tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post3542936464648180524..comments2024-03-23T23:46:29.024-07:00Comments on The Fabuleous Fifties: Wizard KingGer Apeldoornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-55101296200195059982013-08-28T06:17:02.263-07:002013-08-28T06:17:02.263-07:00Great stuff, Ger! Did the spirit in the vat ever ...Great stuff, Ger! Did the spirit in the vat ever have a name?Brett Kothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421989226996252872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-44737771571214231372013-08-26T23:18:20.885-07:002013-08-26T23:18:20.885-07:00I have quite a few of those Australian ooks as wel...I have quite a few of those Australian ooks as well and for the casual collector they are more than enough. The only thing that woul make me buy new books, would be a cheap and simple complete collection. If only Titan would indicate that they were going to do the early years as well at som epoint, I would gladly invest in the books they are doing now.Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-13574961528646601362013-08-26T19:48:23.362-07:002013-08-26T19:48:23.362-07:00Oh man, it's like you can read my mind on what...Oh man, it's like you can read my mind on what I like to see. First Cole, now Brant Parker. His art on the early WoI strips is some of the most confident, interesting cartooning I can think of. What I really enjoy about is how long he experimented with proportions and shorthand for each character. He really tried to find the perfect look.<br /><br />I found that rather than hunt down the original strips (which I did early on), I started hunting for these giant treasury editions in Australia of all places. Apparently the comic was popular there. I have a few dozen of these collections and they reprinted them without cutting up the strips like they did here in the U.S.<br /><br />As always, loving the posts!Robertryan Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320488650924840634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-45047729070386797102013-08-26T17:00:13.549-07:002013-08-26T17:00:13.549-07:00I agree with you. In its heyday "Wizard of Id...I agree with you. In its heyday "Wizard of Id" was one of the funniest strips out there. I first got to know it around 1967-68 when I left home to attend college. At the time we considered "Wizard" very hip and intellectual, which is strange in retrospect because most of the gags are simply funny, not deep. Unfortunately like many big strips it eventually slipped into endlessly repeating the same situations. There should be a time limit on successful humor strips.Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.com