Born julius marx in 1890, the brilliant comic actor who would later be known as groucho was the most verbal of the famed comedy team, the marx brothers, his broad slapstick portrayals elevated by ingenious wordplay and double entendre. The archie beach scene covers are more blatant, not innuendo or double entendre at all. Rock, arak, warlord, and hercules action figure toys from remco. There use to be a comic book store down the street where i grew up.
This is a firstrate job all the way and deserves 6 stars. Vintage comic books, vintage humor, vintage comics, comic books art, comic art, comic book panels, comic book covers, minding your own business, stream of. These are slide shows featuring comic book covers from a variety of series and publishers. Letter col or letter column a feature in a comic book that prints and sometimes responds to letters written by its readers. Mar 9, 2015 possibly the best accidental doubleentendre cartoon ever. No subject is taboo, as celebrities, athletes, and politicians alike are lampooned with equal aplomb. Check out custom comic book covers inspired by amcs preacher from acclaimed artists like steve dillon, glenn fabry, mike allred and more. There are other archies with double entendres, the betty and me 16 isnt. He has the distinction of being one of the first african american comic book artists to work in mainstream titles.
Urbanime founder chris walker creates relic, merges hip. Home labs az random about this is the sister site of vintage ad browser. Statement of ownership, management and circulation states the average number copies the comic book sold each month during the preceding 12 months is 111,922. Vintage cartoon vintage comics comic book covers comic books bulldogs archie comics.
The great comic songwriters can dazzle, shock, illuminate, and convey a. Double covers are one of the most collectible comic defects. Unusual topics, ridiculous titles, bizarre cover art, awful things aplenty, doubleentendres galore and a whole lot of sexploitation. Maxim online pulled together an awesomely hilarious collection of 22 comic book covers that cant help but catapult any adult readers thoughts straight to the nasty. The characters get powers from the relics around them but the story is also about. The comic book style graphic and the diecut cover makes this issue an album with two covers. Vintage comic books, vintage humor, vintage comics, comic books art, comic art, comic book panels, comic book covers, minding your own business, stream of consciousness kids.
One of the great things about the comic book industry is that there are so many comic book covers for us, as designers to look at. Vintage book covers, vintage books, vintage magazines, vintage posters, vintage art, dibujos pin up, pulp fiction comics, fiction books, serpieri. Considering how outofcharacter and subpar theyre both fighting coupled with a lot of one liners, double entendre and the general foe romance subtext vibe, especially the fact that x23 is sitting on a pool table with her legs spread facing him, led many fans joke that. The top 100 strangest, suggestive and steamy vintage comic book covers of all time. Unusual topics, ridiculous titles, bizarre cover art, awful things aplenty, double entendres galore and a whole lot of sexploitation. The reason for double covers collectability is due to both scarcity and condition of the interior cover. Elvira mistress of the dark 2018 dynamite comic books. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Ive been told not to judge a book by its cover, but when the cover has a title like reusing old graves, its hard not to.
It is a very short book with minimal text, highlighting about 45 photos of book covers whose intent was serious at the time but, over time, have developed unintended secondary meanings. Modern double covers could be nmm on both exterior and interior covers, therefore compared to an older double cover comic, modern comics dont receive the same kind of collector interest. Racist imagery, uncomfortable sexuality, and double entendres aplenty. Urbanime founder chris walker creates relic, merges hiphop and comic books.
With all the interest that her wonder woman covers are getting, its about time we took a look at jenny frisons cover work. Archie comics archie comic books comic book characters book cover art comic book covers archie and betty josie and the pussycats betty. The word masturbate was in use when the book was written, and dickens. American anthropologist clifford geertz actually pulled off several academic double entendres in his 1972 book, the interpretation of cultures. And other violations of literary propriety michael bell on.
Comic book covers are often beautiful works of art. Double cover when two covers are stapled to the comic interior instead of the usual one. An illustrated collection of whimsical book covers from the preworld war ii period features artwork and titles fraught with wry humor and double entendres. Sep 26, 2016 alltime greatest comic book gimmick covers. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use. A name that sticks out in the risque covers history is matt baker.
