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Friday, June 18, 2004
I'm not leaving this place, unless I'm leaving with you While the "comic blogosphere" already seems to devote itself to a wide variety of topics within the medium, there are still a number of nooks and crannies that it would be great to see pursued. Thrillmer, a new blog devoted primarily to adventure comic strips, is one such animal and I not only expect to be an avid reader of this blog into the future, but hope that the "blogosphere" continues to expand as the years progress. Hey, he had me at Little Orphan Annie. The enigma that is potrzebie demystified? Scroll down, Melvin. Shawn Hoke's The Wall takes a look at Turok fan and punk rock cartoonist Gary Panter and his upcoming opus, Jimbo in Purgatory. The Wall is not simply the only comic column to link to Flat Earth, but also the only one worthy enough to do so. May the blood on your hands be the blood of a king, Shawn. My erstwhile creation, Jenny Everywhere, gets the ABSOLUTELY NOT WORK SAFE Tijauna Bible treatment in Jenny Everywhere Gets Around. Somehow I feel as if I've made it to the big leagues, yet I also feel somewhat dirty at the same time. Free Comic Thursday - Tijuana Bibles Oh, Boy. ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOT WORK SAFE. In fact, like it says on the front page of this site devoted to the study of the Tijuana Bible, "If you are offended by depictions of sodomy, bestiality, "alternative sexual practices," racial and ethnic stereotypes, or just about anything else, you should leave now." And you better believe it. If you're one of the other 1% of the populace that isn't overly offended by the above, there are 61 of these comic curiosities waiting to be read, with 21 entries dedicated to your favourite comic and cartoon characters bumping uglies, including Captain Easy, Terry and the Pirates, Maggie and Jiggs, The Bungle Family, and many others. In addition you'll find numerous essays detailing this near-forgotten pornographic phenomenon. The one featuring Thimble Theater's J. Wellington Wimpy is by far my favourite, and may very well be one of the greatest comics I have ever read. Thursday, June 17, 2004
I'm off to save the world once again, but I don't know how I'll pull it off this time.  You can't take it away from me now! Bwahahahahahahahaha! After the convocation I went up to grab a robe and take some pictures (including one taken among a group of trees where I tried to emulate Sasquatch, but as if Sasquatch had a diploma). I bodychecked one of my co-workers and fellow grads, O., who was also jockeying for a robe. He turned to me and said, in front of my girlfriend and mother, "Hey, Steve. So, you decided to put your clothes back on." Uh oh! Hilarity ensues! Animation legend and trickster Floyd Norman gives us the scoop on Milt Kahl, one of my two favourites of Disney's Nine Old Men. I've just started rereading John Canemaker's book on the Nine concurrently with Illusion of Life and was hoping to explain what each book has done for me, but alas, time runs short here at Flat Earth. Just finished Jack Kinney's book Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters, in addition to flipping through multiple Disney Treasures (thanks to J.'s parents for giving me On The Front Lines for my grad, though I would have appreciated a Precious Moments figure just as much). Interesting stuff, all. Bigshot Stephen Worth lends a little historical insight into the kind of beautiful animation desk only the animation geeks among us could ejaculate over. Speaking of which, Stephen Worth that is, not ejaculation, I've always enjoyed reading his posts on various animation message boards and now we all can enjoy the blog he's set up for ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive Project. If you have any interest in the history of animation, please check it out. Via Cartoon Brew, who, with this post, show that they are truly the Flat Earth of animation blogs. Hey, they even mention the next show I'll be working on. Lil' Welland (that's Ottawa to you) animation correspondent Janet Hetherington clocks in with a look at Steve Rude's attempts at making Nexus the next Johnny Quest, including model sheets and storyboards for your perusal. Like the man says, this party is awesome! This just in! Ottawa's animation fest just got better, with an amateur animation jamboree known as the Pixilation Project. Sleep is for the weak. "Come take part in one of the most exciting OIAF events open to young and old. Throughout the festival, Gary Schwartz will be hosting a do-it-yourself project where festival attendees will be given the opportunity to animate to a pre-recorded soundtrack, following the audio frame by frame utilizing exposure sheets. This is your invitation to total insanity. The results will be captured on the LunchBox Sync Multireel from Animation Toolworks and the highlights will be screened at the closing ceremonies Sept. 26, 7:00pm." Flat Earth Punk of the Month Billy the K. was kind enough to send me a link which proves that Donald Duck actually appeared a few years prior to his supposed debut in The Wise Little Hen ("Won't you help me plant mah co-o-o-orn?"). For some reason trying to get into Fumetti (one of the sharp comic bloggers' best kept secrets) has crashed my computer recently, so proceed with caution. Here's the text that Billy sent me. Thanks, man! "The first "Donald Duck" on the Mickey Mouse Annual # 3, 1931, three years before he was officially born. Just click the image to take a look at it." Boy, if you came here looking for yet another look at Marvel's solicitations, you sure came to the wrong place. 