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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 29, 2019 7:07:04 GMT -5
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 23, 2019 18:45:33 GMT -5
There are now a maximum of...I think...28 covers remaining in my personal cover challenge.
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 15, 2019 8:42:52 GMT -5
Boy, did Cap have some terrific covers! I couldn't enter this week, since there were no Captain Marvel covers that met my secret criteria, but I'll join in with a vote for
taxidriver1980
Pictures of creepy houses on a peak reached by winding roads always appeal to me. Almost every other entry is a solid contender this week--not a dud in sight!
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 8, 2019 8:28:59 GMT -5
hondobrode--kissing is icky!
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 2, 2019 10:47:34 GMT -5
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 1, 2019 10:03:21 GMT -5
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 30, 2018 7:02:53 GMT -5
"Please post the final issue of a run that didn't last more than 24 issues!"
I don't get that as being cancelled. Only that they run 24 issues or less. To me limited series fit. I think you are inferring something that was not implied.
Oh, see, I interpreted it the way MWGallaher did. Not that it really matters, but "didn't last" meant to me that it was cancelled. A limited series, to me, does last... until its pre-ordained end. Better put, Hal. And of course, I didn't intend to criticize anyone's choice or imply that they weren't valid entries. I just meant that as a criteria for ranking my choices, I factor in how closely the cover matches the intention (which, indeed, I admittedly infer) of the original post. For example, I wouldn't have voted for my own entry last week, since a cover with an established character actually dressed as Santa better suits the topic than the permissible "established character acting as Santa." For the record, I tend to prefer broad, simple topics, such as "brains" or "robots" or "eyes", where inferences aren't usually needed and choice of companies, artists, genres, era, etc. is wide open, but it's also fun sometimes to really nail a very specific, restricted topic (or, to reward with my vote, someone else who nailed it)!
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 29, 2018 18:17:00 GMT -5
I'm just curious who going to win this contest and frankly -- I'm having a hard time finding the best one. Always a hard choice. Do we vote for the best cover, or do we take into account how we feel about that issue or series. I pare down the choices in this order: First, does it fully meet the criteria? (In this contest, is the entry really the final issue of a series that lasted no more than 24 issues?) Next, does it meet the spirit of the topic? (The topic post, in my interpretation, suggests comics that were cancelled, rather than those intended to run a limited number.) Then, do I find the cover appealing or interesting enough to consider it? And the final discriminator between those that made it this far: Which do I have the most personal affinity/affection for?
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 27, 2018 8:51:45 GMT -5
Very abruptly informed that time had run out was this latecomer to the 70's "monster series" trend... One more down in my personal CCCC secret challenge, leaves a maximum of 32, more likely 31, but perhaps as few as 23 to go!
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 20, 2018 8:51:58 GMT -5
Operating as a "co-Santa" here. (There are a maximum of 34 covers remaining on week 18 of my secret personal cover contest challenge!)Are you going to tell us the theme once it's finished? Because I'm totally lost. A couple of times I thought I was on to something, but your next cover proved me wrong. I'm looking forward to revealing the theme, but I'll bet many of you will figure it out long before I reach the end! In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if your guess was in fact correct, if that "next cover" was the one I think it was--that cover did fit the theme, but required looking just a bit outside the expected parameters. Feel free to PM me the cover that confounded you and I'll let you know if that was the tricky one!
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 19, 2018 14:03:13 GMT -5
Operating as a "co-Santa" here. (There are a maximum of 34 covers remaining on week 18 of my secret personal cover contest challenge!)
