Comments on: Virtual comic book newsstand displays all the comics on the rack for any given month and year http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 22:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: David B Traver Adolphus http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1560601 David B Traver Adolphus Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1560601 Kamandi! The postnuclear boy! Dang, I wish I could remember the name of his giant mutant grasshopper. In retrospect this was probably not what I should have been reading at that age. Kamandi! The postnuclear boy! Dang, I wish I could remember the name of his giant mutant grasshopper.

In retrospect this was probably not what I should have been reading at that age.

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558584 OtherMichael Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558584 Nor does it contain European magazines. Nor Manga. Nor..... anything else not typically found on the average American newsstand from 1935 to now. WHAT A GYP Nor does it contain European magazines. Nor Manga. Nor….. anything else not typically found on the average American newsstand from 1935 to now.

WHAT A GYP

]]> By: xkot http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558437 xkot Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558437 I feel exactly the same way, Peter. A tear lies happily upon my cheek. I feel exactly the same way, Peter. A tear lies happily upon my cheek.

]]> By: Peter Bebergal http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558394 Peter Bebergal Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558394 The purpose of the internet has been fulfilled.  The purpose of the internet has been fulfilled. 

]]> By: Jim Eubanks http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558377 Jim Eubanks Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558377 I like the 20-cent cover prices. I eventually had to give up comics due to rising prices and I still miss them. I like the 20-cent cover prices. I eventually had to give up comics due to rising prices and I still miss them.

]]> By: Mick Hamblen http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558374 Mick Hamblen Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558374 Liked Kirby's New Gods Liked Kirby’s New Gods

]]> By: Lynn Savage http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558363 Lynn Savage Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558363 Now, if only Comixology would package sets of digital comics in this way! Now, if only Comixology would package sets of digital comics in this way!

]]> By: JPhilipp http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558313 JPhilipp Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558313 Love stuff like this. I also got a search for anything (including years) at Cover Browser, for instance, try http://www.coverbrowser.com/search?q=1977 Love stuff like this. I also got a search for anything (including years) at Cover Browser, for instance, try http://www.coverbrowser.com/search?q=1977

]]> By: Vanwall Green http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558274 Vanwall Green Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558274 Strange trip...Spiderman wasn't around until a few more months, the Marvel revolution hadn't happened yet, really. It was a fun ride for a seven-year old, to see things start and then change so massively in just a few years. Ditko was the only Spidey artist for me for years after. Kirby blew everything away, back then visually, too. DC was left behind in the dust, and never really caught up, I think, altho I had faves of theirs, too. I really loved Herbie Popnecker and Fatman comics. Strange trip…Spiderman wasn’t around until a few more months, the Marvel revolution hadn’t happened yet, really. It was a fun ride for a seven-year old, to see things start and then change so massively in just a few years. Ditko was the only Spidey artist for me for years after. Kirby blew everything away, back then visually, too. DC was left behind in the dust, and never really caught up, I think, altho I had faves of theirs, too. I really loved Herbie Popnecker and Fatman comics.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558236 Halloween_Jack Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558236 Pretty neat--for mine, many of the Marvel titles are still in single or low double digits, and Kirby seems to be drawing four or five of them, although maybe he's just doing covers for some of them (Ditko is still on Spider-Man). In the meantime, Curt Swan is drawing Superman about the same way that he would be two decades later. Pretty neat–for mine, many of the Marvel titles are still in single or low double digits, and Kirby seems to be drawing four or five of them, although maybe he’s just doing covers for some of them (Ditko is still on Spider-Man). In the meantime, Curt Swan is drawing Superman about the same way that he would be two decades later.

]]> By: Russell James Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558237 Russell James Smith Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558237 Huh, I think they ran a Machine Man story once as the backup strip to the Marvel UK Transformers comic in the mid-eighties, don't remember much about it though. Might have to dig it up and take another look. Huh, I think they ran a Machine Man story once as the backup strip to the Marvel UK Transformers comic in the mid-eighties, don’t remember much about it though. Might have to dig it up and take another look.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558228 Halloween_Jack Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558228  Yep--comics' best cosmic cartoonist (sorry, Starlin) riffing off of the original cosmic movie (Kirby also did the official adaptation of Kubrick's movie).  Yep–comics’ best cosmic cartoonist (sorry, Starlin) riffing off of the original cosmic movie (Kirby also did the official adaptation of Kubrick’s movie).

]]> By: Seriously Spain http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558225 Seriously Spain Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558225 Checked the year I was born. Had NO idea comic books like that were being sold then. Very cool. Thanks Boing Boing. Looking at that site could become addictive. The artwork is so cool :) Checked the year I was born. Had NO idea comic books like that were being sold then. Very cool. Thanks Boing Boing. Looking at that site could become addictive. The artwork is so cool :)

]]> By: David Murphy http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558222 David Murphy Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558222 This is big publisher only stuff. Underground comics are missing.  This is big publisher only stuff. Underground comics are missing. 

]]> By: An Infinitude of Tortoises http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558202 An Infinitude of Tortoises Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558202 This is utterly fanfrakkintastic -- many thanks and congratulations to all responsible parties!  One may indeed not be able to go home again, but now at least one can lurk outside and peek in the windows.... This is utterly fanfrakkintastic — many thanks and congratulations to all responsible parties!  One may indeed not be able to go home again, but now at least one can lurk outside and peek in the windows….

]]> By: Brian Easton http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558193 Brian Easton Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558193 It's where Machine Man came from. It’s where Machine Man came from.

]]> By: Russell James Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558163 Russell James Smith Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558163 Wow, checked the month I was born and discovered Marvel published a comic apparently based on "2001: A Space Odyssey", did everyone know about this already? Looks very interesting:  http://www.dcindexes.com/gallery/gallery.php?site=marvel&seriesid=4496 Wow, checked the month I was born and discovered Marvel published a comic apparently based on “2001: A Space Odyssey”, did everyone know about this already? Looks very interesting:  http://www.dcindexes.com/gallery/gallery.php?site=marvel&seriesid=4496

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/16/virtual-comic-book-newsstand-d.html#comment-1558155 Mister44 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187946#comment-1558155 Wow - that brings back a lot of memories. Wow – that brings back a lot of memories.

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