tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54083684361696613192024-03-28T23:30:00.075-04:00Joe Torcivia's The Issue At Hand BlogNamed after my former Fanzine and APA column est. 1994,<i>"The Issue At Hand"</i>! This Blog offers <i>"The Universe of Things that Interest Me"</i> – Now just a click away!
Comics, DVDs, Animation, Classic TV, and occasionally more. Please enjoy your visit! Blog est. 2008.Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comBlogger1247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-77799562556510309432024-03-28T12:00:00.001-04:002024-03-28T12:00:00.232-04:00Adventures in Comic-Boxing: Maybe I've Been Reading Comics TOO LONG! <br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b>How can you tell if you've been reading comic books far too long? </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">If you can remember when SOMETHING LIKE THIS didn't look the least bit strange! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="color: #e06666;">STORY TITLE,</span> that is, not the weird alien children! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And, bonus points if, when reading a title like this, it REALLY DID sound like a far off journey through time! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">It certainly must have sounded like a distant future when this story was originally published in 1959, because it STILL WAS when I read it as a reprint in <span style="color: #e06666;">SUPERMAN FAMILY # 179</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(DC Comics, Cover Date: October, 1976)! </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Back then of course, the 24 years it would take to get from 1976 to the year 2000 <i>(much less BEYOND that year)</i> seemed like A LOT MORE TIME than it does now! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Let alone the 41 years it would have taken originally, for Supergirl to travel from 1959! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"A hundred years ahead, into the 21st Century"</i>, eh? </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">That would mean her destination was 2059, in the original...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">...And, um, er... 2076 in the reprint? </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Say, now that I think about it, 2076 is STILL really far off! I know <i>*I*</i> won't live to see it, unless normal lifespans have exceeded 120 by then! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">OKAY, THEN... At least SOMETHING GOOD has come from all this...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">...Even if it's just the relief that comes with realizing that I <i>*HAVE NOT*</i> been reading comic books too long! </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>...In fact, I think I'll go read some more of them right now! </i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">But, before I do, I'll leave you with the final panels of the story, showing both Supergirl's return to the good old, overrun-with-Baby-Boomers, 20th Century... and an ad for the long-forgotten <i>- even BEFORE the 21st Century -</i> Warner Bros. Jungle Habitat, featuring Bugs Bunny!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And, readers of the REPRINT in SUPERMAN FAMILY # 179...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">...Will probably be wondering until 2076 <i>(should they live so long)</i> why Supergirl left 1976 for a hundred-year time-trek, AND IS RETURNING TO 1959! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I mean sure... she'll miss Disco, Watergate, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, an' all-kinds-o'-stuff-like-that-there...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">...But she'll also miss the opening of Warner Bros. Jungle Habitat! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I wonder if COOL CAT was there? </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Eeeh... COULD BE! </b></span></div>
Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-54679409288633979562024-03-18T23:00:00.001-04:002024-03-18T23:00:00.334-04:00Adventures in Comic-Boxing: Inadvertent Cover Enhancement! <br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">This is an Internet scan of the cover of</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">YOSEMITE SAM # 15</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(Gold Key Comics, Cover Date: August 1973). </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And below is a scan of MY OWN COPY of YOSEMITE SAM # 15. See anything unusual? </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Let's look a little closer, shall we? </span></b><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">It would seem that, on MY COPY, Bugs' cooking was SO BAD that it made Sam sick enough to see SPOTS BEFORE HIS EYES! </span></b></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know what the nature of the "<i>spots</i>" could be! The cover feels no different in the section in which "Sam's spots are seen". </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">It's not in any way wrinkled or warped, as if any sort of liquid was spilled on it. And nothing has bled through onto the inside-front-cover. </span></b><br />
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Talk about an inadvertent cover enhancement! </span></b>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-77653736579531490792024-03-09T21:24:00.003-05:002024-03-09T21:40:53.928-05:00Adventures in Comic-Boxing: A Great Cover Image with a Muddled Meaning! <p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Check out this wonderful cover image for <span style="color: #e06666;">THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES (2024 series) #3</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(DC Comics; Cover Date: May, 2024 - <i>On sale as I write this!</i>)... </span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7v3cT8Po9fGVnZb0vmOHb7jPmne6lO5o5vqYnxFOl1D1w3XlfIeW6IkyETFIv7SNuNjmAUJT3bfUBL9vi1tvUlEjQL7umk61FdSWzzJcPVQfGPmVBiBYAUYqzZ9OccZPRxN_HIHCv7vAkiQLkT2A9t1iGVnZ8PZO2ghpFIYse8bwYxOwu-p0RgEqyCv0/s3032/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%233.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3032" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7v3cT8Po9fGVnZb0vmOHb7jPmne6lO5o5vqYnxFOl1D1w3XlfIeW6IkyETFIv7SNuNjmAUJT3bfUBL9vi1tvUlEjQL7umk61FdSWzzJcPVQfGPmVBiBYAUYqzZ9OccZPRxN_HIHCv7vAkiQLkT2A9t1iGVnZ8PZO2ghpFIYse8bwYxOwu-p0RgEqyCv0/w418-h640/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%233.jpeg" width="418" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">...Which is a near-perfect send-up of the <i>"Celebrity Window" </i>running gag from the Batman TV show. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Or, as I described it at GCD: </span><i>"<span face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The cover is a parody/homage to the oft-seen bit on the Batman TV show (ABC TV, 1966-1968), where Batman and Robin scale a tall building and a celebrity leans out of a window to address them in mid-bat-climb."</span></i></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZFOhY5iFA4tdTzHjLcNGQ6h_6AjUnMAeIUiS-E-1a2DliV23pSsjclTfU9Gb6bpL0IB9zye3wbLsIbO2rCGKkkA1-E0_79PTRIoZyvk0BEqqTRc4mDpQJvUKht61KmMN-Kt_1adkI3hyphenhyphen8zHBClRGgrhj12Y30jvMLd4ncPYXKE0GimcEgK_fq8YboqU/s336/Batman%2066%20window%20gag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="336" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZFOhY5iFA4tdTzHjLcNGQ6h_6AjUnMAeIUiS-E-1a2DliV23pSsjclTfU9Gb6bpL0IB9zye3wbLsIbO2rCGKkkA1-E0_79PTRIoZyvk0BEqqTRc4mDpQJvUKht61KmMN-Kt_1adkI3hyphenhyphen8zHBClRGgrhj12Y30jvMLd4ncPYXKE0GimcEgK_fq8YboqU/w400-h179/Batman%2066%20window%20gag.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">LEFT: The Green Hornet and Kato (Van Williams and Bruce Lee). RIGHT: Sammy Davis, Jr.</span></b></div><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">I say <i>"near-perfect"</i> for one reason... the homage is very clear but, quite frankly... the GAG ITSELF is NOT! </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvQueaHOPV6pAc88doRrcL6-g8e2ap90nTe1OIIuKwUu8G_wdbQlvsdOLsAPb-vN5etGqANI_hsxanAwikpAEM4wdP1UB8-KkQYLz9pIEafw39iL8u2h0bwpI4HIWerwIIDznYE8xj3PnsI0l6visWvDGpi1DBTC97fTRDU5GCok40MxZcZ1LKIp1GPQ/s3032/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%233.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3032" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvQueaHOPV6pAc88doRrcL6-g8e2ap90nTe1OIIuKwUu8G_wdbQlvsdOLsAPb-vN5etGqANI_hsxanAwikpAEM4wdP1UB8-KkQYLz9pIEafw39iL8u2h0bwpI4HIWerwIIDznYE8xj3PnsI0l6visWvDGpi1DBTC97fTRDU5GCok40MxZcZ1LKIp1GPQ/w418-h640/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%233.jpeg" width="418" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It seems to me that either something FUNNY, or a CLEVER REFERENCE should be coming from Catwoman's or Scooby's dialogue balloons - BUT IT ISN'T! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Or, perhaps Batman - or especially Shaggy - SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN SUCH A LINE... but no! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">How about Shaggy unintentionally doing something dumb 'n' dangerous to inadvertently imperil our courageous climbers - or maybe leaning out far enough to fall - if only to justify Scooby's line: <i>"Rhi can't look!"</i></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">As it is, it wastes a great image by making it, like... incomprehensible!</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The best I can do is describe it as I did in my GCD index of the issue: <i>"<span face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As Batman and Catwoman scale a tall building to return stolen jewels to their rightful owner, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy pop out of the "Celebrity Window." </span></i><span style="color: #ffa400;">You can see the entire GCD index</span> <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/2613531/">HERE!</a> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Indeed, it would have been better with NO dialogue balloons at all! Just perfectly conveying the fine homage it was intended to! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">On the plus side, the open window nicely obscures a small corner of THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES logo, as one might expect a glass window to do! </span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-small;"><i>...Don't they have window screens in Gotham? </i></span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiY0ZzArsxKZx5oP7orQDqoBjUDtZ2qBtLNd7tmy32VGNs-MsL61j3Bveo7MuEvrM1YPOLs00TQbnxP8JvcukhjHSVyIt7HTSDEC_W_m7htQFGtIE_7Bjov2oXRWa4GTlooslVqfb02sgHQojIx52GudVeUvRw5UWTgO85IFYxJcZmqhrZIt1cCmjkEo0/s3032/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%233.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3032" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiY0ZzArsxKZx5oP7orQDqoBjUDtZ2qBtLNd7tmy32VGNs-MsL61j3Bveo7MuEvrM1YPOLs00TQbnxP8JvcukhjHSVyIt7HTSDEC_W_m7htQFGtIE_7Bjov2oXRWa4GTlooslVqfb02sgHQojIx52GudVeUvRw5UWTgO85IFYxJcZmqhrZIt1cCmjkEo0/w418-h640/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%233.jpeg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"> ...If only the window was large enough to obscure the dialogue balloons as well! </span></b></div><p></p>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-24129150193970407432024-03-05T11:09:00.000-05:002024-03-05T11:14:10.864-05:00Adventures in Comic-Boxing: March Fourth! <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Beetle Bailey has always been a soldier who marched to a different beat</span> and here, to commemorate March 4th, 2024, we find him <i>"marching forth"</i> to... um... a decidedly different beat once again! </span></b><br /><div><br /></div><div>
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">When they began in mid-1962, Gold Key Comics were very <i>"experimental"</i> with graphic design for the period, perhaps to further distinguish them from their Dell Comics predecessors - in ways beyond a cover-price decrease from 15, back down to 12 cents! </span></b><br />
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Even if there were no different beat for him to follow, Beetle would still stand out among the line of generic, lookalike soldiers in their more conventional marching. Probably purposely drawn as such, rather then include some of Beetle's identifiable regimental regulars such as Killer, Zero, Cosmo, Plato, and Rocky. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>And, to further call attention to Beetle's drum-beat detour, we have a turquoise sorta line/reverse-checkmark to highlight his breaking ranks with the troops. One of those "<i>early Gold Key experimental </i></b></span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>design elements</i>" added to better define his path - especially so against the white background. </b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>My guess - and it is just a guess - is that, when Beetle's creator Mort Walker <i>(or his assistant Bob Gustafson)</i> originally drew this cover, it did not include this element. ...But aren't we glad that someone did? </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><b>Finally, isn't it just like Beetle Bailey to commemorate March 4th in a post published on March 5th? </b></span></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-83116159781237374842024-02-19T11:48:00.001-05:002024-02-19T11:50:07.829-05:00Adventures in Comic-Boxing: Supergirl Takes the Bus!<p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">But, alas, she doesn't take it... <i>seriously!</i> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">From <span style="color: #e06666;">SUPERGIRL (1972 Series) #5</span> <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">(DC Comics, Cover Date; June, 1973)...</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmMVW1fQkEhLS_Une47J9Cw08PgJoHgzRi3uC4HBW-uANkVYwRWSemFm3yFWd0VEvJYuc7fniQZD5oZd43xscdvBcmN2zETVJSIhzw3CEWJfd8DI_uHcqU1p5pU7u5IjyeGb0RgfbydF3kDRXA35PvyKAQHRwiEhLGMdtkfdpBZZZcp5B2KIzHgxH/s930/Supergirl%201972%20%235%20Bus.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="751" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmMVW1fQkEhLS_Une47J9Cw08PgJoHgzRi3uC4HBW-uANkVYwRWSemFm3yFWd0VEvJYuc7fniQZD5oZd43xscdvBcmN2zETVJSIhzw3CEWJfd8DI_uHcqU1p5pU7u5IjyeGb0RgfbydF3kDRXA35PvyKAQHRwiEhLGMdtkfdpBZZZcp5B2KIzHgxH/w323-h400/Supergirl%201972%20%235%20Bus.jpeg" width="323" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Aw, c'mon... It's not the worst thing you've ever done! ...Spoiled by too many years of FLYING, perhaps? </b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Busses are good for the environment, reducing both your carbon footprint and the number of cars jamming up the roads! </span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUGapLmQcJkju5M9SARjdRDYDtUo-fVsBetqiSmvCfsnDrTKNOukegnvMAVTodzXEohj3j0U4C2Tb3EWV07xtElwnO-5L1E3auGeDOlvGbQhO39DgvQaNSKaRim2NqOHb-MvpncJ1tfWFEML9RqgPzmScRFaX_0KJkc5Mxj4caEIK2N8OOwsZG2d7hl0/s300/N49%20NICE%20Bus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUGapLmQcJkju5M9SARjdRDYDtUo-fVsBetqiSmvCfsnDrTKNOukegnvMAVTodzXEohj3j0U4C2Tb3EWV07xtElwnO-5L1E3auGeDOlvGbQhO39DgvQaNSKaRim2NqOHb-MvpncJ1tfWFEML9RqgPzmScRFaX_0KJkc5Mxj4caEIK2N8OOwsZG2d7hl0/w400-h224/N49%20NICE%20Bus.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: #f9cb9c; color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">(My own local bus line... NICE Bus N49!)</span></b></div><p></p><p><span><b><span style="font-size: large;">And even your cousin Superman <a href="https://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2021/12/adventures-in-comic-boxing-superman.html">catches a bus now and then!</a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0q-GP0iTp_ru6u8mWwbk-WS-Pt-P2fCm6QF2oq7JJvxc1WT93_aFmIKJiOzK3D8Timn6ekOCWMAvaaWnC9STz36Un4MYxSPLqEhOd6jaz_CELETY6RqQfjUGaKR_9Fr0_RbRyaMKrFHa4ODdiA9_VMCYuFVzqW0c6T_w6xwKYif-Du9bwqVExZky_SM/s399/Action%20%23199.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="269" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0q-GP0iTp_ru6u8mWwbk-WS-Pt-P2fCm6QF2oq7JJvxc1WT93_aFmIKJiOzK3D8Timn6ekOCWMAvaaWnC9STz36Un4MYxSPLqEhOd6jaz_CELETY6RqQfjUGaKR_9Fr0_RbRyaMKrFHa4ODdiA9_VMCYuFVzqW0c6T_w6xwKYif-Du9bwqVExZky_SM/w270-h400/Action%20%23199.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">...And, back when he was SUPERBOY, he even caught the SUBWAY! </span></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgINlO404N-5RLH2SIZZwQlPPdD88sO-pbhKaUkXVnMGO_lFhd2NTxLOX8testq277m5T5ia_gCJco-QKHPiXkYr_4JPeOexF-YWIXI1Fxc6Yylvjnm2uFc91bHhOfcnn-bs1nxeNI8MpdS-ERjOQ0H3HHwgg_iuXz78wdbazS7f7VCYlJee3fjUo3bo/s596/Superboy%20%23188.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgINlO404N-5RLH2SIZZwQlPPdD88sO-pbhKaUkXVnMGO_lFhd2NTxLOX8testq277m5T5ia_gCJco-QKHPiXkYr_4JPeOexF-YWIXI1Fxc6Yylvjnm2uFc91bHhOfcnn-bs1nxeNI8MpdS-ERjOQ0H3HHwgg_iuXz78wdbazS7f7VCYlJee3fjUo3bo/w269-h400/Superboy%20%23188.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Coincidently, the Number 4 New York Subway Line DOES transition from underground to elevated... just not like this! </span></b>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-90922373691585727902024-02-14T14:07:00.003-05:002024-02-15T19:27:33.540-05:00Today is "New Gold Key Day" -- #2! <p> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span>Today, </span><span>February 14, 2024</span><span>, is</span></span> not only Valentine's Day...