Thứ Tư, 30 tháng 1, 2008


Number 254



Dead man's chest



Bob Oksner sure could draw cute girls. He could draw anything, actually, and was one of DC Comics' best caricaturists. He drew both Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope comics for years, because he had a good humorous style. But it's the pretty girls I like.

Lady Danger was a character from Sensation Comics in the late 1940s. This particular tale came from Sensation Comics #85*, January 1949. It's written by Bob Kanigher, who was editor of that title. In those days DC's artists were told to "draw it like Caniff!" who was one of the most popular newspaper cartoonists in America. Oksner was like the rest of the artists and drew it like Milton Caniff, but then, Caniff also had a way with pretty girls.

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*According to the Grand Comics Database, it was reprinted in Lois Lane #115, October 1970.

Thứ Hai, 28 tháng 1, 2008



Number 253



Operation Monster



Here's a doctor who thinks it's a good idea to hide his surgical mistakes in the attic. Instead, he should've kept up his malpractice insurance.

"Operation Monster" is from Harvey Comics' Chamber of Chills #5, February 1952. It's drawn by Manny Stallman, who we last saw in Pappy's #128. Heritage Auctions sold the original art in 2004 for $414.00. Here's a scan of the splash page.








Chủ Nhật, 27 tháng 1, 2008

Goddess. Issue 8 (of 8) - Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory



Goddess. Issue 8 (of 8) - Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory
January/1996 | 34 pages | CBR | 23.1MB
Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Phil Winslade

This is the last issue, so - read for yourself folks! And enjoy page 29:-)
Big kuddos to Garth Ennis for writing this thing, to Phil Winslade for drawing it, and to dc for publishing it!

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Cherry Poptart. Issue 22



Cherry Poptart. Issue 22
2000 | 37 pages | CBR | 17MB

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Goddess. Issue 7 (of 8) - Ah, So That's It!



Goddess. Issue 7 (of 8) - Ah, So That's It!
December/1995 | 33 pages | CBR | 22MB
Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Phil Winslade

Getiing Shot, snuggling with ice bears, dealing with lunatics and meeting your family...pretty hard to be a goddess...

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Cherry Poptart. Issue 21



Cherry Poptart. Issue 21
1999 | 37 pages | CBR | 15MB

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Goddess. Issue (6 of 8) - The Wild Blue Yonder



Goddess. Issue (6 of 8) - The Wild Blue Yonder
November/1995 | 35 pages | CBR | 22.7MB
Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Phil Winslade

Save the whales...and dont't (under no circumstances) get Rosie mad!

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Thứ Sáu, 25 tháng 1, 2008

Cherry Poptart. Issue 20



Cherry Poptart. Issue 20
1999 | 37 pages | CBR | 14.8MB

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Cemetery Blues. Volume 1. Number 1



Cemetery Blues. Volume 1. Number 1
January 2008 | 26 pages | PDF | 11MB

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Goddess. Issue 5 (of 8) - Melting The Ice



Goddess. Issue 5 (of 8) - Melting The Ice
October/1995 | 35 pages | CBR | 25.3MB
Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Phil Winslade

Rosie is cute - isn't she? but don't think further, just look at page 17/18..

Hulk. Volume 1. Number 1



Hulk. Volume 1. Number 1
March 2008 | 23 pages | PDF | 12.2MB

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Cherry Poptart. Issue 19



Cherry Poptart. Issue 19
1997 | 37 pages | CBR | 16.2MB

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Goddess. Issue 4 (of 8) - Terror On The Twentieth Floor!


Goddess. Issue 4 (of 8) - Terror On The Twentieth Floor!
September/1995 | 32 pages | CBR | 23.4MB
Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Phil Winslade

No random, senseless violence in this issue...no, wait, i think i'm in the wrong .nfo here....

52 Aftermath Crime Bible . Five Lessons Of Blood. Volume 1. Number 3



52 Aftermath Crime Bible . Five Lessons Of Blood. Volume 1. Number 3
February 2008 | 23 pages | PDF | 8.8MB

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Number 252



Alan J. Hanley was a real Goodguy



The late Alan J. Hanley was a talented cartoonist/writer who self-published in the 1960s and '70s. He loved Captain Marvel and funny animal comics of the 1940s, and his comic strips are nostalgic pastiches of that era.

