Wednesday Worlds of Wonder LOST PLANET "Thin Air" Part 1.5

We Have Already Seen...

Adventurer/fortune hunter Tyler Flynn, escaping from enraged South American natives in 1938, passes thru a portal from our world to...another!

It's a dimension where everybody speaks English (though they don't call it that), the technological level seems to be roughly around Europe's Middle Ages, dinosaur-like creatures are domesticated, ravens can talk, and the residents are used to people from Earth wandering into their realm!

Some also take an unhealthy interest in those Earthmen...

Could "Ambrose" be Ambrose Bierce?

He does know about guns, which no native of this dimension would have knowledge about!

Bierce disappeared around 1914, and Tyler fell in to this dimension in 1938, so that's not too unlikely!

And why does this woman want him dead?

Wha is he to her?

And who is she?

The Answers to These and Other Questions May Be Answered When We Return to The Lost Planet...Next Month!

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder LOST PLANET "Thin Air" Part 1

Amelia Earhart, Judge Crater and Ambrose Bierce!

What Do They Have in Common?

Ask adventurer Tyler Flynn as he enters a world that's a kool mashup of everything from Lord of the Rings to Jurassic Park to Indiana Jones!

To Be Continued...Next Wednesday

Note that Carl, the first person Tyler encounters, mentions the aborigine we saw on Page 1, indicating either that Time works differently on this world or Carl (and likely other inhabitants) is very long-lived!
Written and illustrated by Bo Hampton, Eclipse's Lost Planet #1 (1987) was a pet project for Bo, who had already made a name for himself with superb work on Swamp Thing, Moon Knight, and Greylore.
He had written and illustrated a couple of short tales, but this was the first mini-series he scripted.
Hampton’s line art was done on Craft-Tint Bristol Board, used primarily by newspaper comic strip artists for the daily (Monday thru Saturday) strips, though comic book artists also used it.
(Wally Wood and Al Williamson, in particular, were masters of it!)
The textures were embedded in the paper, and different chemicals would reveal different patterns without smearing the India ink art.
It's rarely-used today because the effect can be recreated using Photoshop or other graphic programs after the art is scanned in or created on-screen.
As a result, the paper and chemicals have become scarce and expensive.
But the computer effect doesn't have the "organic" feel of the original paper.

To his credit, colorist Tom Littlejohn did a remarkable job within the technical limitations of the flat four-color separation of the era to keep the final version from being too muddied!

BTW, you can visit Bo Hampton's website HERE!
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Monday Madness BEDLAM "Earth Invasion"

Trumpanzees and other conspiracists should read this kick-butt piece...

...and then we'll witness if they feel like going out and shooting someone!

Well?

Ready to grab those AR-15s and slaughter the local populace?

Why not, kids?

Wackadoodles have used the "pop culture" causes violence trope for over a half century, from the "comics cause teen crime" insanity of the 1950s to the "violent videos" of the 80s and 90s, to the video games of today.

Think About This: If violent video games (supposedly) cause people to become insane killers, why do countries like Japan, with far more violent video game content, have far less crime (including shootings) than America?

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Video Game Debate

Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Digital Games

Reading Room ALIEN ENCOUNTERS "Invasion!"

Hostile, technologically-advanced aliens are coming our way!

Can we defeat them in only two pages?

The "menacing aliens are no threat because they're too small" trope is an old one, going back to golden-age comics.

My personal favorite, because of its' simple, effective storytelling by one of my all-time favorites, can be found HERE!

This never-reprinted Tim Truman written/illustrated "sci-fi Western" tale is from Eclipse's Alien Encounters #4 (1986).

There's a wealth of material from 1980s anthologies that has not seen the light of day since publication, and we will dip into this treasure trove of material as we find/acquire them!

BTW, "Fer SRB" on page 1 refers to fellow writer/artist Stephen R Bissette, presumably because the aliens resemble his creature designs.

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Scout

Volume 1

by Timothy Truman

Reading Room STAR☀︎REACH CLASSICS "Origin of God!"

The writer-artist who created Thanos and re-defined "cosmic" presents...

...a simple, but effective visualization by Jim Starlin as shown in Eclipse's Star*Reach Classics #1 (1984).

The observant among you noted the copyright next to the title reads "1974", not "1984"!

That's because this one-pager first appeared in Star*Reach #4 (1974)...but it was in black and white!

I thought, for on-line re-presentation, the color version would be more effective!

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Reading Room ALIEN WORLDS "The Reading"

Oddly, one of the major innovators of the 1970s-80s is all but forgotten today...

...but this never-reprinted tale from Eclipse's Alien Worlds #9 (1985) should remind you of his amazing talent!

Kool, eh?
Brunner's work in comics spanned a little over a decade, but it was a memorable decade, indeed!

Like other underpaid and underappreciated creatives such as Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, and Mike Sekowsky, Brunner left comics and went to Hollywood, where his vision and talents were much better recompensed working on both live-action and animated projects.

Today he's retired, doing the occasional commission piece and hitting the convention circuit.

You can visit his personal website HERE.

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Mythos: Fantasy Art Realms of Frank Brunner

Reading Room ALIEN WORLDS "...and Miles to Go Before I Sleep"

Sometimes it takes a couple of old pros to give you a new perspective...

...on a matter that will affect us all...eventually!

Some say it's an ironic story.

I prefer to think of it as a tale of love between parents and their child taken to the nth degree...even beyond death itself!

Adapted from his own short story by noted sci-fi author Willlam F Nolan, and illustrated by Al Williamson, this never-reprinted piece from Eclipse's Alien Worlds #8 (1984) is a gentle tale that would have made a helluva episode of the classic Twilight Zone!

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Wild Galaxy

by William F Nolan

which reprints the original prose short story "...and Miles to Go Before I Sleep"

Friday Fun ALIEN ENCOUNTERS "Now Jr Behave Yourself"

It's the 19th Anniversary of the terrorist attack on 9/11...

...and we think that, with all the problems in the world, we need a laugh!

Kids (even alien ones) will be annoying little shits, as this never-reprinted tale from Eclipse's Alien Encounters #4 (1985) proves!

Though best-known for his adaptations of Clive Barker's work to comics, Chuck Wagner could display a, well, nasty sense of humor.

Illustrator Bill Wray's Wally Wood-esque inking made him an in-demand inker, and his pencils were top-notch as well!

But his inking (and coloring) speed was much faster, so he concentrated his efforts on those skills to pay the bills.

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