Is a-ha’s “Take on Me” a comic book in a video… 1 1

[bronze johnny]

…because if it is then it’s the most viewed comic book in history.

1.3 Billion views at the time of this posting!

Edited January 3, 2022 by bronze johnny

[jcjames]

[Ken Aldred]

It’s sketch animation, but done in a pencilled style, so a good point raised actually.

Edited January 3, 2022 by Ken Aldred

[Pitboss]

That's the way I always saw it.

[media_junkie]

No idea, but when I saw that video for the first time in 1985 at the age of 14 I was blown away.  Still makes it in the top ten of my favorite songs from the 80's.

[Dark Knight]

I love the song and I love the video

[bronze johnny]

I wonder if there was more than one comic book used in the video and whether any copy still exists?

[Lazyboy]

It's a video with a mix of animation and live action, which is obviously not a comic book.

Regardless, you'd have to define "most viewed comic book" before you give anything that title.

[shadroch]

If it doesn't exist on paper, it's not a book. 

[John R]

This article talks about how the video was made and also includes a video on how it was done.

 

 

[rexinnih]

The first digital comic book? 

Well, never thought of it as a "comic" but could view it that way. Either way, an iconic video and pretty darn good song. 

[bronze johnny]

On 1/2/2022 at 9:27 PM, Ken Aldred said:

It’s sketch animation, but done in a pencilled style, so a good point raised actually.

Thanks because this point has caused me to ponder about the comic book inside the video. It’s an actually comic boom from what we can see. The question I have putting aside the animation part of the video is whether the comic book and panels we see inside it qualify to make it the most viewed comic book in history? 

Edited January 5, 2022 by bronze johnny

[djzombi]

Clearly, and I can't believe I'm saying this, the concept of the video and animation was first, then a prop comic (not Carrot Top) was made.  It's possible only the pages that were made to be visible on-screen were drawn and printed - i.e. that if you were to acquire the prop, it wouldn't contain a complete story.  

I would love to find out what happened to that prop.  

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

 

[James J Johnson]

On 1/3/2022 at 7:53 AM, Dark Knight said:

I love the song and I love the video

Very slick when the drummer "cuts" (halves) time during bars 9 through 12 of each chorus causing that momentary break in propulsion! Very nice effect not often done in pop. 

[Cat]

On 1/16/2022 at 4:01 PM, James J Johnson said:

Very slick when the drummer "cuts" (halves) time during bars 9 through 12 of each chorus causing that momentary break in propulsion! Very nice effect not often done in pop. 

It is a nice effect. I don't know much about it all, but I trust you, being that you're an expert on bars, or at least one side of them. 

[valiantman]

 

 

Edited January 20, 2022 by valiantman