I’m not judging, I sincerely want to know - why would you pay $20, $30 and especially $75 for a comic that’s pretty much destined not to be worth more than 4-5 bucks in 10 year’s time? That just seems…..like an unwise investment. Seriously, are there any readers out there that can honestly and sincerely explain this to me?
Am I not aware of all that occurs??
They were rescued at the last possible moment because I neglected one small detail!
I did not expect the arrival of Sue Richards, the wife of my accursed archfoe!
Only her much-vaunted invisible shield saved them from the explosion!
But, they are still captives in the kingdom of Dr. Doom!
IT SHALL STILL BE I WHO STRIKE THE FINAL BLOW!“
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Just wanted to quickly say, I ran into this publisher at the MoCCA Art Festival a couple weekends ago, and man do they do some classy, neat-o stuff.
All their books at the moment are smart pulp, combining lucha libre with noir, horror, and good humor — but hey, that’s pretty goddam dope, right? It’s nice every once in a while to come across an indie comic that’s good AND doesn’t make you want to suck on a tailpipe.
Everything Calavera does is really nicely produced, incredibly well designed, and stylishly drawn in superbly executed Paul Pope/David Lapham (and sometimes Ashley Wood)-esque fashion. Email or PayPal these dudes or whatever and pick up the first couple issues of Rudo, which are great fun.
They have a bunch of hot-shit-awesome posters and shirts for sale, too.
Keep your eye on these guys…
One of the greatest movies in the history of American Cinema finally gets it’s due - The Dude is immortalized in plastic!
I’m a little partial to this one, yet another SDCC exclusive, of course…
So, I thought I might venture into the world of customizing figures, and figured that since the Mighty Muggs only run around ten bucks a pop, that would be the way to go. I’ve been interested in trying my hand at some Munny custom jobs, but the bigger figs aren’t cheap enough for me to want to paint and chop away at them with no previous experience.
At any rate, I’ve thrown together the following designs, and I’ve already got one Mugg painted a nice, flat Hellboy red. Just need to get to a store and grab some paints and a few paintbrushes, maybe a paint pen or two, and I’ll start in on the detail work. The stone hand may be a little tricky, but I think I’ll just fake it with some Sculpey or something like that, unless anyone out there has a better/easier idea.
The Perpetrators:
Writer - Bill Mantlo
Artist - Frank Robbins
Inker - Frank Springer
Letters - Tom Orzechowski
Colors - Janice Cohen
Editor - Archie Goodwin
Publisher - Marvel Comics
The Plot:
Mark Harris, a survivor of Atlantis who is has a host of typical sea-centric powers (breathe underwater…swim long distances…webbed hands…communicate with sea-life…blah blah) and is just high-lariously naive in the ways of humans, must help the U.S. Navy solve the mystery behind a nefarious white mist causing disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle.
The Deal:
The ’70s are really such an incredible wealth of amazing crap, aren’t they? According to Wikipedia, NBC’s short-lived sci-fi/superhero seriesMan from Atlantis (starring Patrick Duffy — but you just KNOW they wanted Mark Spitz!) sprung out of four highly successful TV movies.
The series never made it past one season, but that didn’t stop Marvel from trying to have their very own Aquaman-that-wasn’t-Submariner…for seven issues. Comic/TV tie-ins have never had a very high success rate, I guess. Although it’s somewhat humbling to think this comic probably sold more issues than like Secret Invasion #1.
The Verdict:
Doofy, but less a quick, cynical cash-in than one might expect thanks to some above-average art and the most hilariously rampant homoeroticism this side of that last James Bond movie.
The Dialogue:
Dr. Elizabeth Merrill: “Mark, you never cease to amaze me! You have eyes like an eagle!”
Mark Harris: “No — more like a dolphin!”
Random dude: “That was what we call a figure of speech, Mark!”
The Wtf Moment:
Page 23, when the villainous mastermind behind the evil mist reveals he’s kidnapping sailors and brainwashing them into helping him build Seatopia: a “self-sufficient city beneath the sea.” Of course, Seatopia will also double as the world’s food supply since the villain plans on wiping out all of earth’s produce with man-made natural disasters so that he can corner the market on global nutrition. Yep.
Barnegat, New Jersey must be the awesomest place in the world to live. Not only do they have the Jersey Devil, but the town apparently has a ninja infestation on their hands!
Public schools in Barnegat were locked down briefly after someone reported seeing a ninja running through the woods behind an elementary school.
One of the best things about wrestling is that, no matter how big the WWE gets, they’ll never, ever say no to a licensing dollar. I know that there’s a lot of things they’ve put out that are weirder, stranger and just downright more bizarre than kids’ flip-flops featuring the faces of Triple H and Shawn Michaels, but the damn things are just so goofy, they made me laugh. Part of me finds it absurd to market De-Generation X products at little kids, but then I realize that I don’t rightly know too many grown adults that would buy this sort of thing, so…
