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The Saturday Comics: Inside Woody Allen

23 Jul

July 23, 2011

Woody Allen needs no introduction. You either know him from his movies or you know him from Soon-Yi. You think he’s funny or you don’t. What most of you probably don’t know is that there was a Woody Allen comic strip. There isn’t much info about it online and most of what I found was copied from wikipedia anyway (as are many term papers, thus explaining the high failure rate of high school students) so I’ll do the same thing. The difference? I tell you when I’m copying from wikipedia.

Inside Woody Allen was a comic strip about the film actor and director Woody Allen. Drawn by Stuart Hample, the strip ran from 1976 to 1984.

The strip was based on Allen’s real life character and focused on his neuroses, angst and frequent psychiatric treatment. Writers for the strip included David Weinberger.

I began this post by saying that Woody Allen needs no introduction. One reason I didn’t need to give him one is that the strips below do a great job of introducing him on their own.

The Saturday Comics: Godzilla vs. Megalon

16 Jul

July 16, 2011

I think we’ve covered Big Apes pretty well this week so let’s give Godzilla some equal time.

Last week I discussed the origins of Godzilla vs. Megalon, so this week I present a rare, 4-page giveaway comic promoting the movie’s American release. For some reason it calls Gigan “Borodan” and Jet Jaguar becomes “Robotman,” and the text can be more than a little questionable (“The colossal, Hell-spawned misanthropoid fearfully known as Megalon,” “Godzilla realizes he stands little chance of subduing the boorish might of Megalon unassisted.”) but I am sure you will enjoy this.