"Goodguy" is from his magazine, Comic Book #6, from 1974. It's the second part of a story, but mostly self-contained, so you can figure it out. Hanley could be didactic, but was still entertaining when sharing his political and moral views. In this strip Goodguy and Green Lama of the Limbo League discuss sex and violence in the comics while Goodguy is strapped to a guided missile headed for Disneyland!


Hanley died tragically young. His friend and contemporary, cartoonist Jim Engel, wrote of Hanley in an e-mail to me:

Alan Jim Hanley (he was going by "Alan" when I first met him in person in--I THINK-- 1970. Later he went more by "Jim") was both a friend and cartooning idol of mine. I thought then (and still do today) that his work was just the greatest---both (as you said) modern and nostalgic all at once. Goodguy, The Mitey Buggers, The Spook, Captain Thunder, All-American Jack (I love Goodguy, but my single favorite Hanley story is, I think, "BACK ON THE TRACK WITH ALL-AMERICAN JACK") were all just perfect by my standards. I wrote a memorial thing about him in THE COMIC READER when he died, and I'm pretty sure I said something like "there's nothing I would have liked better than to do the kind of wonderful stories he did", and 27 years later that's STILL true. I had somebody scan a picture I took of him at the San Diego Comicon in 1977. The hotel screwed up our rooms, and Jim, Chuck Fiala & I were given a big suite to share. That was Jim's first time there. On the easel that's Goodguy shouting "Good Garbage!", and Pogo & Albert as Batman & Robin.

He died in the winter of 1980. He'd driven into the small town he lived in to get his morning coffee & mail. On his way home, his car went off the road & hit a tree. They think he'd blacked out, and the day before he'd complained of a headache/pain . He had a wife and two small daughters. He was 42. Jim's funeral was in a small town called Tomah, Wisconsin, which had cool old metal signs on the lamp posts that pictured Walt & Skeezix, and proclaimed Tomah as the birthplace of Frank King. Chuck & I thought that was kind of appropriate... I often wonder what he could've/would've done in later years if he'd lived. I'd have loved to done some collaborating with him for real as I got better as a cartoonist in those years.

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Thứ Tư, 23 tháng 1, 2008


Number 251



Who dunnit? Fred dunnit!



Fred Guardineer, one of the best of the early comic book artists, turns in another excellent job with this "Who Dunnit" feature from Crime Does Not Pay #57, November 1947.

Don't worry, Fredfans, I won't make you turn over your monitor to see the solution to the mystery. I've reproduced it right side up.






Thứ Ba, 22 tháng 1, 2008

Goddess. Issue 3 (of 8) - On A Hot Summer's Night



Goddess. Issue 3 (of 8) - On A Hot Summer's Night...
August 1995 | 32 pages | CBR | 22.7MB

Smoking gras in Rio...actually i think Ennis smoked one or two himself during
this sereies, he's getting kind of *mystic* now. Not quite his style - but
still: FUN!

Cherry Poptart. Issue 18



Cherry Poptart. Issue 18
1995 | 37 pages | CBR | 15MB

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Booster Gold. Volume 1. Number 3



Booster Gold. Volume 1. Number 3
December 2007 | 22 pages | PDF | 16.1MB

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Captain Carrot and the Final Ark. Limited Series. Volume 1. Number 1



Captain Carrot and The Final Ark. Limited Series. Volume 1. Number 1
December 2007 | 24 pages | PDF | 19.6MB

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Thứ Hai, 21 tháng 1, 2008



Number 250



Some people call him the Space Cowboy…



It's Pappy's #250, and to mark the occasion I'm bringing you an entire issue of one of the most screwball science-fiction comics ever. Charlton's Space Western Comics was a hybrid from the '50s--combining cowboys and rocket ships--that has to be seen to be believed. The cover of this 1953 issue, #44, has been reprinted several times, but I don't know if the contents have ever been posted online or printed in a book. Probably not, because as you can see by looking, the artwork is amateurish and the stories are, to put it plainly, stupid.

When you have a story about hydrogen bombs from Mars landing on earth, demolishing "most" of Paris, as well as London, New York, Moscow and the other world capitol, Honolulu, you find yourself in awe of the audacious writing. Two-fisted, Stetson-wearin' cowboy/astronaut Spurs Jackson, with his Space Vigilantes, tracks the radioactive vapor trails of the missiles to Mars, only to encounter Nazis who escaped the Americans at the end of the war. The story was continued in the next issue, which was the last. Space Western was a continuation of a title, Cowboy Western, and after six issues went back to its original title.