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 18, 2018 10:17:41 GMT -5
Jesse
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 14, 2018 8:32:06 GMT -5
12. The Phantom, Charlton Comics, issues 31-34, 36-38, pencilled, inked, and lettered by Jim Aparo with scripts by "Norm diPluhm" and Dick Wood When I was little, I didn't know anything about this character. His strip didn't run in the Memphis papers, so I never heard of him until he showed up as one of the available costumes for the much-loved Captain Action toy. Even though I didn't know him, I wanted that costume, and it was high on my Christmas wish list. (I got Captain America instead. I'll assume the Ghost Who Walks wasn't on the shelves when my mom went Christmas shopping that season.) A couple of years on, I became acquainted with the premise via a paperback adaptation, "The Slave Market of Mucar", which I bought in a Sears store (paperback racks were everywhere in the early 70's!). (Trivial aside: I much much later became friends with a man who had mowed lawns for newspaper Phantom artist Wilson McCoy.)It was later, after I had become a comics fan, that I discovered that my favorite artist, Jim Aparo, had developed his superhero chops on Charlton's late 1960's adaptation of the Lee Falk comic strip, later still when I read my first Aparo issue in a Spanish language reprint bought in Mexico, and even later still that I finally bought up the back issues. Not only was Aparo's art very clearly on the top levels of Charlton's roster of talent, but the stories were engaging and far more varied than I had expected. There were a lot more than the standard jungle stories that the above pages of original art might suggest. A particularly memorable story featured the Phantom undercover in civilian garb, wearing sunglasses to hide his never-seen eyes (great practice for Aparo's later depiction of the Phantom Stranger at DC), on board a jet airplane in a thunderstorm, with striking use of black-and-white panels in an otherwise conventionally colored story. And then there was the Pharaoh Phantom, with cool depictions of ancient Egypt, and this memorable underwater cover (good practice for Jim's Aquaman work):
Surprisingly, the letters column implies that King Features wasn't happy with Aparo's work. Charlton replaced him with Pat Boyette, a fine enough choice but not nearly as impressive, and later with the excellent Don Newton, whose work has already made Slam's #12 slot this year. But for me, it's Jim's Phantom that makes me happiest. I remember picking up a Phantom book drawn by Aparo. Just amazing stuff. IMHO, his artwork was never better than in this series and the early BaB. Does anyone know if these issues have been collected? Yes, Aparo's issues have been collected in "Jim Aparo's Complete The Phantom" by Hermes Press (ISBN-13: 978-1613451106). Reviews said the reproduction was sub-par--presumably scans of the usually poor original Charlton printing--so I never picked up a copy myself, since I have the originals.
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 13, 2018 13:51:17 GMT -5
12. The Phantom, Charlton Comics, 1969-1970 Issues 31-34, 36-38, penciled, inked, and lettered by Jim Aparo with scripts by "Norm diPluhm" and Dick Wood When I was little, I didn't know anything about this character. His strip didn't run in the Memphis papers, so I never heard of him until he showed up as one of the available costumes for the much-loved Captain Action toy. Even though I didn't know him, I wanted that costume, and it was high on my Christmas wish list. (I got Captain America instead. I'll assume the Ghost Who Walks wasn't on the shelves when my mom went Christmas shopping that season.) A couple of years on, I became acquainted with the premise via a paperback adaptation, "The Slave Market of Mucar", which I bought in a Sears store (paperback racks were everywhere in the early 70's!). (Trivial aside: I much much later became friends with a man who had mowed lawns for newspaper Phantom artist Wilson McCoy.)It was later, after I had become a comics fan, that I discovered that my favorite artist, Jim Aparo, had developed his superhero chops on Charlton's late 1960's adaptation of the Lee Falk comic strip, later still when I read my first Aparo issue in a Spanish language reprint bought in Mexico, and even later still that I finally bought up the back issues. Not only was Aparo's art very clearly on the top levels of Charlton's roster of talent, but the stories were engaging and far more varied than I had expected. There were a lot more than the standard jungle stories that the above pages of original art might suggest. A particularly memorable story featured the Phantom undercover in civilian garb, wearing sunglasses to hide his never-seen eyes (great practice for Aparo's later depiction of the Phantom Stranger at DC), on board a jet airplane in a thunderstorm, with striking use of black-and-white panels in an otherwise conventionally colored story. And then there was the Pharaoh Phantom, with cool depictions of ancient Egypt, and this memorable underwater cover (good practice for Jim's Aquaman work): (Pretty nice coloring there for a Charlton, wouldn't you say?)
Surprisingly, the letters column implies that King Features wasn't happy with Aparo's work. Charlton replaced him with Pat Boyette, a fine enough choice but not nearly as impressive, and later with the excellent Don Newton, whose work has already made Slam's #12 slot this year. But for me, it's Jim's Phantom that makes me happiest.
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 12, 2018 18:55:16 GMT -5
I've been beaten to the punch with six covers that I could have used in my secret personal challenge, but here's what I've got for week 17: (A maximum of 35 covers remain!)
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