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The Ramones by Chris Bachalo
As a fan of both the Ramones and comics, this brought a grin to my face:
This comes from the rather forgettable tie-in with the Saturday Morning Cartoon album, with a cover by an unrecognizable Bill Sienkiewicz:
Anyway, if you want to read quality Ramones comics, you could always check this out …
DIY Crossovers: Mazinger Z and his Amazing Friends
Love these 90’s plastic action figures made in Spain. They give you the possibility to mix up any Disney princess with Dr. Doom (oh wait, he’s a Disney character too I guess … Beauty and the Beast remake with Victor von Doom, please?), smurfs, soccer players or whoever appeared in a movie or cartoon in the last 2 decades. It seems they might be official, too.
Just bought 4 of them for now, but it allows me to submit to you an idea for a team ready to fight Thanos, Chtulhu or anyone else for that matter:
That would be Mazinger Z, the Hulk, 90’s Iron Man and, of course, Silver Surfer:
Later this week, we will take a look at some spectacular unlicensed toys from Honk Kong, where they take Millar’s and Bendis’s idea of putting all the popular characters in the Avengers and push it one step further!!!
Neil Gaiman sketch of Galactus on Fantastic Four #48
I’ve had a couple of books signed by Neil Gaiman since 1997, so when, a couple of years ago I had the chance to go to another signing, I decided to get something a bit special for someone else. I admit it made a lot more sense at the time, but I asked him to do a Galactus sketch on the cover of Fantastic Four #48.
He was a bit surprised (and so were the staff at the stand), but as I had bought a couple of books and there was no one else on the queue, he had no way out. Here’s the result:
Here’s the sketch in a close-up (I have blurred the name of the recipient, but this is real):
And for all you people wondering if I am just making this up, here’s a few pics of Neil doing the sketch:
Good sport, that Gaiman! I am not sure many people would have done it … By the way, I checked and this happened back in 2007. Time flies! But, at the same time, here we are waiting for a new Sandman project … Looks great too!
Krossover madness: Hellblazer meets Skeletor
Oh, Vertigo, your loss is the crossovermaniacs’ gain, as John Constantine meets Skeletor in instant classic DC Universe vs. Masters of the Universe (out tomorrow):
Thanks, Mr. Giffen!!!