http://asitecalledfred.com/2008/02/26/comics-in-context-215-wauugh-and-remembrance/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://asitecalledfred.com/2008/02/26/comics-in-context-215-wauugh-and-remembrance/comment-page-1/#comment-3794 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:02:16 +0000 http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2008/02/26/comics-in-context-215-wauugh-and-remembrance/#comment-3794 Surely it can’t have been over 30 years. The current parallels are disconcerting, and discouraging – a good reminder that satire such as this serves us well when it prompts us to action. I certainly agree about the power of
Colan’s art. When DC ran the ‘Nathaniel Dusk’ series directly from his pencils, I was astonished at just how evocative and beautiful his work was in its ‘raw’ state. Looking back now at some of the 70’s Marvels, it feels to me like they are overwritten, but Gerber knew to let the art speak for itself. Thanks for pointing out some of the more subtle and clever bits of his humor that I missed the first time around – how could I not see the wordplay on ‘Get Down’, and ‘Beaver Bite’ is just wicked. I passed on the latest series, but you now have me thinking that was a mistake. And, I suppose the magazine could have been considered a follow-up series, though that too was short-lived.
Thanks for this good remembrance,
Rick B.

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