tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post6385787772853252346..comments2024-03-28T14:51:04.341+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: 2001 #7. The New Seed.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-89385984158242269012020-01-02T15:42:21.076+00:002020-01-02T15:42:21.076+00:00Also Snidely Whiplash, Dick Dastardly,
Dash Riproc...Also Snidely Whiplash, Dick Dastardly,<br />Dash Riprock, Cool McCool and Simon Bar Sinister.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-65656300450829936692020-01-02T15:19:44.672+00:002020-01-02T15:19:44.672+00:00Not to mention Lash LaRue, Rip Torn, and Casanova ...Not to mention Lash LaRue, Rip Torn, and Casanova Frankenstein. Lol.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-4375511973690048012020-01-02T04:01:22.093+00:002020-01-02T04:01:22.093+00:00As far as cool names go "Johnny Socko" i...As far as cool names go "Johnny Socko" is right up there with Flash Gordon, Rock Strongo, Sleepy Labeef, Nasty Canasta and Turd Fergusen.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-72681608653332583472020-01-02T00:05:21.053+00:002020-01-02T00:05:21.053+00:00The closest thing that I can think of, outside of ...The closest thing that I can think of, outside of some Gamera movies, that resembles a "Rick Jones" similarity is Johnny Socko.<br /><br />He had control of a giant robot w/a Egyptian-style head using a wrist-watch.<br /><br />Hannah-Barbara ripped that off for their cartoon Frankenstein Jr.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-38153753217847543122020-01-01T23:39:15.596+00:002020-01-01T23:39:15.596+00:00Most of the young protagonists in Japanese Kaiju m...Most of the young protagonists in Japanese Kaiju movies were adolescents, not teenagers like Rick Jones. Lol.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-80834625163748776942020-01-01T23:18:47.783+00:002020-01-01T23:18:47.783+00:00Yep! Destroy all Monsters!
I was doing the might...Yep! Destroy all Monsters!<br /><br />I was doing the mighty ROTF LOL when the two guys with red hats and the soldier suddenly wandered into a cave as they escaped the stalking Godzilla! <br /><br />I said, "Here it comes... Rick Jones and a pair of gauntlets behind the next turn!" My son said, "W.t.h. are you talking about." LOL!!!<br /><br />Nope... instead they found a whole hidden society who live on the moon and were clever enough to deduce that one of the pink flying saucers in the cave was probably the one they had seen earlier. (Perhaps Japan was covered in pink flying saucers and they had doubts whether this was one of them???)Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-31060129708426571882020-01-01T22:53:56.252+00:002020-01-01T22:53:56.252+00:00Yeah, buddy. Fun stuff!
Our time frames are diffe...Yeah, buddy. Fun stuff!<br /><br />Our time frames are different. That may be "Destroy All Monsters".Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-68284348389464981622020-01-01T22:05:21.366+00:002020-01-01T22:05:21.366+00:00KD!
You da man!
I just checked Comet TV and ...KD! <br /><br />You da man! <br /><br />I just checked Comet TV and am watching Monsters Unleashed or something (it's 4 PM). Love the cheap Japanese missile launchers, the pink flying saucer, Godzilla, some other monster I don't know personally! <br /><br />My son is caught up in it too!<br /><br />I feel like a kid again! Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-15882010014059905192020-01-01T21:19:15.131+00:002020-01-01T21:19:15.131+00:00FYI, Oh my brothers-in-the-States:
Comet TV is ru...FYI, Oh my brothers-in-the-States:<br /><br />Comet TV is running Kaiju movies all day long today. A lot of Godzilla, with War Of The Gargautas at 2:00 am.<br /><br />Just a tip if you're looking for light entertainment, if there's no football teams that are playing you're interested in.<br /><br />Being from the 'Burgh, now that the Steelers are done, I couldn't care less.<br /><br />Here we go, 'Zilla, here we go! Ooo! Ooo! Lol.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-63650802965156875362020-01-01T20:05:55.478+00:002020-01-01T20:05:55.478+00:00Hokey Smokes, Charlie-winkle!
