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Cnwl · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:15 am Post subject: FLASH? Ahh-h-h-h-h --

Took the looooong trip to Stamford, Connecticut yesterday to spend a couple hours at the FLASH GORDON AND THE HEROES OF THE UNIVERSE exhibit. A whole room full of Raymond originals ... a second room with a wall devoted to Al Williamson's FLASH work ... an alcove looking at BUCK ROGERS ... and, as they like to say, MORE!

I had a great visit with Brian Walker, the curator of the exhibit, who used his pull to allow me to be able to take pictures (photography is typically not allowed). Look for coverage of the trip in an upcoming entry at www.libraryofamericancomics.com.
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Casey Burns · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 2:15 pm Post subject:

would you recommend taking the trip from Brooklyn to the museum?
Looks like it would take me several trains and buses to get there.
Are there Williamson originals, or just reproductions of his work?
Very curious about this exhibit!
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Cnwl · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:42 am Post subject: FLASH! Ahhhh ...

Hey, Casey --

It took me seven hours round-trip driving (and I hate long car trips!) to see this, so I hear you on travel logistics. For me it was worth the trip because I knew I'd get material I could use for the LOAC website _and_ some stuff I can use when it comes time to write the fourth/final FLASH GORDON/JUNGLE JIM text feature. The exhibit is open 9A-5P, so factor that thinking into your decision-making (if all the train/bus schedules don't get you there until 4:10PM, it likely ain't worth the doin', naturally).

Yes, there is an extensive Williamson display (much of the artwork in the entire exhibit, Raymond originals included, comes from his collection). Al's FLASH work is represented with several originals, and some of his STAR WARS originals are included, as well.
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Cnwl · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:21 pm Post subject: The Reviews Are In --

-- On two recent LOAC releases. Check out ..

http://www.tcj.com/liking-comics/

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=127356=

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/26/book-review-skippy-daily-comics/=

http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/skippy-volume-1-complete-dailies-1925%E2%80%931927

Meanwhile, back at the LOAC ranch, we're wrapping up Li'l Abner Volume 5 (had some informative e-mail exchanges with Denis Kitchen), I'm working on text for Steve Canyon Volume 3, and I'm preparing a fun reader-participation feature for the LOAC website that you may see before the holiday season, or just after it (when things are a little less hectic for everyone).

Here's hoping everyone on the East Coast has no ill effects from the current hurricane (soon to be tropical storm) that's plodding along in the Atlantic!
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Gryphon · Forum Zombie Joined: 17 Nov 2011 Posts: 316

From Hermes Press

http://www.amazon.com/Terry-Pirates-George-Wunder-Years/dp/1613450419/ref=sr_1_249?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351448696&sr=1-249&keywords=comics

Terry and Pirates the George Wunder Years: Volume One: 1946-1948 [Hardcover]

Delhidally · Slayer Joined: 26 Feb 2009 Posts: 91

Cnwl · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject: Wunder No More!

I'm happy that all those who want to sample the George Wunder TERRY will now get their chance.

Also hope, when BARON BEAN Volume 1 goes on sale in a few weeks, that folks will be as excited about the new LOAC ESSENTIALS format as we are. A good-sized hunk of strips in a nice package, at an affordable price. And if you're a Big Little Book collector, the ESSENTIALS will look great on a shelf next to your BLBs!

Finally, here's hoping anyone living on the East Coast of the U.S. tonight is safe in the midst of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy (it's no laughing matter, but I can't help it, I always mentally add an "Arf!" whenever I see that name). The most intense portion of the storm hit my area -- here in New England, about 45 miles from the coast -- at around 5-7PM, but my electricity has been constant throughout. I know many others can't say the same, so my fingers are crossed that anyone south of me who is reading these words got through with only minimal disruption and no storm-caused injuries or property damage.
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Cnwl · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:57 am Post subject: FLASH

My FLASH GORDON museum exhibit travelogue is now up at www.libraryofamericancomics.com.
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emb021 · Forum Zombie Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 299

Gryphon · Forum Zombie Joined: 17 Nov 2011 Posts: 316

I have a choice between two collection from the LOAC

Maybe you guys can help me choose

X9 secret agent corrigan vol 1

or flash gordon vol 1

Which should I choose?