In another story starring Spurs Jackson's pal, the Indian Strong Bow, stone creatures from outer space, resting on earth for 10,000 years, decide it's time to make their move. Strong Bow calls the army base and tells 'em to send an atom bomb, which Spurs delivers, dropping it on the aliens.

On the first page, in the first caption, we're told the year is 1953, so I assume the whole thing takes place in an alternate reality, where a hydrogen bomb will only demolish most of Paris, or one can make a radio call to an army base and order an atom bomb to go.

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Thứ Bảy, 19 tháng 1, 2008

Lessons in Bad Characterization: Brave & Bold #64

The Brave & Bold team-up stories of the 1960s pose a problem for Batman fans. They're bad, but that's not really the crux; there were many bad stories during the Batman Silver Age. The problem is that they were created by writers who weren't familiar with the characters enough, and edited by George Kashdan, who apparently didn't worry too much about little things like continuity or characterization.

The result can be ignored for some of the heroes involved; not many Supergirl or Wonder Woman fans obsess over the ridiculously girlish way they acted in B&B #63. But Batman has a tougher time, because there are so many Batman teamups from 1966 on that it constitutes a significant body of work.

There are some stories that must be either ignored or palmed off as involving Batman from Earth II. How else can you explain Bruce Wayne appearing as an adult in WWII London? Answer: You can't. It was ludicrous in the 1960s; now of course it would make him an 80-year-old codger.

Let's look at Brave & Bold #64 for an example of the horrific characterization that typified these stories.

In the story Batman improbably rescues a gal about to be shot by a bowman using his rope:



She faints and they recognize each other:



"But why was that bow buzzard trying to ventilate your beautiful torso?" Timeless dialogue!

Okay, so we get the inevitable flashback. Seems Marcia was a beautiful but spoiled rich bitch, and Batman had both rescued and tamed her:



Batman assumes that's the end of it, but she has different ideas:



Why, yes, I'd be happy to have a crack shot on my team, never mind that my parents were gunned down by a crook. And before you know it, when they're not busting up crime gangs, they're steaming up the windows of the Batmobile. But then she dumps him, which brings us up to the point where they rediscover each other.

Now, that's pretty horrific characterization for Batman. Dumped by a society chick? We learn that she went on to become engaged to another man, named Nicky. Nicky was determined not to live off her inheritance, so he... became a thief. Say what? He's too noble by half!

Well, you can see the problem already, right? Here's Batman mooning over a gal who dumped him for a lowlife. But it gets even worse. She wants him to return a jewel that Nicky stole before he died (she's available again). Batman returns the emerald, but is surprised that the newspapers haven't remarked on its return. Then it turns out that the commissioner has received a photograph of Batman returning the gem, but it looks like he's taking it. He agrees to go to jail pending trial (huh?) but that doesn't prevent another teary-eyed scene:



With Batman in jail, we learn (sort of) the real plot. Marcia is actually a crook working for a syndicate known as Cyclops. She has managed to free Eclipso from the body he shares with Dr Bruce Gordon (hmmmm, Bruce Gordon?) so that he can join her on a criminal rampage throughout Gotham City. But it turns out that Marcia has been forced to work for Cyclops because they threatened to kill her dad. So it's okay that she dumped our hero, because she did it for family. Sheesh!

Goddess. Issue 2 (of 8) - Hit The Road, Jack



Goddess. Issue 2 (of 8) - Hit The Road, Jack
July 1995 | 32 pages | CBR | 22.7MB
Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Phil Winslade

Meet the "Butcher Bruvvers"! And whatever you do - DON'T TURN TO PAGE 12!
Just thinking about it hurts.

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Batman and the Outsiders. Volume 1. Number 2



Batman and the Outsiders. Volume 1. Number 2
2008 | 22 pages | PDF | 10MB

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Cherry Poptart. Issue 17



Cherry Poptart. Issue 17
1995 | 37 pages | CBR | 12.8MB

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Thứ Sáu, 18 tháng 1, 2008

Goddess. Issue 1 (of 8) - Dangerous To Man



Goddess. Issue 1 (of 8) - Dangerous To Man
June 1995 | 33 pages | CBR | 22.9MB
Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Phil Winslade

Garth Ennis saves the environment!!! And you just know someone is going to get hurt while he's on it (every second page or so)... This one is NOT for the weak of heart, not for kid's (of any age) and definitely not for those with no humor. But for the rest of you: don't miss your second chance to get this - it's F****** Brilliant!!!