Quarter-Bin Podcast #165
Shatter Special, First Comics, cover-dated June 1985.Untitled story written by Peter B .Gillis, with (computerized) art by Michael Saenz.
What does the Professor think of this, "The First Computerized Comic?" Does this futuristic sci-fi detective story hold up? And how does this reflect the Professor's college years?
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I definitely remember seeing the ads for this in American Flagg. Never got it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for covering. Will look for it in the cheap bins myself!
Worth a quarter for sure. Maybe even 50 cents, but don't tell.
DeleteI appreciate the trailblazing nature of Shatter - it came five years before Batman: Digital Justice - but I’m sure I’d enjoy it more with traditional comic art. The look of the art makes it impossible to forget the gimmick and relax into the story. I suppose the sci-if setting suits the hi-tech visual approach, but I don’t find it appealing. I’m not keen on computer art. Peter B Gillis was wrong about how revolutionary the art would prove The story doesn’t sound too bad, but...
ReplyDelete...wasn’t Joanie Caucus a character in Doonesbury? Mind, she didn’t look like that!
Maybe ‘Comico’ was pronounced ‘comic company’? I always assumed it was simply ‘comic-oh’.
Thanks for making me the official letterguy - what an honour!
If it’s in your files, how about reviewing the Warp comic, from Gillis and Frank Brunner? It’s based on a musical so is likely weird.
I think it's Comic-Co, but I have heard it pronounced otherwise more than once.
DeleteEd Moore and I covered an issue of Warp on the epic epic epic episode 100. Part 3, to be precise, starting at about 32 minutes in.
https://relativelygeekypodcast.blogspot.com/2017/07/qbp-100-part-3.html