If the art style looks familiar, it's the work of Dan DeCarlo, who helped establish the iconic "look" of Archie Comics!
Dan actually started at Atlas Comics (the 1940s-50s predecessor to Marvel Comics) doing a variety of humor strips before beginning a long-term run on various Archie titles in 1951.
Even then, he continued to work for a number of other publishers, including Standard Comics, who asked him to create, write, and illustrate a teen-humor series.
(Every publisher had at least one of them!)
Exactly whose idea it was to set it in the "far future" of the early 21st Century is unknown, but the resultant strip, though extremely derivative of Archie, was unique in the teen-humor genre for it's Jetsons-style setting and "futuristic" slang.
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Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts
Friday, January 22, 2021
Friday Fun JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY "My Cosmic Hero"
With hope that the CoronaVirus pandemic will start winding down soon...
...let's look at a typical evening at the drive-in (whose popularity has soared due to the aforementioned pandemic), supposedly set in the early 21st Century (aka NOW)...as presented in 1952!
(I'm still waiting for my flying car!)
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Monday, January 4, 2021
Monday Madness JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY "Pardon My Power!"
It's January, 2021, so it's the season for FOOTBALL!
...or football as shown in the "future" (our present), as presented in 1952...69 years ago!
If the art style of this tale from Standard's Jetta of the 21st Century #6 (1953) looks familiar, it's the work of Dan DeCarlo, who helped establish the iconic "look" of Archie Comics!
Dan actually started at Atlas Comics (the 1940s-50s predecessor to Marvel Comics) doing a variety of humor strips before beginning a long-term run on various Archie titles in 1951.
Even then, he continued to work for a number of other publishers, including Standard Comics, who asked him to create, write, and illustrate a teen-humor series.
(Every publisher had at least one of them!)
Exactly whose idea it was to set it in the "far future" of the 21st Century is unknown, but the resultant strip, though extremely derivative of Archie, was unique in the teen-humor genre for it's Jetsons-style setting and "futuristic" slang.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
A Hallmark Channel-type Christmas Tale...in Comic Book Form!
Ever watch a romantic Hallmark Channel Christmas movie?
Well, our "sister" RetroBlog, True Love Comics Tales, is presenting a novel-length comic story that reads exactly like one of those astonishingly-popular tearjerker flicks!
Big city girl unable to find a romantic partner journeys to the countryside to spend Christmas with relatives!
She meets a guy who she had briefly (and klutzilly) encountered back in the city!
Note: he's the very image of a potential lover she had been dreaming about for months! (hence the title)
Is it fate they encounter each other?
Or will his dark secret drive them apart?
Click HERE to find out!
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Love in the Time of Covid-19!
Currently (and for the foreseeable future) our "sister" RetroBlog...
(There seem to be a lot of them, most involving nurses and handsome doctors!)
Click HERE if you want to cry your eyes out!
Click HERE if you want to cry your eyes out!
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Love in the Time of CoronaVirus!
For the foreseeable future, our "sister" RetroBlog...
(There seem to be a lot of them, most involving nurses and handsome doctors!)
Click HERE if you want to cry your eyes out!
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Design of the Week Redux ADVENTURES IN ROMANCE: SEPTEMBER SQUALL
Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days...
unless it sells exceptionally-well!
This Week...
With
autumn right around the corner, it's time to wind summer up with a kool
klassic romance comics cover design that exemplifies the time of year!
Available on a slew of collectibles!
FREE BONUS: You can read the actual tale behind the cover HERE!
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Design of the Week ADVENTURES IN ROMANCE: SEPTEMBER SQUALL
Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days!
This Week...
With autumn right around the corner, it's time to wind summer up with a kool klassic romance comics cover design that exemplifies the time of year!
Available on a slew of collectibles!
FREE BONUS: You can read the actual tale behind the cover HERE!
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
D-Day in the Comics...Plus Other Goodies!
The final part of our Summer Mini-Blogathon is underway...
Already up are...
(Yes, it was reprinted in a Marvel Masterworks a decade ago, but those are extremely-expensive and didn't sell very well, so most of you have never seen this tale from 53 years ago!)
We gave equal time to Fury's DC counterpart, Sgt. Rock, presenting his never-reprinted D-Day adventure!
But that's not all, True Believer!
But that's not all, True Believer!
In addition, True Love Comics Tales returned to weekly posting, beginning with our usual Summertime "beach read" Blogathon entry, a book-length Gothic novel!
Enjoy!
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by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers and others
And
by Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert and others
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
The Summer Mini-Blogathons are HERE!!!
The Annual "Beach Read" Blogathon...
...presents a never-reprinted, book-length graphic Gothic chiller from DC's Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #1 (1971)
And...
Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos storm the beach at Normandy in this seldom-seen saga...
Don't Miss Them!
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Design of the Week LITTLE WOMEN
Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
Yeah, it's not the usual comic art we run on kool kollectibles, but Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women is a pop-culture phenomenon, still going strong 150 years later!
