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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 18, 2023 14:17:53 GMT -5
Angry youth and alternative music comes alive! #7- HATE! (1990-2011)Excuse my pedantry (and quite possibly my ignorance as well), but how is this a spin-off? Bradley was the star of his own strip in a number of issues of Neat Stuff, and he was also the star of his own strip in the pages of Hate, albeit with less emphasis on his family, admittedly. So, it's not like he was a co-star who broke out into his own starring strip. There’s more than a few entries that are thin in This regard but I’m leaving the lawyering to Kurt.  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 18, 2023 14:23:42 GMT -5
Excuse my pedantry (and quite possibly my ignorance as well), but how is this a spin-off? Bradley was the star of his own strip in a number of issues of Neat Stuff, and he was also the star of his own strip in the pages of Hate, albeit with less emphasis on his family, admittedly. So, it's not like he was a co-star who broke out into his own starring strip. There’s more than a few entries that are thin in This regard but I’m leaving the lawyering to Kurt. I object! |
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Post by Confessor on Dec 18, 2023 14:29:47 GMT -5
Excuse my pedantry (and quite possibly my ignorance as well), but how is this a spin-off? Bradley was the star of his own strip in a number of issues of Neat Stuff, and he was also the star of his own strip in the pages of Hate, albeit with less emphasis on his family, admittedly. So, it's not like he was a co-star who broke out into his own starring strip. The feature that started in NEAT STUFF #1 was "The Bradleys", with Buddy living at home with his parents. Even if he later got his own masthead in some stories in later issues of NEAT STUFF, Buddy's own feature in HATE! is a spin-off of the one named after his whole family. Ah, OK. I'm not massively familiar with the character, but one of my good mates back in the day used to buy both Neat Stuff and Hate, along with the UK counter-culture comic magazine Revolver and The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics from a local secondhand record shop/head shop. So, I used to sometimes read these kinds of comics. I certainly remember Buddy Bradley, but I thought he was always the star of his strips, even in the earlier Neat Stuff. Guess my memory is faulty. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 18, 2023 14:39:07 GMT -5
On the Sixth Day of X-Mas, the funnybooks brought to me, a little goth cuuuutie!  Death She's appeared before in this event...which is kind of good because Court is ludicrous today and tomorrow. And I've told the story a few times about how I actually knew the model for Death (R.I.P. Cinnamon). I make no bones about my belief that Sandman is the greatest sustained narrative in funnybook history. And a large part of that, for me, falls on how incredible Gaiman's characterization of Death of the Endless is. That said, I only like, but don't love the two Death mini-series'. I do think they're good, they just pale in comparison to her use in the main book, particularly in "The Sound of Her Wings." Still they are high quality works (along with "Death Talks About Life"). I'd like to think that at the end there's a cute perky lady to make the transition not quite so uncomfortable.  |
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Post by DubipR on Dec 18, 2023 14:43:56 GMT -5
There’s more than a few entries that are thin in This regard but I’m leaving the lawyering to Kurt. I object! Thank you Slam. I'll pay you for retaining your services. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 18, 2023 16:14:10 GMT -5
Day Six (#7)
Tomahawk’s Rangers (Solo and Origin Stories)  Tomahawk combined several of my favorite interests: the American Revolution, frontier stories (especially the movie “Northwest Passage,” which made me a fan of the very word “Ranger”), and obviously, comic books. In addition, by the time I was able to start buying it fairly regularly in 1968 -- Curse you, crappy comics distribution! – Tomahawk’s Rangers had been part of the cast, for several years. Putting Tomahawk in charge of a typical motley crew seemed like an attempt to capture the appeal of groups like Fury’s Howlers and Sgt. Rock’s Easy Company. (The group was initially billed as the "GIs of 1775.") It must have clicked with the readers, because they were a fixture in the comic for eight years and 48 issues. Beginning in Tomahawk 106 (Sept/Oct 1966), and running fairly regularly through #130 (Sept/Oct 1970), editor Murray Boltinoff took a page from Blackhawk editor George Kashdan (see Day 2) and began turning over the back-up story space, previously a spot for solo Tomahawk tales, to stories of the individual Rangers in solo action, which in a few cases also were “origin” stories. The back-up stories often stuck to a more combat-oriented style, to wit, "Stovepipe's Secret Skirmish;" "Brass Buttons' Double War;" “One-Man Fort.” Like the Blackhawk Detached Service Diary stories, these occasional forays into their backgrounds and individual adventures imparted a bit of personality to the Rangers, who in most stories tended to be way in the background and forever reliant on “Tommyhawk” to tell them what to do to defeat whatever prehistoric creature, giant gorilla, Native American sorcerer, or arrogant Redcoat who was the villain of the month. In fact, unlike the Blackhawks, who were at least always distinguishable by their stereotypical accents, the nine other Rangers tended to be swallowed up in what could easily have been Tomahawk and Dan Hunter adventures from the pre-Ranger days, so these solos stories were a good way to give them some personality. Several looked so similar that it was never easy to tell one from another in battle and fight scenes, even when drawn by top-notch regular artists Fred Ray and Bob Brown. Special credit should go to Frank Thorne (see yesterday’s entry), the book’s final artist, who had a knack for giving distinctive looks to the Rangers.  Earth-shaking? World-building? No, but these stories provided a fun sidelight in a solid title that ran for over 20 years and remains a sentimental favorite of mine.
