Thanks for the shout out!! Man, Beavis and Butthead comics were a huge inspiration for me as a kid/teen. I felt like I could totally draw a book like that.
I was in Joe Kubert's class when Beavis and Butthead comic book Marvel comic hit the number 1 spot. He came into class with tears in his eyes and said that today is a dark, dark day in comic book history since this crappy comic book was now the number one book in the USA. There was clearly a generational gap that could not be overcome. For him it was the end of civilization...funny.
Ha! As the artist (penciler/inker/hand-letterer) of that #1 comic book, I'm not THAT surprised that Joe Kubert didn't like it. I only met Joe once, and only for a minute. I'll bet you that Joe, like many people who pronounce other artist's work as "crappy" did not read it before making that pronouncement. I grew up in the 1950's and was raised on a steady diet of Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge comics, EC Horror Comics, Hooror and Science Fiction, popular TV shows of the 50's and of course Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder and Wally Wood and Joe Orlando and Dave Berg Comics along with Charles Addams and various New Yorker Magazine cartoons and eventually got my bachelors and masters degrees in Painting and Drawing from the University of Georgia and Pratt Institute in New York. I had worked at Marvel on everything they did for 15 years when I got the B&B project. I tried to emulate Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder's formula which was so successful. That is, I made sure that I told the story that the writer had written. And then I felt free to add sight gags, comics and pop culture references, plus anything I could think of to make it funny. I wanted to make it "jam-packed with entertainment" knowing that the reader's eyes do not move on to the next panel until they want to. The fact that the first 20 issues (of 28) were in the top 100 books that were available in a market dominated by super-heroes says a lot, I think. I'll bet if I could have sat with Joe for an hour and two or three issues, I could have made him see the humor and entertainment value in it. I think the book will stand the test of time. It has been 25 years now and people have been gladly paying $25 a copy at shows like the New York Comic Con. I urge anyone who wants to have a fun comic-reading experience to read issue #23 and if you don't laugh out loud as I did when I was drawing it, my name ain't Rick Parker.
@@armybart65 Ive only read a couple of issues. I just read issue 4 the other day. The art is brilliant, the way you change up from superhero style to your version of the Mike Judge style is fantastic. The tattooed back of a large man takes up a whole page. The way that was done was amazing. The issues I've read were treats for the eyes. Joe was just being old. Like you said, he probably didn't even read the issue. If that story is true, he probably just saw 'Beavis and Butt Head' and made up his mind.
Watching through the old episodes and you guys talking about artists wrtiting in made me remember something. I was looking at Andrew Robinsons Dusty Star the other day and a ton of AOL email addresses are listed in the comments feedback section 🤣 I wonder if anyone still checks those addresses
I've become addicted to your page, which I hold personally responsible for me spending a total of $300 this weekend on a quarter-bin-longbox, original issues of 2000AD, an issue of rubber blanket, and a bunch of new minicomics and zines :\\\\
Loved this video so much. This was the first issue of Wizard I ever bought. Beyond that, though, this was my portal into the world of comics beyond just Marvel & DC. Thumbing through the pages of this issue at the age of 12 was a shock to my system as I discovered a wide world of characters, titles and artists I'd never heard of in my youth. I may have bought this issue because Beavis & Butthead were on the cover, but it made me a comics fan for life.
Man, flipping through the issue of Prophet followed by the issue of Daredevil really hammers home how amazing a storyteller Frank Miller is! a consummate comic book creator.
I lived in Seattle for 8 months and would go to the Fantagraphics store every week. Great to hear about Larry Reid as he is one of my favorite people that I have met in comics. He would have great conversations about comics and music with all ages, really cool guy. He used to produce music shows when Grunge came into popularity and I remember him telling a great antidote about Nirvana. I don't have the exact quote, but he mentioned that Nirvana used to have a large female following because Cobain was cute and all guys would go to Nirvana shows to meet girls, which helped propel the band. I also happened to be at the store right after Pete Bagge dropped off some Hate magazines, so I was able to get the complete collection. If you live in Seattle, the Fantagraphics store and Larry Reid are truly a Seattle treasure. Also you can get Eightball comics there for cover price!!!
I remember hearing a lot of dismissive talk about Kirby's later work (and, admittedly, nodding my head sometimes) but it was just the same as people who thought the Fourth World was not as good as the Marvel work. We had basically fallen behind while Kirby kept moving away from the conventions that everyone was comfortable with, including Marvel and DC. My consolation has been going back and realizing that unfettered Kirby was moving closer to Underground Comix. When I revisited Captain Victory I was shocked at how violent and psychedelic it was.
