Comments on: Spacehawk: the complete collection of Basil Wolverton's space crusader http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1591140 Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1591140 Wolverton's wordless Armageddon art is my favorite "comic" of all time. I have the same copy I had when I was ten. Granted, it's pretty dog-eared- but yeah. Awesome. Wolverton’s wordless Armageddon art is my favorite “comic” of all time. I have the same copy I had when I was ten. Granted, it’s pretty dog-eared- but yeah. Awesome.

]]> By: cub http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1591008 cub Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1591008 cool.  i chose your link b/c i really wanted as many images as i could find; hats off! i discovered BW the same year i picked up my 1st ish of WEIRDO. cool.  i chose your link b/c i really wanted as many images as i could find; hats off!

i discovered BW the same year i picked up my 1st ish of WEIRDO.

]]> By: dr.hypercube http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1590543 dr.hypercube Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1590543  That's meeeeee! I have a B&W run of Spacehawk, too - later than the 70's though - need to dig it out (and need to grab this edition).  That’s meeeeee! I have a B&W run of Spacehawk, too – later than the 70′s though – need to dig it out (and need to grab this edition).

]]> By: sean http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1590487 sean Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1590487 Wolverton is amazing. This book is essential, especially if you all you know from comics is the bland vanilla marvel/DC (and their imitators) superhero junk of the last 50 years. There WAS a time when there was room for a lot of different oddball stuff in mainstream comics. Greg Sadowski (FOUR COLOR FEAR- 50's horror and THE B KRIGSTEIN books) has been working on a volume reprinting all Basil's"serious" horror and SF stuff from the 50's, well after the SPACEHAWK days- BRAIN BATS FROM VENUS, THE EYE OF DOOM,all his classics from WEIRD TALES OF THE FUTURE and more. Those are some seriously weird stories, with great unique Wolverton art. It's turned into a bio with lots of unpublished stuff (Monte and other major aficionados are involved), so it's been delayed, but it will be a killer when it hits the stands in a year or so. Wolverton is amazing. This book is essential, especially if you all you know from comics is the bland vanilla marvel/DC (and their imitators) superhero junk of the last 50 years. There WAS a time when there was room for a lot of different oddball stuff in mainstream comics.
Greg Sadowski (FOUR COLOR FEAR- 50′s horror and THE B KRIGSTEIN books) has been working on a volume reprinting all Basil’s”serious” horror and SF stuff from the 50′s, well after the SPACEHAWK days- BRAIN BATS FROM VENUS, THE EYE OF DOOM,all his classics from WEIRD TALES OF THE FUTURE and more. Those are some seriously weird stories, with great unique Wolverton art. It’s turned into a bio with lots of unpublished stuff (Monte and other major aficionados are involved), so it’s been delayed, but it will be a killer when it hits the stands in a year or so.

]]> By: Henry Pootel http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1590329 Henry Pootel Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1590329 I love how a lot of the aliens have noses.  Now days they'd be replaced with slits or whatever. I love how a lot of the aliens have noses.  Now days they’d be replaced with slits or whatever.

]]> By: cub http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1590026 cub Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1590026 here is my introduction to BW, picked up at a comic shop in the 80s. http://hawkdog.net/wordpress/barflyze here is my introduction to BW, picked up at a comic shop in the 80s.
http://hawkdog.net/wordpress/barflyze

]]> By: sockdoll http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1590014 sockdoll Fri, 23 Nov 2012 04:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1590014 Wolverton is always welcome. Wolverton is always welcome.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1590004 Preston Sturges Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1590004 Here's some more Wolverton http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/basil-wolverton-1909-1978-batch-of-art.html Here’s some more Wolverton

http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/basil-wolverton-1909-1978-batch-of-art.html

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1589922 SedanChair Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1589922 Looking at these pages raises the question, "how much did Steranko really innovate with Nick Fury?" Still quite a lot, but seeing that this was out a quarter-century earlier is mindblowing. Looking at these pages raises the question, “how much did Steranko really innovate with Nick Fury?” Still quite a lot, but seeing that this was out a quarter-century earlier is mindblowing.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1589799 Stefan Jones Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1589799  Sure. My Dad used to yell out me to turn off the damn light in the basement <I>before I even set foot on the stairs</I>.  Sure. My Dad used to yell out me to turn off the damn light in the basement before I even set foot on the stairs.

]]> By: vertigo25 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1589752 vertigo25 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1589752 A company called Archival Press did a B&W collection in 1978. Little birds tell me there's a cbz of it floating around the interwebs. A company called Archival Press did a B&W collection in 1978. Little birds tell me there’s a cbz of it floating around the interwebs.

]]> By: Hardley http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1589745 Hardley Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1589745 ... so thought appears to travel faster than light huh? … so thought appears to travel faster than light huh?

]]> By: liquidstar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/spacehawk-the-comple.html#comment-1589704 liquidstar Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195778#comment-1589704 This is a cornucopia of awesome, love Wolverton's work.  That first panel (cover?) should be a T-Shirt for sure. This is a cornucopia of awesome, love Wolverton’s work.  That first panel (cover?) should be a T-Shirt for sure.

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