@@richmcgee434 True but it's not the near universal phenomena that it is over there, unfortunately. Even Don Rosa has talked about how much (well-deserved) recognition he gets over there.
Donald Duck was, and still is, WAY more popular than even Mickey Mouse here in Scandinavia. As a kid I used to be subscribed to the club to get the comics in the mail every month, I still have them in a couple of boxes somewhere. Donald Duck is so popular that every Christmas Eve since 1960, they show the "From All of Us to All of You" Christmas special on TV, except it's renamed to "Donald Duck and his Friends Wish a Merry Christmas". Here in Sweden it's the most watched TV program ever, and about 40% of the country watch it every Christmas Eve. You simply can't have Christmas without Donald Duck.
@@kenlieck7756 As a Dutchie: yes, we absolutely did/do. There is zero surprise for me that story would at the time be very well known throughout The Netherlands. (I definitely am very familiar with it!)
@@jeffjones2463 It pops up every once in a while here in Sweden, usually as a funny way to vote blank. If I'm not entirely mistaken, in 2014 Donald Duck got more votes than Jesus.
Marston also created the DISC personality typing system, which sorts people into one of four personality types based on how to best persuade them. It is still taught to salespeople as a tool for compelling customers to make purchases. As much as Marston was interested in the truth, the real throughline of his comics, invention, and field of study within psychology-and arguably also his intimate life-was his interest in compelling others to do things.
I'd heard about the Wonder Woman creator and the lie detector, but the others were new to me. You came up with a super-creative comic-related topic. So great, in fact, that I had to use two hyphenated adjectives to describe it. Thanks, Chris, and best wishes for the New Year!
What a way to start the year off! Another excellent episode... as expected. This was very entertaining. I like this sort of odd facts category added to your repertoire. I'd love to see more of these mixed in with the technique analysis and weird heroes themed episodes. Happy New Year, Chris! 🎊 🥂 🎆 🎇
Another one I would like to see, added to the odd facts category, would be an episode about super hero fitness. How Frank Miller and Denny O’Neil portrayed Batman and Dare Devil’s work outs, for example.
I'm actually pretty amazed Stan didn't go after a piece of that patent. It seems like something he would want a piece of- "The Merry Marvel Malefactor Monitoring Mechanism", or something like that 😉.
Chess Boxing was conceived back in the late 1970s by some guys at a boxing club. There was also a 1979 kung-fu movie named The Mystery of Chessboxing, which the Wu Tang Clan turned into a song in 1993. The history of chess boxing is as wild as the event itself.
There was a chap in Australia I believe who was inspired by the palm print ID for Judge Dredd's pistol to develop something similar in real life - I think it was an MIT student who actually figured it out though. The Nikopol Trilogy is well worth a look. The art is excellent and the story is utterly bizarro.
A bit of a shorter episode, but a great one! As soon as I saw Enki Bilal's art I had to jump in on the episode. I would love to see more episodes on this very topic. And on Enki Bilal's and Jodorowsky's comics. Anything related to Metal Hurlant and Heavy Metal. And of course, Happy New Year, Chris!
This is an awesome video!!! I love it when life imitates or is inspired by art, it's so fascinating how much illustrators come up with outside of telling stories! Also...is everything alright, Chris??
Hi, Chris! Great video as always... Would love a whole series on Jodorowsky, the man is a creative powerhouse and i would love to hear your take on him and his troupes!
7:47 Lasso of Truth is a common misconception. Originally it made the bound person submit and obey to the user, not just tell the truth, and Marston has said that Lasso wasn't inspired by the polygraph. Instead, it was inspired by his BDSM lifestyle, which he turned into a personal philosophy of 'loving submission'.
Happy New Year! Carl Barks was incredibly clever, apparently the entire plot of Christopher Nolan's Inception was lifted from a Scrooge McDuck comic (minus the characters). I did not know that the tracking devices were inspired by a Spiderman comic, I'll remember that piece of trivia till I die XD. It's incredible how stuff like homing devices, drones, cloning, cybernetic limbs, instant worldwide audio and video communication was incredible sci-fi still in the 80s but I saw all of it become reality in my life-time
A clever interesting topic, Chris. The first time I saw a wingsuit 6:21 was when Steranko outfitted Nick Fury in an orange one on a splash page in 1967 (if memory serves).
What a great idea for a video. You and comic drake are like 2 of my most fav RU-vidrs. I've been following you guys for quite a few years now. I ALWAYS leave a like on all of your guys' videos. And seriously it's so rare nowadays to find such genuine/real, nice, intelligent and thoughtful people like you 2 guys. I have learned so much from you guys and have so much fun with your videos. Thank you for everything you do for just being you!
As a kid growing up I had a passion for both art and science. It's awesome how artists can pioneer science such as the comic book creators mentioned here.
Chessboxing actually comes from a late 1970s HK action movie, "The Mystery of Chessboxing", which Wu-Tang Clan did a song about in 1993 as well. The villain in the movie is called Ghost -faced killer.
Awesome, would love part two! If you haven't heard of Immortal, it's a movie by Enki Bilal synthesizing a few of his strips into one story, and Nicopol is a protagonist. Thanks always!! PS and let's face it, Jack Love is a supervillain name for sure
I spent an entire day off watching your videos and would love to see another Roy Thomas video on All Star Squadron and how he loves continuity and tieing storys together.
Happy New Year Chris! Absolutely love your channel and content. Always interesting and I’ve picked up quite a few gems from your suggestions. Keep up the great work man!
I had one last week but I think when I stopped giving out prizes it went down. And that’s fair but I had the hardest time getting to the post office regularly.
Metabarons is an insane book. I've nearly finished the series as of this writing. Thanks for the upload, I had just recently told my Lady friend about the unique history of the Polygraph.
Happy New Year Chris! Great episode, loved learning the history behind some of these inventions, especially the ones relating to Donald Duck and Spiderman!
I certainly recognized ENKI BILAL in the thumbnail. A little over a week ago in my latest Original Artefacts segment I discussed an original page from Bilal (as well as one each from Moebius and Milo Manara). Because of the mildest bit of nudity on Bilal's page, RU-vid not only Age-Restricted the video (killing it's views) but also refused my ad for it. Shockingly, it was Bilal, not Manara who was the problem this time ;)
The humor seemed a little different in this episode ... and I loved it. Please continue to indulge your wacky instincts whenever the mood strikes you, Chris. Also, would love to learn about psychomagic, if you ever feel like delving into it.
That was amazing. Especially the patent officers knowing the comic book precedents. How did you ever find all of this out? Please by all means get into comic creator esoterica if it's like this. Happy 2023!
Great episode Chris! looking forward to another year of your content. Also, would you consider bringing back the fan art section, I really miss that feature.
There was an article about people who saved lives by using things they learned from tv (a guy saved someone from a train by watching a mythbuster episode, a boy knew how to save a drowning man from a spongebob episode, etc...) more of these episodes mate. it's killer!
Happy New Year Chris, loved this quick smaller video, I hope you expand on this and what some comic creators have done or influenced outside the industry.
Unlike all the other inventions in the video, which first appeared in comics, Moulton Marston was credited with creating the lie detector in 1915, many years before Wonder Woman's debut.
