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Jan 22 13 9:05 PM
Wich2 wrote: Though to be fair, he [Indiana Jones] did not start as one [a property debuting in comic books]. Which I think was the point?
Jan 22 13 9:17 PM
delgadosaur wrote: Does Robert DOwney Jr, count now with the iron man films, the hulk cameo and the avengers?
Jan 22 13 10:30 PM
Jan 23 13 6:45 AM
davlghry wrote: Am I arriving too late or hasn't Samuel L. Jackson been Nick Fury in five film so far?
Jan 26 13 8:21 AM
hermanthegerm wrote: That's fine, but it's ridiculous to say that Tarzan, for example, is not a comic book hero (he is not only one, but a very famous one,) regardless of whether the original work was a novel or a comic.
Jan 26 13 8:27 AM
hermanthegerm wrote: Scathach80 wrote: Andy Hardy started as a play. El Santo started as a wrestler's persona in the ring. One might as well count those western singers and cowboy film stars who played themselves (well, fictionalized versions of themselves) and had comic books based on them. In other words, I do not.I would say that any character fictional or otherwise that is featured in a comic book named after him/her qualifies as a 'comic book hero.' Just 'cause, literally, that is what that character is.
Scathach80 wrote: Andy Hardy started as a play. El Santo started as a wrestler's persona in the ring. One might as well count those western singers and cowboy film stars who played themselves (well, fictionalized versions of themselves) and had comic books based on them. In other words, I do not.
Jan 26 13 8:30 AM
hermanthegerm wrote: Scathach80 wrote: ..."The term "White" refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa"...This is obviously wrong. People (Homo Sapiens) did not originate independently in different parts of the globe, but originated in Africa and migrated from there to the rest of the world.
Scathach80 wrote: ..."The term "White" refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa"...
Jan 26 13 8:40 AM
BijouBob8mm wrote: Just an objective outsider tossing his two cents in the ring: When I saw the expression "comic book hero" in the title, I immediately thought of a hero who came from a comic rather than one who would eventually find his way into comics. (For example, the Three Musketeers have turned up in comic books but I wouldn't think of them as comic book heroes ala Superman or Batman, if that makes any sense.) Not trying to fan any flames here, just sharing my own "mental reflex" at the expression "comic book hero."
Jan 26 13 9:20 AM
Jan 26 13 11:15 AM
hermanthegerm wrote: Scathach80 wrote: hermanthegerm wrote: Scathach80 wrote: I wanted to note that this use of the term "comic book hero" to not include comic strip derived properties does not stand as a peculiar or overly strict use of the term. As I have noted elsewhere, newspaper comic strip adaptations have tended to lag behind comic book adaptations in recent decades.In any event, I edited the title of the thread to remove ambiguity.How convenient for you. I would like to note that the first comic books were nothing but reprints of newspaper comic strips so comic books should not be included in the discussion. Also Blondie is hardly a recent strip.Ah, but properties specifically created for comic books, instead of just having their newspaper strip adventure reprinted for them, more appropriately hold the status of "comic book heroes". So, those properties which started in strips and had their adventures reprinted in comic books do not count, but those that started in comic books obviously do....Obviously. I must be blind not to have seen that.
Scathach80 wrote: hermanthegerm wrote: Scathach80 wrote: I wanted to note that this use of the term "comic book hero" to not include comic strip derived properties does not stand as a peculiar or overly strict use of the term. As I have noted elsewhere, newspaper comic strip adaptations have tended to lag behind comic book adaptations in recent decades.In any event, I edited the title of the thread to remove ambiguity.How convenient for you. I would like to note that the first comic books were nothing but reprints of newspaper comic strips so comic books should not be included in the discussion. Also Blondie is hardly a recent strip.Ah, but properties specifically created for comic books, instead of just having their newspaper strip adventure reprinted for them, more appropriately hold the status of "comic book heroes". So, those properties which started in strips and had their adventures reprinted in comic books do not count, but those that started in comic books obviously do....
hermanthegerm wrote: Scathach80 wrote: I wanted to note that this use of the term "comic book hero" to not include comic strip derived properties does not stand as a peculiar or overly strict use of the term. As I have noted elsewhere, newspaper comic strip adaptations have tended to lag behind comic book adaptations in recent decades.In any event, I edited the title of the thread to remove ambiguity.How convenient for you. I would like to note that the first comic books were nothing but reprints of newspaper comic strips so comic books should not be included in the discussion. Also Blondie is hardly a recent strip.
Scathach80 wrote: I wanted to note that this use of the term "comic book hero" to not include comic strip derived properties does not stand as a peculiar or overly strict use of the term. As I have noted elsewhere, newspaper comic strip adaptations have tended to lag behind comic book adaptations in recent decades.In any event, I edited the title of the thread to remove ambiguity.
Jan 26 13 7:32 PM
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Jan 27 13 8:11 PM
Scathach80 wrote:Actually, since comic strips tended to move away from serialized adventure tales to gag strips, while comic books have tended to serialized adventures, comic strips seem less influenced by comic books. Max Allan Collins notes that long-running adventure newspaper strips that started after the 1940's other than Modesty Blaise seem quite rare.
Mar 12 13 7:21 PM
Scathach80 wrote: hermanthegerm wrote: Godziwolf wrote: hermanthegerm wrote: How many Blondie movies were there?Little Orphan Annie was originally a comic strip. There's been at least four of those movies, although spaced out over 75 or so years.How about the old Dick Tracy films? Was Bulldog Drummond also a comic book character? Were the characters portrayed by the same actor or not? I know that there are a whole bunch of Fantomas films, but I doubt they share actors. Also there were only two, maybe three Kaliman movies. Again, same actor?Bulldog Drummond started in prose. Moonstone published one comic book about Drummond. British comic books also have featured Bulldog Drummond, such as Super Detective Library. http://www.comicvine.com/...ldog-drummond/37-162632/ Byrd played Tracy in all the serials, but Tracy started as a comic strip. Fantomas started in prose, though comic books have followed.
hermanthegerm wrote: Godziwolf wrote: hermanthegerm wrote: How many Blondie movies were there?Little Orphan Annie was originally a comic strip. There's been at least four of those movies, although spaced out over 75 or so years.How about the old Dick Tracy films? Was Bulldog Drummond also a comic book character? Were the characters portrayed by the same actor or not? I know that there are a whole bunch of Fantomas films, but I doubt they share actors. Also there were only two, maybe three Kaliman movies. Again, same actor?
Godziwolf wrote: hermanthegerm wrote: How many Blondie movies were there?Little Orphan Annie was originally a comic strip. There's been at least four of those movies, although spaced out over 75 or so years.
hermanthegerm wrote: How many Blondie movies were there?
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Apr 6 13 8:22 AM
hermanthegerm wrote: And yet it did... How do you account for that?
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