I know I've said this before but I'll say it again anyways but where does all the time go!? Here it is November first already and you know damn well Christmas is gonna be here before you know it. The late 70s and the entire decade of the 80s was so awesome for so many reasons even though we didn't have the internet or smart phones back then. But there was so much other cool stuff not to mention the original ROM spaceknight series. And even though some of that stuff may be a bit dated here in the early 21st century it's still cool in a vintage kinda way if you know what I mean.
There's some cool things that came my way last month I felt like sharing. I was watching an episode of The Greatest American Hero on one of those retro TV show channels last weekend and it was an episode I don't remember seeing back in the day. I even at one point had the vinyl 45 record of the show's theme song (Joey Scarbury) which every body loved back then. Cheesy as it was by today's standards I still had fun watching it as William Katt takes on some neo-nazis conspiring to sink a U.S. naval vessel bound for Israel with an arms shipment. That plan didn't work out for them thanks to our hero so they went to plan B which was to see that donald trump get elected to the White House and after wards go for a walk in Charlottesville with tiki torches.
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Also, on something of a whim a couple of weeks ago I bought on ebay the Hotwheels version of KIT from the iconic 80s TV show Knight Rider starring The Hoff. Never hassle The Hoff.
There's an artist I've run into on more then one occasion at the San Jose Super Toy Comic and Collectibles show. I saw this awesome Godzilla vs Mothra piece at a September show but opted to buy it later on which was last week after I found out the artist lives in the same city as I do. There's a certain somebody I know who loves Godzilla that I think this will make a great holiday gift for. Although I think I should see about getting it framed.
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| Godzilla vs Mothra and ROM vs Dire Wraith art by Gazbot |
Even though this is one of those idw fan art mock covers I still like it though since Gazbot went with the original ROM spaceknight. I also really like the classic dire wraith here, he did an especially good job on that part of this piece. Over all it makes me miss the original series again while at the same time driving home why the reboot sucks so bad. By the way I'm sure you all by now have heard that the upcoming issue 14 of idw's woefully disappointing ROM reboot series will be the last one. Not the last time we're going to see this ROM in name only character in the pages of idw comics. They're gonna milk that shit for all it's worth after all they need to get a return on their investment. Along with the specific contract details wouldn't you just love to know how much exactly it cost idw to acquire the rights to publish ROM (or at least their shitty version of him) from Hasbro?
nice art there both the Godzilla and Rom pieces,but what about the left top's panel art,it looks great,who did it?
ReplyDeletei think when you see the original you're gonna get a kick how i applied the art you're asking about in this posting http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1427307
DeleteHahaha, photoshop in action I see!
DeleteSeriously though Alex you should post the whole piece and make a poll of your viewers what version of Rom they prefer, the classic look is so much better by far.
That really is some sweet Godzilla art. Damn, the color and details here are AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteNice ROM art too.
So the IDW ROM series is already folding up after 14 issues? Wow. I shouldn't be surprised, but as you said, IDW's gonna' want a return on that investment, so I'm sure they'll go the mini-series route, along with a few guest-appearances here and there in other IDW titles.
that Godzilla piece is a 11 X 17 print and it's even more impressive when your holding it in front of your eyes. like i said i just need to get it framed then it'll be perfect.
DeleteYeah, they pretty much have stuck all the old Hasbro properties in one big steaming pile. They have one where a Transformer becomes a spaceknight and the Transformers can become possessed by Dire Wraiths. Way to destroy multiple fan bases in a single crappy concept.
ReplyDeleteit's a sad fucken state of affairs Brian. it's really hard for me to wrap my brain around someone from my generation actually walking into a comic shop and thinking it's a good idea to spend their money and taking the time every month to read this shit.
DeleteShlomo, I'm surprised you never got into the ROM reboot stuff, because the stories contain the progressive, liberal, anti Trump crap that you probably would have loved. New ROM is failing, and rightly so, because the writers think that they can appeal to SJWs like Marvel is doing. The comics industry is in a crash and burning state, especially IDW, because they think they can push this liberal ideology crap into entertainment (like comics including new ROM) and pretend it is what everyone thinks and believes.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, you seem to be carrying the torch for this Main Stream liberal thinking too.
You and trump have some things in common, chief among them you both get on social media and start talking about things you don't have a clue about. If you knew anything about me you would know I wouldn't know a thing about the story line of the ROM reboot because I lost any interest I may have had after seeing what ROM would look like as of the zero issue. You would also know that I hate the far left (hello, did you not notice my profile icon?) every bit as much as I hate trump or the far right in general. Despite their mutual loathing for one another the far right and far left have something in common. Niether of them care about the truth or facts, all they care about is pushing their ideologically driven agendas.
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