Monday, April 27, 2020

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

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Disinfect Your Mind with an Injection of CORONAVIRUS COMICS...

...as we present tales of fictional epidemics/pandemics daily here on this blog...
...and our other RetroBlogs, including our newest one...
...plus...
(You'd be amazed at how many romance comics stories revolve around disease!)...
...Heroines!...
...and the aptly-named
Besides the daily posts here at Atomic Kommie Comics, there'll be at several new ones spread out among the various RetroBlogs each week!
Don't Miss Them!

Friday, April 24, 2020

Friday Fun / CoronaVirus Comics How Medicine has Changed Under Trump

Sometimes the jokes write themselves, thanks to Don da Con...
Rick McKee ©2020 Cagle Cartoons
vs
Norman Rockwell
Medicine in Eisenhower's America (1958)
This is Progress?

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

CoronaVirus Comics REAL HEROES "Plague Vanquished"

Not all comics heroes wear capes...
..as this tale of Edward Jenner, the doctor who saved us from smallpox, proves!
Who says comics ain't educational?
Not me, kiddo!
This never-reprinted story from Parent Magazines' Real Heroes #15 (1946) was one of several graphic dramatizations of Jenner's achievement which has saved countless lives since its' introduction!
Depending on how long the Covid-19 lockdown continues, we may have time to run all of them!
Sadly, both writer and illustrator(s) are unknown!
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Rabbit and Cat's CoronaVirus Jokes for Such a Time as This
Volume One