That book is $40, a...Hokey Smokes, Charlie-winkle!<br /><br />That book is $40, and no super-dudes or "Kirby Dots"!!<br /><br />I love the King as much as anyone, but love-stories? A Kirby story without "Kirby Dots" is like pizza without pepperoni. Even some of his war tales sometimes had'em. Lol!<br /><br />Looked like Rick Jones on the cover for the Kid Gang story, though. Lol.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-59146870329557669912020-01-01T15:16:34.634+00:002020-01-01T15:16:34.634+00:00I am greeting New Year's Day with a certain va...I am greeting New Year's Day with a certain vague joy that can only be felt with the email I just received! <br /><br />It states that Jack Kirby's "Dingbat Love" is now shipping to a spinner rack or W.H. Smith near you!!!<br /><br />All Hail the King!!!<br /><br />Preview Jack Kirby’s Dingbat Love and order it here: http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=95_97&products_id=1434<br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-30608319607134160362020-01-01T14:31:41.168+00:002020-01-01T14:31:41.168+00:00The Outer Limits have used the plot of a "tra...The Outer Limits have used the plot of a "trapped alien" more than a couple times, MP.<br /><br />The Galaxy Being episode had a radio-station engineer teleporting a radioactive alien to earth.<br /><br />In The Bellero Shield, a scientist brings one down using a laser beam. His nagging wife ends up in an unbreakable transparent box.<br /><br /> <br />Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-229578964691554862020-01-01T14:01:32.619+00:002020-01-01T14:01:32.619+00:00MP, on an Outer Limits related sidenote, the produ...MP, on an Outer Limits related sidenote, the production crew of that show did an entertaining Bergman-esque horror film called "Incubus".<br /><br />It stars a pre-Kirk WILLIAM SHATNER!<br /><br />One wacky thing about it is that it was done using a contrived universal language that was invented by the writer. There's subtitles, though.<br /><br />Definetly one of the strangest entries in Shatner's filmography. Highly recommend.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-71443803274004069152020-01-01T13:40:49.213+00:002020-01-01T13:40:49.213+00:00Happy New Year, oh my brothers.
Amazingly, I am a...Happy New Year, oh my brothers.<br /><br />Amazingly, I am able to greet 2020 with no hangover. Hope you all are doing just as well.<br />Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-61374907667347779232020-01-01T07:14:26.702+00:002020-01-01T07:14:26.702+00:00Well, none of us can stand you, Charlie!
...obvio...Well, none of us can stand you, Charlie!<br /><br />...obviously I'm kidding. I enjoy this crew too.<br /><br />M.P.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-68602825984893305442020-01-01T06:03:17.048+00:002020-01-01T06:03:17.048+00:00Hey Gents! It's midnight +/- in Chicago! I w...Hey Gents! It's midnight +/- in Chicago! I want to wish you a Happy New Year.<br /><br />Steve - I sincerely hope you continue with your blog. I sincerely enjoy the crew that hangs out here! <br /><br />Cheers, CH 47<br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-50910688453297754012020-01-01T01:48:12.564+00:002020-01-01T01:48:12.564+00:00I saw one where a glowing energy alien got trapped...I saw one where a glowing energy alien got trapped here temporarily, but I think it was a different episode. It had Cliff Robertson in it.<br /><br />In any event, happy new year to all! If you find yourselves confronted by any trapped alien entities, may they either be benevolent or at least indifferent.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-23588177103744905972019-12-31T14:25:28.857+00:002019-12-31T14:25:28.857+00:00My favorite Outer Limits episode is "Behold, ...My favorite Outer Limits episode is "Behold, Eck!", about a 2-dimensional being trapped in our dimension.<br /><br />The original show was great, and the reboot (80's or 90's?) had a few good episodes as well.<br /><br />MP, You may also like Tales Of Tomorrow.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-51925488968313029842019-12-31T07:30:53.725+00:002019-12-31T07:30:53.725+00:00I've been seeing these old reruns of The Outer...I've been seeing these old reruns of The Outer Limits on this retro channel here.