Monday Madness VIDEO JACK "Pilot Error" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...it's the 1980s and Jack, the ultimate pop-culture nerd, is about to interact with tv in a way he never expected...

Before that, we want to let you know that we'd be happy to continue the funky adventures of Video Jack--if you tell us you want it!

So let us know by Saturday night, because we'll be preparing the next installment of Monday Madness on Sunday!

Update: If you came here earlier, you may have noticed there wasn't a link to the previous chapter, nor a synopsis.

That's because Blogger's altering of the creation interface caused serious glitches, and after almost two hours, I finally got the images uploaded and clicked "post" not realizing I still hadn't done those items!
My bad.😡

Plotted and penciled by Keith Giffen, scripted by Cary Bates, and inked by Dave Hunt, the never-reprinted Epic's Video Jack #1 (1987) is truly a product of its' time!

Note that, unlike today, pop-culture aficionados were scorned as geeks and nerds (What a great name for a movie or tv series!) and considered social outcasts!

How times have changed...

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Max Headroom's Guide to Life

Monday Madness VIDEO JACK "Pilot Error" Part 1

You know it's a story from the 1980s...

...when the book's editor deliberately looks like, and mentions, Max Headroom!

With that context, let's time-travel back to that era, when MTV dominated the airwaves with actual music videos, the internet was in its' infancy (no streaming video), video tapes were state-of-the-art to watch movies/tv shows, and a 27" TV screen was considered HUGE...

On the contrary, from the 1960s to the present, some kids have been all-but reared by television!

To be continued...

NEXT MONDAY!

Plotted and penciled by Keith Giffen, scripted by Cary Bates, and inked by Dave Hunt, the never-reprinted Epic's Video Jack #1 (1987) is truly a product of its' time!

Note that, unlike today, pop-culture aficionados were scorned as geeks and nerds (What a great name for a movie or tv series!) and considered social outcasts!

How times have changed...

Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics!

Visit Amazon and Order...

Max Headroom's Guide to Life

Monday Madness / CoronaVirus Comics VEXT "Germ Warfare" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Hapless Protagonist...

...well, that's a superb synopsis for this story!

Doctors Scratch and Snyff create a sentient (and lethal) virus, which escapes from their lab to a nearby fast-food franchise!

(Talk about your welcoming environments...)

Meanwhile, banished from his native Jejune Realm (home to the minor deities that oversee the mundane events that define our day-to-day life) Vext ends up on Earth, where his almost total lack of knowledge and knack for causing chaos leads to him constantly being both the cause and victim of accidents, like this one...

So Vext saves the world...without realizing it!

Quite frankly, I'd heard of, but never read, this series.
Now that I've read this issue, I'm sorry I missed it!
Once this pandemic is over, I'll make this the ongoing Monday Madness feature!
Written and laid-out by Keith Giffen, penciled by Mike McKone, and inked by Mark McKenna, this never-reprinted story from DC's Vext #3 (1999) was a showcase for the snarky, in-joke-infused humor Giffen is notorious for!

Despite being incorporated into the mainstream DC universe from his first issue (which guest-starred Superman), and promoted in the DCU Heroes Secret Files and Origins one-shot, the book didn't sell well despite writer-artist Giffen's popularity with the comics audience!

This 6-issue mini-series was one of the few to not be reprinted as a trade paperback!

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Justice League International

Omnibus Volume 1

(which, despite the "Volume 1" designation has the entire Giffen run, including annuals and spin-offs!)

Monday Madness / CoronaVirus Comics VEXT "Germ Warfare" Part 1

Think of the protagonist's name as a phonetic version of "vexed"...

...and the character himself as a "trapped on Earth"
 parody of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and you have the concept behind the series!

Now, just follow along...

We take our leave of the sentient, screaming streptococcus until next Monday...

Written and laid-out by Keith Giffen, penciled by Mike McKone, and inked by Mark McKenna, this never-reprinted story from DC's Vext #3 (1999) was a showcase for the snarky, in-joke-infused humor Giffen is notorious for!

Despite being incorporated into the mainstream DC universe from his first issue (which guest-starred Superman), and promoted in the DCU Heroes Secret Files and Origins one-shot, the book didn't sell well despite writer-artist Giffen's popularity with the comics audience!

The 6-issue mini-series was one of the few to not be reprinted as a trade paperback!

Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics!

Visit Amazon and Order...

Justice League International

Omnibus Volume 1

(which, despite the "Volume 1" designation has the entire Giffen run, including annuals and spin-offs!)