The trials and tribulations of Meg, Beth, Jo, and Amy March are still as relevant today as they were then, as the new, updated, movie version opening this week demonstrates!
So, if you're looking for a kool Little Women kollectible for yourself or a significant other, check it out HERE!
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Beginning Tomorrow: Our Annual Romance Comics "Beach Read" Story...
We're presenting a multi-chapter. full-length Gothic romance graphic novel...
...as our "Beach Read" at our "sister" RetroBlog True Love Comics Tales, starting Monday and running daily through Friday!
Don't Miss It!
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Give the Christmas Gift That Keeps On Giving ALL YEAR LONG!
One of our favorite types of pop culture collectible here at the Atomic Kommie Comics™ offices are calendars, in particular the multi-page 12-month kind, with a different illustration for each month.
I have over a decade's worth of James Bond 007 movie poster calendars.
Each year the new one adorns the wall over my computer.
When the year is over, I cut it up and use the art the next year as mini-posters to decorate whatever vacation place I rent during the summer.
Besides 007, over the years, I've picked up, or been given, various Star Trek, Star Wars, DC, Marvel, and other licensed property calendars.
I've always enjoyed using them, and often thought of the person who gave them to me!
But, there are pop culture categories and subjects that we've wanted in calendar form as presents for others (or for ourselves), but were never produced!
So, we decided to create them, using the wildest, rarest, kitchiest comic book and pulp magazine covers & movie posters we could find, each image digitally-restored and remastered from hi-rez scans of the original items, NO reprints or low-rez files!
Only $19.99 each!
Here are the
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2018 12-Month Calendars
by genre
Mystery / Crime
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!™
Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!™
Mr District Attorney™
Horror
WereWolves & Vampires™
Horror Comics of the 1950s™
Vampires of Pulps and Comics™
Werewolves of the Comics and Pulps™
Zombies of Comics and Pulps™
(shown above)
Camp / Kitsch
3-D Movies™
3-D Comic Books™
Seduction of the Innocent!!™
Jungle Girls™
Good Girl / Bad Grrrl™
Romance
True Love Comics Tales™
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Art of Barsoom™
Thrilling Science-Fiction Tales™
Bugs & Creepy Crawlies of Comics and Pulps™
Dinosaurs of the Comics and Pulps™
SuperHeroes
Captains of the Comics™
Heroines!™
Classic Phantom Lady™
Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
More Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics Team-Ups™
1st Appearance Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Flag-Waving Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics vs HITLER™
Classic Captain Future™
Classic Cat-Man™
Classic Dare Devil™
Classic Green Hornet
Classic Monster of Frankenstein
Classic SuperSnipe™
Western
Western Comics Adventures™
Real-Life Western Comics™
The Cisco Kid and Pancho™
Military
Captain MidNight™
Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics™
WAR: Past, Present and Future™
Classic Korean War Comics™
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2018 12-Month Calendars
by genre
Mystery / Crime
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!™
Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!™
Mr District Attorney™
Horror
WereWolves & Vampires™
Horror Comics of the 1950s™
Vampires of Pulps and Comics™
Werewolves of the Comics and Pulps™
Zombies of Comics and Pulps™
(shown above)
Camp / Kitsch
3-D Movies™
3-D Comic Books™
Seduction of the Innocent!!™
Jungle Girls™
Good Girl / Bad Grrrl™
Romance
True Love Comics Tales™
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Art of Barsoom™
Thrilling Science-Fiction Tales™
Bugs & Creepy Crawlies of Comics and Pulps™
Dinosaurs of the Comics and Pulps™
SuperHeroes
Captains of the Comics™
Heroines!™
Classic Phantom Lady™
Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
More Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics Team-Ups™
1st Appearance Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Flag-Waving Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics vs HITLER™
Classic Captain Future™
Classic Cat-Man™
Classic Dare Devil™
Classic Green Hornet
Classic Monster of Frankenstein
Classic SuperSnipe™
Western
Western Comics Adventures™
Real-Life Western Comics™
The Cisco Kid and Pancho™
Military
Captain MidNight™
Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics™
WAR: Past, Present and Future™
Classic Korean War Comics™
NOT available in brick and mortar stores, only on-line!
Order now...before time runs out! ;-)
Order now...before time runs out! ;-)
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Len Wein (1948-2017)
Most remember Len Wein for co-creating Swamp Thing, Wolverine, and the All-New, All-Different X-Men...
(...particularly, Storm, Colossus, and NightCrawler.)
But I prefer to remember his earlier, quirky projects like...
Hot Wheels #6 Cover Art by Neal Adams & Dick Giordano |
(based on the cartoon series based on the toy line)
Wild West Action #1 Cover Art by Syd Shores and Mike Esposito |
(An ethnically-diverse assortment of Western heroes)
and his (believe it or not)...
