argh!!! im drooling seeing these! as a young teen in early 80's i used to get these from a local second hand book store that either didnt care that and under 16 was buying them or never looked inside. these were my gateway to another world. Moebius, Corben, Bilal, Libertore all gods to me! Never grew up on superhero comics like most of you US dudes, i grew up on 2000ad and these! great channel guys ! xx
Looking at these old Heavy Metals is inspiring. It reminds me of when I was 13-14 yrs old and anything seemed possible in the world of comics and I, myself, was even capable of it. You guys are immensely blessed to receive this gift from Hawaii. As I'm sure you know.
Angus McKie also produced a number of covers of spaceships and so on for SF paperbacks in the 1970s. I think he was one of a number of SF artists at the time who were influended by Chris Foss. I also noticed that one of the covers was a painting of Colonel Kylling by Jim Burns for Harry Harrison's 'Planet Story'.
The band of italian cartoonists Jim talked about in relation to Ranxerox all worked on 2 magazines called Cannibale and Frigidaire that were very much akin to Heavy Metal and Metal Hurlant few of the names to look out for that were part of that scene: Andrea Pazienza (probably one of the best italian comic artist ever but pretty much unknown outside italy), Tanino Liberatore (the Ranxerox guy), Filippo Scozzari, Stefano Tamburini and Massimo Mattioli (squeak the mouse’s creator)
Excellent! Thank you. That world was a bit more subversive, I think. Ranxerox's original tittle was Rankxerox, the European subsidiary of the American company, Xerox. Of course Liberatore was threatened with a lawsuit, so he shrugged and removed the "k".
These are great. I have about every issue published from 1977-1985. These are a treasure trove of fantastic artwork. The translations are a bit off in places, but still worth tracking down. I also have the National Lampoon French Comics. Those are strips collected from the adult French humor magazines like Fluide Glaciale as opposed to Metal Hurlant.
Because of this episode I've started reading early issues I had not read in years. I've been noticing that some cool names pop-up in the letters column. Robert Silverberg, Dan O'Bannon and even some of the European artists write in with various opinion of the magazine. One of the artist was pissed about his art getting cropped (if I understood correctly) and that was pure Cartoonist Kayfabe material. If anyone comes across some other notorious appearances, please share.
I started buying HM in the seventies and have a carton full of them, in good condition. I peruse them once in a while. HM was meant to be an American version of Metal Hurlant, a French publication with a similar style. I believe HM ran many of the same selections. What I liked to find were the occasional stories with subtle writing and art that enhanced the story, more or less equal emphasis that melded into great art. I was never a consumer of "comic books", but this was new and occasionally sublime. This, and many other artistic endeavors of the times, were offshoots of the freedom and openness embraced and promoted by the Hippie culture. We seem to have lost that.
Jeffery Catherine Jones did lots of work for HM. All of the “ I’m Age “ stuff was in HM almost exclusively . Angus McKee was responsible for the “ So beautiful, so deadly “ part of the HM movie ( he also did some stuff later for Malibu, I think. Mr. Hero was the one I am thinking of ).
Great video guys - always so much to learn. I notice you don't put your unboxing vids (such as this one) up as podcasts. Is there any chance you can do this? Whilst we can't see the unboxings we can listen to you talking about the comics you're unboxing. Its all good comics talk. Thanks.
"The earlier the better" -- true. In the beginning HM was serious, grave, elevated... it even printed poetry... poetry in graphic art form... as in February 1983 with The Ark... then it became more lightweight
I think Angus Mckie is the same guy Dave Gibbons mentioned in the interview you recently did. His work was featured prominently in the original Heavy Metal movie.
I used to have every issue from the start to around '81 or '82. The first year was amazing, but my favourite was '80 and thereabouts. Some of this may have been down to a new editor whose name I can't recall, Ted something, who was said to have improved the translations, but in general, in a way that couldn't just be down to an editor, the art and writing just seemed to hit a high. Look out for Caza who started as one of those Moebius knockoffs you mention, but developed his own style and had a lot of brilliant one-off stories. There's a great one about him getting trapped in the Paris Metro and another about his hair turning green and sprouting flowers. Dick Matena's work is also very special, though a couple of the stories are unambiguously and very problematically paedophilic, but other than that he's a remarkable artist and writer. The 'Special Rock Issue' from '80 has a great story by him about Elvis, along with good stuff by Moebius and McKie. Also, though you seem unsure about it, the early episodes of Rod Kierkegaard Jr.'s Rock Opera, culminating with the main character's arrival at Disneyland in 1980, are a brilliantly strange, funny, neon-lit, post-modern science fiction story full of great writing: 'The car carried us in its gleaming belly through the sulphurous swamps of Newark. "Where are you taking me?" "To the airport. I work for some rich and powerful people. They know about your talent with robots and they want to hire you." "No, I'm through with all that. You saw what happened to Quintana."' And so on. From around this time, you also get Druillet's Salaambo, his most beautifully coloured work up to that point, in my view.