</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4guYqZ2ydRDIW-1Hih8nHfNTvX0YS9wMP-JyKh2ZRUCSpzCOBek5l72vp6SPGvAdwlDSETlhUlRF72WnwLWbTCoZA9-MDkWyDM6-RprYmkuTQhomwCxl9qfXqCzgKDioWs7GPbflnTX5w9XjHfgLIfbWnlJ8n1i7ekdR-r_pdP1AIxPDPREXa5XySneg/s595/Bugs%20Bunny%20%23%20148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4guYqZ2ydRDIW-1Hih8nHfNTvX0YS9wMP-JyKh2ZRUCSpzCOBek5l72vp6SPGvAdwlDSETlhUlRF72WnwLWbTCoZA9-MDkWyDM6-RprYmkuTQhomwCxl9qfXqCzgKDioWs7GPbflnTX5w9XjHfgLIfbWnlJ8n1i7ekdR-r_pdP1AIxPDPREXa5XySneg/w269-h400/Bugs%20Bunny%20%23%20148.jpg" width="269" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(...and what better way to introduce the main subject of this post than with a Classic Gold Key Valentine's Day cover...) </i></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">It is also... </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NEW GOLD KEY DAY #2!</span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3BPuYYRm0UM722JB5AowRO_EYUpSg1rjbkEobRzuMevH5Zor65OQSTgsvJjEzi3TzTbn4xezuk2FMQVI16nWs38mdRvEsJrh8dnutoNp7TtX5KPv1aaL_HzXirCrwVvT0hj-_s9sHhNsd56t9X7Cct7FTwBjofzeEcup3BYXJsDxD-hJ2PAO16uugzI/w201-h320/Gold%20Key%20Comics%20Logo.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>New logo is compared here with the classic (Western Publishing) Gold Key Logo. </b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">For this iconic <i>(yet excitingly new)</i> brand's second foray into the 21st century, Gold Key Entertainment presents <span style="color: #e06666;">BORIS KARLOFF GOLD KEY MYSTERIES #2!</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJpOY8feHOp4O1opQ-Tf4qgtizsLrx-zjcB5s6VQkY79NMA_hpuKgyJAiWcbPFkGK9V2xOFg8dme22lOOm7WwrN77pcqWQNhGDVuzF_vhpndt4x8iTQTcLfmHGOiafRh-3dOTxqPlGGBAaW0bJYevNVs2iFpV6WGSrvCoU00n429CW7Y4JDqFdN_IIKE/s3042/Boris%20Karloff%20Gold%20Key%20Mysteries%20%232.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3042" data-original-width="1975" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJpOY8feHOp4O1opQ-Tf4qgtizsLrx-zjcB5s6VQkY79NMA_hpuKgyJAiWcbPFkGK9V2xOFg8dme22lOOm7WwrN77pcqWQNhGDVuzF_vhpndt4x8iTQTcLfmHGOiafRh-3dOTxqPlGGBAaW0bJYevNVs2iFpV6WGSrvCoU00n429CW7Y4JDqFdN_IIKE/w416-h640/Boris%20Karloff%20Gold%20Key%20Mysteries%20%232.jpeg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A successor to "<i>Gold Key Classic's</i>" <span style="color: #76a5af;">BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY...</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MG6xT5-AxoGX7nK21BzI3fl09qz-e-7J6qdQyIVCSXxMAk7z8SGkYYywMYR83NXtLwr55StNHY1_jdIEvJc3PmDjtMKuiP_Toc0tTxlnkToVHixKWId1-JSYh2eH8HRNDTTyN11HyFdFHkAUIdKUaaHRRIKf9tDshr56NyomRvPeUhugOvNDLh26GeQ/s556/Boris%20Karloff%20Tales%20of%20Mystery%20%23%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MG6xT5-AxoGX7nK21BzI3fl09qz-e-7J6qdQyIVCSXxMAk7z8SGkYYywMYR83NXtLwr55StNHY1_jdIEvJc3PmDjtMKuiP_Toc0tTxlnkToVHixKWId1-JSYh2eH8HRNDTTyN11HyFdFHkAUIdKUaaHRRIKf9tDshr56NyomRvPeUhugOvNDLh26GeQ/s320/Boris%20Karloff%20Tales%20of%20Mystery%20%23%2013.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcMTYZ1w0K0nRStJGFlksfzfjDpN9KnmzpYqr3tBtmf0k5PWKJyKY8cfRPat9YSmvNV7OjqgH4fJsecg6TRN09U5aLzBHxCzmq0KXbC7Mqo4nUurSsoNl2X4RGsheapE1bIN_R8WiB9IJY3nh-4UmTgOZwKbNY17AiCCMu365M1g54dwxBtkp_7a0KHI/s3046/Boris%20Karloff%20Tales%20of%20Mystery%20%23%2023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3046" data-original-width="2050" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcMTYZ1w0K0nRStJGFlksfzfjDpN9KnmzpYqr3tBtmf0k5PWKJyKY8cfRPat9YSmvNV7OjqgH4fJsecg6TRN09U5aLzBHxCzmq0KXbC7Mqo4nUurSsoNl2X4RGsheapE1bIN_R8WiB9IJY3nh-4UmTgOZwKbNY17AiCCMu365M1g54dwxBtkp_7a0KHI/s320/Boris%20Karloff%20Tales%20of%20Mystery%20%23%2023.jpeg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><div>...And it's own <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">BORIS KARLOFF GOLD KEY MYSTERIES #1!</span></span></b></div></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><u> UPDATE: February 15, 2024:</u> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In our Comments Section, you will read about Gold Key Entertainment's second title, <span style="color: #e06666;">FIGGY FURTHERMORE THE SPIRIT GUIDE DOG</span>, coming in 2024 - and the Kickstarter campaign to help Gold Key "<i>get Figgy flowing</i>"! </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Toward our humble Blog's </span><i>(...all together now)</i><span style="font-size: large;"> humble efforts to form all of you into fervent Figgy-followers, we present this Gold Key house ad from the inside-back-cover of </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">BORIS KARLOFF GOLD KEY MYSTERIES #2...</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Here's an odd little filler feature from <span style="color: #e06666;">LOIS LANE # 16</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(DC Comics: Cover Date: April, 1960)</span> called <span style="color: #cc0000;">"<i>It's the Talk of the Teen</i>"! </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Hey, guess what? <i><span style="color: #e06666;">"Roger"</span></i> STILL means "O.K."! </span></b></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b>...Good night, folks! </b></span></i>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-81409101762218472632024-01-27T20:26:00.002-05:002024-01-27T20:54:12.479-05:00Public Domain Mickey with Deb! <p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">It's been too long since we showcased any artwork from our great friend Debbie Anne Perry</span> and, with <i>(one very specific version of)</i> Mickey Mouse in the public domain, Deb has delivered her unique commentary on the subject - along with her wonderful characters <span style="color: #ffa400;">FLUFFY AND MERVIN! </span></span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_VdUyjxTKTJ3GuaRPQgQoTiGc_yiT2A_nZO4Ahxmurux4F_WSbB5YFvSw5KTzfST4cZzIN6aTtslVnQCM40yb_Y3WZejbw2RPcA9cFWR8llgkf2l0x1wSnIK_JvLB-RcJKGgEYPIc1gb47VrPKQSLs54eOaO_0KPQsjpTZhe0KO9cYY8bx5Voj7wF5U/s1916/Fluffy%20Mervin%20&%20Mickey.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="1525" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_VdUyjxTKTJ3GuaRPQgQoTiGc_yiT2A_nZO4Ahxmurux4F_WSbB5YFvSw5KTzfST4cZzIN6aTtslVnQCM40yb_Y3WZejbw2RPcA9cFWR8llgkf2l0x1wSnIK_JvLB-RcJKGgEYPIc1gb47VrPKQSLs54eOaO_0KPQsjpTZhe0KO9cYY8bx5Voj7wF5U/w397-h640/Fluffy%20Mervin%20&%20Mickey.JPG" width="397" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">GOTTA LOVE THAT! </span> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i style="font-size: large;">"Whistle?" "Play 'Turkey in the Straw' on farm animals?" </i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">...YAWN! </span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Wake me when he becomes a DETECTIVE...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJhbIel43AuVH1owvWL8PlGJVZbrPNpRz_HmtydWhUYuox6aaNPYPYsJBh7pKyYmQRz-60TwPmE6JptIqbBp8XMMjhDHPzrCgs473b3773MH0g8GbpvhvhfBMhxKZ4F1Xf2bUyQeo5yZ_wuS-IBAVMgVmgNkbztq2lH9BQXEOamefB1v4_PHMBx_lg2U/s1076/Mickey%20Mouse%20%23%203%20IDW%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1076" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJhbIel43AuVH1owvWL8PlGJVZbrPNpRz_HmtydWhUYuox6aaNPYPYsJBh7pKyYmQRz-60TwPmE6JptIqbBp8XMMjhDHPzrCgs473b3773MH0g8GbpvhvhfBMhxKZ4F1Xf2bUyQeo5yZ_wuS-IBAVMgVmgNkbztq2lH9BQXEOamefB1v4_PHMBx_lg2U/w400-h233/Mickey%20Mouse%20%23%203%20IDW%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">...Or a SPACE EXPLORER...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcDHWqqDIXfr95O8PBIFm4BuXM2wDuojMrsi-VDeHWGRTUJT8e9iqNgDq02EnbbPwEbgA5W5A4jcK6hfZMfKLdpPuWnOZEmGm7-F-gVODCKvizmTtArmslTXLmyJvGnutwLvy0o85wE0DWADNzWryebxFPS9bJBQzye29zrzQOuCBZCGfwtaDKzB7NDc/s960/Mickey%20Mouse%20%23%206%20IDW%2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="960" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcDHWqqDIXfr95O8PBIFm4BuXM2wDuojMrsi-VDeHWGRTUJT8e9iqNgDq02EnbbPwEbgA5W5A4jcK6hfZMfKLdpPuWnOZEmGm7-F-gVODCKvizmTtArmslTXLmyJvGnutwLvy0o85wE0DWADNzWryebxFPS9bJBQzye29zrzQOuCBZCGfwtaDKzB7NDc/w400-h341/Mickey%20Mouse%20%23%206%20IDW%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">...Or a SUPER SECRET AGENT...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcjBrzimyq0V0dHYjA2Ltm4SFi6JeOSFkZoQpDkfW2rDulVltyhSJ5gCzp1-l2A2MpvKpYqZLCY6Nr6SjlSd2NCP8bf_4TI8Cnr9IQxo4knjo3w8UeL2_3cm1VgE9RYpc0sFSoJw2AsrzjQ72VaUqcoTBwfNaz83egFMk1jTwiy75B3vZAPcp1SWyVdM/s400/Mickey%20Mouse%20%23%20108%20pg1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="304" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcjBrzimyq0V0dHYjA2Ltm4SFi6JeOSFkZoQpDkfW2rDulVltyhSJ5gCzp1-l2A2MpvKpYqZLCY6Nr6SjlSd2NCP8bf_4TI8Cnr9IQxo4knjo3w8UeL2_3cm1VgE9RYpc0sFSoJw2AsrzjQ72VaUqcoTBwfNaz83egFMk1jTwiy75B3vZAPcp1SWyVdM/w304-h400/Mickey%20Mouse%20%23%20108%20pg1.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">...Or a PILOT...</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1345" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TWtPPZJnQCOqQC7JRCni-RB5A_GwhB_XQrd0HzFYpHaNMfiCdefocadiRrHNI1ghA2oYhgOpz81ttJ0TMn_X0j2guuzXG7IIAld14d8aWYYtzZlXNaghYK3FSpNPGrEzCqsOtSH35oigkmxtEuOMOf4lK4TKOO1xeptaN0i_CYI09q0uqTgTnCSP5zM/s320/Mickey%20Mouse%2090th%20Birthday%20%201.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #0b5394;">...Um, <i>"SteamBLOT Willie"</i>, anyone?</span> </span></b> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP5cHx3AZh3w97zGwI9hoYWnDDS1TwbrxfEDeUtYEX9iT9KJJNdMN7IyAHPn43WDmJ-o0PoRfE4ZEGDrcS3JeW0953EwQdlZI13rBcShOalcCrKKjkHOp41v5lEKfVQGRjQFHh1aFzhQ2IHm0YWW15sAfXvFYirup08ESsYr6Pytbc8iVwGf1Olo8K7I/s884/Mickey%20Mouse%20%23%202%20IDW%2010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="884" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP5cHx3AZh3w97zGwI9hoYWnDDS1TwbrxfEDeUtYEX9iT9KJJNdMN7IyAHPn43WDmJ-o0PoRfE4ZEGDrcS3JeW0953EwQdlZI13rBcShOalcCrKKjkHOp41v5lEKfVQGRjQFHh1aFzhQ2IHm0YWW15sAfXvFYirup08ESsYr6Pytbc8iVwGf1Olo8K7I/s320/Mickey%20Mouse%20%23%202%20IDW%2010.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Until then, Fluffy and Mervin can probably put him to good use...</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgqoO_KdW5WQYH6fxHXy0Yg7WqvPDp1BwayEWXfnp5U1aWcGq6KXfos2ZNxDoSkgM1TZeeUq-7SdUVMKx1YBDGO_gPNS7pWCuB3NBIDuincrZAlwXIjU8gesshMhIFovt-8lOK9AaLHMnYqNxmFbt73t5VQoj8fcbAAWmvAyFtkhmrIwZCQCrKFyMMU4/s1459/Fluffy%20Mervin%20&%20Mickey%20a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1459" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgqoO_KdW5WQYH6fxHXy0Yg7WqvPDp1BwayEWXfnp5U1aWcGq6KXfos2ZNxDoSkgM1TZeeUq-7SdUVMKx1YBDGO_gPNS7pWCuB3NBIDuincrZAlwXIjU8gesshMhIFovt-8lOK9AaLHMnYqNxmFbt73t5VQoj8fcbAAWmvAyFtkhmrIwZCQCrKFyMMU4/w400-h249/Fluffy%20Mervin%20&%20Mickey%20a.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">...Um, g-good use?</span></b> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">But, hey... If I just tap my foot through another decade or so, will </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">THE PHANTOM BLOT</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <i><span style="color: #e06666;">(...OR </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"The Blot"</span><span style="color: #e06666;">, as he was originally called)</span></i><span style="color: #e06666;"> be there as well? </span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13nBY8wVN2-UOOUm7OCdyACvylOAXYjP6yxrajwzpOuyuLwtgY8zbHOMN_AFzk9qR1jys1u9HqfZ-Ip3cdynj_SGFdi4Chkc0FtHbdRvCmlDi-zySrfu5y1RBrKGbJhJl4gaHBXReHcxWPVeF7erR817HnQ2gr74RrFnMNt9NSYqxR3W8M0NQpCnvpaU/s260/MM%20FGL%20Blot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="260" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13nBY8wVN2-UOOUm7OCdyACvylOAXYjP6yxrajwzpOuyuLwtgY8zbHOMN_AFzk9qR1jys1u9HqfZ-Ip3cdynj_SGFdi4Chkc0FtHbdRvCmlDi-zySrfu5y1RBrKGbJhJl4gaHBXReHcxWPVeF7erR817HnQ2gr74RrFnMNt9NSYqxR3W8M0NQpCnvpaU/w400-h328/MM%20FGL%20Blot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>...</i>THIS VERSION anyway?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe then, I can REALLY do </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"SteamBLOT Willie"!</i></span></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh, there's just so much to <i>"unpack"</i> from Steamboat Willie's Steamer Trunk! <i>...Sorry, couldn't resist.</i> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Let's do so in the Comments Section... and have a great time, as we did so often in those good old days... before they, too, eventually become public domain! </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqTfQl-duZ-i2lOxQwCr_fii7AF-eQJsF8B-5HXvoR4n4oKnmi8fLpzgrv27AGW-QpuUSbgtQDChdWVPZgaXI25Tz50Q0Rl1WN-PhyphenhyphenQaIzzmJ2TP4_WJvlRAcd8QD_1GwwiYorqe1m4LAl-WVXcwhWhemE8tYgTAHAsnv1zYNfQG5T94s-vk4CxgsI1I/s259/Mickey%20Mouse%20Lightburst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqTfQl-duZ-i2lOxQwCr_fii7AF-eQJsF8B-5HXvoR4n4oKnmi8fLpzgrv27AGW-QpuUSbgtQDChdWVPZgaXI25Tz50Q0Rl1WN-PhyphenhyphenQaIzzmJ2TP4_WJvlRAcd8QD_1GwwiYorqe1m4LAl-WVXcwhWhemE8tYgTAHAsnv1zYNfQG5T94s-vk4CxgsI1I/w400-h300/Mickey%20Mouse%20Lightburst.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">For instance, can PD Mickey even be presented IN COLOR... or with a COLOR BACKGROUND like this? </span></b><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Even if not, Deb's fully in compliance, as we all knew she would be...</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgDvwzZhEO3gNuQ3-LHm1-LiLk1nftDaGqxl9dPPOpQbZ1Z81OHhsVjr3S0cyHxNL-RpjhiA-8hOCsIshe07RNko47N5CCVW5ElTFmge1ARe2CTmVHTcFpv_zXCmRGiogYAUiEWWTiNpowlA43-62d4rhupnP2ypd5rCi2AD_JxRJpjxv4glFlO-6ox8/s1916/Fluffy%20Mervin%20&%20Mickey.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="1525" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgDvwzZhEO3gNuQ3-LHm1-LiLk1nftDaGqxl9dPPOpQbZ1Z81OHhsVjr3S0cyHxNL-RpjhiA-8hOCsIshe07RNko47N5CCVW5ElTFmge1ARe2CTmVHTcFpv_zXCmRGiogYAUiEWWTiNpowlA43-62d4rhupnP2ypd5rCi2AD_JxRJpjxv4glFlO-6ox8/w319-h400/Fluffy%20Mervin%20&%20Mickey.JPG" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">REALLY GREAT JOB, DEB! </span></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-90252879716718775762024-01-13T23:00:00.001-05:002024-01-13T23:00:00.232-05:00Adventures in Comic-Boxing: If You're on a Highway, and Road Runner Goes "BEEP BEEP T"! <br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b>The seventies were a really weird time for what we know as <i>"classic animated characters"! </i></b></span><br />
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Case in point, this ad from <span style="color: #e06666;">JIMMY OLSEN # 155</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(DC Comics, Cover Date: January, 1973)..</span><span style="color: #b45f06;">.</span></span></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Which may be the most bizarre depiction of THE ROAD RUNNER AND WILE. E. COYOTE you might ever see!</span></b></div>
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Unless they, too, were strangely distorted for some inappropriate modern animated series that no one will remember in a few years, anyway! </span></b><br />