...romance comics work!
and his (believe it or not)...
Secret Hearts #148 Contents Page Art by Gray Morrow |
Len was not a one-trick pony!
He had an interest in almost everything imaginable...and it showed in his work.
BTW, all the links are to material that hasn't been reprinted since publication in the early 1970s!
Check them out!
BONUS: Here's the printed version of the X-Men-themed cover for Marvel's FOOM #10...
...and that's why I wanted to run the original art!
The two-color (as compared to comics' usual four-color) printing really muddied up the art!
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Valentine's Day is Coming!
Comics aren't just about spandex-clad heroes and heroines in battles of cosmic import!
They also tell intimate tales of heartbreak and true love, betrayal and redemption, and misery and sheer joy!
With than in mind, Valentine's Day is coming in just over two weeks!
And, what says "True Love" better than a kool, kitchy gift from TRUE LOVE COMICS TALES™? (Plus, it's both longer-lasting AND cheaper than a dozen roses!)
Choose from over 50 heart-rending designs in ten categories including...
A public service announcement for all lovers and would-be lovers from your BFFs at Atomic Kommie Comics™.
They also tell intimate tales of heartbreak and true love, betrayal and redemption, and misery and sheer joy!
With than in mind, Valentine's Day is coming in just over two weeks!
And, what says "True Love" better than a kool, kitchy gift from TRUE LOVE COMICS TALES™? (Plus, it's both longer-lasting AND cheaper than a dozen roses!)
Choose from over 50 heart-rending designs in ten categories including...
(The ORIGINAL LonelyHearts Columnist)
(or is that "Love in School"?)
(A lost, never-reprinted series from the 1970s)
on greeting cards, teddy bears, calendars, shirts/tops/intimate wear, diaries, and many other kool kollectibles!A public service announcement for all lovers and would-be lovers from your BFFs at Atomic Kommie Comics™.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
She'll Love Valentine's Day Gifts from LOVE DIARIES & LOVE LETTERS!
Art by John Buscema |
In fact, those contents of those small books with the easily-broken locks made up one of the most popular sub-categories of romance comics, with literally dozens of titillating titles!
Let our selection of the best of these these kitchy, campy (and very kool) classic comics covers help you express your true feelings on the Most Important of Days--Valentines Day on greeting cards, teddy bears, mugs, and even "naughty" undies!
And, if they can't assist your love-life, perhaps something from one of our other sections at True Love Comics Tales™ including...
All You Need is Love...
Beatrice Fairfax
Confessions
Lovers Lane
Mod Love
School of Love (or is that Love in School?)
Tender Love Stories
WarTime Love
Weddings
Western Love
will help get your point across on the Most Important of Days!
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Last Week on RetroBlogs...
The blue-and-green costumed 1960s version of The Shadow...
True Love Comics Tales presents the perfect "beach read"...
And Phantom Lady's most notorious tale gets a kinder, gentler redo...
...in the final Phantom Lady's Twice-Told Tales installment at Heroines!
What's Coming Up?
Check in next week to find out!
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Design of the Week Redux: LOVE ON THE BEACH
Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another, unless it's both timely and selling really well, like this one.
It's romance on the sands and under the Moon in this vintage 1970s romance comic book cover by Nick Cardy.Available on all sorts of kool kollectibles from t-shirts and pajamas to mugs and beach blankets HERE.
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Design of the Week: LOVE ON THE BEACH
Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another.
This week, it's romance on the sands and under the Moon in this vintage 1970s romance comic book cover by Nick Cardy.Available on all sorts of kool kollectibles from t-shirts and pajamas to mugs and beach blankets HERE.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
War IS Hell...Without LOVE!
We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ know that the path of true love is not always smooth, especially in wartime.
In tribute to the brave men and women of the armed forces, we have a section featuring military-oriented romance comic books entitled WarTime Love™ just in time for Memorial Day featuring greeting cards, teddy bears, clothing and a host of other goodies with vintage retro military romance comic cover art.
Show your beloved, whether they're an officer, noncom, or GI Joe (or GI Jane), or the civilian waiting for you at home, that you're thinking of them on Memorial Day!
In tribute to the brave men and women of the armed forces, we have a section featuring military-oriented romance comic books entitled WarTime Love™ just in time for Memorial Day featuring greeting cards, teddy bears, clothing and a host of other goodies with vintage retro military romance comic cover art.
Show your beloved, whether they're an officer, noncom, or GI Joe (or GI Jane), or the civilian waiting for you at home, that you're thinking of them on Memorial Day!
Saturday, February 13, 2016
On Valentines Day, Check Out...
"Romance comics?
Yuk!
Why would I read those?"
How about to read never-reprinted work by comics legends...
...John Buscema?
...Wally Wood?
...or Dan DeCarlo doing sci-fi!
(To be accurate, the Dan DeCarlo story has been reprinted in a fantastic [though limited-run] hardcover!)
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