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Post by commond on Dec 18, 2023 16:35:17 GMT -5
#7 Ambush Bug #1-4 (1985)Spun out of DC Comics Presents  Tip of the hat to Keith Giffen, who like Bob Burden never fails to make me laugh. When it comes to in-house satire, writers aren't always as funny as they think they are. Ambush Bug, however, was satire at its finest. Giffen took a poke at everything and everyone -- from the comic books he loved as a kid, to the industry itself, the comic book making process, his fellow creators, the fans, his editor, and the wave of obsession over DC continuity. Plus it was bat shit crazy, which I love. I can't wait to read more Ambush Bug in the new year.
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Post by commond on Dec 18, 2023 16:51:11 GMT -5
Angry youth and alternative music comes alive! #7- HATE! (1990-2011) Alternative and small press comics in the 90s are some of my all time favorite reads. A huge resurgence of undergrounds and 'zines hit all over and in every genre. Music zines. Comic ashcans. Weird Art Trash comics. It was an amazing time. Some of the biggest names of that era are highly regarded as true artists of the medium. Names like Adrian Tomine, Daniel Clowes, and Chris Ware were on the best read lists of Time Magazine and other publications. Peter Bagge should've been on the list but his work stands the test of time of an all time underground/independent greats. Hate comes out and its blows the doors down. Am the only one who prefers the first half of the series where Bradley is living in Seattle? I thought it lost its edge when Bradley and his girlfriend moved to New Jersey and Bagge switched to color. |
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Post by DubipR on Dec 18, 2023 17:21:32 GMT -5
Angry youth and alternative music comes alive! #7- HATE! (1990-2011)Am the only one who prefers the first half of the series where Bradley is living in Seattle? I thought it lost its edge when Bradley and his girlfriend moved to New Jersey and Bagge switched to color. You're not wrong. When Bagge got a older, you can feel it in Buddy as well. That dark subversive humor was lightening up. I didn't mind the color transition but it felt less 'zine and underground. It was the about the time Bagge was getting to be a dad as well and change up stuff. Things like Yeah! and his Marvel work, as well as his children's books, Buddy was ready to be middle-age man. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 18, 2023 19:32:06 GMT -5
7. Ka-Zar
People have already written about him, but I don't think anyone has mentioned the very Conanesque art by Barry Smith early in his Astonishing Tales series. If you like BWS Conan, it's worth seeking out.
As a kid I had most of his earliest appearances but not his first one in X-Men #10. So I didn't see the note on the splash page about the pronunciation of his name until the 21st century. I still can't get used to calling him "Kay-sar".