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<br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">I know <i>"kustom kars"</i> were a big thing back then... but really! </span></b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2glTSZQLB84rCVcmyTmYwdMFFkhOxU-4qDri3JtuMgrIdUasACa7zr_2koAysgs9vrbZ6dO0sF-XCdovz3i7RYE2yFMvCfa4pFDBGf-GNP9_htaZvRo-xCdZoKItTIHUidOxOpoCIXs/s300/Road+Runner+Sugar+and+Spies+Spy+Car.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2glTSZQLB84rCVcmyTmYwdMFFkhOxU-4qDri3JtuMgrIdUasACa7zr_2koAysgs9vrbZ6dO0sF-XCdovz3i7RYE2yFMvCfa4pFDBGf-GNP9_htaZvRo-xCdZoKItTIHUidOxOpoCIXs/w400-h224/Road+Runner+Sugar+and+Spies+Spy+Car.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Did it have to come to this? </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsIYwl_E-LhW776T5yzIgqTY2wsvS-WaxsxbBquODrAJISWegxeK5PWNXDLQie6O2Mx4R8vkQgjy_sjipMG5MpGISWTyT1Nch5p8EK3eYje9N8kX8ScLd6K-TzxTCDwHng6VJKrpThZk/s2048/Jimmy+Olsen+%2523+155+Road+Runner+Ad.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1382" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsIYwl_E-LhW776T5yzIgqTY2wsvS-WaxsxbBquODrAJISWegxeK5PWNXDLQie6O2Mx4R8vkQgjy_sjipMG5MpGISWTyT1Nch5p8EK3eYje9N8kX8ScLd6K-TzxTCDwHng6VJKrpThZk/w270-h400/Jimmy+Olsen+%2523+155+Road+Runner+Ad.jpeg" width="270" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><b><span>In the seventies? <i>Yeah, I guess so... </i></span></b><i><br /></i></span><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PS: You've just GOTTA LOVE that Wile E. is PUSHING his tricked-up contraption, while RIDING A SKATEBOARD! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Guess he typically couldn't get it to work - but then it'll suddenly run-away with him... and off the nearest absurdly high cliff! </span></b> </div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-38017678638661699982024-01-08T01:52:00.001-05:002024-01-08T12:51:25.459-05:00The Future is (almost) Now! <p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Coming soon is another wonderful book from Fantagraphics</span> </span><i>(...they sure have some track record, don't they?)</i> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">MICKEY AND DONALD: FANTASTIC FUTURES</span> collecting the stories that fall under the group title "<i>Once Upon a Mouse in the Future</i>"! </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHEFK8fYjO8AaPuviN3T4j8toSBVQKc28mwRKLHAz-YHCttgnCFfheLlt2RvxEb6pn3qs79ViY_TNh0Pjq1FNepIqSDRdpFWS_-XGX5EjvJ6Zvbb9J4cC85Ng7bIs8PQqlUzUl6A5nn0h81k6SIhcWdG5kSHTOGlAyNcq5qbz0aPWkr4zjIzxiotp03k/s3118/Mickey%20and%20Donald%20Fantastic%20Futures.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3118" data-original-width="2310" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHEFK8fYjO8AaPuviN3T4j8toSBVQKc28mwRKLHAz-YHCttgnCFfheLlt2RvxEb6pn3qs79ViY_TNh0Pjq1FNepIqSDRdpFWS_-XGX5EjvJ6Zvbb9J4cC85Ng7bIs8PQqlUzUl6A5nn0h81k6SIhcWdG5kSHTOGlAyNcq5qbz0aPWkr4zjIzxiotp03k/w398-h640/Mickey%20and%20Donald%20Fantastic%20Futures.jpeg" width="398" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Another superb effort done for the Disney 100th Anniversary and available to everyone on or about February 06, 2024! </span></b><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">This is a very interesting book,</span> and not just because I did four stories for it, but because it's a whole bunch of different takes on Mickey and the Gang - different types of story, and different types of art - each of which takes a classic Disney animated short and reimagines it "<i>100 Years From Now</i>"! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">But, there's more to it than just Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and sometimes Pluto cavorting around as they often did in those classic shorts... While the cover doesn't show it, you'll find Dr. Einmug, Chief O'Hara, and the Phantom Blot in these pages! </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <i>...The classic shorts were never like this! </i></span></span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I'd just gotten my contributor's copy as I write this post, so I really haven't dug into it beyond a cursory reviewing of my four stories - but I must say that the best of those four is "<i>Mr. Mouse Takes a Space Trip</i>", which magnificently turns "<i>Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip</i>" on it's great big round ears! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">...And there's even a hilarious <i>"great big round ears"</i> gag in the story! I cracked-up even while translating it from it's original Italian! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll say no more beyond it having art perfectly suited to its setting and subject matter, but enough! I want you all to enjoy it - <i>and the whole darned book</i> - to the fullest! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdiEcP1zU4GVED6DlpEF9QFAzqnG8rHytrROFugNDKRHq4Ppq1bJxRPBiaOlg-CCDhfoR99ZY0CKV0jdspwHU2gyamjqwS3YylqPWIx2vVDBWCAv86b5gzZ1cJIbLkSj1mTVEcryzViqULFLyaxqfjq1fZ92WB-bny1dQ-HugwHwNbHNMUnVSkSxb-sk/s3118/Mickey%20and%20Donald%20Fantastic%20Futures.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3118" data-original-width="2310" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdiEcP1zU4GVED6DlpEF9QFAzqnG8rHytrROFugNDKRHq4Ppq1bJxRPBiaOlg-CCDhfoR99ZY0CKV0jdspwHU2gyamjqwS3YylqPWIx2vVDBWCAv86b5gzZ1cJIbLkSj1mTVEcryzViqULFLyaxqfjq1fZ92WB-bny1dQ-HugwHwNbHNMUnVSkSxb-sk/w296-h400/Mickey%20and%20Donald%20Fantastic%20Futures.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div><b>And, you WILL enjoy it, too, from the editing expertise of The Incomparable David Gerstein, to the the dialogue stylings you love by Thad Komorowski, Jonathan Gray, and yours truly, this Future's looking Fantastic indeed! </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Between </span><i><span style="color: #76a5af;">"Fantastic Futures"</span></i><span style="color: #ffa400;"> and</span></b></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/an-ongoing-mystery-at-last.html">THIS</a></span>, <span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">2024 is off to a great start, comics-wise! </span></b> </span><br /><div><br /></div></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-72653047690889448262024-01-02T20:32:00.004-05:002024-01-08T12:57:46.971-05:00An "Ongoing" Mystery... At Last! <p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">To kick off 2024, let's <i>hit the ground running</i> with some great news...</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmW3fHLeB9gt8KgA1OFVrSUUMRZtYejGegQbhw-dq68GkcyUv6K2vsbGnrDs2VS565gpY0tM-f2u12MZtVj1LDWZ920S1jOy1jsl92DgTOoz1ETKGX8qW3F1FNdXwYdLtnRE0tytMSRHWybIIWgjMRO7spzrzN_Hhk8_2b_dGugIIY_mkGSYWBvZn_XM/s3018/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%231.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3018" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmW3fHLeB9gt8KgA1OFVrSUUMRZtYejGegQbhw-dq68GkcyUv6K2vsbGnrDs2VS565gpY0tM-f2u12MZtVj1LDWZ920S1jOy1jsl92DgTOoz1ETKGX8qW3F1FNdXwYdLtnRE0tytMSRHWybIIWgjMRO7spzrzN_Hhk8_2b_dGugIIY_mkGSYWBvZn_XM/w420-h640/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%231.jpeg" width="420" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">...Although I'll expect Shaggy and Scooby to do most of the <i>"running"</i> - and occasionally <i>"hitting the ground"</i>, for that matter! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">THE WAIT IS OVER! THE HIATUS HAS PASSED! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: medium;">WHY, EVEN <i>THE WAIT FOR THE HIATUS TO PASS</i> IS OVER!!!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">After TWO 12-Issue limited series starting in 2021 and 2022 respectively, one of the best and woefully underrated comic titles out there is FINALLY BACK AS AN ONGOING SERIES!!!</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcW9NZ5230OgmSwt0FHDl0TlXkNn92XeuGRBow8aPuCkjdc8TO7Nk4oClOvgfdQZ4VKXVpaTZS82T5ny79nNVaXwCuYY7eVjLwB8f1FubcoE6-k42YtUMcJQmnr8NMeLf2CGrqA8ircGmXA1WlQJyIfgihwNS4al8x3RsY4Osn7sFNQiNK8XDkIEv31Ko/s3018/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%231.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3018" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcW9NZ5230OgmSwt0FHDl0TlXkNn92XeuGRBow8aPuCkjdc8TO7Nk4oClOvgfdQZ4VKXVpaTZS82T5ny79nNVaXwCuYY7eVjLwB8f1FubcoE6-k42YtUMcJQmnr8NMeLf2CGrqA8ircGmXA1WlQJyIfgihwNS4al8x3RsY4Osn7sFNQiNK8XDkIEv31Ko/w420-h640/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%231.jpeg" width="420" /></a></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course, I'm referring to the one... the only <i>(...unless you count the previous two such series)</i>... <span style="color: #e06666;">THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES</span> with its THIRD issue #1 from DC Comics, released on January 02, 2024! ...Talk about celebrating a new year! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">And back it is, with its most iconic team of writer Sholly Fisch and artist Dario Brizuela - who've been bringing Batman and Scooby together since <span style="color: #e06666;">SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP #1</span> back in late 2023!</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And have alternated over the runs of THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES Series 1...</span></b></div></div></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQG-ziMlkxBCRD11iQ9eOKI0IPUYijTYkYf8_VKMjslchHTz7aAiJngRfr9gE67ukYmUphFsWswctKFtN6M_Uf59kyjSE9sbvRUJp4slK1qk-bEBoTuN6tUGoxRo9wu6BMOpSMthB9zNaJfZ-AO-sNTQyt-JPOMtdxdzChNnjffv5u1YInQ1if9QI7Sf4/s3052/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20%2312.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3052" data-original-width="2012" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQG-ziMlkxBCRD11iQ9eOKI0IPUYijTYkYf8_VKMjslchHTz7aAiJngRfr9gE67ukYmUphFsWswctKFtN6M_Uf59kyjSE9sbvRUJp4slK1qk-bEBoTuN6tUGoxRo9wu6BMOpSMthB9zNaJfZ-AO-sNTQyt-JPOMtdxdzChNnjffv5u1YInQ1if9QI7Sf4/w422-h640/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20%2312.jpeg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">...And Series 2!</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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EVERY MONTH</span></b> <b><i>(unless Warner Bros. Discovery cancels it because they've lost too much money on executive compensation, streaming overexpansion supplanting reliable-and-always-there-for-you physical media, and an almost endless list of bad decisions that have made this mega-merger a joke)! </i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I sometimes lament my no longer doing my monthly comic reviews, as I did for <a href="https://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/stone-gold-scooby.html">SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP</a>, but, in their place I've indexed (with the level of detail I'm noted for) every issue of THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES at <a href="https://www.comics.org/">GCD</a>. Not exactly a substitute, but worthy as my contribution, among the contributions of so many other dedicated individuals, toward making the Grand Comics Database THE best comics indexing and information site there is! </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Series 1 <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/171769/covers/">HERE!</a></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Series 2 <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/190334/covers/">HERE!</a></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">New Series 3 <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/207422/covers/">HERE!</a> </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Go take a peek at all of the great issues of THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES to be found there. If you haven't read them all before, perhaps you will after this! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjP8JXe_w8YrS5mGhfQilham-BzilrJQGp5yF7FJdvdzzc6LWCbo41aBatURUuJbh56RFwZ7mJ5H3efCI04g9PwjgPFK3xRdWhLYebQY8nUyfDiur_BE8v8G4oKWNs-RYjNwDYEZpmpR0Fm74xhrlCUpWBwNmuELsl3xxhUbbH74dkcCjlnAIU6-fuqQ/s3018/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%231.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3018" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjP8JXe_w8YrS5mGhfQilham-BzilrJQGp5yF7FJdvdzzc6LWCbo41aBatURUuJbh56RFwZ7mJ5H3efCI04g9PwjgPFK3xRdWhLYebQY8nUyfDiur_BE8v8G4oKWNs-RYjNwDYEZpmpR0Fm74xhrlCUpWBwNmuELsl3xxhUbbH74dkcCjlnAIU6-fuqQ/w420-h640/Batman%20and%20Scooby-Doo%20Mysteries%20Vol%203%20%231.jpeg" width="420" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">You won't regret it! Now, I can start looking forward to reading and indexing the next issue... <span style="color: #ffa400;">Same Bat-Scoob Time, same Bat-Scoob channel!</span> </span></b></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-30077198591095840882023-12-31T00:01:00.001-05:002023-12-31T00:01:00.530-05:00Happy New Year 2024! <p><span style="color: #ffa400;"> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">...or <i>"May Your Days Be Mer-ry... In FLIGHT!" </i></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXOtV4AF56Asfgyr7nwliwjE6-6mC3IWGe-tI3RQW9VW4no6CUAk8Met28OJ5Z6KMp_fOsrXx0V0yl781SYT4H_sLvDyy-mZfpMl0dw2i9ZpXQ3ci66O1Vfe_sA_sz7lV3CaRXvNSjMu5Aaq8-Fb7uVzzyAb4fnaAlhxLOQi-XIIeUsGZwCAt3F_i-yk/s1919/Smilin'%20Jack%20FC-149%20New%20Years%20Strip.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1919" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXOtV4AF56Asfgyr7nwliwjE6-6mC3IWGe-tI3RQW9VW4no6CUAk8Met28OJ5Z6KMp_fOsrXx0V0yl781SYT4H_sLvDyy-mZfpMl0dw2i9ZpXQ3ci66O1Vfe_sA_sz7lV3CaRXvNSjMu5Aaq8-Fb7uVzzyAb4fnaAlhxLOQi-XIIeUsGZwCAt3F_i-yk/w400-h151/Smilin'%20Jack%20FC-149%20New%20Years%20Strip.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>[Click to Enlarge]</b></span></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's an unusual New Year's greeting from <span style="color: #e06666;">DELL FOUR COLOR #149 SMILIN' JACK</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(Dell Comics, 1947)</span>, reprinting a SMILIN' JACK daily newspaper strip from an undetermined New Year's Eve/Day in the 1940s! </span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>As the copyright on the strips in this issue are for 1940, 1941, I'd assume it would have been for the turning of 1940 to 1941... the last New Year's Eve/Day of peace for too long a while. Though, to bring it nicely full-circle, when the strip was reprinted by Dell in 1947, peace reigned once again. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Let's all hope the same applies to 2024! </span> </span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Smilin' Jack strip by Zack Mosley. </b></p>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-33665187012304168942023-12-24T21:23:00.001-05:002023-12-27T00:38:45.622-05:00Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 2023! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMG4tfkBaqZdEoMCbsqEy1xFyydDXvpLLwcK-5e-PPIxRruJGEUin50agAtGhvLvg7N8MEzkjQT162re3b9AiDeShprSUjrDwskBNQXjsPiTBtGmb542q3fAM0I_cymBx14FppFxVe-WxYx1F19TsgL1BhWb9dWbY3RJXOEp03DjbFJ5rIAotfSpYD6TA/s1765/Averi,%20Cici,%20and%20Logan%20Christmas%202023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1765" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMG4tfkBaqZdEoMCbsqEy1xFyydDXvpLLwcK-5e-PPIxRruJGEUin50agAtGhvLvg7N8MEzkjQT162re3b9AiDeShprSUjrDwskBNQXjsPiTBtGmb542q3fAM0I_cymBx14FppFxVe-WxYx1F19TsgL1BhWb9dWbY3RJXOEp03DjbFJ5rIAotfSpYD6TA/w400-h256/Averi,%20Cici,%20and%20Logan%20Christmas%202023.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">This might have been our Christmas card for 2023...</span> and STILL might be if we ever get it together... had the last quarter or so of 2023 played out a bit easier, and less problematic. No sooner did <i>"Our Crime Story"</i> come to a long-awaited end, than... not one but TWO more whammies hit us in short order <i>(don't ask)</i>, effectively ending our 2023 on the downside. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">We are still well, by and large, and moving in the right direction - but far more war-weary than we ought to be, given the good, and overall conventional way we conduct our lives. But, it's best we start counting down to 2024 right away - 'cause it can't come too soon for us! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">For now, please join Averi, Cici, Logan, Esther, and Joe in the spirit of <i>"the mo-osst won-der-ful tiiime of the yeeear"!</i> We send all of you our best wishes for a joyous holiday season! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all! Your good wishes, and those three li'l angels up top, will make it happy and merry for us! </span></b> </p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">BIG BOXING DAY UPDATE!!!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Guess what? On Christmas Day, those "three li'l angles" DID indeed make everything happy, merry, and bright! </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGqYbUJITH6wUJ3Fw-FQyuE47ozIf8iyCEcqpOv1SIj5cRom1YdCekR0H9HoKjsPfP0dB8_t_lER30k1Oo4lEEj23OZgQHdVO4-4RyBqzSsoTVhompIttN6xIkJIFQSpVPYC3yZFPM56GKJgvJZF9rUmeadBzRtAqqmtXLzWk2oxOjRNzX_S8-bFnWhQ/s751/Averi,%20Cici,%20and%20Logan%20Christmas%202023%20with%20Joe%20and%20Esther.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="751" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGqYbUJITH6wUJ3Fw-FQyuE47ozIf8iyCEcqpOv1SIj5cRom1YdCekR0H9HoKjsPfP0dB8_t_lER30k1Oo4lEEj23OZgQHdVO4-4RyBqzSsoTVhompIttN6xIkJIFQSpVPYC3yZFPM56GKJgvJZF9rUmeadBzRtAqqmtXLzWk2oxOjRNzX_S8-bFnWhQ/w400-h272/Averi,%20Cici,%20and%20Logan%20Christmas%202023%20with%20Joe%20and%20Esther.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">...Knew they would!</span></b></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-85355065084901724082023-12-19T19:27:00.001-05:002023-12-19T19:27:59.481-05:00Separated at Mirth: Donald's Hammock Havoc! <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">It seems that too many intrusive woodland creatures either use it as a BRIDGE, as in <span style="color: #e06666;">DONALD DUCK # 221</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(Whitman Comics, Cover Date: August, 1980)...</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">...Or, as a LANDING SPOT, as in <span style="color: #e06666;">CHIP 'N' DALE # 50</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(Gold Key Comics, Cover Date: January, 1978)! </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I've been around a long time, and I've seen many tranquil suburban back yards over those years... <i><span style="color: #e06666;">AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A REAL HUMAN BEING SLEEPING IN A HAMMOCK! </span></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Now, I figure that "<i>sleeping in a hammock</i>" either IS or ONCE WAS a "<i>thing</i>", due to its many depictions in comics and animation... But, have you ever seen it for real? Just curious! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">It looks as if it would be difficult to get in or out of, yet too easy to fall out of! </span><i>(Much less be intruded upon from above!)</i><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">What say you?</span> </span></b></div>
