Ken Aldred

Should send in a few 2000 ADs so they can learn some British English as well.

Great cover.

Practically every Mad magazine cover features a goofball, apart from perhaps this one...

Yup. I mourn the passing of being part of an underground, cult-like movement, set apart from mainstream society, and the cheap pamphlets associated with that.

‘Oh, they MUST be worth something’ seems to have always been the standard response. Even back in the 70s my grandmother said that, very first thing. Or, over a very small pile of comics in the house, ‘you’ll soon have enough to open a shop!’ Actually caring about the contents of these books rather than their market value first and foremost seemed even then to be the unfathomable perception of an isolated, desperate, deluded group of marginalised weirdos.

The only key figure in comics history to sound more upper class British than Basil Wolverton. But, well spotted and interesting.

That looks possible, now that they’ve gone with a more matt and neutral shade of green.

Just recalled another. Planet of Vampires.

Yup. It’s been claimed that the similarity between a Rigellian accent and an Austrian accent is purely coincidental, but I have my doubts.

Just watched the first episode of Season 2. Amazingly consistent. It’s still absolutely dull.

Yup. Just as much as the Space Marines were clearly a knock-off of the Howling Commandos. Quite blatant.

I’ve read every slabbed comic I own, whether hot off the newsstand or from the LCS, in a collected edition or more lately in digital format.

I’ve always thought 238 was cooler. A pity later writers screwed up his backstory, especially making the alter ego a bit convoluted.

Didn’t HR Giger design the xenomorph? Also, his original design was much more obviously phallic. Nothing like our favourite Chinese dragon.

69 to 92 Astonishing X-Men 1 to 24 By Joss Whedon and John Cassaday A bit hyped for me. Good but not exceptional in comparison to the Grant Morrison series the run followed on from. Nowhere near as imaginative.

68 Anne Frank's Diary The Graphic Adaptation Really quite brilliant. What an amazingly-gifted, natural writing talent. An absolute must read.

It's my favourite Miller Daredevil story. And Mazzucchelli's artwork is superb.

My jeans are split through the middle so trimming them into shorts wouldn’t work. Nonetheless, thanks to the boardies for some thoughtful advice and community spirit.

Until the OP altered the title I was being literal to it, on topic, and generally comedic, so the thread is in the correct place.

Yup. ... Amazing Adventures ... Amazing Adult Fantasy

And you’d be right.

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At first I was going to make an ‘I give up ‘ comment, but it only took a few seconds for me to realise that this is exactly the sort of character which would appeal to James Gunn, director of Slither.

I do have a pair of badly-ripped jeans. It would be a bit disrespectful to offer them to a charity shop, so I was thinking about just binning them.

Sad to say, Cheeks The Toy Wonder, unless Ambush Bug takes off.