Archive | December, 2012

Sneak Peek of the Week of December 23rd, 2012

23 Dec

December 23, 2012

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It’s Christmas Week! YAY!

You know what I am happy for? CHRISTMAS CLASSICS!

YES! All your Christmas favorites! Tiny Tim! Fonzie! Pia Zadora! Hulk Hogan! President Obama! They are all dropping by to leave a present under your tree this year. (Sorry, I guess this means you’ve been naughty.) It is a full week of Christmas-themed blogs from the Ghost of bmj2k.com Past.

And coming in January, my first Godzilla post in years!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 

The Saturday Comics: Rob Liefeld’s Santa the Barbarian

22 Dec

December 22, 2012

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As they used to say on MST3K, we are in for some deep hurting this week.

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Far as I know, this is Santa the Barbarian’s only appearance, from a trading card inserted into an issue of Wizard, the comic book magazine that was better known as the propaganda arm of Marvel Comics.

Where to start? We all know that Liefeld and anatomy are bitter, bitter enemies. Sheesh, just look at the size of Santa’s leg! This isn’t Santa the Barbarian, this is a shaved mastodon. I’d love to say that this card screams 1990’s, but Liefeld is drawing (I can’t say illustrating) the exact same way today. However, somebody must like this crap. Someone out there must think this is cool.

Actually, I know for a fact that someone does. Last year, I sold a set of Wizard cards, including this one, on eBay and while I didn’t get rich off of it, I did make a nice profit.

Look at that card. There really is no excuse.