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“Dracula’s Greatest Comics Appearances” Documented. Damn Accurate.

Posted by mistergroonk in Comics on October 14, 2009

Dracula!

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No. Dracula…IN COMICS!

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Comics Alliance writer Chris Sims manifested a list of “Dracula’s Greatest Comics Appearances.” And it was good.

Although, Sims forgot the classic Planetary issue “Century” wherein Elijah Snow decides to show Dracula who’s boss.

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Yes, that is century baby Elijah Snow kicking the crotch out of the king of all vampires after he used his century baby powers to freeze said vampire into a bloodsucking Popsicle. These are the times we love comics.

(Comics Alliance link via @mattstaggs)

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Creepy Comics Ride the Dark Horse

Posted by mistergroonk in Comics, Holiday, Trailers on October 14, 2009

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Dark Horse Comics relaunched Creepy, a horror comics title, and we missed it. BoingBoing has read it so we’ll let them do the setup:

…one of those titles that caused straight America to recoil in terror. Creepy‘s short stories veered between morality plays in which some awful person did some terrible deed and received his comeuppance to unabashed, straight-ahead horror in which terrible people did terrible things — often to other terrible people — and got away with it.

Bad people doing bad things to even worse people? We’re sold.

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Ash Saves Obama: Comics, You’re Being Silly Now

Posted by mistergroonk in Comics, USA, Versus on May 27, 2009

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Whilst perusing a CBR article on Joshua WIlliamson’s “Necessary Evil” project (coming soon to Cartoon Network), an ad caught our eye.

Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama #1, it says. Coming August 2009 from Dynamite Entertainment, it boasts. Being a sucker for sensationalist entertainment we clicked and did not find the content advertised. Being OCD’s bitch, we ran to Google for quick information/assistance.

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Sarah Palin Scares Scary Things in Tales from the Crypt

Posted by mistergroonk in Comics, Holiday, Interviews, Just Freaking Neat, Panel Perfect on October 2, 2008

Groonk: ICv2, what’s new in the world of October comics?

ICv2: Can anyone remember an election year in which presidential politics intruded any more obviously into the insular world of comic books than it has in 2008?

Groonk: No, I cannot, ICv2.

ICv2: …since IDW’s even-handed McCain and Obama biographical comics (see “IDW’s Comic Book Bios”)

Groonk: Yeah, I knew about that one.

ICv2: …and the cover of Bluewater’s Hillary Clinton comic drawing criticism for its similarity to IDW’s McCain and Obama covers (see “Hillary Clinton Comic”)

Groonk: Knew about that one, too.

ICv2: …the depiction of these political figures has become increasingly controversial with Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon endorsing Obama (see “Endorsement Gets Noticed”)

Groonk: …

Groonk: What you talkin’ bout, ICv2?

ICv2: …and the fact that the flag on the cover of the Clinton comic has 14 stripes (see “Marcus King of Titan Games & Comics On Hillary Clinton Comic”)

Groonk: Well that’s just…wait..what?

ICv2: Now along comes news that Vice Presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be depicted on the cover of half of the copies of Papercutz’ Tales from the Crypt #8, which ships to retailers later this month. Governor Palin is shown brandishing a hockey stick and asking, “Didn’t we get rid of you guys in the 1950s” as the traditional narrators of EC Horror comics, the Crypt Keeper, the Old Witch, and the Vault-Keeper, flee in panic.

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In her editorial Gaines Mifsud writes, “Tales from the Crypt is not endorsing any political candidates…nor are we attacking any candidates, but Tales does care about freedom and censorship.”

Groonk: Ho-lee crap, ICv2….

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