'Tis truly the day of animating Steves and Stephens! Free Comic Thursday - More Donald Duck A year's worth of Sunday strips by Al Taliaferro. "Won't you help me plant mah co-o-o-orn?" Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Bow-wow-wow-yippee-yo-yippeeyay  Oh yeah! When I finally get my demo reel together, I am so applying for a job on Krypto! Free Comic Thursday - Krypto Superman.ws has over 75 Superman and Superman-related tales online for a rainy afternoon, including a fair number of goofy ones along with the classics. Among them are two Krypto-centric tales, including Krypto's first appearance with Superboy, The Super-Dog from Krypton, and love is in the air for the Dog of Steel in Who Was That Dog I Saw You With Last Night? Tuesday, June 15, 2004
A Second Editorial, Or [sic] Sorts "If you missed the breathtaking editorial in the first xerox-packed issue of CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE, go back and read it. We've got your names and addresses and we'll be sending you a test. The contents: Kamandi #60, Kamandi #61, Prez #5, Shade the Changing Man #9, Showcase #105, Showcase #106, Steel #6, Secret Society of Super-Villains #16, Secret Society of Super-Villains #17, Vixen #1 and covers for Army at War #2, Battle Classics #3, Demand Classics #1, Demand Classics #2, Dynamic Classics #3, Mister Miracle #26, Ragman #6, Weird Mystery Tales #25, Weird Mystery Tales #26, Western Classics #1, Western Classics #2 The editor would like to thank Neil of the Magic Finger deep down at Warner Duplicating who kept the spirit of Plop! alive when Paul Kupperberg came down with about a ream of original art and asked for 35 collated copies. Neil's hat actually flew off his head, and when he fell stiff-backed straight backwards, an audible "Plop!" sound was to be heard. And for those of you who missed our last exciting indicia: CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE, Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 1978, published twice in a lifetime by DC Comics, Inc., 75 Rockerfeller Plaza, New York, N.Y., 10019. Copyright © 1978 DC Comics Inc. All Rights Reserved. The stories, characters, and incidents mentioned in this publication are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead, are intended or should be inferred. Printed in the U.S.A. Jenette Kahn, Publisher; Joe Orlando, Managing Editor; Mike Gold, Editor/Packager; Paul Kupperberg, assistant Editor/Packager; Jack Adler, Vice-President/Production; Vince Colletta, Art Director; Paul Levitz, Editorial Co-Ordinator. Sol Harrison, President; Arthur Gutowitz, Treasurer. SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT: Annual subscription rate: $7.65 (couldn't sell any at last issue's rate). Upon cancellation of this publication, all subscriptions will convert to Freedom Fighters, which will convert to Secret Society of Super-Villains, which will convert to Justice League of America, which, if cancelled, will most likely convert to a revived issue of Cancelled Comics Cavalcade. Only West German Marks accepted as payment for subscriptions to this publication." Free Comic Thursday - This and That From Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2 More forgotten heroes. Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth # 60 Cover Page 1 Page 3 Page 6 Page 25 Page 26 Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth # 61 Page 9 Prez # 5 Cover Page 1 Page 4 Page 5 Page 7 Page 8 Page 11 Page 13 Page 15 Page 16 Page 19 Shade, the Changing Man # 9 Cover page 5 Page 8 Page 9 Showcase # 105 (Deadman) Page 15 Page 20 Showcase # 106 (Creeper) Page 21 Page 24 Steel, the Indestructible Man # 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 10 Page 12 Page 15 Secret Society of Super-Villains # 16 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Secret Society of Super-Villains # 17 No images available Vixen # 1 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 17 Page 18 Page 23 Page 24 Covers Demand Classics Monday, June 14, 2004
