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Post by MDG on Mar 26, 2024 10:45:58 GMT -5
Prince Hal
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Post by MDG on Mar 26, 2024 8:01:33 GMT -5
Take a look at this cover, under the price tag... A quick look at Mike's Newsstand doesn't show it anywhere else. Anyone have any ideas about why it's on this cover?
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Post by MDG on Mar 25, 2024 19:40:02 GMT -5
I had a bit of a windfall last week. First off, a care package of assorted undergrounds/indies from our own Icctrombone ... Then, I went to a toy show yesterday. Got these four books for a grand total of $5...
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Post by MDG on Mar 25, 2024 11:31:38 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 25, 2024 10:44:13 GMT -5
Sorry I missed it (again)
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Post by MDG on Mar 24, 2024 6:57:27 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 23, 2024 12:26:41 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 21, 2024 12:27:06 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 21, 2024 12:20:04 GMT -5
... Given Sergio's sense of humor, I find it a bit ironic that he also wasn't too crazy about the humorous approach: “There was one issue I didn’t write at all (#2); I think I was moving to the West Coast. Nick Cardy wrote it. I was surprised, because he made Bat look like a clown. He drew all the characters so cartoony, falling in bathtubs, and hanging from roofs… It really hurt me a lot, because I didn’t want anything like that. The humor should be the result of Bat Lash’s action.” So maybe Cardy took advantage of the chance to write a story that gave him a chance to do something different and fun for him. As someone who loved that title, I certainly did notice the shift to a more serious approach, but I have to say that I was neither surprised nor upset. To me it simply showed that the series could go in different directions, Just because Bat was a rapscallion who was wandering around the West getting in and out of trouble didn't mean he couldn't have a serious side. In fact, that dashing devil-may-care style of his may well have been an escape, a cover, and a way to keep a tragic past from overwhelming him. ... I felt the same; I liked the idea that the tone could vary while maintaining the essentials of the character.
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Post by MDG on Mar 21, 2024 12:13:49 GMT -5
Might be joining friends for a run through a toy show followed by lunch on Sunday, so will probably pass.
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Post by MDG on Mar 20, 2024 15:45:15 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 20, 2024 15:43:40 GMT -5
Thanks again for the votes!
For this week: I can't believe this never came up, but the subject is laboratories!
As usual, the rules are:
• Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest.
• Your cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before March 2014.
• Please include the title and the issue number of the comic, preferably in bold, in case some posters cannot see your image. (Admittedly, I never do this)
• Covers must be posted before voting begins.
• Voting takes place on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, beginning at 12:01 am PST and ending at 11:59 AM PST.
• Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most in bold.
• The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period ends.
• The winner gets to choose the theme for the next week's contest.
• If you don't think the cover fits the theme, don't post disparaging remarks about it. Just don't vote for it and keep quiet.
• If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins
So, experiment with different covers, but don't blow yourself up!
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Post by MDG on Mar 20, 2024 15:29:47 GMT -5
Thanks again, everybody! New contest up soon!
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Post by MDG on Mar 20, 2024 12:53:27 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 20, 2024 6:36:54 GMT -5
Another name I'd list (for his comic book--not strip--work) is Frank Robbins
I've read a few volumes of the Johnny Hazard strip and that would be my pick of his work. The Marvel/DC stuff I don't dislike as much as some but it isn't my favourite - plus he was always just the artist on the Marvel/DC things I've seen, not writer/artist. He wrote and drew a few DC stories, including Batman (maybe the first person to do that). I've never been crazy about his Marvel work, but that was basically work for hire. I think I read he was trying to bankroll a move to Mexico.
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