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Post by MDG on Mar 9, 2024 7:27:29 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 8, 2024 10:43:30 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 8, 2024 7:38:08 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 7, 2024 15:52:17 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 7, 2024 14:35:22 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 7, 2024 14:31:59 GMT -5
I listened this morning.
This late-silver/early-bronze is probably my favorite period of DC (and, coinciding with the underground explosion, a favorite period in comics). It seems a lot different to folks looking back on it, with DC (and Marvel, to some extent) "throwing stuff at the wall" without a lot sticking. Remember, though, both companies thought superheroes were coming to the end of their current cycle and looking for the "next thing." Ironically, they didn't recognize that the new fans basically wanted what Marvel was serving up: as many superheroes as you can cram into a panel.
And while the big NYC (and other cons) were starting up, they were attended by older fans who focused on Golden Age, EC, etc., and didn't always think much of current comics. They were also big on the pulps, which Carmine tried to capitalize on with the Shadow, Justice Inc., and letting Denny O'Neil try his hand at one or two prose stories.
I don't think I heard, though, Carmine's story about how he got the Art Director role: to hear him tell it, he got permission to attend one of the meetings with all of the editors and brought with him alternative mock-ups of all of the covers he didn't work on that month.The editors agreed that his designs were better and that he should be designing all of DC's covers.
In terms of Kirby and Marvel's "bad art": As mentioned, DC's editors were script-first guys and expected artists to draw what was written slickly and realistically (or as realistically as possible, given things like giant beings swinging comets at each other by the tail). And then Adams came in and "raised the bar" for everyone. This made Kirby's work seem even more out of step with what was going on. He didn't even have Sinnott to provide the polish he gave the FF. So while Carmine determines credit for bringing him in, he was probably hearing Kirby's work badmouthed by everyone around him--while Kirby's out in California! (Add in the fact that Kirby was about 10 years ahead of what everyone was doing--maybe he should've had DC put triangles with numbers in them on the covers of New Gods, Mr Miracle, and Forever People so readers would know what order they went in.)
Ironically, Marvel's art, though still Kirby influenced, was slicked up, especially Spider-Man which lost all of Ditko's quirkiness.
I don't think you can discount, in this period, Joe Orlando's success in showing that there was a healthy market for well-done horror anthologies--after House of Mystery was revamped and House of Secrets relaunched, they had healthy runs and led to additional new and revived titles that pretty much ran through most of the 70s, usually with much better-looking covers and interior art than the superhero books.
On the new title designs by Saladino--I run hot and cold on them. Some I like, some, not so much. Some of Schnapp's work was starting to look anachronistic by the late 60s, and Saladino was talented, but he didn;t have Schnapp's overall sense of design.
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Post by MDG on Mar 7, 2024 9:59:30 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 6, 2024 16:59:16 GMT -5
For the first forty years or so of their history, the comic book industry was pretty much based in New York City. So this week, let's salute it with covers that through use of landmarks, dialogue, or the best pizza in the world, unmistakably take place in The Big Apple. You should all know the rules by this time: • 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 12, 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
(and it can be the NYC of any Earth!)
Go get 'em!
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Post by MDG on Mar 6, 2024 12:32:58 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 5, 2024 15:13:20 GMT -5
Think I had KFC once in my life when I was 15 . Again quick fast meal. Can’t remember if I even liked it. Chik fil a is my go to for fast food. Use to be BURGER KING in my 20’s I have no idea what Chick Fil A tastes like because I refuse to give them money. Mostly I avoid fast food chains like the plague. Agree--when eating out w/ folks I'm usually like, "I don't care where we go, just no chains!" The only exception is local chain DiBella's.
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Post by MDG on Mar 5, 2024 15:07:52 GMT -5
I love KFC. You can have the other stuff. And now we're back to disagreeing. KFC is just atrocious even by fast-food chain standards. I haven't had KFC for years. I will confess a craving for Popeye's every six weeks or so, though service at the one nearest me is always a crapshoot.
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Post by MDG on Mar 5, 2024 15:05:03 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 5, 2024 9:48:04 GMT -5
Jeddak
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Post by MDG on Mar 4, 2024 13:32:08 GMT -5
I pulled out my DVD Batman 66 set and watched a few episodes. Man, It was hard to sit through. I loved the series as a child, and having rewatched it as an adult ... it didn't bother me but I think the humor has dated badly. I will give the series props for one thing though: Batman is more comics-accurate than any other cinematic version. He's solemn but not humorless, and he actually is a brilliant detective (he just lives in a very silly universe). BINGO!
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Post by MDG on Mar 4, 2024 13:29:29 GMT -5
If you want a truly bizarre comics experience, try reading Atlas' Tigerman in its entirety. Then go take a cold shower and tell yourself that it never happened. Although, the real weirdness occurs in the first Tigerman story, which is not in the comic, but instead is in Atlas' Thrilling Adventure Stories #1 magazine. I wonder if they intentionally swiped their logo from DC's Adventure comics.
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