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</div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-89897733489420433412023-12-17T07:30:00.001-05:002023-12-17T07:30:00.241-05:00Cynical Blog Post: I Wanna Hold Your Hand... Then Again, Maybe Not! <p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><b>When I start becoming cynical about Love - and The Beatles - it's worth noting...</b></span></p><p><b><span><span style="font-size: large;">But fear not... I'm probably just working through the lingering aftereffects of </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">"</i><i><span style="font-size: large;">Our</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> (recent) </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">Crime Story</span></i><i style="font-size: x-large;">"</i><span style="font-size: large;">, and I'll be as high </span></span></b><b><span><span style="font-size: large;">as ever </span></span></b><b><span><span style="font-size: large;">on the Beatles </span><i>(...and, in the later years of their original band incarnation, they could be pretty "<u>high</u>" themselves)</i><span style="font-size: large;"> and Love in a short while! </span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmZl7SYxGtUqqz7O78spVogS4Bxp-jTwbXdB-wl2enFOxpjHzQhmRcdI2qo4fPHE6GVZzL8VJWekCKdJfi-76sQLF3iTBqV_kM_j01Qbf6aZdyJwtRuVSBIMo3_CE_8rBc0rFmLCESShdIhMwwYuwpcAaykEQt5vItkRUnmqDUVPwPKEor3iAy0766fvk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmZl7SYxGtUqqz7O78spVogS4Bxp-jTwbXdB-wl2enFOxpjHzQhmRcdI2qo4fPHE6GVZzL8VJWekCKdJfi-76sQLF3iTBqV_kM_j01Qbf6aZdyJwtRuVSBIMo3_CE_8rBc0rFmLCESShdIhMwwYuwpcAaykEQt5vItkRUnmqDUVPwPKEor3iAy0766fvk=w318-h320" width="318" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">When The Beatles first sung <i>"I Wanna Hold Your Hand",</i> they probably never envisioned anything like this sequence from <span style="color: #e06666;">CAPTAIN AMERICA #103</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(Marvel Comics, Cover Date: July, 1968)! </span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsiIpY9PdAy9zht4IsuoGauFnwQgB9h6P7-1NJwzpe77mfXXYWXKHE3Ksnd9ww82sF-OdYFnXvTNltzMtrwf_FEiKdIYpNZBjhy2bT1F7xNOH_UP8WNWaInxDkm9IQpv5QkXT95ssiyBOXM1pL_dwOY1gVZPgu477R8Ydo08d18adu9FFr24ZbWuvW/s1861/Captain%20America%20%23103%20Hand.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1861" data-original-width="1856" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsiIpY9PdAy9zht4IsuoGauFnwQgB9h6P7-1NJwzpe77mfXXYWXKHE3Ksnd9ww82sF-OdYFnXvTNltzMtrwf_FEiKdIYpNZBjhy2bT1F7xNOH_UP8WNWaInxDkm9IQpv5QkXT95ssiyBOXM1pL_dwOY1gVZPgu477R8Ydo08d18adu9FFr24ZbWuvW/w399-h400/Captain%20America%20%23103%20Hand.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">[ Click to Enlarge ]</span></b></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Or, just focus in the two panels that count...</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfn4_SVjXdZDMD2AMUOi1T3LEWSQ2MDiYJMgivrhQIC21LZXjmfL2taHuFiDYiLm41sKkBIgRKbLc1wT6upjlDT9f7QDcplINNLHeaGyF8TLCHfJNx5u5cSe7TZSQR2SnmcdJ34Lu3IfitdBkEZ7zdsHqelJQkd83SgsJBD9WuJ7-H6vfaU3ezEeq/s1861/Captain%20America%20%23103%20Hand%20a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1861" data-original-width="935" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfn4_SVjXdZDMD2AMUOi1T3LEWSQ2MDiYJMgivrhQIC21LZXjmfL2taHuFiDYiLm41sKkBIgRKbLc1wT6upjlDT9f7QDcplINNLHeaGyF8TLCHfJNx5u5cSe7TZSQR2SnmcdJ34Lu3IfitdBkEZ7zdsHqelJQkd83SgsJBD9WuJ7-H6vfaU3ezEeq/w322-h640/Captain%20America%20%23103%20Hand%20a.jpeg" width="322" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">POWDERED CORROSIVE?! MICRO-FLAME THROWER?! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">That's enough to deter even a hopeless (but cynical) romantic like me! ...Or even this guy...</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cMcVVfbfMjv-K_QyTSAVPJLFEp0iaScGGAzQ4f1MhVvA8J8n_VRJrkNlOPOuhFCdMEjCebj5DHpEAVfoGDzyTAJ4lTeCzVW0sCHCEy8DN0bI7_tG39tYukjkvBpP8gU0XWwYiZCL8sQn1p4PlpFobxmMk_Qo7_dGrYFqJrjikRr5pSz7EZF87vQz/s263/Pepe%20Le%20Pew.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="263" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cMcVVfbfMjv-K_QyTSAVPJLFEp0iaScGGAzQ4f1MhVvA8J8n_VRJrkNlOPOuhFCdMEjCebj5DHpEAVfoGDzyTAJ4lTeCzVW0sCHCEy8DN0bI7_tG39tYukjkvBpP8gU0XWwYiZCL8sQn1p4PlpFobxmMk_Qo7_dGrYFqJrjikRr5pSz7EZF87vQz/w400-h290/Pepe%20Le%20Pew.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and before we leave this issue, let's have a look at the cover and see The Red Skull and what may be the ugliest bunch of Nazis ever to (dis)grace a comic book...</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaH8yY9o60nL7eHlZvrAqLL9MqugzFhAFXZwZWCcUF6lExsxH1V2Yv5FwKmCndRgUfoMAikL5nbU9IHX8yEElLM7QUivP8PAe7Ip65mhBSqHdvoKavuZue6pDFd2AEn4g1CmiDXAMZyhUZo1O87LWFlxxMqDHhubiatM3qK6ZfoMHe4uyE0yxiP179/s3057/Captain%20America%20%23103.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3057" data-original-width="2096" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaH8yY9o60nL7eHlZvrAqLL9MqugzFhAFXZwZWCcUF6lExsxH1V2Yv5FwKmCndRgUfoMAikL5nbU9IHX8yEElLM7QUivP8PAe7Ip65mhBSqHdvoKavuZue6pDFd2AEn4g1CmiDXAMZyhUZo1O87LWFlxxMqDHhubiatM3qK6ZfoMHe4uyE0yxiP179/w274-h400/Captain%20America%20%23103.jpeg" width="274" /></a></div><br /><div>.<b><span style="font-size: large;">..Including, at... <i>(Ironic Phrasing Alert)</i> the "far right"... a Nazi Mr. Spock! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx5GlEvP1En9a8QuuJ9_Ptit7diFXZ854ywSCpASpskbHf0yECjdQTeeSV5iC84RePSoaaZgYR4qQ__hVqMDfl1HXtvrmOVbteBxyH3lao2lLjgU67I8C8fFL9rt1QigOuWP8XwGOZg_VftrZnDGd6kYlBGTcbVpYx8vF4Doa-FzIRAdfTjy4ijGg/s968/Captain%20America%20%23103%20Nazi%20Spock.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="331" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx5GlEvP1En9a8QuuJ9_Ptit7diFXZ854ywSCpASpskbHf0yECjdQTeeSV5iC84RePSoaaZgYR4qQ__hVqMDfl1HXtvrmOVbteBxyH3lao2lLjgU67I8C8fFL9rt1QigOuWP8XwGOZg_VftrZnDGd6kYlBGTcbVpYx8vF4Doa-FzIRAdfTjy4ijGg/w218-h640/Captain%20America%20%23103%20Nazi%20Spock.jpeg" width="218" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">WOW! Talk about "Mirror Mirror"! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggC1ABjE8e8FRTP3U3nS-C7WmzOSM3wgDMZ5HelxXDLNlT_en8YV1cAGVTJvEhjUYIgphTzECqr0QyxGNd_Yki6IM9wSV0H7wV6FW0v6cjdAcE9UyorcMfP7Wvk9OSnRHvJw9cZJkYBqQAXUmPb95IXouY4Vrcl6rukhbiXU0kayyWp-1msX1isxsJ/s240/Mirror%20Spock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="240" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggC1ABjE8e8FRTP3U3nS-C7WmzOSM3wgDMZ5HelxXDLNlT_en8YV1cAGVTJvEhjUYIgphTzECqr0QyxGNd_Yki6IM9wSV0H7wV6FW0v6cjdAcE9UyorcMfP7Wvk9OSnRHvJw9cZJkYBqQAXUmPb95IXouY4Vrcl6rukhbiXU0kayyWp-1msX1isxsJ/w400-h300/Mirror%20Spock.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">But, hey... It's not as if he hasn't done this bit before!</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOySvK3IHeaIiTiZx5saZnabh2HE1Q5NlpWITJggXwySJnRVqy4SEL2wKnZKHIypd6_n1DRj5itpwmo54_TMdRD-BqTxsyO_MntEDThcohG3HymqKYCeedegtJgun0PY1P9_lvyvvGdC9mgfkNe_iQNp3JhAbr0viAlZQe0Pgc4YPCVH47rNjfeAfZ/s300/Star%20Trek%20Patters%20of%20Force.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="300" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOySvK3IHeaIiTiZx5saZnabh2HE1Q5NlpWITJggXwySJnRVqy4SEL2wKnZKHIypd6_n1DRj5itpwmo54_TMdRD-BqTxsyO_MntEDThcohG3HymqKYCeedegtJgun0PY1P9_lvyvvGdC9mgfkNe_iQNp3JhAbr0viAlZQe0Pgc4YPCVH47rNjfeAfZ/w400-h293/Star%20Trek%20Patters%20of%20Force.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Um, maybe we'd best go back to something more pleasant... like hand-holding...</span></b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQz3jvhahKis3BQeTmhsFVsIGNCbzMH3_Po9yOwP6D10ftQqXhYQGdVclREbnLyTZ9kwXD1MoEtQt69IdB2GyIXl7ydEf0nDcbIeOJMX1rdLlfafsQtJgOt6fY1PxJFU5iqIQApipBC08B4eibylq8uq77JlQFbV9cl9M_53bL-sa_tISz-49z9-k/s1861/Captain%20America%20%23103%20Hand%20a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1861" data-original-width="935" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQz3jvhahKis3BQeTmhsFVsIGNCbzMH3_Po9yOwP6D10ftQqXhYQGdVclREbnLyTZ9kwXD1MoEtQt69IdB2GyIXl7ydEf0nDcbIeOJMX1rdLlfafsQtJgOt6fY1PxJFU5iqIQApipBC08B4eibylq8uq77JlQFbV9cl9M_53bL-sa_tISz-49z9-k/w322-h640/Captain%20America%20%23103%20Hand%20a.jpeg" width="322" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">...Aw, skip it! </span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-89757540040105797642023-12-15T13:46:00.000-05:002023-12-24T21:30:50.724-05:00Our Adventures Through the CROOKing Glass: Out the Other Side and All's Well! <p>Yesterday <i>(Thursday, December 14, 2023 - as I write this)</i>, we have at last turned the final page, read the afterword, glanced briefly at the rear endpapers, and slammed the back cover decidedly shut on <i>"Our Crime Story"</i>! </p><p>And, while it seemed to Esther and I as if it were to be a "never-ending story", it's beginning on November 17, 2023 - and ending on December 14, 2023, clocks it in as just shy of a month! </p><p>...But OH, what a terrible, frenzied, panicked, and ultimately draining month it was! </p><p>Now, since this humble Blog may very well have inherited the mantle of <i>"The Happiest Place on Earth"</i>, with the Disney theme parks having fallen from the top spot in recent years - some of it brought on by the actions of the Disney organization itself, but more of it the result of ambitious and overreaching political figures and the groups that support them - I'm not going to elaborate on the details of <i>"Our Crime Story"</i> in this otherwise <i>"Happy"</i> venue...</p><p>...Suffice it to say Esther and I became the victim of TWO completely unrelated crimes - perpetrated by TWO (or more?) completely unrelated persons - that, through a convoluted and very unlikely series of events, somehow became connected... but only in ways that continued to impact our lives! </p><p>I'm both surprised - and pleased - to say that the ending of <i>"Our Crime Story"</i> was far <i>"happier"</i> than I imagined - ultimately resulting in a loss of about <i>fifty dollars in cash</i>, when it could have been considerably more far-reaching! Devastatingly far-reaching, I must add!</p><p>If you believe in any sort of <i>"A Great Cosmic Balance"</i>, or what some folks call "<i>Due</i>", or anything of that sort, I guess I *might* have had it coming! But, NOT ESTHER... who lived and worked in the street-crime ridden version of New York City of the 1970s thru the early-to-mid 1980s <i>(...which, alas, has made a comeback in the last few years)</i>, and was a three-time victim...</p><p>On the other hand, I, who have spent the vast majority of my life in the near-in New York City suburbs - and whose worst brush with crime was having the radio antenna stolen off my car<i> (...coincidently, during the brief period of my adult life that I lived in Brooklyn - as evidenced by all those Letters of Comment I had published in the comics of the "Disney Interregnum" - with thanks to Elaine!)</i>. That is, assuming you don't count as actual <i>"crimes"</i> post-divorce dealings with an ex-wife and the railroading - let alone the outright efforts of career sabotage - associated with toxic office politics! ...Had a lifetime's worth of THAT STUFF!</p><p>It stands to figure that Karma was waiting to serve up a big helping of crime to yours truly and, having done so, I consider that particular instance of <i>"Great Cosmic Balance"</i> achieved and done! </p><p>YOU HEAR ME, KARMA... ACHIEVED AND DONE! ...Go away and drop some crime and <i>(especially)</i> punishment on the domestic and world political leaders (present and recent) who deserve it far more than this humble Blogger who's (mostly) <i>"played by the rules"</i> his entire life! </p><p>Related to this, since I've lived this long without ever breaking a bone, and suffered no greater physical injuries than hand, arm, and face scrapes in a sidewalk fall <i>(save one serious eye injury, caused by a tiny floating piece of construction debris while walking in Greenwich Village in 1982)</i>, I DO dread Karma's possible future visit to balance that score - but ENOUGH OF THAT - LET'S RESUME BEING "THE HAPPIEST PLACE <i>(...okay, maybe just "Blog" but my ambitions are set on "place") </i>ON EARTH! </p><p>Our normal (and decidedly <i>"happy"</i>) posting will resume very soon! Thanks for being here! You make it all worthwhile! </p>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-90621190420225628772023-11-30T21:55:00.000-05:002023-11-30T21:55:43.863-05:00It's a CRIME-ing Shame! <p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">For that small number of folks who may be wondering why I've gone so silent for a while,</span> I should let you know that Esther and I have been the victims of TWO completely unrelated crimes... that have since bizarrely connected in ways too complex for me to go into here!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">No loss of life, limb, and <i>(maybe?)</i> property, and we probably won't discuss it further here... unless some of you are detectives, police, Batman, or Super Goof! So, let the speculation run rampant - but, I must emphasize, </span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">WE ARE OKAY!!!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This <i>"adventure" </i>began on November 17, 2023, and is still disruptively with us into this morning <i>(November 30, 2023)</i>! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">There IS an end in sight, but we just can't seem to reach it yet, as new twists and layers continue to pile on!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I want to apologize to everyone whose communications and Blog comments I've been forced to ignore, as we continue to work through this ongoing situation! <span style="color: #ffa400;">We'll be back, because you can't keep a good Blog - <i>or good Blogger</i> - down! </span></span></b></p>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-44350762553015910982023-11-21T12:24:00.002-05:002023-11-23T13:38:21.021-05:00Happy Thanksgiving 2023 - and Happy 6th Birthday to Averi! <p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">For Thanksgiving 2017,</span> Esther and I gave far more than our standard amount of thanks - for, on that day, in that year, our darling granddaughter AVERI was born! </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDauTbepis2n-e9wwgaBXeDuVO2A0Z9QJ4UOgdSr9Yir7rC7PB1r-XYE_j7q4ELPALwkuHbz9NpdWzZHtVSkHcRM439WKsPCW3XPWKCYcXoO4ULekqilPeeubJRqoJz1DlH56hZF4Vk1TuF5o61PJlycn2BRc8tf_aPbf_4eX_U1u-QYIejMo1TcaQlc/s300/Averi%202023-11-19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDauTbepis2n-e9wwgaBXeDuVO2A0Z9QJ4UOgdSr9Yir7rC7PB1r-XYE_j7q4ELPALwkuHbz9NpdWzZHtVSkHcRM439WKsPCW3XPWKCYcXoO4ULekqilPeeubJRqoJz1DlH56hZF4Vk1TuF5o61PJlycn2BRc8tf_aPbf_4eX_U1u-QYIejMo1TcaQlc/w400-h400/Averi%202023-11-19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">And as the calendar works, six years later, her birthday falls on Thanksgiving once again - and so we happily summon up a metric ton of of additional thanks for the wonderful presence in our lives that she has become! </span></b><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">And still more thanks for Cici and Logan who followed! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGcSRlDs6Y_n1mSieOP-AeJY0cyLxRWaECc0bzlxfr_diUdfwuuY2X7TiHEVl_oePYyI0ui3TkymgTulSaii6Rlcfl-KcBvSjY3pc-llcmHRYBL-HOXRTzM2SQRixiuMslXsHOXszZHnJQ0MPflGEvSA1kIM-X0_PVKdzDC-OGmZmTlx4MWcMF5iB9aQ/s1080/Averi,%20Cici,%20and%20Logan%202023-09-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGcSRlDs6Y_n1mSieOP-AeJY0cyLxRWaECc0bzlxfr_diUdfwuuY2X7TiHEVl_oePYyI0ui3TkymgTulSaii6Rlcfl-KcBvSjY3pc-llcmHRYBL-HOXRTzM2SQRixiuMslXsHOXszZHnJQ0MPflGEvSA1kIM-X0_PVKdzDC-OGmZmTlx4MWcMF5iB9aQ/w300-h400/Averi,%20Cici,%20and%20Logan%202023-09-16.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">As for Thanksgiving, I'm remined of the time last year, where I showed Averi the great Warner Bros. cartoon "<i>Tom Turk and Daffy</i>" - in which Porky Pig as a pilgrim hunted a frantic turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5XFVlsyOtlEhEJvyomox-ks7-gEy-KsuveY3NZhmqx44C6gz_GjgiBr6BLTUvCDILm8KLpEjX7lwTcopuaRT7PxxAfYYkWgPO1XPsvuecwRte7kdogsUTOqR1xsmofh4tTjKJC02TprItxUYcSH-PCioKOHO647KeuelyaHTpJJhZXkdnBWGi82Zml8/s319/Porky%20Pig%20Tom%20Turk%20and%20Daffy%20title.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="319" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5XFVlsyOtlEhEJvyomox-ks7-gEy-KsuveY3NZhmqx44C6gz_GjgiBr6BLTUvCDILm8KLpEjX7lwTcopuaRT7PxxAfYYkWgPO1XPsvuecwRte7kdogsUTOqR1xsmofh4tTjKJC02TprItxUYcSH-PCioKOHO647KeuelyaHTpJJhZXkdnBWGi82Zml8/w400-h296/Porky%20Pig%20Tom%20Turk%20and%20Daffy%20title.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">In her kindergarten class, she had to <i>"disguise"</i> a drawing of a turkey with crayons, paper scraps, etc. lest he be found on Thanksgiving. Since this was akin to Daffy Duck hiding the turkey from hunter Porky, I showed her the cartoon. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_Yb0FITzfP3_99_Ccd88ENCu8ocCOP3sP3E5EwpHwMFMZgAYALz_zXN_LuDdyoQyRqLH_2Zo3LMfZQ7lgGtLceS7_RZ9_Sfej2oxXacGmbxMWXAuiP9DoqSULS5GCGY4ehBbJ7Z2fkF-3T5AsToZREcsBjnNpJWqrWbO82hp1Z35dX_iyZGgV3QScy4/s300/Porky%20Pig%20Tom%20Turk%20and%20Daffy%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="300" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_Yb0FITzfP3_99_Ccd88ENCu8ocCOP3sP3E5EwpHwMFMZgAYALz_zXN_LuDdyoQyRqLH_2Zo3LMfZQ7lgGtLceS7_RZ9_Sfej2oxXacGmbxMWXAuiP9DoqSULS5GCGY4ehBbJ7Z2fkF-3T5AsToZREcsBjnNpJWqrWbO82hp1Z35dX_iyZGgV3QScy4/w400-h289/Porky%20Pig%20Tom%20Turk%20and%20Daffy%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">And, while she laughed at all the antics, she questioned why Porky didn't just buy a turkey at the store like we did! </span></b></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5zu9OCMZRAEXlOf7azIrj9DDLvp9qFgKdZaZ7hcvaHxZlfcb_JWjijKpc4HcZFwz2JPJmqWyMHTqt0zTSLM1X9Nqrgh_-s7Z4q9tKtVZ15VWx6PbmKnjLYgRUfBZO-sl25RwKPlF472UMJ2qaY_qjlCZAP0Ry18-OaxKIpZIdgeM6Fci2AIZ9A5q9EY/s1080/Averi%20Funny%20Face%202022-08-31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5zu9OCMZRAEXlOf7azIrj9DDLvp9qFgKdZaZ7hcvaHxZlfcb_JWjijKpc4HcZFwz2JPJmqWyMHTqt0zTSLM1X9Nqrgh_-s7Z4q9tKtVZ15VWx6PbmKnjLYgRUfBZO-sl25RwKPlF472UMJ2qaY_qjlCZAP0Ry18-OaxKIpZIdgeM6Fci2AIZ9A5q9EY/w300-h400/Averi%20Funny%20Face%202022-08-31.