Monday, November 22, 2010

Spotlight On Wonder Woman's Mod Fashion,Mary Quant In The 1960's & Nananananana..Batman Themed 60's Garage Bands!

              
                  So I thought I would Spotlight Little Gems Of Comic Book History
                                                         First.
                                                    The Fashion!

                                       An Era The Amazon Princess
                                      Had Her "First" Costume Change
                             (Side Note I Would Wear All Of These Clothes)   =)
                                          Written By Denny O'Neil
                                   Written and Pencilled By Mike Sekowsky
                                          Inked By Dick Giordano
                                               "Wonder Woman"
                                    Created By William Moultan Marston
                                              "The Lasso Of Truth" Creator,
                                Also Invented "Polygraph/Lie Detector Test"

                                    
                                      When Wonder Woman Went Mod!
                                             In One Of The Panel's
                              The Gal Helping Diana With Her New Mini Skirt
                                              That Says To Her...

                                         "Could Be A Tot SHORTER Missy."
                                               Kinda Looks Like 60's
                                             Fashion Designer Trail Blazer.
                                                  "Mary Quant"
                                                    ....And Diana's Reply
                                              "I Hadn't Realized Mini-Skirts Are
                                             Getting So Very,VERY Mini!"

I Love All Her Outfits In This Series.
                                    
                                       These Covers And Splash Pages
                                                      Look Like
                                                    Emma Peel,
                                                                Modesty Blaise
                                                                              And Diana...
                                       ....All Went Shopping Together.......Loooove,Love.=)

                                        
                                            
                                              
Why I Dig it..
She Is Kicking Alot Of Ass
And Still Looking Awesome 
As She Punches 
The Baddies In The Face!
                                            
                                         Looking Up Stuff I Came Across
                                                A Couple of Dresses
                                         These Are Awesome Custom Made....
                                           ....And This Dress Is Called
                                  "Wonder Woman And The Superfriends"
                                               Designed By B.Oatmeal
                                                     This Is Another Dress
                                              Made By Mode Merr....
                                                 So Cool!
                                          Yep.. I Would Wear These Dresses
                                             With These Shoes...
                                                       Cause They Showed Up
                                                    On My Image Search......
                                       ......After looking At Them For Awhile.
                               I Can See Diana Wearing Them..=)
                             Now On To One Of My Favorite 1960's Designers
                                          A Lady Who's Designs Where
                                            Anything But Quiant!
                                   Her Designs Remind Of Something
                                                  You Would See
                                         In Comic Books Or Cartoons.
                                        Whimsical,Space Age,Sleek,
                                                Simple,Pop Art,Colorful
                                                   And Awesome!
                                      I Also Would Wear All This Gear.=)
                                                    " Mary Quant"
           The Decade Of Mary Quant One Of The Most Prolific Designers of the 60's
                                 She Popularized The Mod and Chelsea Girl Look
                                      And The Vidal Sasson 5 Point Bob Hairdo.
She Also Popularized
"The Mini Skirt"
                                                            With Her Designs.....
 Music:Mini Mini Mini-Jacques Dutronc

 ....Hot Pants,Fashion Tights
                                           And...
                                ....Plastic PVC Raincoats Made Available To The Masses.
                                        And Go Go Boots! (I want these) Gah!
Quant By Quant 
An Autobiography Of Mary Quant's Life 
Written By Her.
Published By Putnam 1966
198pages
In 2009 The Royal Mail Launched The "British Design Classic" Stamps
Featuring Famous Items By Creative Brits From Concorde To The
Routemaster Bus To The Mini Skirt!
Mary Quant is Credited with Creating The "Mini Skirt"
On The Stamp Is Featured 
One Of Her Favourite Designs,
The Banana Split Dress
 Bob Kane Creator Of Batman and Published By DC Comics
Batman In The 1960's Was Turned Into An 
American Television Series
Starring Adam West As Batman 
and 
Burt Ward As Robin
It Aired From January 12,1966 To March 4,1968
With 120 episodes.

And In These Episodes Along With The Rogues Gallery 
Appeared A Variety Of Guest Apperances From Movie Stars
And Bands!
Internationally Known As
The Green Haired Band 
That Played On 27 Episodes 
On The Batman T.V Show

And Thus Was Born
"Batman Themed" 
Songs and Bands Inspired 
By Batman!
The Gotham City Crime Fighters 
Recorded The Song
"Who Stole The Batmobile"
And Dressed The Part!
Robin & The Batmen 
From Wisconsin

The Batmen

Battman & The Robbins

After Looking Up Stuff On The Web
I Found This Site
 For More Awesome Pictures of Bands and Records,
 Inspired By The Bat!

