Showing posts with label Howard Chaykin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Howard Chaykin. Show all posts

22 June 2019

Who's That Mucking About Down Below?

As we noted yesterday, She-Hulk was well aware of her status as a comic book character (long before ol' Deadpool figured it out).

As long as you're in comics, might as well parody other comics, right? And so they did...










...and those bits are all from just one single issue!

Of course, she wasn't limited to just parodying comics...


page art by John Byrne, Dave Gibbons, Frank Miller, Walt Simonson, Terry Austin, Howard Chaykin, Adam Hughes, and Howard Mackie for Sensational She-Hulk #50 (1993)

24 April 2018

Un-StarWars Un-Comics - Part III: The Final Fury!

Continuing from this morning and this afternoon...




Pizzazz only lasted another seven issues, so the next tale never reached completion. At least, not within the pages of Pizzazz.

But, still - it's another 21 pages from a Star Wars that never existed. So i suspect it'll show up here even without an ending.

pages from Pizzazz #s 7-9 (1978)

Un-StarWars Un-Comics - Part II: A Matter Of Monsters!

Continued from this morning's post...




Concluded this evening...

pages from Pizzazz #s 4-6 (1978)

Un-StarWars Un-Comics - Part I: A New Strip

It's time for some more Un-Comics!
For those who've not encountered the term here previously, un-comics are what we call comics that come from places other than comics - from magazines, convention programs, books, etc.,.

Today, we're looking at un-comics from a Star Wars that never was. Way back in 1977 when there was only one movie with an uncertain future, Marvel's Pizzazz magazine picked up the adventure right where the movie left off.

Now, i'm going to admit a bit of heresy here...
 I never really got into the extended Star Wars universe. I watched the movies, but that was about it. (Not counting things like being suited as a wookie for early Star Wars performances and things like that. Still got the wookie sounds down pat.) So, i'm sure that these have probably been either reprinted in comicbook version, or reformatted into a single story at some point. But, perhaps not?
After all - the licensing rules have changed dramatically in the intervening years.

Either way, i'm going to re-present them here in the original form. After all - it's Roy Thomas, Howard Chaykin, Tony DeZuniga, Marie Severin, Archie Goodwin, George Roussos, Jim Novak...  quite a cast of creators laying out the new tales in 3 page chapters.

In keeping with tradition, we'll be presenting the first story arc in three parts, but we won't make you wait years between releases; we'll get it all done today.

We pick up shortly after the medals awarding ceremony at the end of the first movie...





Continued in today's midday post.

pages from Pizzazz #s 1-3 (1977)