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Post by MDG on Mar 4, 2024 11:52:40 GMT -5
I’m not surprised at the roster of talent. They were paying much more than the big two. It also appears that the major companies didn’t hold much of a grudge afterwards, the artists were given work. Why not? Whether or not the big two purposefully squelched Atlas, it seemed to prove that--at the time anyway--readers bought the characters, not the creators.
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Post by MDG on Mar 4, 2024 11:43:08 GMT -5
Doc Savage is seen flying one in The Rocketeer Special chapter, of Dave Stevens' original Rocketeer adventure. The body of the aircraft influenced most of the small planes you saw in 1930s and very early 40s Warner Bros cartoons, like when Porky Pig is looking for the last dodo. Dough for the DoDo is a color remake of this earlier cartoon:
On the Scorpion, Chaykin was always a interesting stylist, both in how he drew and how he told a story. I always felt that the Scorpion was one of the Atlas titles that could've found a loyal audience if the company hung on since, while derivative of the Shadow, it didn't feel as copycat as a lot of the other books.
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Post by MDG on Mar 4, 2024 7:36:55 GMT -5
Sorry I missed it. Sunday afternoons are getting bad for me in that I either have something going on or, if I don't, I have home stuff I have to take care of.
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Post by MDG on Mar 3, 2024 13:32:16 GMT -5
Really? I thoroughly enjoy watching them as long as I only watch a few episodes at a sitting. Cei-U! I summon the brilliant Victor Buono as King Tut!
Yeah, I think Season 1 holds up pretty well. Season 2 is where it starts getting rough, for me; and, that's mostly with the villains they made up for the show, rather than the big classic ones....like The Minstrel and such. The Batman TV show was one of those huge pop culture phenomena that hardly happens anymore, especially with the death of the monocultire. The only recent thing close was "Barbenheimer" and that made barely 1⁄10 the ripple of Batmania. Also you can't tell me that this event wasn't the pinnacle of western culture.....
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Post by MDG on Mar 3, 2024 13:11:33 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 1, 2024 19:57:50 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 29, 2024 21:40:52 GMT -5
↑^^^^^^^ I always see a big Wrightson influence in this early Newton art.
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Post by MDG on Feb 29, 2024 21:36:55 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 29, 2024 16:15:49 GMT -5
Yeah, and Steel was really awesome. As much as I love the pure visual aesthetic of Superboy, Steel's story during the whole Death of Superman story was way more impactful. Still, Ron always held a soft spot in my heart and was a huge part of my fantasy pitch to DC about a Gotham Central style book focused on the Daily Planet staff. I assume that that pitch was thirty years ago. Because given the state of print journalism today poor Ron would be unemployed again. Y'know, I don't think I've read a "new" Superman story this century. Is he still at the Planet? is it business as usual or do they acknowledge the state of newspaper journalism?
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Post by MDG on Feb 28, 2024 19:51:01 GMT -5
Laugh Comics #38, April 1950. Cover by Samm Schwartz. The same gag, with exactly the same dialogue but completely redrawn with updated camera and clothing, was used on a Betty & Veronica cover ten years later. Would the 1960 version have attracted more votes? I think the later version is staged better.
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Post by MDG on Feb 28, 2024 19:47:49 GMT -5
Odin leaving Loki in charge sounds foolish I wonder if this was inspired by King Arthur leaving Mordred to watch over Guinevere while he and the knights went after Lancelot. Spoiler: That didn't go well, either. Is that the one with the punchline, "M'Lord, you left the wrong key!"?
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Post by MDG on Feb 28, 2024 13:17:25 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 28, 2024 13:02:22 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 27, 2024 20:30:10 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 27, 2024 13:55:00 GMT -5
Kirby only drew 39 and 40 not as the writer. Then he left the book. I would guess he co plotted these issues. I have no documentation for this, but it wouldn't surprise me if Kirby plotted and drew the story, with marginal notes, and left it to DC to find someone to finish up.
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