tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post2529399570597506099..comments2024-03-21T02:32:03.663-04:00Comments on Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae: Odds and EndsNick Caputohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-67749614031649300512012-05-02T09:52:49.014-04:002012-05-02T09:52:49.014-04:00Thanks, Jacque! High praise coming from you. Giord...Thanks, Jacque! High praise coming from you. Giordano was such a good inker, and did fine work on folks like Heck and Sekowsky.Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-74762631768137147582012-04-30T15:35:21.380-04:002012-04-30T15:35:21.380-04:00Great overview of the DC romance comics, Nick! Whe...Great overview of the DC romance comics, Nick! When glancing at the cover of Young Romance #170, I had always assumed it was Heck -- I guess that is why Giordano was so suited to inking his work!Jacque Nodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957976421163666671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-994750865602824632012-04-23T12:17:16.474-04:002012-04-23T12:17:16.474-04:00Comic books are all special effects now and the cr...Comic books are all special effects now and the creators know it.<br /><br />Originally, were another vehicle for telling stories, like books, pulps, movies and magazines? In fact, it was many of the pulp houses that turned to comics to tell the same type of popular fiction stories. Soon however, the single major force in storytelling was brought to every American hone: Television and that changed everything.<br /><br />TV adapted every popular genre there was: Soap Opera, Detective Stories; Hospital Drama, Courtrooms and action and adventure stories.<br /><br />It took a couple of generations but once those stories started going on TV, they faded from the pulps and, yes the comics. The romance comics faded as Soap Opera began to dominate both the daytime and nighttime (with shows like Dallas, Beverly Hills 90210, Dynasty. As the detective and mystery stories began to take over TV in the 1960s and 1970s, the pulps began to disappear too when people could find them free at home, just by turning on their TV set.<br /><br />Science Fiction, perhaps do to the time and money it takes to do special effects, is the one genre that has not had a steady road on TV. Yes, Battlestar Galactica on cable and Smallville had good runs but they were the exception, not the rule.<br /><br />So comics now fill that void, of sci fi fans who can’t regularly find these kind of stories anywhere else, except, of course in the movie theatres where a handful of good movies come out each year. But comics can be all special effects, all imagination, in a world where everything else is something we have seen before.Barry Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833042323353543770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-81536136103946630072012-04-22T15:15:09.248-04:002012-04-22T15:15:09.248-04:00Jack Kirby, to name just one artist (and one of th...Jack Kirby, to name just one artist (and one of the most important)brought a visual vocabulary and individual sensibility to the superhero genre, along with measures of fantasy, science fiction, adventure and freewheeling imagination. In the 1960s, especially, superheroes attracted a youth culture and connected with a segment of society that often felt like outsiders. The populaity of superheroes in itself is interesting to analyze, a popularity that continues in media such as movies, although my main interest is in the work of the creators who brought a sense of excitement, drama, and humor to the genre. <br /><br />While suerheroes may be overly emphasized in relation to other genres, there is a world of interesting stories and art in the comic book medium. Now, more than ever, there is a rich variety of comics to explore, from independent comics to collections of classic comic strips; from crime and horror to romance and humor. Why denigrate the superhero fan?Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-32616213525386555692012-04-22T01:14:21.828-04:002012-04-22T01:14:21.828-04:00I respectfully and strongly disagree with dayglo.
...I respectfully and strongly disagree with dayglo.<br /><br />So many wonderful talents reached their heights on super-hero comics, Kirby, Ditko, Steranko, Colan, Buscema, Kubert…the list is endless.<br /><br />Superheroes and the science fiction that went with them, gave them great opportunities to use their imaginations. I think of Kirby with his incredible inventions, Spider-Man lifting, Nick Fury fighting the Yellow Claw in a four page spread and so much.<br /><br />I also find it offensive not just to put down the people who created a genre but to put down a group of comic book fans (not just Americans, these comics sold all over the world) who supported and enjoyed it, including myself. It’s OK not to like a style of comics, but to use the term stupid and ugly shows a snobbishness I don’t appreciate.Barry Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833042323353543770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-76389007813764018262012-04-19T23:22:58.662-04:002012-04-19T23:22:58.662-04:00"Often some of their best work was in genres ..."Often some of their best work was in genres other than superheroes.."<br /><br />Sheesh! ALWAYS their best work was in genres other than superheroes. That's the worst genre for good comic art and cartooning ever devised. Can't American comic fans ever move on from this stupid and ugly genre/style?dayglohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261471430961743679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-34222404671339608042012-04-19T16:33:55.484-04:002012-04-19T16:33:55.484-04:00Or that we're the same person. Okay, I'll ...Or that we're the same person. Okay, I'll start things off - your blog's ru...ru...ruddy wonderful. (It's no good - I just couldn't do it.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-87118159413645221862012-04-19T09:17:10.044-04:002012-04-19T09:17:10.044-04:00Kid,
We've got to stop complimenting each oth...Kid,<br /><br />We've got to stop complimenting each others blogs, people will think theres some payola scandal going on!Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-49637157365144962262012-04-19T03:21:16.788-04:002012-04-19T03:21:16.788-04:00Fascinating stuff as always, Nick. As you say, som...Fascinating stuff as always, Nick. As you say, sometimes non-superhero strips reflected some of these artists' best work.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com