Edward J Grug III · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject:

I am still working through Flash, and don't think it has really got going yet, but X-9 is probably my least favourite book I've bought from the LOAC line. I found it too formulaic and it just didn't grab me (perhaps it got better after a few years?). Amazing art though.

Anyway. I'm not sure how helpful that really is. Flash is a beautiful book, but it is also one of my least favourites so far too...

I prefer Terry/Canyon, Rip Kirby, LOA, personally.

metabaron · Red Shirt Joined: 15 Jul 2012 Posts: 13

Also for me, x-9 agent corrigan is the least favourite loac book. I read only the first one though. Being same genre as rip kirby, rip kirby is a much better strip. It's not easy to compare to a masterpiece such as rip kirby, of course, but the stories in x-9 lack certain charm and comedy to be able to go through some of the silliness in plots. I wonder how the Dashiell HammetT one compares.

Flash Gordon is a silly adventure comics strip of course, but I found it at least nice to look at and enjoyable for a leisurely read. If you don't expect too much, it reads better. I found Jungle Jim boring.

If these are your choices, I'd say go with Flash Gordon. If you don't care about Jungle Jim, you can go for Titan editing which does not reprint the Jungle Jim topper and is cheaper.

Delhidally · Slayer Joined: 26 Feb 2009 Posts: 91

Cnwl · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:41 am Post subject: Raymond

Hey, Delhidally!

We have the Hammett/Raymond X-9 on our plate, but decided we need to finish the Al/Archie CORRIGAN series first. I've already staked the claim to writing the text for the Hammett/Raymond book, since I admire Raymond's work (who doesn't?) and am a major Dash Hammett fan. It'll be fun, and (I like to think) worth the wait ...

Other quick tidbits --

My next junket is pretty well planned out: in the middle of the month I'll be embarking on a four-day trip to La-La-Land and visiting UCLA to do some research in one of their Special Collections libraries. Though I've been to other parts of California before, this is my first trip to L.A. Looking forward to it (though the coast-to-coast travel? Not so much. I get home from the trip at midnight, after a 10-hour junket with one change of planes. Oy! But, as always in life, you give up a little something to gain something) ...

EMB: Good catch, and admittedly I'm not a doctor of BUCKology. When I hear "Wilma," the surname that immediately comes into my head is "Flintstone" ...

GRYPH: Whichever choice you make, may you enjoy the reading experience it provides! And, of course, thanks for trading in your hard-earned coin for a LOAC book. It's never lost on us that folks have an abundance of choices available for their entertainment dollar, and we greatly appreciate whenever we get chosen out of the pack ...

Back to work! Have a fine Sunday, one & all --
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mister allen · Comic Book Guy Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 37

Holy cats! I never bothered to give the Archie volumes a look, but at a bookstore tonight, I finally flipped through them and was caught completely off guard. The strips are amazing. Amazing. The art is wonderful, very strong, and the strips much funnier than I thought they'd be. I've now got the two volumes to enjoy.

I like the splitting of the dailies vs the Sundays. I didn't think I would, but it's a nice format choice.

I see that it's been two years since the first daily volume came out. Is the series progressing? Or is it a Pogo-type situation where the strips are hard to come by?

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The bookstore had a great compliment of LoAC volumes--Bloom County, Blondie, Steve Canyon, Gasoline Alley, Family Circus, and the Archie books. I was glad to see the Gasoline Alley book because I knew nothing of the strip and wanted to see it before making it a blind purchase (I would love it if the LoAC website could have a week or two's worth of samples). I'll probably pick up the Gasoline Alley line a little further down the line.