                                            There are Singles and Lp's
That Were Made And Pressed
From Many More Bands
(((Which Now I Want To Hear!)))
I Wanna Know What These Songs
Sound Like With These
Amazing Titles!
Like:
 Gotham City Teens "(Holy Holy) Ravioli"/"Ravioli"(RMT,GT 1000,1966)
Gate Wesley&Band-"Do The Batman"(Atlantic1966)
Cartoons-"Batusi"/"Big Bad Batusi"(Tuba,1966)    
Sun Ra-"Im Gonna Unmask The Batman"/"The Perfect Man"(Saturn)
Madd,Inc.-"Batman/"Batman A-Go-Go"(Ikon Demos1966)
?-"Here Comes The Batmobile"/The Battiest Car Around"(Batman Record97)
Here Is A Video Of The Single
Burt Ward-"Boy Wonder I Love You"-(MGM1966)
Written and Produced
By Frank Zappa

And Who Could Forget The Dance
Inspired By The Bats,

Drawn By
"Solo" Comic Book Mini Series
Published By DC Comics

Friday, November 19, 2010

Friendly Comic Book Shop Spotlights Awesome Readin'

  
I Will Be Traveling To Comic Book Shops Across The Land,And The Kindly Folks There Will Share With You A World Of Awesome!
Visit Their Websites
Or Go To Your Local Comic Book Shop And Ask For It.=)


For More Info Click Here >Jacques Tardi 
For More Info Click Here> Fantagraphics  


For More Info On The Luc Besson Movie 
Read The Graphic Novel,See The Movie =)

For More Info On DC Comics Visit Your Local Comic Book Shops

Seth Fisher
A Comic Book Artist With One of The Most
Unique Storytelling Styles In The Comic Book Industry.
He First Gained Attention For His Work On "Dc Comics Green Lantern:Willworld"
Nominated For An "Eisner Award" for "Best Penciller/Inker."
He Passed Away As A Result From Injuries He Suffered From A Fall From 
A Seventh Story Roof In Osaka,Japan.

                          Visit The World Of Seth Fisher At His Official Site 
                                             Maintained By His Family
                                           Click Here > Seth Fisher
                                              July 1972-January 2006 
Visit Vertigo's Site  

                                          Click Here For> Marvel's Site 


For More On Comic Book "Writer" Click Here> Fabian Nicieza 
For More Info On Comic Book "Artist" Click Here> Kevin Maguire 


For More Info On DC Comic Book And Graphic Novels
Visit Your Local Comic Book Shop


     


Click Here > Dark Horse Comics For More Info On Star Wars Graphic Novels 
Music: Battlefield/Under The Ice-Blind Guardian

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Spotlight on Scott Morse,Doug TenNapel & Henchmen #21,#24 Action Figures


Visit Your Local Comic Book Shop and Ask For These!
or Visit These Fine Folks Sites! =)

For More Info On Scott Morse Visit
             Or
Click Here > Scott Morse 


For More Info On Ad House Publishing
Click Here > Ad House Books
For More Info On IDW Comics Visit Their Site
Click Here > IDW Comics





For More Info On Doug TenNapel Visit His Site
Click Here > Doug TenNapel 
For More Info On Image Comics Visit Their Site
Click Here > Image Comics








Click Here > Scholastic/Graphix For More Info On
Very Awesome "All Ages" Graphic Novels!
By A Ton Of Comic Book Creators! =)




For More Info On The Henchmen Action Figures
Click Here > Bif Bang Pow


Listen To More Music From Carla Morrison On Itunes
                           Or 
Click Here > Carla Morrison To Listen To More Lovely Music From Her. =)














                      Music: Yo Sigo Aqui-Carla Morrison

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Rapid 5 "Artist" Questionnaire Extraordinaire with Paul Maybury



For More Info On  Paul Maybury
Head On Over To His Site

Lots Of Awesome Art Work To Look At.
He Is Also Selling Original Art Work!!

Click Here > Paul Maybury
                                   Or

Click Here > http://paulmaybury.tumblr.com/

Check Out His Marvel Debut Inside Of 
 "Strange Tales #2"  Out Now In Local Comic Book Shops!
Published By Marvel
http://www.marvel.com/

Cover By Jaime Hernandez








Keep An Eye For His New Story
 "D.O.G.S Of Mars"
Being Released By ComiXology  

For More Info On "D.O.G.S Of Mars" Story 
Head On Over To CBR Site Click > Here 
                                             
          Visit Your Local Comic Book Shop!
               Or
The Publishers Image Comics
http://www.imagecomics.com/

Currently Paul Is Reading These Nifty Reads
Click Here For More Info >Red Snow By Susumu Kasumata
Published By Drawn and Quarterly
Click Here For More Info > A Drifting Life By Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Published By Drawn & Quarterly
King City By Click Here For > Brandon Graham Site
Published By Image/Tokyo Pop

Music: On My Own-Ulrich Schnauss