I've never owned nor read a Marvel (or DC) comic, and have minimal interest in American superheroes. That said, I love your videos analysing and talking about them. Your passion, knowledge & enthusiasm shines through and makes me interested in what you have to say about a topic that I would otherwise pass straight on by.
Just a-wonderin' . . . but is the coloring in this collection the same as in the original comicbook run, or did they re-color them using the newer techniques that are available? When Dark Horse reprinted the Marvel CONAN comicbook -- excepting those stories which had Red Sonja in them (the bastards!) -- they re-colored them, as the coloring techniques used back in the '70s were somewhat limited compared with what could be done in more recent decades. I recently bought a Marvel Epic Collection of the 11 issues of ADVENTURES ON THE PLANET OF THE APES -- which were reprints of the adaptations of the first 2 movies from the Black-&-White Marvel POTA magazine, but the colorist (George Roussos) -- whose rather mediocre coloring job bothered me back when I originally bought the comic off the stands (he made the gorillas' black leather jackets YELLOW with RED horizontal stripes, for cryin' out loud!) -- his coloring job was retained, and the reprinted version in this Epic Collection looks as wrong as it did 49 years ago! They really SHOULD have re-colored it, but they didn't. Was that run of THOR originally colored as nicely as it appears in this Epic Collection, I wonder?
lyra was the star of the fury of femizons and she's actually a number of times in other marvel comics she traveled from her alternate future timeline in the main 616 universe nd briefly joined the frightful four to fight the thing. then her dimension metges with a dimension ruled by barbaric men and then she creates a daughter using her and hulks dna
I can still remember the day I purchased the "Thor vs. The Midgard Serpent" issue. I was in nerd bliss just geeking out over every page, and even drew the image of Thor you held up here (25:25) for one of my art classes years later that I won an award for.
Sal was Marvel’s fastest artist. Stanl used him a lot for catching up on deadlines. If you look at Silver surfer number four you can see how good an artist he could’ve been if he was allowed time to draw the way he really wanted to.
Love how, no matter how many times he gets beaten, Surtur always comes back every year or so like, "Hello, folks. Can i interest you in some Ragnarök?"
If I had to pick one thing in the Simonson run that I felt a little let down by, it would be Kurse, and this was a case of Simonson’s artwork outstripping the actual character. He was SO COOL looking, especially on the cover where he has both Thor & Beta Ray beat down while he towers above them. The actual story with him was a bit of a let down though. There was no big battle, and he just kind of stopped fighting everyone and just stood around the rest of the run. Still loved how he looked, just wish he could have done more with the character.
This encapsulates exactly what went wrong with Marvel in the early 90's. There was no more across the board quality. It was event/creative team driven comics not just enjoyable comics.
A later Thor artist, I don't remember which one, said something about the character that I think holds most true for Simonson’s artwork, to paraphrase: "Every image should be something you'd want to paint on the side of your van." Like this: 6:30
Michael, hello❤👋🖐👋 Just an odd question. I know you focus on the classic comics but is there anything out there in modern comics of today? I haven't looked at comics for years. I remember looking at some in early 2000s and was not really impressed. Is the comic book a lost art?
I have the Steve Harrison book, need to get the others. I think Howard said he disliked writing in the detective genre because he wasn't comfortable with developing mysteries, so when he did detective stories they would transform into action yarns with the modern man swinging an axe into bad guys' faces or something. I think Howard didn't realize he was basically creating something more like modern action movies, where it's more about the excitement than whodunnit. It's not really like Hammett or Chandler, but I like his take on the genre.
The Steve Harrison stories are great. I was fortunate to get a lot of the Foundation books when they first came out and agree that they're essential if you're a big Howard fan.
I'm a very slow reader too. I don't mind as I just want to sit down and enjoy what I'm reading and its great. I just don't worry and its all better that way
Manga (most in black and white) is dominating everything so comics are clearly still popular. The American comic industry is declining due to terrible corporate decisions. How can they fail when marvel and DC movies rake in billions at the cinema it's criminal financial incompetence.
I always thought it was kind of sad that of what I call "the big three" (Robert E Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and HP Lovecraft) he was the only one who didn't die before his time. Not only was he born before the others he lived long passed them
I am definitely getting that Steve Harrison book. I'm also looking to get a complete collection of the Sailor Steve Costigan and Breckenridge Elkins stories.
I’m so glad your back . Having to work tonight ,but hearing there is a new Robert E Howard show made it much better . I’m reading Red Nails right now . And your videos are what got me into Conan and Robert e Howard years ago . You deserve to be the spokesperson and orchestrator of all things Howard .