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">You just GOTTA LOVE HER! </span></b></div><div><br /></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-21067045836260112072023-11-07T11:17:00.001-05:002023-11-07T11:20:20.560-05:00Hollow-ween! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPxjLum5Fi1OEnmawSzhKPa8D3S5FY18GtCgqt1_VYtOE64QF7ZvdCiYi_2C_QHuv7dCjDsY1PmTGrd77gszhZnlluIDe2hsMvGsvwTSlbVEF78UoLTSLg9lNTKme-LZdyihXZbBMuusKgD-bWjhWadGdiDULQ6-iVPAvF_7v-BCJ2QsDNR9d4Ho9vzU/s596/Pink%20Panther%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPxjLum5Fi1OEnmawSzhKPa8D3S5FY18GtCgqt1_VYtOE64QF7ZvdCiYi_2C_QHuv7dCjDsY1PmTGrd77gszhZnlluIDe2hsMvGsvwTSlbVEF78UoLTSLg9lNTKme-LZdyihXZbBMuusKgD-bWjhWadGdiDULQ6-iVPAvF_7v-BCJ2QsDNR9d4Ho9vzU/w269-h400/Pink%20Panther%209.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">One week out from Halloween, 2023,</span> I offer the following observations - and hope they aren't as true everywhere, as they our in my little corner of the world. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;"><b>Halloween just ain't what it used to be! </b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">For most Halloweens in the 21st Century, there's been a steady decline, and a trickling to almost nothing, in the number of trick-or-treaters 'round here! It's been particularly so since 2020 and COVID, when I was forced to put this sign upon my door. </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_HXkzIp0jvfTHadRVdNqBssjQObP-s0uNK-Kzzo2iTDCw6U5-0g0U6BJ4OuMqcp8A35mDkzYGMl6mt0ephyphenhyphenLksP9_z-7404CY1hQ8KIiJznMJGf61hoA7YWUgn87t8knExZ4XISdBB0ISrx9Wzews64GT3VQciKeYQVwIjvz7umGtCns_8rFSG_iup8/s3595/Halloween%202020%20Sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2769" data-original-width="3595" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_HXkzIp0jvfTHadRVdNqBssjQObP-s0uNK-Kzzo2iTDCw6U5-0g0U6BJ4OuMqcp8A35mDkzYGMl6mt0ephyphenhyphenLksP9_z-7404CY1hQ8KIiJznMJGf61hoA7YWUgn87t8knExZ4XISdBB0ISrx9Wzews64GT3VQciKeYQVwIjvz7umGtCns_8rFSG_iup8/w400-h308/Halloween%202020%20Sign.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This year, Esther and I actually wondered if we should even buy <i>(what has now become our customary)</i> ONE BAG of candy! Recent tradition prevailed, though, and figuring that some of it would eventually go to Averi and Cici, we chose a bag of candies that <i>"their favorite Yeh-Yeh"</i> (that's me) would also not mind eating over time. </span></b><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Over the course of the entire day only ONE GROUP of three girls rang the doorbell,</span> to whom were doled-out a small portion of the underutilized candy! That doling being exclusive of Snickers and Twix, the clear choice of <i>"Averi and Cici's favorite Yeh-Yeh"</i> (that's still me) to be eaten over time. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Esther said there was another ring that went unanswered because I was upstairs offloading the soggy contents of the washing machine to the clothes dryer and didn't hear it. If so, I feel bad, but my point remains unchanged! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><b>That being... Kids just don't trick-or-treat anymore. </b> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;">I guess it's just another sign of the unpleasant world we now live in!</span> <i>(And, say... didn't I begin my last post with that exact same sentence?)</i></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The fear, suspicion, and outright distrust that has gripped our society during the period of 9-11 through the more recent near-decade of toxic politics, post-COVID adjustments, and new wars springing up in what we'd finally begun to regard as reasonably "stable" areas of the world <i>(pretty much this whole damned 21st Century)</i> have, if not outright killed this fun tradition, at least sent it into what looks to be a long hibernation! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Trick-or-treating is well on its way toward becoming as antiquated and insignificant an activity as... oh, say... giving someone a hotfoot - but without the required matches and resultant foot pain! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">The saving grace to this is that it looks to be ONLY trick-or-treating that is receding into life's great rearview mirror - NOT Halloween itself, which continues to be celebrated in the form of parties, both in schools and private homes, where children can wear their costumes and get candy from persons they know and trust. <span style="color: #ffa400;"> ...That MAY actually be a good thing! </span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Spooky decorations still abound in our community, though I am personally loathe to decorate the outside of my house for any season or occasion - the work <i>(only to be undone so soon that it's not worth it)</i> and an aversion to any outdoor efforts in the late fall and winter months are prime factors. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Still I enjoy and am happy for the <i>(oft-overdone, but nice)</i> decor of others. Alas, such houses vastly outnumber the actual trick-or-treaters visiting them. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Averi and Cici, who live in a town just south of us, did have a great time trick-or-treating - and, by accounts, there seemed to be an overall higher level of activity but contained to a very small and specific area. </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW3HmZi3oBS5x6HhNPporAJgLEEghYE8XuwYJY5q8uepVt1tWCn7MTnOEl-7-qQGm1huNMe34_FI56SYWXfCAMiV_sfEHOAT5xvPXeVcl__3eA6Vlx-JuHjZgaZ4E_A45QnfNIP51reXOAS0czA04mrHjH2BxcKj98VcsA297dwJ4dtiVweuuLrwPIPIE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW3HmZi3oBS5x6HhNPporAJgLEEghYE8XuwYJY5q8uepVt1tWCn7MTnOEl-7-qQGm1huNMe34_FI56SYWXfCAMiV_sfEHOAT5xvPXeVcl__3eA6Vlx-JuHjZgaZ4E_A45QnfNIP51reXOAS0czA04mrHjH2BxcKj98VcsA297dwJ4dtiVweuuLrwPIPIE=w360-h640" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: medium;"><i><b>No, that's not THEIR house behind them!</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM13d7Ax3lvWq6p9TejOJH02lGnTUBDglWupPGAwXM8Md_pTqbKI94Qm25Cip5rRfVYb0vHoHF6R6KTaOsK64heKbMXX4Nvj3GOetbbSUAI-A3AsXDeQ6j5qAenhK2vXvxVqEonLnbZtydDsOj7EVxs7XyQNc5Gw93nwnJV6seE9xy4zgIaE2hKwGyGs8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM13d7Ax3lvWq6p9TejOJH02lGnTUBDglWupPGAwXM8Md_pTqbKI94Qm25Cip5rRfVYb0vHoHF6R6KTaOsK64heKbMXX4Nvj3GOetbbSUAI-A3AsXDeQ6j5qAenhK2vXvxVqEonLnbZtydDsOj7EVxs7XyQNc5Gw93nwnJV6seE9xy4zgIaE2hKwGyGs8=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: medium;"><i>Nor is that one - but no lack of creativity here! That's for sure! </i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b>Though, while far from finished, I can't help but wonder if trick-or-treating isn't something a number of today's kids do simply because they see it on TV! ...More than they do in real-life! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUAK3muoQVjD5d-yhkcPpOPUrqssyYBYSih1zvXe-x_Eve5IEzChH2hVvVE3EAxHrpxg-t_3Z2mwGHgeIfvPs-vjdjHMX01Ee1WU_d9vvIcr49GqibqO7pho9SwhdfL6JAKu09zQPEQ6Omd1kT_89P9iXaMaStQ232feIRoatLcUrqhJx7MhsEjaOcck/s483/Donald%20Duck%20Trick%20or%20Treat%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="483" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUAK3muoQVjD5d-yhkcPpOPUrqssyYBYSih1zvXe-x_Eve5IEzChH2hVvVE3EAxHrpxg-t_3Z2mwGHgeIfvPs-vjdjHMX01Ee1WU_d9vvIcr49GqibqO7pho9SwhdfL6JAKu09zQPEQ6Omd1kT_89P9iXaMaStQ232feIRoatLcUrqhJx7MhsEjaOcck/w400-h304/Donald%20Duck%20Trick%20or%20Treat%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b>Do whatever you can to change my mind, folks! Our great friend Elaine usually has some more optimistic Halloween stories... hope that's still true! And the rest of you, please give... but just not candy, I have more than enough of that! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5huEQWGiNcLH9qF42KB55pDR4PY6P9dJ0lmVC53957M1tykqC_jPPSYtvhb12ifOf64fLbmy-BSOZUGz4_Jko3uONRK-dLgRJjlJxwpP85JGcB3AnxAATeJ7Hm0LOZGvkSIqfDHLB6OjJ03Hdp7pGrsudASyLh-jMJUw8calVg3tL4CydbYD0f9Q86KI/s614/Yosemite%20Sam%20%23%2055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5huEQWGiNcLH9qF42KB55pDR4PY6P9dJ0lmVC53957M1tykqC_jPPSYtvhb12ifOf64fLbmy-BSOZUGz4_Jko3uONRK-dLgRJjlJxwpP85JGcB3AnxAATeJ7Hm0LOZGvkSIqfDHLB6OjJ03Hdp7pGrsudASyLh-jMJUw8calVg3tL4CydbYD0f9Q86KI/w260-h400/Yosemite%20Sam%20%23%2055.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">HAPPY HALLOWEEN! </span></b><br /></div><p></p></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-21637270508178194052023-11-05T13:12:00.001-05:002023-11-06T01:00:37.719-05:00What's This All A-BOT? <p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">I guess it's just another sign of the unpleasant world we now live in -</span> and, to be sure, it doesn't rate being in the same galaxy as the horrible, stomach-turning things that are going on with war, politics, race, crime, mass-shootings and whatever is dominating today's news cycle...</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">...But, I gotta vent it because, for a short while, it was turning me off to Blogging - and this humble Blog has been one of my constant joys since it began in 2008. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">As my regulars know, my Blog had been invaded by a BOT and, as Mickey Mouse <i>(good as he is)</i> can't help ME "Outwit THIS Phantom BOT"...</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1i-9AXUXX5tBORxMfFwGAid_Of-Xi4Y4HaSysWHooEEC4L3UPXRGWh_0s1hJidTzI6M4uIRcjtfOgPu9s7hI6JubKENYnf23xseXtWTAmJSmLgt9cGKlMpxVCIW_PFWK05Q3vdEDUK3vVT8YjUV3CDWz-lChpXg8ohFlGRv-3Qf7mLaxuFLQ8DWBBMgI/s540/Mickey%20Mouse%20FC-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1i-9AXUXX5tBORxMfFwGAid_Of-Xi4Y4HaSysWHooEEC4L3UPXRGWh_0s1hJidTzI6M4uIRcjtfOgPu9s7hI6JubKENYnf23xseXtWTAmJSmLgt9cGKlMpxVCIW_PFWK05Q3vdEDUK3vVT8YjUV3CDWz-lChpXg8ohFlGRv-3Qf7mLaxuFLQ8DWBBMgI/w296-h400/Mickey%20Mouse%20FC-16.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">...Where a previous incursion resulted in the loss many of your valued comments <i>(revisit the event <a href="https://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2023/08/important-message.html">HERE</a>)</i>, I'll have to take matters into my own non-four fingered gloved hands! </span></b><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><b>It seems that this persistent BOT exists to generate SPAM. NINE spam, or decidedly spam-like, comments between October 30 and November 03, 2023. </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">But not the usual type of spam that most bloggers get, for penis enlargement or solar panels <i>(...presumably to keep your newly-enlarged penis warm and cozy)</i>. Those are easily and routinely thwarted by the use of "Comment Moderation". </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">While I have no true-fact basis to back this theory, I feel these unwanted comments are the result of some prankster <i>(nay, VANDAL - perhaps even would-be cyber-terrorist)</i> experimenting with some form of AI! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Why? Because the comments are actually <i>"tailored"</i> to the subject matter of whatever randomly-targeted-old-post it zeroes-in on. BUT, those comments are awkwardly phrased as if they were not naturally composed by a human being! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes, I've considered the possibility that the author might be someone for whom English is not a first language... or even a seventh, or seventeenth, but such persons <i>(to their extreme credit, BTW)</i> always manage to address specific points or aspects of the post they're commenting on and, if the Blogger engages any and all legitimate visitors to his or her Blog as *I* do, sometimes a dialogue might even develop. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">In the case of this BOT, the comments are generic, <i>sometimes TOO GENERIC</i>, but often with a hint of something that may relate to the subject matter of the post. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">But, it's always a regurgitation of something I've ALREADY SAID in the post, or a retrieval of other data easily found online, and spat back more structured and formally <i>(yet, still very awkward)</i> than a human being would normally compose! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><b>FOR EXAMPLE: </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><b>In my DVD Review of the Herman and Katnip DVD set, I said: </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"SUMMARY: It's like TOM AND JERRY, but they TALK! Traverse the 1950s with Herman and Katnip, Paramount/Famous Studios answer to MGM's classic Cat vs. Mouse team Tom and Jerry." </span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-weight: bold;">The BOT says:</span> <i>"Herman & Katnip the classic cat and mouse duo resemblance [sic] to Tom & Jerry cartoons."</i></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">HEY, BOTTY-BOY, I just said that... got anything original in your AI arsenal? </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><b>In response to my DVD Review of the Sylvester and Hippity Hopper DVD set, the BOT offered:</b></span> <i><span style="font-size: medium;">"Classic animated series debuted in 1930 93 years ago became the longest running cartoons of all time became the compilation film and TV series by Warner Bros." </span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Um, sounds like some awkward AI processing of wiki-something-or-other to me! <span style="color: #ffa400;">...AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FREAKIN' POST! </span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><b>Then, there are the absurdly generic ones such as:</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"I am the fan of classic animated cartoons and comicbooks in popular media throughout the world."</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Um, THE fan? Surely, there must be four or five more than that! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><b>And, on the same day, but to a completely different post: </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"I am r fan of classic animated cartoons and comicbooks in popular media throughout the world." </i><b>followed by eighteen different emojis of "expressive round yellow faces", stars, birds, the Masks of Comedy and Tragedy, a movie director's clapboard, a movie camera, a movie projector, a mainframe computer, a laptop computer, and a TV set with antenna rabbit-ears ! </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">...AND, YES, I SAID </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>EIGHTEEN</i></span><span style="color: #ffa400;"> DIFFERENT EMOJIS!!! </span></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">By now I hope I've convinced you that this is NOT the product of a human being! ...And why I walked-away from this series of strange happenings for a short period to regroup! But now it's time to do something and directly address this cyber-pest who seems so obsessed with my Blog!</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">TO WHOMEVER IS DOING THIS!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b>PLEASE STOP!</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Your comments will NEVER be published, and will never be addressed again after this post and any comments thereto! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks to Comment Moderation, they've been dead-ended and moved to SPAM! I've only kept them in spam long enough to transcribe here and show my readers the sheer absurdity you've been directing toward toward this Blog - for reasons known only to you! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Now, and for all time to come - if need be, they will be marked as SPAM and immediately deleted! Neither your unwanted nonsense - nor any self-serving or malevolent links embedded therein - will ever be seen or accessed here! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">You've had your fun, now MOVE ON to someone else's Blog that you can perpetually pepper with your pre-adolescent pearls-of-wisdom! A Blog without Comment Moderation where your dross can gleefully hide undetected amongst years-old-comments and where you can snicker at your own cleverness from afar!</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">There's nothing CLEVER about what you've done here... and, most importantly, there is no longer any reason for you to continue doing it! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Leave this Blog for what it was always intended to be, a friendly and respectful place where persons of common interests can come together free of the snark and vitriol found throughout so much of the Internet! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll be in this for the long haul, so please find a better <i>(but I won't presume "more constructive") </i>use of your time! </span></b></div><div><br /></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-35933580836452447862023-10-22T07:30:00.017-04:002023-10-22T07:30:00.138-04:00Adventures in Comic-Boxing: Special Guest Stars Jerry Lewis and Dick Tracy! <p><b><span style="font-size: large;">From the pages of <span style="color: #e06666;">WONDER WOMAN #114</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">(DC Comics, Cover Date: May, 1960)</span> comes this fun little curiosity from famed artist Mort Drucker...</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyG0G63L7_gW83M41ltJ5ktJlSRM1DJ2NlfHPeWidhKftpCo8O0lsLkCZrIsN2CcDGa1uHZlj0gPxhAAf8POKKxlzg2pko25pmQmhlKt6gbWHrJMxLV3FC-MJzwEpxvPbbbGS6SI2U4iPAF9LZbh165zQWS8V2ZkcTHfZ8KJucW8NpHVFZuQ1jKu96-x8/s2505/Wonder%20Woman%20%23114%20Behind%20the%20Wheel.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2505" data-original-width="1767" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyG0G63L7_gW83M41ltJ5ktJlSRM1DJ2NlfHPeWidhKftpCo8O0lsLkCZrIsN2CcDGa1uHZlj0gPxhAAf8POKKxlzg2pko25pmQmhlKt6gbWHrJMxLV3FC-MJzwEpxvPbbbGS6SI2U4iPAF9LZbh165zQWS8V2ZkcTHfZ8KJucW8NpHVFZuQ1jKu96-x8/w387-h640/Wonder%20Woman%20%23114%20Behind%20the%20Wheel.jpeg" width="387" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A nice combination of comics, poetry, and traffic safety tips. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">But take a closer look at two of the "guest stars" on this first page (of two)...</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Why, it's </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">JERRY LEWIS</span> <i><span style="font-size: medium;">(whose DC Comics title Mort Drucker *did* work on)...</span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfeGW1owsrGU38oxp6I7QUDvKl8QrafZb7cwRGVX6FzLbCtT-M94DfS2lRBeW3q6TvIksvpSHfE4qyXq60dfFQDbv2oI0fBJLNB-FYQu7KJzOHOLerxxoqme_Q5lVKwv7hY-dqY-2o9AzJu9fqnAbZgTV4qlsO2FvyJVQG1sxKUyHi2noKhTX3AzKPCU/s792/Wonder%20Woman%20%23114%20Behind%20the%20Wheel%20Jerry%20Lewis.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="792" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfeGW1owsrGU38oxp6I7QUDvKl8QrafZb7cwRGVX6FzLbCtT-M94DfS2lRBeW3q6TvIksvpSHfE4qyXq60dfFQDbv2oI0fBJLNB-FYQu7KJzOHOLerxxoqme_Q5lVKwv7hY-dqY-2o9AzJu9fqnAbZgTV4qlsO2FvyJVQG1sxKUyHi2noKhTX3AzKPCU/s320/Wonder%20Woman%20%23114%20Behind%20the%20Wheel%20Jerry%20Lewis.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">...Though he's clearly not BILLED as "Jerry Lewis", perhaps for royalty reasons? </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><b><span style="font-size: large;">..And </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">DICK TRACY!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Perhaps that might even be </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD</span><span style="font-size: large;"> honking at everyone's favorite square-jawed detective! </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMY998lSUjgdeo9UtoacUWLxyhI6F65ZJJJUTECT1FQ5y1Z8iSxbXpAayipCZLXKbOCx7Dq40gQ3Mz4iy-ibO3glVq_rBI6re7G04xbBtzNADRcUQmv-MZDkcj_LzaHh-tN2paKWVw7tC77BDOTYM9eDA6RVaSA8jfVQJyIxftOoI37J4sjC7mfK-oFc/s1179/Wonder%20Woman%20%23114%20Behind%20the%20Wheel%20Dick%20Tracy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="1179" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMY998lSUjgdeo9UtoacUWLxyhI6F65ZJJJUTECT1FQ5y1Z8iSxbXpAayipCZLXKbOCx7Dq40gQ3Mz4iy-ibO3glVq_rBI6re7G04xbBtzNADRcUQmv-MZDkcj_LzaHh-tN2paKWVw7tC77BDOTYM9eDA6RVaSA8jfVQJyIxftOoI37J4sjC7mfK-oFc/w400-h174/Wonder%20Woman%20%23114%20Behind%20the%20Wheel%20Dick%20Tracy.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I guess that, by 1960, she simply drove her convertible coupe to Grandma's house! </i></span></b></div><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe Drucker should have included </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">DONALD DUCK</span><span style="font-size: large;"> in this character-composite</span></b> <i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">(...Disney lawyers were not nearly as tough in 1960, and he may have gotten away with it!)</span></b></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsAPRUBdw_Jr5pTU24cSE34VuETYHPVDq8XfqZmTi01KyJ3CpKFSrSuDiP3_c0Cuixu0NxsmVqR2a0-XCZZLKlnd1gMVvSQ2pqfLnwkbHEux6F_2X3aAx_uRdnNZwEE31oSef5H5KeJgWmPXRexqTVvDa0i4T6AJbWUi3tk-FBu5py6EpaQ182kPs1J0/s567/Donald%20Duck%20%23%2064.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsAPRUBdw_Jr5pTU24cSE34VuETYHPVDq8XfqZmTi01KyJ3CpKFSrSuDiP3_c0Cuixu0NxsmVqR2a0-XCZZLKlnd1gMVvSQ2pqfLnwkbHEux6F_2X3aAx_uRdnNZwEE31oSef5H5KeJgWmPXRexqTVvDa0i4T6AJbWUi3tk-FBu5py6EpaQ182kPs1J0/s320/Donald%20Duck%20%23%2064.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnOQM4IYYBWo4fnDr-exD6_oeyZ3d3jJqTTr6GYWsDRCkprpk0z7SrvCfSWIa-ZRsAc29su_by-ceD_kwTZ4ihC9jv1ZQYPZDqgpoihrv0ZpqBn2HQCaEDFmrrrj-7MCNS21H7yGoL6AOtxbZzU3Odr6y97EUP2KWZN8pBRScdGyAkzib_dfFY-i_tyc/s797/Donald%20Duck%20100%20195.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="797" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnOQM4IYYBWo4fnDr-exD6_oeyZ3d3jJqTTr6GYWsDRCkprpk0z7SrvCfSWIa-ZRsAc29su_by-ceD_kwTZ4ihC9jv1ZQYPZDqgpoihrv0ZpqBn2HQCaEDFmrrrj-7MCNS21H7yGoL6AOtxbZzU3Odr6y97EUP2KWZN8pBRScdGyAkzib_dfFY-i_tyc/w400-h305/Donald%20Duck%20100%20195.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaWlFrUNcOzefxakz48Jjp2vXFurYClMaJUB58PSHd8SJp1S0YHkY4CxcYaeZpcnb7fZ23aO1StB2Gyq79wc-haXiscRd8-9h4sN9MkPEZDlE4gD6W0pzID7IARnn1y-Owg_Z17Lf389EQvX76qUcl91ba4n96GavLwaXx3PW4-cfai3-h5p_I6UZBpo/s613/WDC%20%23%20532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaWlFrUNcOzefxakz48Jjp2vXFurYClMaJUB58PSHd8SJp1S0YHkY4CxcYaeZpcnb7fZ23aO1StB2Gyq79wc-haXiscRd8-9h4sN9MkPEZDlE4gD6W0pzID7IARnn1y-Owg_Z17Lf389EQvX76qUcl91ba4n96GavLwaXx3PW4-cfai3-h5p_I6UZBpo/w261-h400/WDC%20%23%20532.jpg" width="261" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_wblJ2-MoE807aZ9MwRje4REuMLdIIMNcrNp1IPAo8W5mSNd2k4EsHNG0MbohyKlJwydLiT8-zF3E0xWIufcLgAIJClfCwRkafYw0_dWZb6XRL4dXg9GXi4c65id2ZJSOo_E0ADSw0IqtpDPI42jaMllJN97gRMxAxocdhH-LHstLf_uzXMIF-8o79Y/s802/Donald%20Duck%20%23%204%20IDW%20Tibet%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="802" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_wblJ2-MoE807aZ9MwRje4REuMLdIIMNcrNp1IPAo8W5mSNd2k4EsHNG0MbohyKlJwydLiT8-zF3E0xWIufcLgAIJClfCwRkafYw0_dWZb6XRL4dXg9GXi4c65id2ZJSOo_E0ADSw0IqtpDPI42jaMllJN97gRMxAxocdhH-LHstLf_uzXMIF-8o79Y/w400-h311/Donald%20Duck%20%23%204%20IDW%20Tibet%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">And I'd say Donald could use a few good safety tips, don'tcha think? </span></b> </div><br />Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-45524656569770704592023-10-14T03:43:00.005-04:002023-10-15T12:17:44.944-04:00R.I.P. Mark Goddard. <p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHof3Hymuo88PU6zc8SNE_CAk_iS8YplI8cipbSd0X9XsYv8xLvySu0XRUilypCyMjKlwFwslhdaTMaDu_Gast4wORVVL11A_xYbYhAIRj3OVn5uE6Qb79bK28jZ2ZmZ_aq15gk2kiwgnrYyFlUEdRDWqWTvbTXHNPAma0-UZGwO_TZSmz62UPAArk8k/s612/Mark%20Goddard.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="612" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHof3Hymuo88PU6zc8SNE_CAk_iS8YplI8cipbSd0X9XsYv8xLvySu0XRUilypCyMjKlwFwslhdaTMaDu_Gast4wORVVL11A_xYbYhAIRj3OVn5uE6Qb79bK28jZ2ZmZ_aq15gk2kiwgnrYyFlUEdRDWqWTvbTXHNPAma0-UZGwO_TZSmz62UPAArk8k/w400-h271/Mark%20Goddard.webp" width="400" /></a><br /><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: medium;">In recent times, I’ve shied away from “R.I.P. posts”, for no
more a reason than to reduce the sadness at this humble Blog… but this week was
just too much to ignore for such a flimsy reason!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mark Goddard played many things over his acting career but,
to me and many others, he will always be <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Major Don West</span> of the original <i>(…and
still the best) </i>LOST IN SPACE (1965-1968).</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfkIoQ-8y2wHV_xS72Y8nnmbEL8N8D9xgUMbUCf3ZFtXdLj1VBCoEeduzC_tkAf4V7eycRwnyqzWBZXTbjMLSqgEyWPAoWqALoV6CUIU_uJMigeZEiRUSl_c_B9qxBTeMIisgQlv8xeVMk83cgbM1LiacsmBWM4AcC2D-9Rhx3c01xbdpG9a6wk86PBU/s330/LIS%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="112" data-original-width="330" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfkIoQ-8y2wHV_xS72Y8nnmbEL8N8D9xgUMbUCf3ZFtXdLj1VBCoEeduzC_tkAf4V7eycRwnyqzWBZXTbjMLSqgEyWPAoWqALoV6CUIU_uJMigeZEiRUSl_c_B9qxBTeMIisgQlv8xeVMk83cgbM1LiacsmBWM4AcC2D-9Rhx3c01xbdpG9a6wk86PBU/w400-h136/LIS%20Logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltFA7uPc1h7jmUZPrsqtUIo9wwssVzM7pDJVkr5ZrXHQGqQURzGOkwlcu3VZr2TVylPvGetWGA0LYV2_mvg7bdwe873BHXh__CBT4qowUfdBeWIXMp-0_9UJ5Qgad1Kkdsno8A1O-aHBunhZLcBzp1nH4jfZYIfy93ahJ41AVS3i7PQVo6mrgo3fmpWc/s1000/LIS%20Cast%20Widescreen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="1000" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltFA7uPc1h7jmUZPrsqtUIo9wwssVzM7pDJVkr5ZrXHQGqQURzGOkwlcu3VZr2TVylPvGetWGA0LYV2_mvg7bdwe873BHXh__CBT4qowUfdBeWIXMp-0_9UJ5Qgad1Kkdsno8A1O-aHBunhZLcBzp1nH4jfZYIfy93ahJ41AVS3i7PQVo6mrgo3fmpWc/w400-h209/LIS%20Cast%20Widescreen.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Along with Guy Williams’ Professor John Robinson, Mark
Goddard’s Major West continued to lend an air of seriousness, urgency, and
plain old common sense that <i>(…perhaps not always)</i> balanced off the antics of
Doctor Smith and the Robot.</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XdVzji0ab8bNjeSxfgtihJHq4rPGvr9GyAXc6OSROoBffsOP5KmnCREaw97eH_So2Ag6tE8yeO6nvxw6Y7MH1ayDHyA77zzUzC64Eh-9zX1vcXMtxG0GV9qBP0qacVf96k7-OXNAnkj3LZPk2nLCt7KbuM2MdBoDkTLCCWUzcs4YeNrJVcpQdmwmb1U/s1920/LIS%20WS%20DVD%20Flaming%20Planet%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XdVzji0ab8bNjeSxfgtihJHq4rPGvr9GyAXc6OSROoBffsOP5KmnCREaw97eH_So2Ag6tE8yeO6nvxw6Y7MH1ayDHyA77zzUzC64Eh-9zX1vcXMtxG0GV9qBP0qacVf96k7-OXNAnkj3LZPk2nLCt7KbuM2MdBoDkTLCCWUzcs4YeNrJVcpQdmwmb1U/w400-h225/LIS%20WS%20DVD%20Flaming%20Planet%201.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPrqjC3R3vFohsE_OJKT712HhqolfjYCc31iAa7UbWICzM7QlVg7hOK9hqc0PNTBFIC0KYhCsMFbQgeTdORh2ZXC152g7d0ai01QliL_J7GVPn2I73JlMkvEliUIHINvJwt325gAnE22dTH-HzF2vij5XcmVgOYM8rwybrUpJozfzWJnVfvhjLIvnlYk/s1391/LIS%20Quicksand%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1391" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPrqjC3R3vFohsE_OJKT712HhqolfjYCc31iAa7UbWICzM7QlVg7hOK9hqc0PNTBFIC0KYhCsMFbQgeTdORh2ZXC152g7d0ai01QliL_J7GVPn2I73JlMkvEliUIHINvJwt325gAnE22dTH-HzF2vij5XcmVgOYM8rwybrUpJozfzWJnVfvhjLIvnlYk/w400-h310/LIS%20Quicksand%203.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0BlBWWA8X5XxPnKTaALoU_mBved5Lmoi7mq82AewtXHWtnsgCjjpfrYJWB3Dg-ilQS5_y7pyu2_rDDUhdFKTdbG4XshHynlW5w3rS47zsICvWLLENSqRdRfezfTzTCkRxxSJtLXnN_9X5KWmQr4UYmY8lqFWPNk0vhTd6bKa7jvS3AmPRBr7DhmuFjg/s500/LIS%20Don%20and%20Judy%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0BlBWWA8X5XxPnKTaALoU_mBved5Lmoi7mq82AewtXHWtnsgCjjpfrYJWB3Dg-ilQS5_y7pyu2_rDDUhdFKTdbG4XshHynlW5w3rS47zsICvWLLENSqRdRfezfTzTCkRxxSJtLXnN_9X5KWmQr4UYmY8lqFWPNk0vhTd6bKa7jvS3AmPRBr7DhmuFjg/w400-h300/LIS%20Don%20and%20Judy%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">He so perfectly served as an antagonist, counterpoint, and
outright foil to Doctor Smith that there became what I called a subset series
of LOST IN SPACE episodes that I called <i><span style="color: #e06666;">“The Don and Smith Shows”</span></i>, where the
two of them would be thrown into a situation together and must depend on each other
<i>(amid lots of bickering)</i> to extricate themselves!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypjV3biia1P5Es6uXO0CsqkCIWDf7IDvveNRQFgrQdfwyn5sd5ejHC3BlGolL2wMg3kdFp4TdZHXMQLlMm-fLdANwQbzXR3zXx8NsIf4rO_RP-tRaAbLn-VYzFcRbOF3lM1R1vWFL7uNjRuv4SxurUB5mF9Ip2Ce1XHaoPx-9dx5GncEmP3i9Wl6zBRU/s300/LIS%20Fugitives.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypjV3biia1P5Es6uXO0CsqkCIWDf7IDvveNRQFgrQdfwyn5sd5ejHC3BlGolL2wMg3kdFp4TdZHXMQLlMm-fLdANwQbzXR3zXx8NsIf4rO_RP-tRaAbLn-VYzFcRbOF3lM1R1vWFL7uNjRuv4SxurUB5mF9Ip2Ce1XHaoPx-9dx5GncEmP3i9Wl6zBRU/w400-h224/LIS%20Fugitives.bmp" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5RcbR45wNihWiCqZj5ZLlHizEAIXR7ZceFuJPyhrSKu24y_FeTvpVgS1h8NyJoITmzaKHagu8hhkmqqnspZ00j984UHTfeyuaXcp0UiPrAYjUVHOLUC2BOi-cYlBAKoPxd9wFbw5ZvjTICVOtWGBYx7mvxARP6edAUFdOQu9R4qKZYLyBFBtsvHHvw8/s760/LIS%20Space%20Primevals%20Don%20and%20Smith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="760" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5RcbR45wNihWiCqZj5ZLlHizEAIXR7ZceFuJPyhrSKu24y_FeTvpVgS1h8NyJoITmzaKHagu8hhkmqqnspZ00j984UHTfeyuaXcp0UiPrAYjUVHOLUC2BOi-cYlBAKoPxd9wFbw5ZvjTICVOtWGBYx7mvxARP6edAUFdOQu9R4qKZYLyBFBtsvHHvw8/w400-h306/LIS%20Space%20Primevals%20Don%20and%20Smith.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I met Mark Goddard several times at New York conventions,
and he very much embodied the warm </span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(…at least when Smith wasn’t around)</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> and
enthusiastic </span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(…ditto)</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> gung-ho spirit of </span><span style="font-size: large;">Major
Don West!</span><span style="font-size: x-large; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">He said he was proud to have been in a TV series that
spanned generations – and was something the whole family could watch and enjoy –
unlike much of the prime-time TV fare of the late ‘90s-early 2000s time frame
during which we spoke – much less now!</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZOmZZ1zaPXIt75p3jWBCAbP94bteGYcXzuwyR1REiKW-2JgcOAzUJ1j5-omtAPGJVdHG06NZipdiJx2GijS-IQwA8FlOKjwYXEjV_JTqo9wGhjnpxKad_uuJaDtxb2nq4LhF_r8fwJw8yk9quBoBR7VmObVu1XzFcrH9uCNCCNAFYtHZOOSATtFMrRQ/s512/LIS%20Robinsons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="512" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZOmZZ1zaPXIt75p3jWBCAbP94bteGYcXzuwyR1REiKW-2JgcOAzUJ1j5-omtAPGJVdHG06NZipdiJx2GijS-IQwA8FlOKjwYXEjV_JTqo9wGhjnpxKad_uuJaDtxb2nq4LhF_r8fwJw8yk9quBoBR7VmObVu1XzFcrH9uCNCCNAFYtHZOOSATtFMrRQ/w400-h300/LIS%20Robinsons.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">Family values in space! </span></b></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">His favorite episode was <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>“The Anti-Matter Man”</i>,</span> small wonder
since he really got to cut loose in that one! </span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnLcNKteW_pShRzIZUyIljPjGPAdFN_a4MLg5U0gLbEgignBeCLhPBwjnCjkSv95P9ONp140lKOiYZVvzgpgEYwFG1AUwzx2isdn5XuF_rYaTkGK-iMIoEX6obeNxsJaRIZP_ehjbFoK0t2ojUOUTsm90aRubDxYA9azd7733D-4jWR8UW8ps7Utdeew/s1411/LIS%20The%20Anti%20Matter%20Man%20Don%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1411" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnLcNKteW_pShRzIZUyIljPjGPAdFN_a4MLg5U0gLbEgignBeCLhPBwjnCjkSv95P9ONp140lKOiYZVvzgpgEYwFG1AUwzx2isdn5XuF_rYaTkGK-iMIoEX6obeNxsJaRIZP_ehjbFoK0t2ojUOUTsm90aRubDxYA9azd7733D-4jWR8UW8ps7Utdeew/s320/LIS%20The%20Anti%20Matter%20Man%20Don%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">He also wrote one issue of a LOST IN SPACE comic book that featured his character.</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD4crlTrBkFSdAVdoqpuh77smPXwEt9MIBlt4mfkTr-GasvIZoNoruaaDqkrT7IHXzs9ZmcRmVxbKokPENHdOS2Kci5nNg4B-ZM3dBCw_FAKuzGZlpp7SWCcPg2iE7bwIk74NNnYVrf4xfS1NdVl2d1J25rYvh_dOgbZbBm0RbK6fLHeBssQrnZO8E4M/s3017/LIS%20Comic%20%237.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3017" data-original-width="1969" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD4crlTrBkFSdAVdoqpuh77smPXwEt9MIBlt4mfkTr-GasvIZoNoruaaDqkrT7IHXzs9ZmcRmVxbKokPENHdOS2Kci5nNg4B-ZM3dBCw_FAKuzGZlpp7SWCcPg2iE7bwIk74NNnYVrf4xfS1NdVl2d1J25rYvh_dOgbZbBm0RbK6fLHeBssQrnZO8E4M/w261-h400/LIS%20Comic%20%237.jpeg" width="261" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrGOk6OD9S4Am9roFEF-l2Zr9EOBuIQ_S3c12HHvtUrqZetkUPXtdCUKcL4q6C9cgjk3-v92tnJUIAKy56-lYS4SUNTSt_1c_sVhDsRCajrYED0HHHL8qObY66JwssSQ7J5pM92RoBod1t68kYB5lx3mQk6m6Uo6xZ1HZta8UnPWSQmZl7Gq9pwnJb0Y/s1969/LIS%20Comic%20%237%20Logo.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="1969" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrGOk6OD9S4Am9roFEF-l2Zr9EOBuIQ_S3c12HHvtUrqZetkUPXtdCUKcL4q6C9cgjk3-v92tnJUIAKy56-lYS4SUNTSt_1c_sVhDsRCajrYED0HHHL8qObY66JwssSQ7J5pM92RoBod1t68kYB5lx3mQk6m6Uo6xZ1HZta8UnPWSQmZl7Gq9pwnJb0Y/s320/LIS%20Comic%20%237%20Logo.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">And speaking of writing, there was also this…</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAeSBYpWL8Kj1fLfUe1xVKRa_BFKWnjVfjANEEglN6WqLKcfazCbblM2q2jc_98rLbcF5EblA0t3wSqCTKKvv5dW-PB-LxnFJ3uDO0ABhraaSm4L9-LxN_1zN4sYqrCcBrtQAyzI7-K9Pz788vbbDXkpffSAbyK7kKqlaZnwua_hG1-rl0gQlGrHGP3o/s2678/LIS%20Mark%20Goddard%20Book.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2678" data-original-width="1801" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAeSBYpWL8Kj1fLfUe1xVKRa_BFKWnjVfjANEEglN6WqLKcfazCbblM2q2jc_98rLbcF5EblA0t3wSqCTKKvv5dW-PB-LxnFJ3uDO0ABhraaSm4L9-LxN_1zN4sYqrCcBrtQAyzI7-K9Pz788vbbDXkpffSAbyK7kKqlaZnwua_hG1-rl0gQlGrHGP3o/w269-h400/LIS%20Mark%20Goddard%20Book.jpeg" width="269" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><b>…purchased by me mere weeks before his passing on October 10, 2023 at the age of 87!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Mark Goddard can also be heard on this wonderful Blu-ray set
