tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post6777854708829562722..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1480: Thanksgiving Turkey Award 2013 featuring Shock GibsonPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-17419143378796442842013-11-30T08:47:27.589-08:002013-11-30T08:47:27.589-08:00erik, well said. I appreciate your input.erik, well said. I appreciate your input.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-11452868215834424132013-11-29T08:11:40.525-08:002013-11-29T08:11:40.525-08:00that comic was one of the most enjoyable comics i&...that comic was one of the most enjoyable comics i've read all year.<br /><br />it's hard for me to understand how people can think of it as "awful" and "dreck" when it's so fun to read.<br /><br />it may be unintentionally funny, but does that matter? in other words, maybe the people making this comic didn't realize they were making something gloriously absurd, but that doesn't mean we readers can't enjoy something and call it "good" even though it's "good" in ways that the creators didn't intend.erik nebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092609866881991181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-60446952154776149622013-11-29T06:10:35.126-08:002013-11-29T06:10:35.126-08:00AB, the late comic strip historian Bill Blackbeard...AB, the late comic strip historian Bill Blackbeard said when as a teen he saw the earliest comic books he thought of them as "meretricious dreck," drawn by teenagers like himself.<br /><br />I suppose this might be a good example of what he was talking about.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-68406934081109118732013-11-29T06:05:01.180-08:002013-11-29T06:05:01.180-08:00Thanks for the advice, Alicia, but it's got to...Thanks for the advice, Alicia, but it's got to be a 100% real turkey to qualify for my award.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-75463125681323111162013-11-29T05:05:03.226-08:002013-11-29T05:05:03.226-08:00OMG Pappy I think next yeer u shuld switch 2 handi...OMG Pappy I think next yeer u shuld switch 2 handing out Vegan Tofurkey Awards yo! HAPPITY THANXGIVERING PAPPY!!!!!!!!!! XOXOXOXOXOAlicia Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16884901856229759881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-85732803963739935682013-11-28T17:33:45.872-08:002013-11-28T17:33:45.872-08:00That was shockingly awful. Quite a few comic books...That was shockingly awful. Quite a few comic books from "the golden age" appear to have been written and drawn, not just for small children, but BY small children. ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536547131562840293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-28616590166672706032013-11-28T10:01:25.912-08:002013-11-28T10:01:25.912-08:00Angeline, I agree. Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Doc Savag...Angeline, I agree. Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Doc Savage...they all had their lost world stories and they were old even in 1940. When it came to shopworn ideas, comic books were right in front. But consider that it might have been new to at least some young readers of the era.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-5763084712295451332013-11-28T09:24:28.374-08:002013-11-28T09:24:28.374-08:00Shock Gibson - that name (and the face) seem to be...Shock Gibson - that name (and the face) seem to be closely modelled on Flash Gordon. <br /><br />There's nothing in that comic that wasn't a threadbare cliche by the time it appeared... Angeline B. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193387146888000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-4447544328305778592013-11-28T07:05:26.502-08:002013-11-28T07:05:26.502-08:00Happy Thanksgiving Pappy!
The appearance of the S...Happy Thanksgiving Pappy!<br /><br />The appearance of the Secret Kingdom looks to have been lifted from one of the many lost civilizations that Doc Savage and his seconds encountered but my brain Is misfiring and not pulling up the exact one at the moment.TheUUShadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17998352338488475643noreply@blogger.com