
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Post by shaxper on Apr 5, 2015 10:41:11 GMT -5
Can anyone identify this cartoon cat? Fantastic Four issue 244 is full of 1980s cultural references (Garfield, Muppets, Leggings, corporate buyouts, Rubiks Cube, etc.) so I am guessing that this calendar pic is a genuine character. but who? Any ideas? My best guesses were The Get Along Gang and The Junkyard Cats, but neither panned out. |
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Post by tolworthy on Apr 6, 2015 6:06:13 GMT -5
You could try the John Byrne forum, too.. you might actually get him to comment... seems like the sorta thing he'd want to tell you about if it is something. Good idea. I spent some time on the board today, and considered doing just that... but I'm planning to write a critical piece about Byrne,* so I'm not sure I'd be welcome there. * Nothing serious. But just when Byrne began his Fantastic Four run, Steve Ditko produced FF annual 16. It is almost universally hated, mainly for the art, but I love it. So I plan to show all the ways that I prefer Ditko's FF art to Byrne's. I don't mind swimming against the tide.  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 6, 2015 6:10:51 GMT -5
Well, yeah, I've heard Byrne doesn't take critism well, but posting that one little image and asking if it's a reference isn't really a critism, you can probably get you answer first, if there's one to get, and it's not just a random cat.
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Post by tolworthy on Apr 6, 2015 7:18:07 GMT -5
Will do. I just jumped through the hoops to join (lots or rules, and he doesn't like my main email address as it's hotmail). Now waiting 24 hours...
Byrne sure does like his rules. But at least he is clear and straightforward. I prefer that to fifty pages of user agreement that ends up being meaningless. I don't agree with many of his views, but I do appreciate his plain speaking.
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) Anyone got a clue? Obviously Don Heck, and I want to place it in the same era as Champion, but that may be just my mis-connecting the two, although I think he's a great big guy, like 7-8 feet, like Champion was.
