tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post6234468187974594970..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1239: The inside jokePappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-11678678698670983462012-10-10T06:01:47.138-07:002012-10-10T06:01:47.138-07:00I'd note that Twisto seems to be amongst the p...I'd note that Twisto seems to be amongst the precursors of Plastic Man.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-28495609970945622622012-10-06T04:01:58.941-07:002012-10-06T04:01:58.941-07:00I agree with your assessment, Brian. In retrospect...I agree with your assessment, Brian. In retrospect sensationalism, gore and violence really worked for the team in their careers. But various other projects Biro worked on after the Comics Code was instituted fell flat. By the time of the Code the crime genre was probably played out, anyway.<br />Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-25524905106431227082012-10-05T10:02:41.328-07:002012-10-05T10:02:41.328-07:00I've always been of mind that you can do two t...I've always been of mind that you can do two things in comics: You can have good writing and/or good art. If you don't have either of those, you can go right for sensationalism, which has it's own lowly pleasures.<br /><br />This goes to show it. Neither Biro or Wood were all that great at what they did, and when either worked in an area without sensationalism, it's pretty flat. This story itself has all sorts of unnecessary side avenues, and the art can charitable be called "workable."<br /><br />Add guns, death, blood and babes, and then it works. I also highly recommend the Crime Does Not Pay book. Writing and art are pretty bad in places, but it makes up for it with gratuitous bread and circuses.Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.com