Not if it's like Fraack, or whatever the name was. I doubt if anyone could cobble together the teetering genius of the Heavy Metal movie, that zeitgeist has been run out of town by the marketers and bean counters.
Heavy Metal, the comic mags closest to Playboy, that you hid from your Mom, when you were 10 years old. Fearing that if she found out what was in them, she would ground you and tell your Father. LOL I still have several Heavy Metal issues stored away, along with many other mixed comic books that are priced at 10 cents and up, in a large box. I wonder if I have the first Superman comic book. Hmmm.
@2:30 Doesn’t the post office have a “media rate” that’s a little cheaper than flat rate? I remember using it to ship video tapes years ago and if they still have it it should work with magazines
We do have media rate, but it can take months coming from Hawaii. Cheap, but not worth it. Flat rate is Hawaii's best deal when it comes to shipping heavy paper goods.
Dude I never comment but I must say I bought some old school underground comics from sf and Austin from the 60s and 70s along with a bunch of freak bros comics from Maui comics for like a dollar each
What is Heavy Metal like in the 21st century? Obviously they must’ve gone through changes over the years. Are the 2019 issues worth reading? (I’m completely ignorant on Heavy Metal).
still worth checking, Grant Morrison involved now, has changed for the times a wee bit, still publish Liberatore, Corben, Caza , Gerhard etc though. Benjamin Marra did a good strip with GM in a recent one. Not cheap but always nice production values
argh!!! im drooling seeing these! as a young teen in early 80's i used to get these from a local second hand book store that either didnt care that and under 16 was buying them or never looked inside. these were my gateway to another world. Moebius, Corben, Bilal, Libertore all gods to me! Never grew up on superhero comics like most of you US dudes, i grew up on 2000ad and these! great channel guys ! xx
Corben sadly passed away December 2, 2020
Looking at these old Heavy Metals is inspiring. It reminds me of when I was 13-14 yrs old and anything seemed possible in the world of comics and I, myself, was even capable of it. You guys are immensely blessed to receive this gift from Hawaii. As I'm sure you know.
Now that's a box full of joy right there.Tons of excellent entertainment 👌
So glad I discovered this. Brings back some good memories.
That art made me the artist I am today. Amazing to see all these covers again. Great stories. Ah, memories...
Angus McKie also produced a number of covers of spaceships and so on for SF paperbacks in the 1970s. I think he was one of a number of SF artists at the time who were influended by Chris Foss. I also noticed that one of the covers was a painting of Colonel Kylling by Jim Burns for Harry Harrison's 'Planet Story'.
The band of italian cartoonists Jim talked about in relation to Ranxerox all worked on 2 magazines called Cannibale and Frigidaire that were very much akin to Heavy Metal and Metal Hurlant
few of the names to look out for that were part of that scene: Andrea Pazienza (probably one of the best italian comic artist ever but pretty much unknown outside italy), Tanino Liberatore (the Ranxerox guy), Filippo Scozzari, Stefano Tamburini and Massimo Mattioli (squeak the mouse’s creator)
I'm currently expanding my collection of Italian comics, so this list is very helpful. Thank you!
Excellent! Thank you. That world was a bit more subversive, I think. Ranxerox's original tittle was Rankxerox, the European subsidiary of the American company, Xerox. Of course Liberatore was threatened with a lawsuit, so he shrugged and removed the "k".
Check out Serpieri's Druuna
Thanks for the awesome memories guys. Heavy Metal was a must read every month when I was a late teen/ early twenties in the early 80s. Cheers!!
😯! From Hawaii?! That is so awesome!!! Boy, this takes me way back...back in the day!
That Alika is one seriously generous person!