An Editorial Of Sorts Progressive Ruin (aka Flat Earth-2) has been posting on the Cancelled Comic Cavalcade, the editorial for which can be found below. "Comics Historians will note DC COMICS went through a great deal of changes during the month of June, 1978, the immediate result of which was a considerable number of cancelled titles. We had a whole mess of material ready to go to the engravers (or ready for last minute corrections); it was felt it would be a shame if this material would never see print. What you are now holding is the first issue of CANCELLED COMICS CAVALCADE, a two-shot which both preserves the material in question and guarantees DC's copyright to same. We have printed 35 copies, 34 of which will go to the creators and copyright people, set #35 will go to Bob Overstreet to show the world it actually happened. Much of the material in these two issues will be printed -- probably in some altered form -- in various DC books in the future. Black Lightning will be going into Detective Comics, Doorway to Nightmare into The Unexpected, Deadman into Adventure, and so on. As for a table of contents, you'll note each story is separated by a piece of coloured paper. The order of contents for this volume is as follows. BLACKLIGHTNING #12, followed by the cover for #13; CLAW #13 and #14; THE DESERTED #1; DOORWAY TO NIGHTMARE #6; FIRESTORM #6; THE GREEN TEAM #2 and #3. Next issue will feature Kamandi, Omac, Deadman, The Creeper, Shade and others. You won't have too long to wait -- we're distributing the two issues together. I would like to thank all those folks who helped put together CANCELLED COMICS CAVALCADE: Al Milgrom, cover artist on this issue; Alex Savuik, cover artist on issue two; Todd Klein, who did the logo and cover paste-ups; Paul Kupperberg, who took the pages down to Warner Duplicating and collated the stories when it came back; Neil of the Magic Finger, who xeroxed it; Paul Levitz and Cary Burkett, who helped find the missing pages, and to Sol Harrison, who gave the o.k. Just to make it official -- CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE, Vol. 1, No. 1. Summer 19/8, published twice in a lifetime by DC Comics Inc., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019. Copyright 1978 DC Comics Inc. All Rights Reserved. The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this publication are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead, are intended or should be inferred. Printed in U.S.A. Jenette Kahn, Publisher; Joe Orlando, Managing Editor; Mike Gold, Editor/Packager; Jack Adler, Vice-President/Production; Vince Colletta, Art Director; Paul Levitz, Editorial Co-Ordinator. Sol Harrison, President; Arthur Gutowitz, Treasurer. SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT : Annual subscription rate : $10,000.00. Outside U.S.A. $9,500.00 ('bout time they got a break)." Free Comic Thursday - Bits and Pieces of Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1 You will undoubtedly consider this to be the greatest or the lamest of the Free Comic Thursday selections, depending. The entire first issue of this collection was online until the powers-that-be sent a cease and desist order to the site owner. Happily, fragments of the comic are still floating around on the internet, and you now have the chance to read this potpurri of cancelled comic goodness. Black Lightning # 12 Page 4 Page 6 Page 9 Page 10 Page 13 Page 16 Claw the Unconquered # 13 Page 26 (letter column) Claw the Unconquered # 14 Page 20 Page 21 Deserter # 1 Page 16 Page 19 Page 20 Doorway to Nightmare # 6 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 21 Page 24 Page 26 (letter column) Firestorm # 6 Page 5 Page 8 Page 10 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Green Team # 2 No images available Green Team # 3 Page 8 Page 9 Sunday, June 13, 2004
Donald Duck - An Inspiration To All Those Who Dislike Wearing Pants One of the most interesting events in Donald Duck's career was when reports emerged from Europe that he had been banned from Finland for carrying on with an unmarried female duck and, even worse, for not wearing any pants. As it turns out, this rumour is untrue, and Finland is in reality a nation which appreciates the adventures of the pantsless. Regardless, for those of us who prefer to let it all hang out (and there are more of us then you think), Donald Duck is a trailblazer and on this, his 70th birthday, we salute him. Free Comic Thursday - Donald Duck The Disney Treasures editions are things of pure joy. I still have a hard time believing that the Mouse House approved of their release, not because of the content, but because the production runs on them are so miniscule that they would seem to be below the current administration's concern. Regardless, I recently picked up the Chronological Donald Duck set, and intend to collect the rest of series 3. If you prefer your duck in print form, well, you're in luck. The Donald Duck comic book rarities page has a fair number of stories that weren't found in your usual outlets, namely little seen Cherrios, Wheaties and Firestone premiums. Though the preeminent artist on the Donald Duck stories, Carl "the Duck Man" Barks is represented here, this is a great chance to read stories by some of the other artists that never achieved his level of fame but are still worthy of attention. Unfortunately, some but not all of the stories can only be viewed in their thumbnail form, including a very interesting looking Brer Rabbit story. Hey, Disney, where's that Song of the South Treasure collection, anyway? |