Re: when J. Scott Campbell becomes J. Scott Campbell on Gen 13-- It's 100% Gen 13 Mini-series #3 (the obligatory Pitt issue.) Jim Lee laid out 1 and 2. 3's the first one where Campbell's flying solo and he's pretty much all the way there in just three issues. It is pretty wild to look at.
was never able to get any of the buddy Bradley stuff when I was younger. just could not find it here in canada were I live. I got the collected buddy books after I moved to a bigger city. also went out and found all the hate books I could. love it all. this shit is just to hard to find nowadays. to hell with sandman and the crow. that emo shit has nothing on hate.
I was reading X-Men at the time I thought Silvestri was a worthy replacement for JRJR, even though I had never heard of the guy, but I was immediately impressed, which is saying a lot because I was very disappointed JRJR left
I hope Marvel gets the rights back to Beavis & Butthead just so that they can do an omni collecting that entire series. If can happen for ROM and Godzilla, surely this is possible too.
Was still buying regularly (just) in 1994 but I confess I'd not heard of S. Platt... The Image-style copyist pin-up crosshatched art plus gimmick foil covers & 'event' comics had killed my interest so I was about to bail out at this point.
Thanks for the shout out!! Man, Beavis and Butthead comics were a huge inspiration for me as a kid/teen. I felt like I could totally draw a book like that.
I was in Joe Kubert's class when Beavis and Butthead comic book Marvel comic hit the number 1 spot. He came into class with tears in his eyes and said that today is a dark, dark day in comic book history since this crappy comic book was now the number one book in the USA. There was clearly a generational gap that could not be overcome. For him it was the end of civilization...funny.
Ha! As the artist (penciler/inker/hand-letterer) of that #1 comic book, I'm not THAT surprised that Joe Kubert didn't like it. I only met Joe once, and only for a minute. I'll bet you that Joe, like many people who pronounce other artist's work as "crappy" did not read it before making that pronouncement. I grew up in the 1950's and was raised on a steady diet of Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge comics, EC Horror Comics, Hooror and Science Fiction, popular TV shows of the 50's and of course Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder and Wally Wood and Joe Orlando and Dave Berg Comics along with Charles Addams and various New Yorker Magazine cartoons and eventually got my bachelors and masters degrees in Painting and Drawing from the University of Georgia and Pratt Institute in New York. I had worked at Marvel on everything they did for 15 years when I got the B&B project. I tried to emulate Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder's formula which was so successful. That is, I made sure that I told the story that the writer had written. And then I felt free to add sight gags, comics and pop culture references, plus anything I could think of to make it funny. I wanted to make it "jam-packed with entertainment" knowing that the reader's eyes do not move on to the next panel until they want to. The fact that the first 20 issues (of 28) were in the top 100 books that were available in a market dominated by super-heroes says a lot, I think. I'll bet if I could have sat with Joe for an hour and two or three issues, I could have made him see the humor and entertainment value in it. I think the book will stand the test of time. It has been 25 years now and people have been gladly paying $25 a copy at shows like the New York Comic Con. I urge anyone who wants to have a fun comic-reading experience to read issue #23 and if you don't laugh out loud as I did when I was drawing it, my name ain't Rick Parker.
@@armybart65 Ive only read a couple of issues. I just read issue 4 the other day. The art is brilliant, the way you change up from superhero style to your version of the Mike Judge style is fantastic. The tattooed back of a large man takes up a whole page. The way that was done was amazing. The issues I've read were treats for the eyes. Joe was just being old. Like you said, he probably didn't even read the issue. If that story is true, he probably just saw 'Beavis and Butt Head' and made up his mind.
@@armybart65 what a fart knocker😂 and Adam was waaay cooler anyways dude 🔥🔥🔥
No better feeling than sitting down to start grinding on a project and you get that Kayfabe notification.. Fuck yea.
This channel inspired me to dig through my crates again. I've found a lot of forgotten gems, I even found a Jae Lee signed Hellshock ashcan.
You guys need to do a shoot interview with Stephen Platt, seriously! Even if it's done on Skype or whatever, us Kayfabers would go bonkers for it.
Your guys idea about putting Matt Wagner's Grendel and or Baron and Rude's Nexus under the microscope would make great addition to the channel
Mentions old metalheads -- thunder is heard in the distance. Hesh as heck.
Ed's enthusiasm is so fantastic when you guys talk about HATE! Love it!
Rick Parker is not only a truly great cartoonist but he is also a dapper dresser and a true gentleman. Thanks for giving him his due!
