tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post2340303187315787283..comments2024-03-29T02:53:08.837+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: June 11th, 1980 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-59870728441163077272020-06-14T17:36:50.530+01:002020-06-14T17:36:50.530+01:00Dougie, thanks for the Captain Britain Summer Spec...Dougie, thanks for the Captain Britain Summer Special info.<br /><br />MP, it is remarkable, the things that can change the course of a man's life.<br /><br />KD, that was his first post-Genesis hit over here, as well.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-69538767460523301112020-06-13T09:54:52.891+01:002020-06-13T09:54:52.891+01:00Really enjoyed everyone's Gabriel/Prog stories...Really enjoyed everyone's Gabriel/Prog stories today.<br /><br />I bought that Capt. Britain special on ebay two years ago, maybe? I think it reprints the Buscema Lord Hawk stories and BK material from the Hulk comic. <br />I just bought the Smash Special 2020 in case Scottish lockdown eases and I can go down to the Machars of Galloway in August.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-67426534977540110102020-06-13T01:54:45.966+01:002020-06-13T01:54:45.966+01:00I had a buddy in high school who so inspired by &q...I had a buddy in high school who so inspired by "Biko" that he joined the Peace Corps and went to Africa and dug irrigation ditches for a year. <br />He came back skinny as a rail with a bad case of dysentery, but he was happy as a clam.<br />He regarded it as a year well spent. He was one of those people that just likes other people. Helluva guy. <br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-76310616243970649872020-06-13T01:22:13.010+01:002020-06-13T01:22:13.010+01:00Gabriel's first big hit here in the states, as...Gabriel's first big hit here in the states, as far as AOR (album oriented radio), was "Salisbury Hill".<br /><br />One of the local bands I worked with continuesly was called Radon. They did all original material, in the semi-progressive of style of Gabriel's Genesis.<br /><br />The lead singer would do a gazillion costume changes during sets. Their wimpy keyboard-player had 3 racks of keyboards. He constantly demanded separate channels for each (which he never got). He also had a theatre/film level wind fan, so he could look "windswept" on stage.<br /><br />I'd have to run power cables to the other side of the building, just so the electrical bleed didn't interfere with the vocalist's & guitarist remote mics & pickups.<br /><br />They played dump bars, where the patrons yelled "Free Bird!" or "Seger!" althrough their show.<br /><br />They sucked so much. I truly hated working for those jacks. We had to use every piece of sound & light equipment on these goofballs.<br /><br />They couldn't understand why they hadn't been discovered. I told them,"because your sound is OLD!!!".Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-228916961354691332020-06-13T00:35:01.583+01:002020-06-13T00:35:01.583+01:00I think I have the first issue of Rima somewhere. ...I think I have the first issue of Rima somewhere. As far as the story, writer, and artist I don't recall anything.<br /><br />My first exposure to Sheena was in an issue of Jumbo Comics. It was in a stack of golden-age comics I found in a abandoned house. She was written as intelligent, so I assume that was her character throughout her comics history.<br /><br />The tv show & movie unfortunately threw that out the window, going for "Johnny Weismuller's Tarzan" dialog.<br /><br />The show & movie are still entertaining, since Irish McCalla & Tonya Roberts were such tasty eye-candy.<br />Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-63223480567421292382020-06-13T00:04:17.363+01:002020-06-13T00:04:17.363+01:00Colin, I liked Sledgehammer but mostly thanks to t...Colin, I liked <i>Sledgehammer</i> but mostly thanks to the last minute or so of it which added an extra dimension to it.<br /><br />Charlie, It is indeed a sad loss.<br /><br />MP, I shall keep an eye out for it.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-78395027574341759902020-06-12T20:37:29.951+01:002020-06-12T20:37:29.951+01:00RIP Denny O'Neil. His GA/GL run with Adams...RIP Denny O'Neil. His GA/GL run with Adams' art was really top shelf at the time. I also enjoyed his Batman works.<br /><br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-74932450067652830482020-06-12T13:46:06.019+01:002020-06-12T13:46:06.019+01:00I loved "Games Without Frontiers" when i...I loved "Games Without Frontiers" when it was in the Top 40 - it's still THE single I think of whenever somebody mentions Peter Gabriel. By contrast, I thought "Sledgehammer" in 1986 was just irritating and the video was horrible.<br /><br />The only cover that I recall from this bunch is the Spider-Man Summer Special but I must have read the Spidey/Hulk weekly because I vividly recall the Gardener storyline.Colin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564469551279026689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-43725281819884948982020-06-12T04:25:03.080+01:002020-06-12T04:25:03.080+01:00Hey you guys, I've just watched Ad Astra.
