Comic Books

[dislaxxic]

Was a BIG fan in my youth...last century...getting in at the 12-cent level of Marvel and DC comics. Still have a box of 150 or so...although the box that had all my REALLY old ones was given away to the cleaning lady one summer when i was away at canoe camp in central Ontario...a sad day that my mom STILL laments (as do i!!)

This story has been out there for some time and is another sad affair...

Stan Lee Breaks His Silence: Those I Trusted Betrayed Me

Any other comic book aficionados out there??

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[Brooklyn]

I've always loved comics with El Santo being my absolute favorite:










He also appeared in many foto-novelas (picture novels), movies (which can be seen in youtube), and he wrestled professionally for many years. His legend in Mexico surpasses that of Superman in the USA.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Was a BIG fan in my youth...last century...getting in at the 12-cent level of Marvel and DC comics. Still have a box of 150 or so...although the box that had all my REALLY old ones was given away to the cleaning lady one summer when i was away at canoe camp in central Ontario...a sad day that my mom STILL laments (as do i!!)

This story has been out there for some time and is another sad affair...

Stan Lee Breaks His Silence: Those I Trusted Betrayed Me

Any other comic book aficionados out there??

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Stan Lee's final character pitch?

[Brooklyn]

Yogi Berra's favorite hobby - comix:

[Brooklyn]

Mayor La Guardia reads comics on the air:

[Brooklyn]

Superman reading about himself:





some more vintage photos of comix readers:

[dislaxxic]

Comics writer Ed Brubaker on how his art form conquered the entertainment industry

"Ed Brubaker is one of American comic's most distinctive and accomplished voices. He has reimagined and rejuvenated popular superhero characters such as Marvel's Daredevil. Brubaker also (literally) brought the Captain America character Bucky (aka the Winter Soldier) back to life, and watched as he became one of the most popular characters in the multi-billion-dollar Marvel film franchise. In his more than 20-year career Brubaker has also written iconic characters such as Batman and the X-Men. He is also a writer on the hit HBO TV show "Westworld."

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[Brooklyn]

Congress believed comic books contributed to juvenile delinquency:








https://archive.org/stream/juveniledeli ... t_djvu.txt

http://www.comicsbeat.com/must-listen-a ... -hearings/




At bottom, nothing more than just another political waste of taxpayer dollars.

[dislaxxic]

Congress believed comic books contributed to juvenile delinquency:

Well, just look at those TITLES fercrissakes...

No Archie, Richie Rich or even Batman in that crowd...

Thankfully, (or maybe because of gubmint demonization)...comics evolved.

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[Brooklyn]

Batman, like Superman, contained plenty of violence. I read both of them as a kid growing up in God's Country but I turned out alright. ang11

[dislaxxic]

Me too! But...look at those titles..."Haunt Fear", "Weird Chills", "Tales of the CRYPT"!!

Parents back then had never SEEN horror comics, right? Horror and comic in the same breath...that musta really carbonated their thinking...

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[Brooklyn]

Horror? This used to scare lots of little kiddies in Brooklyn way back in the old days:









As I think about it, TV was a lot more like comix back in the day. No wonder why it was so much more fun.

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[DMac]

Am wondering, is that where the idea of pumpkins being everywhere for Halloween came from?

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[Typical Lax Dad]

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My kind of humor.... I am suddenly thirsty!

EDIT: I had to add this

[youthathletics]

Am wondering, is that where the idea of pumpkins being everywhere for Halloween came from?

Reminds me of joke...What do West Virginian's do on Halloween? Pump-Kin.

[DMac]

Caught that the first time around, youth, was wondering how many people's heads it went over as there was no hyphen in it the first time.
Good one.

[Brooklyn]

Many moons ago when I was growing up in God's Country-Brooklyn, I once created a pumpkin like this for school:






The teacher found it unacceptable though it got a few laughs from my classmates.

[dislaxxic]

Reminds me of the famous (infamous?) Calvin & Hobbes snowmen...



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