<br />I had never seen this stuff before, and to be honest, some of it is quite startling. <br />I guess I had thought it was a rip-off of the Twilight Zone, but it wasn't. Not at all.<br />Whereas the Twilight Zone could be about the supernatural and could, on occasion, be funny or whimsical, the Outer Limits seem to me to be really hard-ass science fiction. And there was no humor in it, as far as I can tell.<br />Some of it was pretty disturbing, frankly, like "The Architects of Fear", "Demon with a Glass Hand" or the "Zanti Misfits."<br />Yeeikes.<br />I kinda wonder if Alan Moore got an idea for the alien squid in The Watchmen from The Architects of Fear. Same premise, introduce a terrifying alien to inspire world peace.<br />I mention it because Kirby's science fiction could be fairly brutal, at times.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-37339790444199913502019-12-31T07:30:33.494+00:002019-12-31T07:30:33.494+00:00DW, I actually managed to find the first issue of ...DW, I actually managed to find the first issue of 2001, which seemed amazing at the time as you usually never saw #1s.<br /><br />Was there really an embargo? I know some specific comics were never imported into the UK, and I can believe that maybe the two Spider-Man titles and the Hulk were kept out of the country to avoid competing with the weekly Spidey and MWOM, but otherwise... most weren't too hard to find a lot of the time (at least round my way).<br /><br />The short-lived series in particular, not just 2001 and Logans Run but also stuff like Killraven and Werewolf By Night - all the Steve faves! - seemed commonplace. So much so, my theory (which I've bored this site with before) is that Marvel tried to improve the numbers on its lower selling titles with exports. <br />Too many unsold copies of Black Goliath or Omega the Unknown? Send 'em to the Brits, maybe the'll buy a few.<br /><br />Btw, you're in Oz right? Have a good one tonight - happy new year.<br />(Same to everyone else, even if its a bit early)<br /><br />-sean<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-10473614550627390762019-12-31T04:52:05.420+00:002019-12-31T04:52:05.420+00:00*the not them*
DW*the not them*<br /><br />DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-40189756633923175642019-12-31T04:51:00.823+00:002019-12-31T04:51:00.823+00:00I had the treasury edition and it was probably the...I had the treasury edition and it was probably them most confusing comic my pre-teen self had read at the time. Being fair, decades later I found the movie (well, the ending) equally vague. I recall the individual issues being commonplace amongst newsagents that weren't generally carrying the US monthlies, at the time. Those and Logan's Run. Perhaps the UK embargo didn't cover movie spin offs.<br /><br />DW Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-27779095946265442582019-12-31T03:41:16.123+00:002019-12-31T03:41:16.123+00:00Steve, I agree with your assessment of the 2001 co...Steve, I agree with your assessment of the 2001 comic.<br />Obviously it was gonna be a short experiment, given the nature of the Monolith, but idiosyncrasy always has some value, and in my opinion, Kirby's wild imagery and concepts were often startling and usually interesting.<br />An experiment worth doing, I think. Why not? Clearly it's touched off some debate here.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-53792881495111039442019-12-31T02:16:40.255+00:002019-12-31T02:16:40.255+00:00Gents! Today is both Davy Jones' AND Michael ...Gents! Today is both Davy Jones' AND Michael Nesmith's birthday! <br /><br />Half the Monkeys on the same day!<br /><br />Loved the music, loved the TV show, when I was a young teen in the early 70s. <br /><br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-46179350413176109662019-12-30T23:03:10.817+00:002019-12-30T23:03:10.817+00:00Sean- thanks for your take on Kirby's series! ...Sean- thanks for your take on Kirby's series! You cast it in a different light from what I remember. Granted, it's been 40 years since I read those books, so it's quite possible that a more 'experienced' perspective would find more in them. Might have to give them a new look...Redartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221459636234713619noreply@blogger.com