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Hello Lurkers! Yes you! Why don’t you post more?
Ken Aldred replied to jsilverjanet's topic in Comics General
Nice to see you back. -
Hello Lurkers! Yes you! Why don’t you post more?
Ken Aldred replied to jsilverjanet's topic in Comics General
A great saying, which works well in conjunction with ‘if ever I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don’t know’. -
Hello Lurkers! Yes you! Why don’t you post more?
Ken Aldred replied to jsilverjanet's topic in Comics General
Understandable. That would prevent you having easy access to your keyboard. Try putting a large bowl nearby, and they should prefer to curl up inside that. -
DC's THE SPECTRE potential movie from producer Hiram Garcia (TBD)
Ken Aldred replied to Bosco685's topic in The Movie Forum
I’d like to see the inventive retribution as present in both Fleisher and Ostrander’s interpretations of the character, and the classic crime noir grounding.- 7 replies
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DC's THE SPECTRE potential movie from producer Hiram Garcia (TBD)
Ken Aldred replied to Bosco685's topic in The Movie Forum
It’s about time. Great character.- 7 replies
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Hello Lurkers! Yes you! Why don’t you post more?
Ken Aldred replied to jsilverjanet's topic in Comics General
At any time there might only be one or two threads that I have any interest in or connect to. Easy then to see that there might be nothing on offer to interest some boardies enough to post at all, and they end up just passively observing. Or, many threads repeat older ones on the same subject, and boardies might not want to post the same point, over and over. -
Hello Lurkers! Yes you! Why don’t you post more?
Ken Aldred replied to jsilverjanet's topic in Comics General
Also the possibility that some boardies post on many other message boards besides just CGC, and so, along with these other sources, only need a few posts here and there to get a satisfactory cumulative dopamine hit and enough validation for the day. -
A popular one in the 80s was… “Excuse me, do you have anything with Rude art in it?” ”Sorry, we don’t sell filth here.” ”There’s no need to be like that, mate, I just wanted to fill in a few gaps in my Nexus collection.”
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A fairly common misconception that this is rude. Holding was actually the first name of Wallace Wood’s brother, another comic artist, who sadly never escaped the shadow of obscurity.
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From our posts over in the Water Cooler I’d have guessed you were another purist like myself, and that we have such things in common.
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Yup. They can walk or scuttle like that. Amazing animals.
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They're great. The Picto-Fiction set was the last one I needed to complete my EC Library hardcover collection.
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Post Your Favorite Comic Book Ridiculous Sound Effects
Ken Aldred replied to BabyAteMyDingo's topic in Comics General
Being British, I was very surprised when I saw it used in an American comic book, and especially when Cap was chosen to be the groundbreaker. -
Post Your Favorite Comic Book Ridiculous Sound Effects
Ken Aldred replied to BabyAteMyDingo's topic in Comics General
Yup. Rarely takes very long. -
Things you had to sell (to pay the bills...)
Ken Aldred replied to jsilverjanet's topic in Comics General
Must be many who sold or traded in really nice books while being a struggling, impoverished student. -
194 to 213 Several Fantagraphics EC Artists collections... Accidents and Old Lace and Other Stories by Graham Ingels (172 pages) The last run of Ingels stories from 1953 to 1955. Classic, creepy gothic horror and his trademark, horrible undead from a master of the genre. I didn't bother with the New Direction stories from Impact. T'Aint the Meat It's the Humanity and Other Stories by Jack Davis (198 pages) A complete run of his stories from Tales From the Crypt. Gory, often darkly humorous, inventive; classic pre-Code horror Came the Dawn and Other Stories by Wally Wood (181 pages) A half-and-half collection. Firstly, all of Wood's horror stories. Most of them are quite lacklustre ones from the early Harry Harrison period, but there are a few that clearly show he could've made an excellent horror artist along with Ingels and Davis. The second part consists of his social commentary material from Shock SuspenStories. Undoubtably very important relevance stories, but reading them one after another leaves you feeling a little bludgeoned into submission by the relentless heavy-handedness. Powerful material, but perhaps better paced out with the variety of stories and genres which were found in the original anthology comic books. As per last year's ECs, equivalent to 20 issues.
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Always been an unfocused, bit of this-and-that collector, buying nicely-presenting high grade copies of specific issues that mean the most to me. That criterion ended up being fairly broad spectrum, running from relatively obscure undergrounds to mainstream keys. I’ve pretty much stopped now, though, as the back issue market, and comics nostalgia, has become far too pricey for me.
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This Might Actually Be Good. DC Needs The Win
Ken Aldred replied to BabyAteMyDingo's topic in Comics General
The Ultimate Edition Director’s Cut is far superior to the quite tedious cinema theatrical version. -
This Might Actually Be Good. DC Needs The Win
Ken Aldred replied to BabyAteMyDingo's topic in Comics General
Shazam! was good. I especially liked its inclusion of Geoff Johns’ origin reboot from the new 52 Justice League series. -
This Might Actually Be Good. DC Needs The Win
Ken Aldred replied to BabyAteMyDingo's topic in Comics General
There have been good DC films that I find rewatchable, such as Man of Steel, Batman vs Superman : Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, Justice League : The Snyder Cut, and Watchmen Director’s Cut.