It s...Hey you guys, I've just watched Ad Astra.<br />It seems to me almost like a combination of Heart of Darkness (or Apocalypse Now) and 2001 A Space Odyssey. <br />Anybody see it? I think it's quite beautiful to watch, but the science seems to be a little sketchy. But, great science fiction doesn't necessarily have to be completely plausible. Like The Martian Chronicles, for example. It's mostly about human behavior.<br />This seems to be about one man's journey to figure out himself.<br />Any of you fellas catch it yet? I recommend it, although it leads me to believe that primate experiments in zero-g are a bad idea.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-68654464542342533122020-06-12T03:19:31.343+01:002020-06-12T03:19:31.343+01:00Sorry, that should be Shanna rather than Sheena. I...Sorry, that should be Shanna rather than Sheena. I don't know how I got them mixed up, when clearly Marvel were hoping to avoid any confusion between the two.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-74797052175851679932020-06-12T03:15:22.595+01:002020-06-12T03:15:22.595+01:00Can't you find reasonably priced back issues o...Can't you find reasonably priced back issues of DC's Rima the Jungle Girl in the US, Charlie? Its a lot better than anything Marvel did with Sheena...<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-31548545301004342982020-06-12T02:35:09.300+01:002020-06-12T02:35:09.300+01:00KD - I think we must have been twins separated by ...KD - I think we must have been twins separated by an alternate universe. Somehow, like 7th grade I too had a pair of blue shoes with higher heels cause that was coming in vogue. Sure as heck the wise guys would step on them usually reciting the Elvis line... <br /><br />Elvis would be 85 this year if he would a ate more than hamburgers and PB and J and not ended up with 20 pounds of crud impacted in his colon.<br /><br />I too get a kick out of Sheena. I have some gorgeous Golden Age Sheena's I keep on display, Jumbo Comics from Fiction House. If you are patient you can get a nice one in the $10- $20 range. I checked on ebay.uk and you can get a copy of Warrior Women for 6 pounds. None are for sale here in the USA though. Bummer... I could use an unforgettable comic!<br /><br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-92184903917374655892020-06-11T23:47:12.371+01:002020-06-11T23:47:12.371+01:00Even though her solo stories seemed a little munda...Even though her solo stories seemed a little mundane, I would still buy Shanna's books. Guess I can't pass up redheads, especially scantily clothed ones.<br /><br />Concerning boots, I set-up sound/light equipment for Black Oak Arkansas for a couple shows. Man, those guys loved to party!!<br /><br />After the the first show there was a big after-party at the club till sunrise. Jim Dandy wanted to trade me my knee-high, leather, steel-toed motorcycle boots for his worn out python-skin cowboy boots. I had to say "no" to him a dozen times.<br /><br />I did own one pair of cowboy boots, much to my chagrin. My penny-pinching mother bought me a pair of blue suede ones off a K-Mart clearance rack, for my "back-to-school" 6 grade attire.<br /><br />Every once in a while, some moron thinking he was funny, would stomp on my feet.<br /><br />The whole Elvis "Don't step on my blue suede shoes" thing. Fights always followed. Quite a few visits to the principal's office followed also.<br /><br />That's when I decided to work at a chicken farm for $2 an hour at age 13-14. Just to buy my own clothes.<br />Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-64012700418729239262020-06-11T23:23:18.849+01:002020-06-11T23:23:18.849+01:00Thanks for the corrections, Sean. Needless to say,...Thanks for the corrections, Sean. Needless to say, I blame the internet for having misled me.<br /><br />And thanks for that link. <br /><br />Charlie, I don't think that boot shop would have lasted long if Shanna had found out about it.<br /><br />Red, I think I found that Peter Gabriel album a bit dry for my tastes but I did always love the singles.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-84976680422817943532020-06-11T22:49:39.706+01:002020-06-11T22:49:39.706+01:00Feeling the cowboy in me lately, I think I'd l...Feeling the cowboy in me lately, I think I'd like to read Warrior Women! <br /><br />If it is truly unforgettable, which after reading SDC for years is actually an anomaly, why not???<br /><br />Women wrestling with snakes??? <br /><br />When I went to buy my shit kickers, as was obligatory in the early 80s, there were numerous boots made out of snake skin. Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-62317132698639190962020-06-11T21:21:03.948+01:002020-06-11T21:21:03.948+01:00PS Seeing as you seem to like a bit of Barry Smith...PS Seeing as you seem to like a bit of Barry Smith, Steve, you can check out that story he did with Steve Parkhouse at -<br />https:// beachbumcomics.blogspot.com/2016/02/here-comesbarry-smiths-outcast.html<br />Its obviously some of his earliest Marvel work, even though it wasn't published til '71.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-223981863388584242020-06-11T21:05:32.785+01:002020-06-11T21:05:32.785+01:00You know how I dislike contradicting you Steve, bu...You know how I dislike contradicting you Steve, but "Fury of the Femizons" is actually set on a world where warrior women have enslaved men. <br />Its reads like a critique of feminism as understood by some 13 year old would-be culture warrior-boy in the habit of ranting about SJWs; writer Stan Lee was a grown man though, so I'm not sure what his excuse was, even in the early 70s.<br /><br />I believe that Cyberman tale in Dr Who Weekly - "Black Legacy" - might be Alan Moore's first published professional comic story (not counting his more humorous stuff under the Curt Vile pseudonym). Its a solid enough debut, but anyone with expectations paying good money to read it now may be a little disappointed.<br />Worth noting that it was drawn by David Lloyd (interestingly enough, Moore's first work for 2000AD a couple of months later, a Ro-Jaws Robo-Tale, was drawn by Dave Gibbons).<br /><br />-sean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-59884716468974021512020-06-11T18:39:18.416+01:002020-06-11T18:39:18.416+01:00Steve- I loved that Peter Gabriel lp. A classic mu...Steve- I loved that Peter Gabriel lp. A classic musical gem. I'd picked up an imported UK single of "Biko" , and then simply had to get the album.<br /><br />That Spider-Man annual features what I consider the single greatest comic story ever. That said, you make a good point about the Six' lack of effective cooperation. Of course, they might have won, then Aunt May might have ended up married to Dr.Octopus...Redartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221459636234713619noreply@blogger.com