Monthly Archives: December 2013

New comics added Dec 30, 2013

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New comics added Dec 29, 2013

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New comics added Dec 28, 2013

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New comics added Dec 26, 2013

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Favorite Christmas Comic Book Cover

Since it’s Christmas day, here is my favorite Christmas comic cover. Published in 1993, it is the third year that Marvel Comics published this annual classic to celebrate the holidays. The gorgeous cover, which this picture doesn’t do justice, is thanks to the genius of Mr Michael W Kaluta.

Marvel Holiday Special 1993

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New comics added Dec 22, 2013

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New comics added Dec 20, 2013

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If this character were created today – would we name him…?

Back in November of 1940, this beloved children’s cartoon character first appeared in an Andy Panda short cartoon “Knock Knock”. While Universal and Walter Lanz disagreed on the marketability of a loud, screwball, tree tapping bird, Lanz eventually won out and the rest is history. The next time this screwball character appeared was in July of 1941 in the self-titled “Woody Woodpecker”.

While I am not an expert in the evolution of slang, it is fun to note that, not one, not two, but all three parts of Woody Woodpecker‘s name all refer to the-ah same part of ah ahem… a male’s anatomy. I’m not so sure if today, we’d name a a new creation the same way. What were they thinking…anyway? Well we can forgive the “woodpecker” part, as that is after all the name of a bird, named so because it “pecks” on wood! But, adding “Woody” as a first name? This did follow the habit of the “double letter name”, so popular in cartoons at the time, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, to name a few.

Woody Woodpecker cartoons began broadcasting on television in 1957 but his first appearance in comics preceded this by more than a dozen years – New Funnies #87 published in March of 1944.

Not leaving well enough alone with the name, in 1960 Dell published issue #60 of Woody Woodpecker. The cover artist credits remain unknown but he definitely created the impression that “Woody” sure knew how to use his- umm- “parts”.

This horsie is the best ride ever!