doing episode commentaries with Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright, and Marta
Kristen, and in other special features.</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHS9Fo7FAvXVG6uB4tnH6J2030nfWs9kAnks-VgsiTokoXRb6gxvZXnhXYz-NQQS3J0C5-QLwjD5mvha9AySSZ1szsnKL2uv825AVxMzhWnQLj5yYqRLeXBTJdKHBNQwaNo4Zkql_G8BamxKJVO99EXaMmhGidknQcCxaD6nE3Un8hGprAKTdPviieSy8/s2199/LIS%20Blu-ray.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2199" data-original-width="1646" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHS9Fo7FAvXVG6uB4tnH6J2030nfWs9kAnks-VgsiTokoXRb6gxvZXnhXYz-NQQS3J0C5-QLwjD5mvha9AySSZ1szsnKL2uv825AVxMzhWnQLj5yYqRLeXBTJdKHBNQwaNo4Zkql_G8BamxKJVO99EXaMmhGidknQcCxaD6nE3Un8hGprAKTdPviieSy8/w300-h400/LIS%20Blu-ray.jpeg" width="300" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGYc2vsG2BDaZn6NjXNVhGjp3FN0UlAVKLC5Hj9UBT6v-g_MAuXyEcMKvHYgsrBC_O_-ikJzajMZ0sLrfjKLEvlZBq3alxmHBa-57mt3ZyQx3oZ0MnamxVJnKR2itPMWMD5osVj1-ExoaJ5iixhIa7kVHuz0luhNWjEC1AMQ6mtNdjQcBmAcWGCVSIz4/s1920/LIS%20Blu-ray%20Menu%203.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGYc2vsG2BDaZn6NjXNVhGjp3FN0UlAVKLC5Hj9UBT6v-g_MAuXyEcMKvHYgsrBC_O_-ikJzajMZ0sLrfjKLEvlZBq3alxmHBa-57mt3ZyQx3oZ0MnamxVJnKR2itPMWMD5osVj1-ExoaJ5iixhIa7kVHuz0luhNWjEC1AMQ6mtNdjQcBmAcWGCVSIz4/w400-h225/LIS%20Blu-ray%20Menu%203.bmp" width="400" /></a></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">And, of course, Mark Goddard as Major Don West had many ups and downs over the course of the series...</span></b></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ySo7UnBexee1n4fw7gA5W-A1HXJ3o_udNWvV4er6h7bGAb5qv5gCBRcuUIKeZBvpqwdiZueUgrDsZbY-hhFQIaeKjsWeiZ5lSiqBplkmW1f8d5XeqP6EoXYnmhRCjSt-g6jITvY5DmtXrh1hNpWr-09VKfEUZmHv6UlXiyeTMM6suWtWYQMv6kuT5mo/s753/LIS%20Don%20and%20Judy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="753" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ySo7UnBexee1n4fw7gA5W-A1HXJ3o_udNWvV4er6h7bGAb5qv5gCBRcuUIKeZBvpqwdiZueUgrDsZbY-hhFQIaeKjsWeiZ5lSiqBplkmW1f8d5XeqP6EoXYnmhRCjSt-g6jITvY5DmtXrh1hNpWr-09VKfEUZmHv6UlXiyeTMM6suWtWYQMv6kuT5mo/w400-h296/LIS%20Don%20and%20Judy.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvGrwCxn2_WetmcFoOO2WM_cb67E_nGmOS-YyEHsafriAZVCQWf15eAc8e8CLGoNOS2madTn5nyNOozUcmvCh682wPRhw2N-CDPW10-s6C0jo9ZLURKvc__cOxVPDWleb4CKNxLDDnm4uBJvJ99olCl3PwmVy_LCIFWOOKMBlJXN3jVS8WLug17I-rsU/s1920/LIS%20WS%20DVD%20Space%20Beauty%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvGrwCxn2_WetmcFoOO2WM_cb67E_nGmOS-YyEHsafriAZVCQWf15eAc8e8CLGoNOS2madTn5nyNOozUcmvCh682wPRhw2N-CDPW10-s6C0jo9ZLURKvc__cOxVPDWleb4CKNxLDDnm4uBJvJ99olCl3PwmVy_LCIFWOOKMBlJXN3jVS8WLug17I-rsU/w400-h225/LIS%20WS%20DVD%20Space%20Beauty%203.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">But he never stopped being one of the rocks of the series...</span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHlhRJEvEy_eqHWZpCDUHlcPOwfK5Zw9qva1YJ8uJNtTfrQnYBnyklneIEcnPABqmtE2AmyxszTAtVT2VXyUO0V91DxcAImzPwyqRnvdg7B8NprivMB29eB7sKIi5lSbG3FNXbZVfs_9gk11_sS229KY4IeBOAwgLW9E2g6ev1X4m2UoqK7PxPuHEhbc/s720/LIS%20Condemned%20of%20Space%20John%20and%20Don.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHlhRJEvEy_eqHWZpCDUHlcPOwfK5Zw9qva1YJ8uJNtTfrQnYBnyklneIEcnPABqmtE2AmyxszTAtVT2VXyUO0V91DxcAImzPwyqRnvdg7B8NprivMB29eB7sKIi5lSbG3FNXbZVfs_9gk11_sS229KY4IeBOAwgLW9E2g6ev1X4m2UoqK7PxPuHEhbc/w400-h225/LIS%20Condemned%20of%20Space%20John%20and%20Don.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Piloting the Jupiter II into and out of trouble...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtB_npgjyYITU4Cu2MJo2U00WeOf_84XZKXM3yVqKEfNvwcc6VbQcUCpkIrB6KpC85GW1yoEFnpwDQKbq6vwuk2u6vY-1WAVGK8H8RxUK1xBLlhgtiYpHwTe7COIEaBChc__GFcYA1_yF1em0OjPjLb9l0F6NJgg3HgSwqeHZLP1TK_utJbz79YHWie0/w400-h225/LIS%20WS%20DVD%20Space%20Beauty%201.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Keeping everybody safe no matter how offbeat the danger...</span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0c0hTBkpX0-4Mu5MbubFeyaa3aXLNree1LVn8CNMR_WWHi7tC8vXiEkfOxhVJZ-RLn56MXmpcsoDaLRHx77STH70B4_NKPcupKRh9vo14Sh8DBb8dXYLT9jVQ10lv7IOlGk3vRwpKjR014hVSuvynyZ86ELBKUk73DbLwCcZzPP7kzrWjGUraU58BvI/s256/LIS%20Toymaker%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><b>...But not always succeeding!</b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lUDwWrIqoRK3aQZkaWvQ1oFSjlfN7AQsrkZ3Uu73b3Iins0xBbNiAyzT-bJ0kBse0FC5P27wTOGKUEtNorFLpKDNen0kPQoG7SfZhUGQax_5TXMUThKUJ8L5cFTgXyxANiFiM2RyxF57WJ5lS-4XI2oZf0Qzcte4eavjXHeerVmqKvGeJy549gastIU/s1920/LIS%20Wild%20Adventure%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lUDwWrIqoRK3aQZkaWvQ1oFSjlfN7AQsrkZ3Uu73b3Iins0xBbNiAyzT-bJ0kBse0FC5P27wTOGKUEtNorFLpKDNen0kPQoG7SfZhUGQax_5TXMUThKUJ8L5cFTgXyxANiFiM2RyxF57WJ5lS-4XI2oZf0Qzcte4eavjXHeerVmqKvGeJy549gastIU/w400-h225/LIS%20Wild%20Adventure%204.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2v6_nltlNhITTqDOqgrbqnFLm3LVsz9wR1EJg8UqWqv6oub_8hONAsmAyzvPMOWqOEKnersRq3Vt1XrOtPOwE-y9w-EjfXxqo20vRO7_h2P9TKq6KwJLcfB2dJvxbl7jQW2FXbOE2bscCJ5-k_IMCxmebZ4zgrGgLfi7-KCBbqeX6XQ0_HIPkPe13Glc/s400/LIS%20Blast%20Off.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="710" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVffEf6lUg3wWD8a9qTm8wNe4fGqrzRXoNch8fdqzqC2tz6x4M1YN-lXl-P1IJUTG1N5CK2Cmllwemq9NBYYGx4TZ74-wUXHjka8VWcoE-2raAjh-hS0lZDkSkTB6pEtfrqJEgmXt1omVErZWQNRQEH2eQrWpBOuL2Kr9fN5GqS3vXnycPYXEBwU3Xkw/w400-h300/LIS%20Smith%20Scared.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">But give him credit for TRYING! Lots of credit! </span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7dxeZ0pBrbXHuoQMOsd51qVhnKNGHsp_L52tlJ2f8QiFJ4kukbO5NxnVFEezQrCwkViXf1PCW4HkEOmS1lMXVZjMepjC_Pyi39rVkc67Ub4oKnfcBaXZBeILLvJ2KT_M3d8nIZxYjKMAOJqqdB2S2ZGHHNzSHW_aoHX7ZvXXCyWTPRnTBd0HooE9fcA/s600/LIS%20Don%20and%20Smith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7dxeZ0pBrbXHuoQMOsd51qVhnKNGHsp_L52tlJ2f8QiFJ4kukbO5NxnVFEezQrCwkViXf1PCW4HkEOmS1lMXVZjMepjC_Pyi39rVkc67Ub4oKnfcBaXZBeILLvJ2KT_M3d8nIZxYjKMAOJqqdB2S2ZGHHNzSHW_aoHX7ZvXXCyWTPRnTBd0HooE9fcA/w400-h300/LIS%20Don%20and%20Smith.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">It was a thankless job, but SOMEBODY had to do it!</span></b> </div></div></div><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NYD1cr0Qbk7t7Cl-qP9DFFuzuWEGvMfYrZFWbdr_TF7rDzl0rDPPpv3olhKytWqG51CLYlPc5gb1lOAT8AWTBLQWfR3UsEXtQC0NGYc4wLjZ5OXNFEFdq-nrQoJAzC4APU_BiZdWlfXflrxU3s3nJYuhCnMVPFBOQecLIEr4BCo4Ud9u1Fx3Xn70LFI/s450/LIS%20Mark%20Goddard%20Season%202.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NYD1cr0Qbk7t7Cl-qP9DFFuzuWEGvMfYrZFWbdr_TF7rDzl0rDPPpv3olhKytWqG51CLYlPc5gb1lOAT8AWTBLQWfR3UsEXtQC0NGYc4wLjZ5OXNFEFdq-nrQoJAzC4APU_BiZdWlfXflrxU3s3nJYuhCnMVPFBOQecLIEr4BCo4Ud9u1Fx3Xn70LFI/s320/LIS%20Mark%20Goddard%20Season%202.webp" width="213" /></a></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Rest In Peace, Mark Goddard…</span></b> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">You didn’t get to ride a real-life space
shuttle but, to your many fans, you soared nonetheless!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNthOjPJYNM03PXjkkSAKZKvBxVXJ-zIZd9C8Re0XBew0LXXV9kf9wUDR9c2Vr5OkE0a73MmeRfdx9e4MaIs5hlRkcbFPUVbOqBghe3tePF0SViPmd97BaZN4u8a-wBWbmSs0-zTi1aeBBQknPys6N45-OKTvcMxLgIqQICyzj3DU4vadsSpE8yu0fd_M/s1000/LIS%20Don%20in%20Parka.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNthOjPJYNM03PXjkkSAKZKvBxVXJ-zIZd9C8Re0XBew0LXXV9kf9wUDR9c2Vr5OkE0a73MmeRfdx9e4MaIs5hlRkcbFPUVbOqBghe3tePF0SViPmd97BaZN4u8a-wBWbmSs0-zTi1aeBBQknPys6N45-OKTvcMxLgIqQICyzj3DU4vadsSpE8yu0fd_M/w400-h225/LIS%20Don%20in%20Parka.webp" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">From the back of Mr. Goddard's Book...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZMCOpbUkrF3fvU4HRUxrm_Svo7igPDbIJVnrmjxqYdyybVqSoPUH3ItFBYyFQjr6P7VXirPcFvyx7yT8wNONc9PNEP7FbmWQfA0g1Q9gMrlGScG9YudwtDURkDZD-VrVvbkfbbEl39e9NNjfRm4si1maVAyA7_PG8jHjeIDl2F0vnx9VLj9JhXTfsr8/s1228/LIS%20Mark%20Goddard%20Book%20back%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZMCOpbUkrF3fvU4HRUxrm_Svo7igPDbIJVnrmjxqYdyybVqSoPUH3ItFBYyFQjr6P7VXirPcFvyx7yT8wNONc9PNEP7FbmWQfA0g1Q9gMrlGScG9YudwtDURkDZD-VrVvbkfbbEl39e9NNjfRm4si1maVAyA7_PG8jHjeIDl2F0vnx9VLj9JhXTfsr8/w364-h400/LIS%20Mark%20Goddard%20Book%20back%20cover.jpeg" width="364" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.metv.com/stories/metv-remembers-mark-goddard">HERE</a> is a link to Me-TV's tribute to Mark Goddard! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>As a point of information: MeTV has been the cable TV home for LOST IN SPACE since at least Spring, 2013 <i>(when I discovered it)</i>, running it weekly for OVER TEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTaynD4TEw_M6I9mbUiqsbfR7tKB3A68oCdlH1FgrdGY-i4xDIlCU3m39M8dkA5QHacRKi9jNZ3WeYuxFuzJF3iCHBRx-UzVVminwmJ1OXlwu8pjbD5ddpcHPZc9qA_VFVbXw7tcizbZ3RK49X44Pa8wqTu33J46nbCKMy_DHeGi17GSH0haUMnbaBy4/s612/LIS%20Cast%202015.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTaynD4TEw_M6I9mbUiqsbfR7tKB3A68oCdlH1FgrdGY-i4xDIlCU3m39M8dkA5QHacRKi9jNZ3WeYuxFuzJF3iCHBRx-UzVVminwmJ1OXlwu8pjbD5ddpcHPZc9qA_VFVbXw7tcizbZ3RK49X44Pa8wqTu33J46nbCKMy_DHeGi17GSH0haUMnbaBy4/w400-h266/LIS%20Cast%202015.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright, Marta Kristen, and Mark Goddard (2015).</span></b></span></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-28240866408361638182023-10-14T03:30:00.003-04:002023-10-14T03:46:25.465-04:00R.I.P. Keith Giffen.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79R4v7cPJY_ambiyDbbAXrynSNy4xhm6m-Uzn9mFttUsYsfvHWgoHK7VYZZRk_3-WL_Kt0hsLUxeaOmVrlcR1uDSB0_Qfaxe0jHxFWVbaKJsaxgffUA5VTkBcj2lkePEfj8pttEt3zC3DOfCTMyfM_bt1PptF6yO_ADw0AhzgLGx08WqeDJWX4C9cTZY/s320/Keith%20Giffen%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79R4v7cPJY_ambiyDbbAXrynSNy4xhm6m-Uzn9mFttUsYsfvHWgoHK7VYZZRk_3-WL_Kt0hsLUxeaOmVrlcR1uDSB0_Qfaxe0jHxFWVbaKJsaxgffUA5VTkBcj2lkePEfj8pttEt3zC3DOfCTMyfM_bt1PptF6yO_ADw0AhzgLGx08WqeDJWX4C9cTZY/w400-h400/Keith%20Giffen%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: medium;">In recent times, I’ve shied away from “R.I.P. posts”, for no more a reason than to reduce the sadness at this humble Blog… but this week was just too much to ignore for such a flimsy reason!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Keith Giffen, one of the most unique writer/artists ever to work in comics passed away on October 09, 2023, at the age of 70.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>To say that </span></b><b><span>Keith Giffen was a huge part of my comics-reading life would be an understatement... and, if anything, that would be the ONLY "<i>understatement</i>" applicable to the work of Mr. Giffen. </span></b></span></p><p><b><span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMglbk491fI2qiRbtcpfAHDonvyBlp5vkNqjHixGWvhCN-XCVkwRLxIz4ycEzJr28wxHMaHbcjz_nvcOA_zA0m0P-6Z7j5W5Kd6-s6UTOGaropttHWvXy3dlcqYNbz-G6-HNczEJgu0dtxpNiDQN6SHtXMIXPAlK70HuSmSOSNrAGlHbA9K88HyQO3fWk/s2531/Keith%20Giffen%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2531" data-original-width="2159" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMglbk491fI2qiRbtcpfAHDonvyBlp5vkNqjHixGWvhCN-XCVkwRLxIz4ycEzJr28wxHMaHbcjz_nvcOA_zA0m0P-6Z7j5W5Kd6-s6UTOGaropttHWvXy3dlcqYNbz-G6-HNczEJgu0dtxpNiDQN6SHtXMIXPAlK70HuSmSOSNrAGlHbA9K88HyQO3fWk/w341-h400/Keith%20Giffen%201.jpg" width="341" /></a></span></b></div><b><span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">One could easily say that he helped define DC Comics of the '80s! </span></span></b></div></span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>He had a long and very popular run on <span style="color: #e06666;">THE LEGION OF SUPERHEROES</span>... but that was a title I mostly didn't read, so I'll take general fandom's word on that. </span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">But, oh the characters and concepts he created - or co-created - was a wondrous mix of <i>(Overused Word Alert)</i> "legendary", beloved, and some just a little ahead of their time! </span></b></p><p><span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Perhaps his most revolutionary concept was his completely unique take on the <span style="color: #e06666;">JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA,</span> which <i>(hard to believe) </i>was then sputtering and petering-out with the infamous and ill-advised "<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/justice-league-detroit-failed-comic-764399/">Justice League Detroit</a>".</b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8bVt-9mJj_-2hXYn7owtL0kD60G4ico7TGoMthyJZ4vRz_D5ox0prh_cG3iKuw91pOMnHPL38y5uooEEHU-LU-SZxO72A6_H_L_bxH9Mty1aB3iwhjP5G27NPtQAB5cwv9sRxDMKuFjYpnXpxVsyuCAQ5X5x6dCjBDMU5wrZtnA-_E6VfLVv0K-lNWE/s614/JLA%20%23238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8bVt-9mJj_-2hXYn7owtL0kD60G4ico7TGoMthyJZ4vRz_D5ox0prh_cG3iKuw91pOMnHPL38y5uooEEHU-LU-SZxO72A6_H_L_bxH9Mty1aB3iwhjP5G27NPtQAB5cwv9sRxDMKuFjYpnXpxVsyuCAQ5X5x6dCjBDMU5wrZtnA-_E6VfLVv0K-lNWE/w260-h400/JLA%20%23238.jpg" width="260" /></a></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Out with the old, in with the new... Detroit? </span></b></b></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>Keith Giffen then swooped-in to save us (the readers) by "giving Detroit de boot" and unleashing a then-unheard-of spin on the superhero team!</b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoDrCZEn0hedcg2ODwSMgk4BXNE_1Z26UlI_1lrqHjTjBd6vF9heZCYnUHbnocIEKrlxi_1FWaL1T2GxHSimjlg_JKksj_sHgmBYPtMrrWmA5Cu5I1GRbIOHBbbYPYs6T1IxVQrxPn6ko30gT-EBUSpCGmjsvZqNL8S-VppLyKYvZpgXxeozA5breuV8/s615/Justice%20League%201987%20%231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoDrCZEn0hedcg2ODwSMgk4BXNE_1Z26UlI_1lrqHjTjBd6vF9heZCYnUHbnocIEKrlxi_1FWaL1T2GxHSimjlg_JKksj_sHgmBYPtMrrWmA5Cu5I1GRbIOHBbbYPYs6T1IxVQrxPn6ko30gT-EBUSpCGmjsvZqNL8S-VppLyKYvZpgXxeozA5breuV8/w260-h400/Justice%20League%201987%20%231.jpg" width="260" /></a></b></span></span></div><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Out with </span></b><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Detroit</span></b><b><span style="color: #e06666;">, in with ... ? </span></b></div></b><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>Writer David Barnett, online for </b></span><b>theguardian.com describes the series thusly:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>"[Justice League (1987)] </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><i>with co-creators JM DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire, perhaps best showcased Giffen’s gift for comedic writing and injecting an almost soap opera mentality into superhero books.</i></span></p><p class="dcr-19m3vvb" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><i>"Justice League, later Justice League International, had an almost prescient, real-world tone, with a maverick millionaire capitalist, Maxwell Lord, essentially staging an Elon Musk-style takeover of the superhero team, getting them United Nations funding and government approval.</i></p><p class="dcr-19m3vvb" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><i>"The personal interactions of the characters were just as important, and the series came across more like Friends than the usual superhero fare."</i></p><p class="dcr-19m3vvb" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 1.0625rem; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingPCiEvL0is9VuELKIu-p7aMdPaGc6evMnzLej-1aCjeZVlKr-J1dJUf0Qb8ObS6yghJBxVBTzARReRQYLBB0O2lTNG3RmL0pi6X2NdeNAAhvXrhcLUAzL3uKKjoYfFVrSQEH3-zdoCrK4MTQCXW9IHuSK3sIzdgInxdOpp8trlfWCT_wXZyqy40CCkQ/s623/Justice%20League%20International%201987%20%238.jpg" style="color: #121212; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingPCiEvL0is9VuELKIu-p7aMdPaGc6evMnzLej-1aCjeZVlKr-J1dJUf0Qb8ObS6yghJBxVBTzARReRQYLBB0O2lTNG3RmL0pi6X2NdeNAAhvXrhcLUAzL3uKKjoYfFVrSQEH3-zdoCrK4MTQCXW9IHuSK3sIzdgInxdOpp8trlfWCT_wXZyqy40CCkQ/w256-h400/Justice%20League%20International%201987%20%238.jpg" width="256" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #121212; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDppZdzCOn1mEOTs0ec_lumChZBiQPhzF7XaIFxkIy8nbX9G2sloucMH4rXGCi0XEo-U-Fc-oMB9klBq2g0xgHNtX7sAx0B7hQgQ5V1YIqu-hHdLLIahE91Bx59sWXWGnLJGLfJJiaW6BS111X9ufjY9V403jHcpHyj8BQPkjyDrcS2rUePMAd-BEBrPs/s613/Justice%20League%20America%201987%20%2346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDppZdzCOn1mEOTs0ec_lumChZBiQPhzF7XaIFxkIy8nbX9G2sloucMH4rXGCi0XEo-U-Fc-oMB9klBq2g0xgHNtX7sAx0B7hQgQ5V1YIqu-hHdLLIahE91Bx59sWXWGnLJGLfJJiaW6BS111X9ufjY9V403jHcpHyj8BQPkjyDrcS2rUePMAd-BEBrPs/w261-h400/Justice%20League%20America%201987%20%2346.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Black Canary... and Guy Gardner became the new focus as laughs and dangers mixed in ways rarely seen before! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 1.0625rem; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Even further out-there than <span style="color: #e06666;">JUSTICE LEAGUE</span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(which became JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL with issue #7, 1987 - and JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA </i>[no "of"]<i> with issue #26, 1989)</i>,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> was the "still </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Overused Word Alert - again)</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"> legendary after all these years" <span style="color: #e06666;">AMBUSH BUG!