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 18, 2023 21:43:44 GMT -5
7. Ka-ZarPeople have already written about him, but I don't think anyone has mentioned the very Conanesque art by Barry Smith early in his Astonishing Tales series. If you like BWS Conan, it's worth seeking out. As a kid I had most of his earliest appearances but not his first one in X-Men #10. So I didn't see the note on the splash page about the pronunciation of his name until the 21st century. I still can't get used to calling him "Kay-sar". Agreed. Looking at it in today's light, I have to wonder whether what Lee really meant was "Like Caesar, but with a 'Kay-'"; that is, he didn't think readers would conclude that the 'z' was really supposed to be pronounced like an 's', just that he meant for it to be pronounced with a long 'a' in the first syllable (although I'd bet that's not how "Bob Byrd", the writer of the pulp from which this character descended, would have pronounced it). Anyway, it's quite surprising how many Ka-Zar fans have fessed up thus far in the celebration, eh? |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 18, 2023 21:51:31 GMT -5
7. Ka-ZarPeople have already written about him, but I don't think anyone has mentioned the very Conanesque art by Barry Smith early in his Astonishing Tales series. If you like BWS Conan, it's worth seeking out. As a kid I had most of his earliest appearances but not his first one in X-Men #10. So I didn't see the note on the splash page about the pronunciation of his name until the 21st century. I still can't get used to calling him "Kay-sar". Agreed. Looking at it in today's light, I have to wonder whether what Lee really meant was "Like Caesar, but with a 'Kay-'"; that is, he didn't think readers would conclude that the 'z' was really supposed to be pronounced like an 's', just that he meant for it to be pronounced with a long 'a' in the first syllable (although I'd bet that's not how "Bob Byrd", the writer of the pulp from which this character descended, would have pronounced it). Anyway, it's quite surprising how many Ka-Zar fans have fessed up thus far in the celebration, eh? I considered him on the strength of the Jones/Brent Anderson series. It was the only iteration I ever liked him in. |
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Post by DubipR on Dec 18, 2023 22:12:09 GMT -5
Agreed. Looking at it in today's light, I have to wonder whether what Lee really meant was "Like Caesar, but with a 'Kay-'"; that is, he didn't think readers would conclude that the 'z' was really supposed to be pronounced like an 's', just that he meant for it to be pronounced with a long 'a' in the first syllable (although I'd bet that's not how "Bob Byrd", the writer of the pulp from which this character descended, would have pronounced it). Anyway, it's quite surprising how many Ka-Zar fans have fessed up thus far in the celebration, eh? I considered him on the strength of the Jones/Brent Anderson series. It was the only iteration I ever liked him in. I'm particular to the Waid/Kubert run myself. I like the Jones/Anderson run but felt a little flat to me. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 18, 2023 22:49:15 GMT -5
Looks like I get to add something new today (sort of): 7. Force Works I know this is a very 90s book, and it didn't age well. But at the time, the idea of a proactive team to replace the West Coast Avengers with Scarlet Witch in charge was amazing.. it was full circle from when John Bryne ruined West Coast Avengers. Also, I have an illogical love of Century... I'm not sure why.  |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 18, 2023 22:59:04 GMT -5
7. Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD First appeared in: Fantastic Four #21 (1963) Spin-Off: Strange Tales (1965), Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968) The original concept for the superhero came about out of a sense that our institutions were corrupt and/or powerless to protect us. We needed the Supermans of the world to come to our rescue when the police would not. But SHIELD took the Marvel Universe of the 1960s in a very different direction. What if the goverment actually knew what it was doing and did have the resources to protect its citizens? And what if they put the right man at the center of it all instead of some spineless career politician? Agent of SHIELD was therefore a source of unbridled optimism, as well as some of Jack's most insane sci-fi imagination. I happen to enjoy Sgt. Fury too, but don't tell me for a second it's the same franchise. Sgt. Fury is a magazine about finding optimism and good humor amidst the desolation of war, whether on the battlefield, in a POW camp, or even on base with a commanding officer who rides you too hard. Agent of SHIELD runs fully in the other direction -- limitless resources and wonder, limitless reasons to believe it's all going to be okay, especially with Nick Fury at the helm. It didn't detract from the importance of Marvel's superhero titles, but it was an impressive supplement. Sure we could use the help of the Fantastic Four and The Avengers to defend against crazed supervillains, but when it came to the more believable, less fantastic real-world threats of foreign espionage, cutting edge technology in the wrong hands, and even nuclear war, the Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage and Law-Enforcement Division had it covered.
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