These are great. I have about every issue published from 1977-1985. These are a treasure trove of fantastic artwork. The translations are a bit off in places, but still worth tracking down. I also have the National Lampoon French Comics. Those are strips collected from the adult French humor magazines like Fluide Glaciale as opposed to Metal Hurlant.
Because of this episode I've started reading early issues I had not read in years. I've been noticing that some cool names pop-up in the letters column. Robert Silverberg, Dan O'Bannon and even some of the European artists write in with various opinion of the magazine. One of the artist was pissed about his art getting cropped (if I understood correctly) and that was pure Cartoonist Kayfabe material. If anyone comes across some other notorious appearances, please share.
Raaaad. Congrats on reaching 10k guys, you're the coolest out there and everything you do is very appreciated. Thanks!
I started buying HM in the seventies and have a carton full of them, in good condition. I peruse them once in a while. HM was meant to be an American version of Metal Hurlant, a French publication with a similar style. I believe HM ran many of the same selections.
What I liked to find were the occasional stories with subtle writing and art that enhanced the story, more or less equal emphasis that melded into great art. I was never a consumer of "comic books", but this was new and occasionally sublime.
This, and many other artistic endeavors of the times, were offshoots of the freedom and openness embraced and promoted by the Hippie culture. We seem to have lost that.
Love this video, hope you can do a deeper dive into come of the strips you missed
Don't know if he always worked at this size, but the Druillet originals I saw at the Angouleme museum were in the 24x36 neighborhood. Just gigantic.
Jeffery Catherine Jones did lots of work for HM. All of the “ I’m Age “ stuff was in HM almost exclusively . Angus McKee was responsible for the “ So beautiful, so deadly “ part of the HM movie ( he also did some stuff later for Malibu, I think. Mr. Hero was the one I am thinking of ).
Great video guys - always so much to learn. I notice you don't put your unboxing vids (such as this one) up as podcasts. Is there any chance you can do this? Whilst we can't see the unboxings we can listen to you talking about the comics you're unboxing. Its all good comics talk. Thanks.
I want to say that Sanjullian was the artist that produced the famous ( infamous? ) Vampirella poster . He is a seriously great artist!
Yes, Sanjullian did alot of Vampirella covers, all great!
Also, I Wanna say the poster itself could be Frazetta.
"The earlier the better" -- true. In the beginning HM was serious, grave, elevated... it even printed poetry... poetry in graphic art form... as in February 1983 with The Ark... then it became more lightweight
25:24 Those tusked skeletons were used for a ton of Living Death album covers. Never knew it was taken from something.
Yes! Heavy Metal ! Such beautiful art.
i have a subscription to Heavy Metal...LOVE it
19:58 'That ain't bad either' Nicole Claveloux. Well worth your time.
Tanino Liberatore is the guy behind RANXEROX
I love these magazines! I only have about 10, would love to get them all
Got a couple of old national lampoons Vaughan bode Steranco some good stuff
"the bus" was in pretty much every early 80's issue
Nice haul there. I only have one Heavy Metal mag from my youth, but have been on the lookout for some more. Such great artwork!
San Julian is one of my favorite illustrators.
I think Angus Mckie is the same guy Dave Gibbons mentioned in the interview you recently did. His work was featured prominently in the original Heavy Metal movie.
Angus McKie is so underrated ... more people should look at his works .. its really wonderful atmospheric stuffs ...
You guys have to check out one of the Complete Crepax Fantagraphics! Beautiful books.
There are two small hardcover volumes collecting Kirchner's The Bus strips and they are well worth finding for the bookshelf.
Angus McKie colored the Frank Miller/Dave Gibbons Martha Washington stuff I believe
Both Heavy Metal movies were pretty good. It would be cool if they made another one.
Love, Death and Robots
I believe Burns first El Borba piece was published in Heavy Metal.
Happy 10k subs you guys!
I used to have every issue from the start to around '81 or '82. The first year was amazing, but my favourite was '80 and thereabouts. Some of this may have been down to a new editor whose name I can't recall, Ted something, who was said to have improved the translations, but in general, in a way that couldn't just be down to an editor, the art and writing just seemed to hit a high.
Look out for Caza who started as one of those Moebius knockoffs you mention, but developed his own style and had a lot of brilliant one-off stories. There's a great one about him getting trapped in the Paris Metro and another about his hair turning green and sprouting flowers.