</span></span></b></div><p class="dcr-19m3vvb" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Ambush Bug heckles Superman! </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>With this character, TRULY anything goes! As did The Bug himself, with scattered mini-series from 1985-2009!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoXftf-fVUJapIRuJxfA9gIb3LINCRpwboRB7qAkTxgy49sRJg1peRqbhbMW0ypvz8WbwDoo3tasNBSYbi1rP4_XVvxzLR89UhUtpoVqs_aUMcf1GJrNu-mTW1X-JLs68vrDdEOpGKaIcfnNEpXy5a33JIvmR46IWxT7FCPVXINaczD8dCzjXR-gdSHo/s611/Son%20of%20Ambush%20Bug%20%231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoXftf-fVUJapIRuJxfA9gIb3LINCRpwboRB7qAkTxgy49sRJg1peRqbhbMW0ypvz8WbwDoo3tasNBSYbi1rP4_XVvxzLR89UhUtpoVqs_aUMcf1GJrNu-mTW1X-JLs68vrDdEOpGKaIcfnNEpXy5a33JIvmR46IWxT7FCPVXINaczD8dCzjXR-gdSHo/w261-h400/Son%20of%20Ambush%20Bug%20%231.jpg" width="261" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>And <span style="color: #e06666;">VEXT</span> (1999), both lasting only SIX ISSUES EACH! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="font-size: large;">But, for me, Keith Giffen's Crown Jewel is none other than The Main Man himself... that fragger of bastiches on a planetary scale... everyone's favorite comic book character </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(...and if he's</i> not yours<i> and you value your life, PLEASE don't tell him!)</i>...</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">LOBO! </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #121212;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNDqcHVDIsIYXcI7KD4to0FD5r8I9khZ9x4_YR8x7yA-eZOokNrZ5GBreR7s9zHIjwTBW7zYlA7NrEdUkQbmSpCzrlJImscN-KSm6YO1bFLBlZcPMZCoXfIkgXxBxrOmvno_0zaACMiHfHLW-YV8T4ZOqenR7O6tIPvuds6axMmQwLHHjltN-JXnxsZQ/w269-h400/Lobo%20%23%2039%205=97.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">Below: An early Lobo with Guy Gardner in Keith Giffen's Justice League International.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #121212; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEEmSrVx1L9N-fhLiidBY_jjvv8vmzDJDP_aTW8iiwAinuezJ25oeMqFdq3HD5t6Rgm-q_3GkrQb4z-ffFX3ujRe5A0FxPgUqx9yZO9J-M-iJ9Oakri7yj73hpdDb7Onyu6hQVc4PCEdqZNfh34W_-zL82ZITFsJj0wjCGpi4p0rfdjsPFEoRMPp2ISI/s612/Justice%20League%20International%201987%20%2318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEEmSrVx1L9N-fhLiidBY_jjvv8vmzDJDP_aTW8iiwAinuezJ25oeMqFdq3HD5t6Rgm-q_3GkrQb4z-ffFX3ujRe5A0FxPgUqx9yZO9J-M-iJ9Oakri7yj73hpdDb7Onyu6hQVc4PCEdqZNfh34W_-zL82ZITFsJj0wjCGpi4p0rfdjsPFEoRMPp2ISI/w261-h400/Justice%20League%20International%201987%20%2318.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /></div><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">Is it any wonder that Lobo and Guy Gardner were two of my most favorite DC characters of the '90s? </span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNEdIxy-hfZn4J5zRbqv_qznZwTxQrwASe7P-sURn7JIOrJyXvBK-RVn5JISRjDr8pJPYGrIkDoGEGjPuLXQr38GA0m8HIxhf_LMrKZ3U3M11mSo9oQH6RP22jRMIo20zeWS-XIsAXLH5d3OoPhmkvEzoIBm7fFC7pmdc3xApPF7oMTW97DNqHJsIf7o/s216/Keith%20Giffen%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="196" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNEdIxy-hfZn4J5zRbqv_qznZwTxQrwASe7P-sURn7JIOrJyXvBK-RVn5JISRjDr8pJPYGrIkDoGEGjPuLXQr38GA0m8HIxhf_LMrKZ3U3M11mSo9oQH6RP22jRMIo20zeWS-XIsAXLH5d3OoPhmkvEzoIBm7fFC7pmdc3xApPF7oMTW97DNqHJsIf7o/w290-h320/Keith%20Giffen%204.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">...With THIS GUY to guide them, how could they miss?! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lobo transcended comic books with his appearance in <span style="color: #e06666;">SUPERMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES</span> (1996), and another in the subsequent <span style="color: #e06666;">JUSTICE LEAGUE</span> animated series. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz2EvhmkGs35cHhaHiU-IJ7FA3Q2K_G-EKQRgLH1I22f5c-CgzFFtWMPnjuq8VaVODO-Jin_rVfS_20TTJwnH0czebh8FG0Si_asPRtpObk0MR12RlFK32qeBN831IlEpszzRD65swJVwk7PAyK6RE0EbOUMQQYYMK_AGtqHgkoJ8aij2aoJ3G5ngYsQ/s350/Lobo%20Animatred%20Closeup.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="350" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz2EvhmkGs35cHhaHiU-IJ7FA3Q2K_G-EKQRgLH1I22f5c-CgzFFtWMPnjuq8VaVODO-Jin_rVfS_20TTJwnH0czebh8FG0Si_asPRtpObk0MR12RlFK32qeBN831IlEpszzRD65swJVwk7PAyK6RE0EbOUMQQYYMK_AGtqHgkoJ8aij2aoJ3G5ngYsQ/w400-h297/Lobo%20Animatred%20Closeup.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0Ax7U6DsT96ZcDHRKmDi7zDr4sAuMCnutM9CHkEsI9_x3Qkqv4RCPWsWziLEJh422rjd3R3QScbtG4ebNwiPeKJFastCW92Tft5N8MJp9gAHUtMuNjggInHv0lEOhNCuTe3IsVHRGqeiMJEZyrNSHc5ttSYlHFZL86Kv4wenLFTuzDM9XacLmk0vHqo/s640/Lobo%20on%20Bike%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0Ax7U6DsT96ZcDHRKmDi7zDr4sAuMCnutM9CHkEsI9_x3Qkqv4RCPWsWziLEJh422rjd3R3QScbtG4ebNwiPeKJFastCW92Tft5N8MJp9gAHUtMuNjggInHv0lEOhNCuTe3IsVHRGqeiMJEZyrNSHc5ttSYlHFZL86Kv4wenLFTuzDM9XacLmk0vHqo/w400-h300/Lobo%20on%20Bike%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I met Keith Giffen at one of the many New York cons in the '90s, and he autographed this LOBO issue for me!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGONG3hPu3nnwt5G4zr7NJFxk6r_VdMAJZ-RTSnPGC5RmACCAUzZUfitDgtC1qguD1eM-6w-tVBN0aKRUBnF1ikmQUKGNhCm3AOltfEreOvUe0vkgDD5fJa9qF5XD1XumAcDQy8faLCNcAA_0lBJ-nUVwKGLPtBV66WmHvDQ1fBM2bHrmSIHBdWcfK_6o/s3056/Lobo's%20Back%20%231%20Keith%20Giffen%20Autograph.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1989" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGONG3hPu3nnwt5G4zr7NJFxk6r_VdMAJZ-RTSnPGC5RmACCAUzZUfitDgtC1qguD1eM-6w-tVBN0aKRUBnF1ikmQUKGNhCm3AOltfEreOvUe0vkgDD5fJa9qF5XD1XumAcDQy8faLCNcAA_0lBJ-nUVwKGLPtBV66WmHvDQ1fBM2bHrmSIHBdWcfK_6o/w260-h400/Lobo's%20Back%20%231%20Keith%20Giffen%20Autograph.jpeg" width="260" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G9FQHp46YB1z-Ah5y7rfSF0bC0uRpPhcsMlaT_lLBYM9vXPa3XREDMQxOwQtoZC_XbmGv73zwi2K2tUlTHvL5H9OeMEbtVzNG8ZCzorfV4yTwFBCP0Dss7pc_kZhvPj1-1wlJc35-gGYvh5iotgXAjSJkgHj0CWARsxpNrOYbdnu658fHi1ZdDhZrLE/s904/Lobo's%20Back%20%231%20Keith%20Giffen%20Autograph%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="904" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G9FQHp46YB1z-Ah5y7rfSF0bC0uRpPhcsMlaT_lLBYM9vXPa3XREDMQxOwQtoZC_XbmGv73zwi2K2tUlTHvL5H9OeMEbtVzNG8ZCzorfV4yTwFBCP0Dss7pc_kZhvPj1-1wlJc35-gGYvh5iotgXAjSJkgHj0CWARsxpNrOYbdnu658fHi1ZdDhZrLE/w400-h381/Lobo's%20Back%20%231%20Keith%20Giffen%20Autograph%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My last encounter with a Keith Giffen comic was an unlikely one... yet somehow fitting for Mr. Giffen. He reunited with his JUSTICE LEAGUE / JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL / JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA co-conspirator J.M. DeMatteis for <span style="color: #e06666;">SCOOBY APOCALYPSE</span> which, unlike some of his tragically cut-short titles, ran for 36 issues (2016-2019)! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20Ofsg9mEqk0HTxnFFKgaKJZzaSKuqPQlA8kaZNLjAOcKTTCMsy_jx1ThCnnWd4qb3aFjSL8SAhNL2DbHV08hxJLWOoyk0kTM5ebQkUNtt_J-hxZhOKW2waQefZZFJLqdejTHK_xOurDJpwc65Hfae31NlP5QbVDCEDfs1YImK-12BVngO9miB2yMHCg/s615/Scooby%20Apocalypse%20%23%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20Ofsg9mEqk0HTxnFFKgaKJZzaSKuqPQlA8kaZNLjAOcKTTCMsy_jx1ThCnnWd4qb3aFjSL8SAhNL2DbHV08hxJLWOoyk0kTM5ebQkUNtt_J-hxZhOKW2waQefZZFJLqdejTHK_xOurDJpwc65Hfae31NlP5QbVDCEDfs1YImK-12BVngO9miB2yMHCg/w260-h400/Scooby%20Apocalypse%20%23%201.jpg" width="260" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwolpxXX12x7KrR039FiOPljHVhHJDcCZ08Ypz5g_T0eeAv6B51lk4wFajNaeXwU6vaTf0EcZK_aOpWLMjfSWqsf62b7gRPIedA2xNGw64-FNyh1e4XQ109sFmhuwTDk8qMT6e7vqN07_lX4s0uXuaug1jHf9bnKsxEZfc-nnPaWMm2rjWr6uvfMigjAc/s614/Scooby%20Apocalypse%20%23%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwolpxXX12x7KrR039FiOPljHVhHJDcCZ08Ypz5g_T0eeAv6B51lk4wFajNaeXwU6vaTf0EcZK_aOpWLMjfSWqsf62b7gRPIedA2xNGw64-FNyh1e4XQ109sFmhuwTDk8qMT6e7vqN07_lX4s0uXuaug1jHf9bnKsxEZfc-nnPaWMm2rjWr6uvfMigjAc/w260-h400/Scooby%20Apocalypse%20%23%208.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><span style="color: #e06666; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Aw, c'mon folks, Scooby had a lot worse done to him (<i>cough!</i>) </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>"VELMA"</i></span><span style="color: #e06666;"> (<i>cough!</i>) </span></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKwnk8vHjPlizVCOQ-ed626PdGKDEz4eaAxQDlhE2NAXtU9z1uuSj8XVvCNg3kSCPmjpIVcRxFHeE6FYQ_uQLSFDZ5S6WIKJ_Ont-H8dfFX7FTI0ZdAX7yOsAD9cPnS_bDToqncjVL20FOe5VHec48A3BITC6lLxqUw6gbcBMGlOCQkDzQQP2Y2jPk3s/s257/Keith%20Giffen%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="196" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKwnk8vHjPlizVCOQ-ed626PdGKDEz4eaAxQDlhE2NAXtU9z1uuSj8XVvCNg3kSCPmjpIVcRxFHeE6FYQ_uQLSFDZ5S6WIKJ_Ont-H8dfFX7FTI0ZdAX7yOsAD9cPnS_bDToqncjVL20FOe5VHec48A3BITC6lLxqUw6gbcBMGlOCQkDzQQP2Y2jPk3s/w244-h320/Keith%20Giffen%203.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rest In Peace, Mr. Keith Giffen, and THANK YOU for all the great comics you've delighted me with!</span></b></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0Jl9B0iU6IDAY-XiP7cngRux2NFgd-fNz20u0WB5Zp3AmwFwLz2CT5_PLqwMsHHJAwvzcJBIsNBAA_FVJxr6AXEX-vh2q4jxN-GGoxC0_LcOOWbFzn7kRxxvb7krzkmxrsWO2pb2axF1ezHU6cpyMHI0H78ZKBkSZCffiUAcLsPUB9BbO0G1HdIJp98/s3056/Lobo's%20Back%20%231%20Keith%20Giffen%20Autograph.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1989" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0Jl9B0iU6IDAY-XiP7cngRux2NFgd-fNz20u0WB5Zp3AmwFwLz2CT5_PLqwMsHHJAwvzcJBIsNBAA_FVJxr6AXEX-vh2q4jxN-GGoxC0_LcOOWbFzn7kRxxvb7krzkmxrsWO2pb2axF1ezHU6cpyMHI0H78ZKBkSZCffiUAcLsPUB9BbO0G1HdIJp98/w260-h400/Lobo's%20Back%20%231%20Keith%20Giffen%20Autograph.jpeg" width="260" /></a></div><b><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">...Especially the ones with LOBO! </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></span></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-33584049074330939482023-10-11T17:20:00.002-04:002023-10-11T17:27:04.997-04:00Today is "New Gold Key Day"! <p> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Today, October 11, 2023, is</span> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">NEW GOLD KEY DAY!</span></span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyzUu0b6TjeNiM_aKLQ_Cw6L4Pb4MUZhTpLCJPLESJBRoYuSG8qxjO9q8h2cHF8ovr_XJdq4fQaVKr3qOL53HBC_C2cXOrrJJYMK4A7jrUGLJ0sZFBYQ_md7jtBvt6n6A4ixdn0wPobfBSXfB6zTOkhk_b5udcDnYJUGRM16VenV-DyK7_VWRuqD_8N4/s541/Gold%20Key%20Brand%20Emblem%20(2023).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="326" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyzUu0b6TjeNiM_aKLQ_Cw6L4Pb4MUZhTpLCJPLESJBRoYuSG8qxjO9q8h2cHF8ovr_XJdq4fQaVKr3qOL53HBC_C2cXOrrJJYMK4A7jrUGLJ0sZFBYQ_md7jtBvt6n6A4ixdn0wPobfBSXfB6zTOkhk_b5udcDnYJUGRM16VenV-DyK7_VWRuqD_8N4/w241-h400/Gold%20Key%20Brand%20Emblem%20(2023).jpeg" width="241" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">And with it comes the new and simultaneously classic logo of <span style="color: #ffa400;">Gold Key Entertainment</span> (2023). Only two color side-stripes (not three), but a perfect recreation of both design and color scheme!</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3BPuYYRm0UM722JB5AowRO_EYUpSg1rjbkEobRzuMevH5Zor65OQSTgsvJjEzi3TzTbn4xezuk2FMQVI16nWs38mdRvEsJrh8dnutoNp7TtX5KPv1aaL_HzXirCrwVvT0hj-_s9sHhNsd56t9X7Cct7FTwBjofzeEcup3BYXJsDxD-hJ2PAO16uugzI/s204/Gold%20Key%20Comics%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3BPuYYRm0UM722JB5AowRO_EYUpSg1rjbkEobRzuMevH5Zor65OQSTgsvJjEzi3TzTbn4xezuk2FMQVI16nWs38mdRvEsJrh8dnutoNp7TtX5KPv1aaL_HzXirCrwVvT0hj-_s9sHhNsd56t9X7Cct7FTwBjofzeEcup3BYXJsDxD-hJ2PAO16uugzI/w201-h320/Gold%20Key%20Comics%20Logo.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">As you can see, the magenta is very reminiscent of the classic logo... and so is the shade of blue. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;">You heard it here first, folks... back in</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <a href="https://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/gold-key-is-back-lets-hope.html">THIS POST!</a></span> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">For this iconic brand's first foray into the 21st century, Gold Key Entertainment draws from it's (pardon) <i>"storied"</i> past reviving one of the original incarnation's better known titles with... <span style="color: #e06666;">BORIS KARLOFF GOLD KEY MYSTERIES!</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AmFVblDAVQh55PM6XkRb-d6lg9tojzqgyZ9SzJnTVm15wxHiBMahjlKgsGZsyxGHQchGgSYdj1fmyF_IgknPKGvd99QVIHblwzwzbfVm2z_Uq6fNZzZ_bAJAVqVzFRi0Ecx_zgVKl4_ngSnI-F9hzAar4Z5Y41X_M8snM2UucP_g5lGuiNJXhYZ7DbI/s3037/Boris%20Karloff%20Gold%20Key%20Mysteries%20%231.%20Actual.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3037" data-original-width="1962" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AmFVblDAVQh55PM6XkRb-d6lg9tojzqgyZ9SzJnTVm15wxHiBMahjlKgsGZsyxGHQchGgSYdj1fmyF_IgknPKGvd99QVIHblwzwzbfVm2z_Uq6fNZzZ_bAJAVqVzFRi0Ecx_zgVKl4_ngSnI-F9hzAar4Z5Y41X_M8snM2UucP_g5lGuiNJXhYZ7DbI/w374-h640/Boris%20Karloff%20Gold%20Key%20Mysteries%20%231.%20Actual.jpeg" width="374" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A successor to "<i>Gold Key Classic's</i>" <span style="color: #76a5af;">BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY! </span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MG6xT5-AxoGX7nK21BzI3fl09qz-e-7J6qdQyIVCSXxMAk7z8SGkYYywMYR83NXtLwr55StNHY1_jdIEvJc3PmDjtMKuiP_Toc0tTxlnkToVHixKWId1-JSYh2eH8HRNDTTyN11HyFdFHkAUIdKUaaHRRIKf9tDshr56NyomRvPeUhugOvNDLh26GeQ/s556/Boris%20Karloff%20Tales%20of%20Mystery%20%23%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MG6xT5-AxoGX7nK21BzI3fl09qz-e-7J6qdQyIVCSXxMAk7z8SGkYYywMYR83NXtLwr55StNHY1_jdIEvJc3PmDjtMKuiP_Toc0tTxlnkToVHixKWId1-JSYh2eH8HRNDTTyN11HyFdFHkAUIdKUaaHRRIKf9tDshr56NyomRvPeUhugOvNDLh26GeQ/s320/Boris%20Karloff%20Tales%20of%20Mystery%20%23%2013.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcMTYZ1w0K0nRStJGFlksfzfjDpN9KnmzpYqr3tBtmf0k5PWKJyKY8cfRPat9YSmvNV7OjqgH4fJsecg6TRN09U5aLzBHxCzmq0KXbC7Mqo4nUurSsoNl2X4RGsheapE1bIN_R8WiB9IJY3nh-4UmTgOZwKbNY17AiCCMu365M1g54dwxBtkp_7a0KHI/s3046/Boris%20Karloff%20Tales%20of%20Mystery%20%23%2023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3046" data-original-width="2050" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcMTYZ1w0K0nRStJGFlksfzfjDpN9KnmzpYqr3tBtmf0k5PWKJyKY8cfRPat9YSmvNV7OjqgH4fJsecg6TRN09U5aLzBHxCzmq0KXbC7Mqo4nUurSsoNl2X4RGsheapE1bIN_R8WiB9IJY3nh-4UmTgOZwKbNY17AiCCMu365M1g54dwxBtkp_7a0KHI/s320/Boris%20Karloff%20Tales%20of%20Mystery%20%23%2023.jpeg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><b><span style="font-size: large;">I just picked up my copy today, as did at least two others, at my small local comic shop. The mere mention of the Gold Key name, and sight of its iconic logo, just seemed to <i>"do-it"</i> for us! </span></b><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Especially so, coming out of the gate with a classic title that was EXCLUSIVELY associated with Gold Key over the years! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiom6-ozwCViiG1D6Wb1zZlOUrZs9YFj3ctBmkGGBMOYEX7mZG7_X0d_y26EPpNQAMgtLfnO4wF5YAidgunCypGvdoY4vwJsrc6XeI-28de8mI19zH6p1kcCtuBjjfCZptWSw3ooOSvRqrosIC9nliPZYZMT-1CGU6lyHl-XSVwNnipDUi19l51r4gJq0c/s3037/Boris%20Karloff%20Gold%20Key%20Mysteries%20%231.%20Actual.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3037" data-original-width="1962" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiom6-ozwCViiG1D6Wb1zZlOUrZs9YFj3ctBmkGGBMOYEX7mZG7_X0d_y26EPpNQAMgtLfnO4wF5YAidgunCypGvdoY4vwJsrc6XeI-28de8mI19zH6p1kcCtuBjjfCZptWSw3ooOSvRqrosIC9nliPZYZMT-1CGU6lyHl-XSVwNnipDUi19l51r4gJq0c/w259-h400/Boris%20Karloff%20Gold%20Key%20Mysteries%20%231.%20Actual.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll be back shortly with a review of this first issue, but right now I'm gonna set it up at GCD, then sit back and enjoy reading the first new Gold Key Comic in many decades! </span></b><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">I wish our <i>"New Gold Key Kids" </i>much success in the months and years to come - and hope they continue to follow in the indelible footprints of their predecessors, and revive a few "funny" titles as well!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdi0nccVzKyQFIFP0627jQVipeXvFQ77nPCHRU-D7qyMOVnXGupXEjHb6fd-ZtgRza6yJk-UUUktS6_B2ARzd3Qw8c-f8C_63pEqHDGDqf0g5iRkTW_sOceXvuO70o24O24-cSvzpykTYitQuiBBZKamH5dpqiuglJ9C6h0n6MUZf25oDqAA-LlW6OE4/s541/Gold%20Key%20Brand%20Emblem%20(2023).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="326" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdi0nccVzKyQFIFP0627jQVipeXvFQ77nPCHRU-D7qyMOVnXGupXEjHb6fd-ZtgRza6yJk-UUUktS6_B2ARzd3Qw8c-f8C_63pEqHDGDqf0g5iRkTW_sOceXvuO70o24O24-cSvzpykTYitQuiBBZKamH5dpqiuglJ9C6h0n6MUZf25oDqAA-LlW6OE4/w121-h200/Gold%20Key%20Brand%20Emblem%20(2023).jpeg" width="121" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>"Key" ya real soon! </i></span></div>Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com0