Watching through the old episodes and you guys talking about artists wrtiting in made me remember something. I was looking at Andrew Robinsons Dusty Star the other day and a ton of AOL email addresses are listed in the comments feedback section 🤣 I wonder if anyone still checks those addresses
I've become addicted to your page, which I hold personally responsible for me spending a total of $300 this weekend on a quarter-bin-longbox, original issues of 2000AD, an issue of rubber blanket, and a bunch of new minicomics and zines :\\\\
Loved this video so much. This was the first issue of Wizard I ever bought. Beyond that, though, this was my portal into the world of comics beyond just Marvel & DC. Thumbing through the pages of this issue at the age of 12 was a shock to my system as I discovered a wide world of characters, titles and artists I'd never heard of in my youth. I may have bought this issue because Beavis & Butthead were on the cover, but it made me a comics fan for life.
Man, flipping through the issue of Prophet followed by the issue of Daredevil really hammers home how amazing a storyteller Frank Miller is! a consummate comic book creator.
I love the Wizard Magazine videos!
I have to say, when Jim gets around to reading Sandman Mystery Theater, he will be mad he slept on it! One of my favorites of the 90s.
@@captainnegativity9269 GREAT series.
I lived in Seattle for 8 months and would go to the Fantagraphics store every week. Great to hear about Larry Reid as he is one of my favorite people that I have met in comics. He would have great conversations about comics and music with all ages, really cool guy. He used to produce music shows when Grunge came into popularity and I remember him telling a great antidote about Nirvana. I don't have the exact quote, but he mentioned that Nirvana used to have a large female following because Cobain was cute and all guys would go to Nirvana shows to meet girls, which helped propel the band.
I also happened to be at the store right after Pete Bagge dropped off some Hate magazines, so I was able to get the complete collection.
If you live in Seattle, the Fantagraphics store and Larry Reid are truly a Seattle treasure.
Also you can get Eightball comics there for cover price!!!
I live for this.
Thanks for the vid! :D cool to see your sketch book!
I love going through my old ones its nice to see other people save them! :D
Ed Tells the most amazing stories. Can't wait for his autobiographical comic.
Wagner's Shadow year one was a great read
I remember hearing a lot of dismissive talk about Kirby's later work (and, admittedly, nodding my head sometimes) but it was just the same as people who thought the Fourth World was not as good as the Marvel work. We had basically fallen behind while Kirby kept moving away from the conventions that everyone was comfortable with, including Marvel and DC. My consolation has been going back and realizing that unfettered Kirby was moving closer to Underground Comix. When I revisited Captain Victory I was shocked at how violent and psychedelic it was.
@@captainnegativity9269 Kirby died in Feb 1994, so the coverage should be soon. Looking forward to seeing that; thanks, Cap.
"This is my favorite Defiant ad probably."
Trainspotting reference was spot on tho
Re: when J. Scott Campbell becomes J. Scott Campbell on Gen 13-- It's 100% Gen 13 Mini-series #3 (the obligatory Pitt issue.) Jim Lee laid out 1 and 2. 3's the first one where Campbell's flying solo and he's pretty much all the way there in just three issues. It is pretty wild to look at.
Shit. Ed's comment on hours already lost not working on something that gives you pleasure was just too real. Made me cry into my ink bottle.
Please can you get Guy Davis on.
Wow, the art on those Beavis and Butthead comics is great, those characters on right on nodel
Beavis and Butthead, then HATE....wonderful
I recently got wizard magazine 30 from Amazon and it came in the other day and it's cool. 😀👍
get Grendel Devil's Quest, some top storytelling from Matt Wagner in that one.
was never able to get any of the buddy Bradley stuff when I was younger. just could not find it here in canada were I live. I got the collected buddy books after I moved to a bigger city. also went out and found all the hate books I could. love it all. this shit is just to hard to find nowadays. to hell with sandman and the crow. that emo shit has nothing on hate.
I'd buy Beavis And Butthead comics if I could find them. I thought they'd stay on tv for a while that year they were brought back.
Just looked up Bone #1 $9,999 on Ebay as of today's date 5/2021
I was reading X-Men at the time I thought Silvestri was a worthy replacement for JRJR, even though I had never heard of the guy, but I was immediately impressed, which is saying a lot because I was very disappointed JRJR left
16:03 for cuckoo Kirby career page counts
legit spit take at "whoa, s--- my d--- is for real!"
also props on recognizing Bagge as one of the true unsung cartooning heroes of his era - his sense of page and story pacing and rhythm is unmatched.
I hope Marvel gets the rights back to Beavis & Butthead just so that they can do an omni collecting that entire series. If can happen for ROM and Godzilla, surely this is possible too.
Was still buying regularly (just) in 1994 but I confess I'd not heard of S. Platt... The Image-style copyist pin-up crosshatched art plus gimmick foil covers & 'event' comics had killed my interest so I was about to bail out at this point.
90s = Spider-Man with a light saber