Dick Matena's work is also very special, though a couple of the stories are unambiguously and very problematically paedophilic, but other than that he's a remarkable artist and writer. The 'Special Rock Issue' from '80 has a great story by him about Elvis, along with good stuff by Moebius and McKie.
Also, though you seem unsure about it, the early episodes of Rod Kierkegaard Jr.'s Rock Opera, culminating with the main character's arrival at Disneyland in 1980, are a brilliantly strange, funny, neon-lit, post-modern science fiction story full of great writing: 'The car carried us in its gleaming belly through the sulphurous swamps of Newark. "Where are you taking me?" "To the airport. I work for some rich and powerful people. They know about your talent with robots and they want to hire you." "No, I'm through with all that. You saw what happened to Quintana."' And so on.
From around this time, you also get Druillet's Salaambo, his most beautifully coloured work up to that point, in my view.
The great era is still 1974 - 1977 after this era, it turned into softcore erotica arts.
Great unboxing
Nice collection. This is where I first saw d word HEAVY METAL when I was 11.
Before I became a Metalhead when I turned 14. \m/
Apparently Tamburini used felt-tip pens for Rank Xerox, which is quite an acheivement.
Sanjulian is a great artist out of Spain.
I thought he was from the Philippines.
Hello from Heavy Metal Magazine. Are you guys in our Discord? You're so knowledgeable. It'd be great to have you!
God, I wish I could receive classic floppies and magazines like this almost everyday :/
That March 83 Sanjulian cover is hard to get in high grade.
Kevin Eastman is in L.E.T.H.A.L Ladies: Return to Savage Beach the Andy Sidaris film.
67..... Heavy Metal found me at a magazine stand ......1980....Trinidad....Chapakou by Jeronaton.....that was the start of it.......
I still have my issues of Heavy Metal. The art work is amazing. The stories are fantastic! Is there ever gonna be another movie?
Not if it's like Fraack, or whatever the name was. I doubt if anyone could cobble together the teetering genius of the Heavy Metal movie, that zeitgeist has been run out of town by the marketers and bean counters.
Wow! I have many of those issues!
Dude,you are so fortunate. Want a tip.? Look for Epic illustrated,there are only about 70 issues or less,rare and some better than Heavy metal.
28.10 Steranko showing influence of M.C. Escher, in the background.
Heavy Metal, the comic mags closest to Playboy, that you hid from your Mom, when you were 10 years old. Fearing that if she found out what was in them, she would ground you and tell your Father. LOL I still have several Heavy Metal issues stored away, along with many other mixed comic books that are priced at 10 cents and up, in a large box. I wonder if I have the first Superman comic book. Hmmm.
Thanks for ASMR intro.
Have practically every 1 of these.
@2:30 Doesn’t the post office have a “media rate” that’s a little cheaper than flat rate? I remember using it to ship video tapes years ago and if they still have it it should work with magazines
Not sure that works for Hawaii to the mainland.
Ah, gotcha. Great video! Love the channel
We do have media rate, but it can take months coming from Hawaii. Cheap, but not worth it. Flat rate is Hawaii's best deal when it comes to shipping heavy paper goods.
pure graphic gold
Georges Pichard !!!
I remember I had around 5 GB of this magazine in .cbd format and I lost it because my disc broke
🙌
Triangle points up, Illuminati, triangle points down, ohh shit..
I own a trade of that Pichard Ulysses, very randomly.
Are you guys looking for someone to ink your comics? I'm an inker looking for a job in comics? Please let me know. Thankyou!
Dude I never comment but I must say I bought some old school underground comics from sf and Austin from the 60s and 70s along with a bunch of freak bros comics from Maui comics for like a dollar each
What is Heavy Metal like in the 21st century? Obviously they must’ve gone through changes over the years. Are the 2019 issues worth reading? (I’m completely ignorant on Heavy Metal).
still worth checking, Grant Morrison involved now, has changed for the times a wee bit, still publish Liberatore, Corben, Caza , Gerhard etc though. Benjamin Marra did a good strip with GM in a recent one. Not cheap but always nice production values
bigstefan Thanks! I will buy a few.
Paul Kirchner is not RIP!
Don't feel bad, but Druillet is pronounced 'Dru yay' not 'Dru lay'.
by the way, in my channel i do a similar thing that you do here, masters!!!