Comments on: New Mars Attack art by living legend pulp artist Earl Norem http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 19:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Stephen Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1684647 Stephen Jones Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1684647 Let's not forget the original trading card set that inspired all of this by one of the greatest pulp artists of all time, Norman Saunders: http://www.normansaunders.com/MrzAtx,01.html Let’s not forget the original trading card set that inspired all of this by one of the greatest pulp artists of all time, Norman Saunders: http://www.normansaunders.com/MrzAtx,01.html

]]> By: ImmutableMichael http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682724 ImmutableMichael Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682724 He needs to be careful with that axe - he could take somebody's eye out. He needs to be careful with that axe – he could take somebody’s eye out.

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682699 Nadreck Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682699 They missed the greatest "Savage Sword" cover ever!  #12 is a masterful blend of supernatural elements: the heroine's posterior; Conan's <i>huge</i> sword with decorative dangling balls; and zombies and stuff. They missed the greatest “Savage Sword” cover ever!  #12 is a masterful blend of supernatural elements: the heroine’s posterior; Conan’s huge sword with decorative dangling balls; and zombies and stuff.

]]> By: Capital_7 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682585 Capital_7 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682585 Way to slam it to a parody of a hundred year old trope! You really called it out for what it is!  You might be the first person to see it that way too! Way to slam it to a parody of a hundred year old trope! You really called it out for what it is!  You might be the first person to see it that way too!

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682436 Ramone Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682436 I get your point but...it's making fun of 50s tropes to begin with? The whole point is that the ideas are passe.  I get your point but…it’s making fun of 50s tropes to begin with? The whole point is that the ideas are passe. 

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682433 Ramone Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682433 My friend, you are missing out! http://www.trading-cards.org/Cards-M/Mars-Attacks/index.php My friend, you are missing out!

http://www.trading-cards.org/Cards-M/Mars-Attacks/index.php

]]> By: Kendra Billings http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682404 Kendra Billings Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682404 Ugh. The damsel in distress trope drives me up the wall. Here we're also sexualizing an unconscious woman. Yeah... The art is fantastic, the subject MUCH less so.  Ugh. The damsel in distress trope drives me up the wall. Here we’re also sexualizing an unconscious woman. Yeah…

The art is fantastic, the subject MUCH less so. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682402 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682402 Maybe she's taking her to a medical facility after a successful liberation action by Martian Feminists in Solidarity with Earthling Women. Maybe she’s taking her to a medical facility after a successful liberation action by Martian Feminists in Solidarity with Earthling Women.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682331 Brainspore Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682331 It had a few corny chuckles but nowhere near enough watchable material to fill out a feature film. The premise might have worked as a 22-minute episode of "Tales From The Crypt." It had a few corny chuckles but nowhere near enough watchable material to fill out a feature film. The premise might have worked as a 22-minute episode of “Tales From The Crypt.”

]]> By: LintMan http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682287 LintMan Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682287 I've never seen the trading cards, so my only association is with the awful awful movie.  I’ve never seen the trading cards, so my only association is with the awful awful movie. 

]]> By: Víctor Jiménez Merino http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682206 Víctor Jiménez Merino Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682206  Hey, its only 799¢!!!  Hey, its only 799¢!!!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682175 Brainspore Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682175 Exactly. That was a bad movie borne of great pulp art, not the other way around. Exactly. That was a bad movie borne of great pulp art, not the other way around.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682174 Brainspore Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682174 I wrote up a whole paper on that phenomenon once. Most of the women look so similar that I have a suspicion that it's really just one blonde with a fainting-in-the-arms-of-a-monster fetish. I wrote up a whole paper on that phenomenon once. Most of the women look so similar that I have a suspicion that it’s really just one blonde with a fainting-in-the-arms-of-a-monster fetish.

]]> By: Jules Pitt http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682130 Jules Pitt Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682130 Just wanted to point out, for the benefit of people who live in or around the Hartford Connecticut area that it's the Travelers' Tower being destroyed in the background. Just wanted to point out, for the benefit of people who live in or around the Hartford Connecticut area that it’s the Travelers’ Tower being destroyed in the background.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682102 Christopher Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682102 The spread for "Cycle Ravishers" is priceless. Who would've thought that a bunch of motorcycle riding guys would have no interest in women?  The spread for “Cycle Ravishers” is priceless. Who would’ve thought that a bunch of motorcycle riding guys would have no interest in women? 

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682104 Ramone Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682104 Good thing the comic is based on the vintage trading cards then! Good thing the comic is based on the vintage trading cards then!

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682091 Joseph Francis Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682091  She has actually entered a deeply meditative state from which she can control the alien's mind and force the alien to abandon her destructive mission (what, you thought that was a guy?) and carry her to safety.  She has actually entered a deeply meditative state from which she can control the alien’s mind and force the alien to abandon her destructive mission (what, you thought that was a guy?) and carry her to safety.

]]> By: LintMan http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682079 LintMan Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682079 Terrible movie.  It didn't work as a parody or satire or comedy or straight-up sci--fi. Terrible movie.  It didn’t work as a parody or satire or comedy or straight-up sci–fi.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/new-mars-attack-art-by-living.html#comment-1682074 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219445#comment-1682074 Isn't it weird how aliens from <em>totally</em> different evolutionary lineages still know to carry off and ravish nubile earth-maidens? They probably grow from spores and have a hive mind or something; but <em>bam</em> just as accurate as if they were mammalian raiders from that other tribe that lives over the hill... Isn’t it weird how aliens from totally different evolutionary lineages still know to carry off and ravish nubile earth-maidens?

They probably grow from spores and have a hive mind or something; but bam just as accurate as if they were mammalian raiders from that other tribe that lives over the hill…

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