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Sneak Peek of the Week of May 6th, 2012

6 May

May 6, 2012

Next week is going to look eerily similar to this week.  

Sunday night/Monday: The Celebrity Apprentice. Only five celebs left and Trump promises to fire two this week.
Monday night/Tuesday: American Chopper. Senior goes to Malaysia to swim under a waterfall (I did not make that up) and Mikey talks to Paulie about quitting the show.
Wednesday: A Photo Tour of Japan, Part 2. Another ten of my brother’s amazing photographs from his tour of Japan.
Thursday: A Classic Repost featuring one of the more disturbing things I’ve posted about Japan, from 2010.
Friday: The last of the Japan-themed posts. A classic Imponderable from January 2011.
Saturday: The last of the 1980’s Marvel posts in Saturday Comics.

All this, an old man who should know better, and more, this week on Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride.

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The Saturday Comics: The Marvel No-Prize Book and Fumetti Book

5 May

May 5, 2012

As I began last week, Marvel was going a little crazy in the 1980’s. In addition to putting out a bizarre Generic Comic Book, they also put out a Fumetti Book. What is fumetti? It is a photo or series of photos with “funny”  text balloons or captions. Why did Marvel do this? I don’t know but as you will see next week, Marvel’s love affair with photography was just beginning. This comic featured various Marvel staffers in all their black and white glory.

Then there was the No-Prize Book. Marvel, like DC, often ended up with things that made no sense in terms of established continuity or even with a single story. Sometimes even one panel was so screwed up it made no sense. Rather than say “my bad,” Marvel would give out “No-Prizes” to any fans who wrote in and explained away the mistake. Sometimes the reasons were bizarre.  What was the prize? There was no prize. Well, I guess there was. See the envelope below.

 

Next week, more Marvel 1980’s oddities. 

 

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