Week, with lyrics mocking wellmeaning but facile attempts to bring america. Probably best known for drawing the controversial phantom lady comics, baker was born in south carolina in 1921 and grew up in pittsburgh, pa. David sedaris, calypso, design by peter mendelsund. The 20 dirtiest album covers of all time racy images that pushed the boundaries of art and taste. I sure did, betty, i had to beat off three other guys. Her facial expression gets across everything you need to know about this darkly comic book. The little mermaid incident and 22 comic covers fred. This led some cartoonists to resort to double entendre or dialogue children do not understand, as in greg evans luann. She has appeared in national ad campaigns for pepsi and coors, recorded five music cds, written four books and licensed over four hundred products including pinball machines, action figures, guitars, three comic book series, a beer, wine, soda pop, perfume, slot machines and the bestselling female costume of all time. The little mermaid incident and 22 comic covers fred wertham would love to hate gutters can be dirty places, but every once in a while. Archies a little heavyhanded with the double entendre, wouldnt you say. His dark eyes glinted with a hot sort of mischief, his double entendre clear as day. Vintage cartoon vintage comics comic book covers comic books bulldogs archie comics riverdale dan.
Here is a stack of old adverts, comic books, catalog pages, book covers, etc. A double cover occurs due to a factory binding mishap where two or more covers are rolled together and stapled with the rest of the book. I know it would be worth more, now that its considerably older, but i dont know how much. He may be refering to candy, or book covers, but an adult would perceive the other meaning, probably before they got the intended meaning. I pulled my 10 favorite covers captions from one of the old double entendre threads. Betty and me 16 silver age comic books cgc comic book. Contentsshow plot this book is the first of the jumper triad, and contains multiple stories about the rise to prominence of the jumpers and of bloat, governor of the rox.
And then taking the innocent double entendres to ridiculous new extremes. Jul 21, 2017 thank you all for visiting and stay tuned for the last 50 comics of my top 100 most wanted comics list which include tons of golden and silver age books. Spiderman can afford to send them but they also get funnier. The double entendre managed to survive the censors. My version has the amorous namor whisking the invisible girl away from her fantastic four teammates. Vintage cartoon vintage comics comic book covers comic books. Everyones favorite comic book teenager debuted in a 6page story. This year, i asked 27 designers to share their favorite book covers of the year, with a bit about whyand they came back with a whopping 75 different covers of note. Compiled by a retired british secondhand book seller, this is an amusement for the bibliophile with a taste for the double entendre. Two comic book covers reveal just how much rappers and comic. I have electric comic book on vinyl and bought it after hearing them on the radio and maybe seeing them on tv, i think where the action is. See more ideas about books, double entendre and cover art. More than anything, its covers that sell comic books. Of course, everything sounds dated and doesnt hold up like the stones or beatles.
And then taking the innocent double entendres to ridiculous new. And if it goes down at disney, it can just as easily happen at dc, marvel, archie, or any comics publisher. Like the blackhawk a lot and even the over the top skeleton one a couple of days ago though it didnt have our hero in it directly. As i did last year and the year before that, i asked the experts. Its easy to take a comic book panel out of context to imbue it with sexual connotations. Jan 23, 2015 two comic book covers reveal just how much rappers and comic geeks have in common. The comic book ended with the death of iron fist however. Two comic book covers reveal just how much rappers and comic geeks have in common. The deepsea diver carrying the shapely woman gives the albums title a double entendre image. Oneeyed jacks is the eighth volume in the wild cards shared universe fiction series edited by george r. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. Now, this is the bottom 50 of the top 100 most wanted comic books by. Those rags were brimming with double entendre and sexual innuendo.
Sep 25, 2017 jenny frison cover checklist september 25, 2017 inigo 16 comments with all the interest that her wonder woman covers are getting, its about time we took a look at jenny frisons cover work. The little mermaid incident proves that subliminal perversion does happen. The parallel lives of mae west and rae bourbon patrick c. Please vote for your single favorite please ignore poll request for top 3 favorites, as im curious to see which one will win top spot among my boardie brethren sisters. Books george salters covers giant books gold medal books graphic books greatest book covers greatest novels of all time handi books harmony books hillman books hip hop books. A woman walked into a bar and asked for a double entendre, and the bartender gave her one. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
There were more than 200 different comic strips and daily cartoon panels in american newspapers alone. Sep 28, 2019 the archie beach scene covers are more blatant, not innuendo or double entendre at all. One of the great things about the comic book industry is that there are so. Nov 16, 2017 another negative for modern double covers is the small difference between cover grades. In chapter 15, which is all about cockfighting in bali, geertz makes an obvious double entendre, and lampshades it by saying that the double entendre is entirely intentional in balinese culture. Remember, if you enjoy articles about comic books and cosplay then like my blog here and join my fb group at we love comics. Because no matter how filthy they are, our inner kid delights in making messes our outeradults have to clean up.
Lenticular covers or flicker covers a comic book cover overlaid with a ridged plastic sheet such. A double entendre is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to. Index status cover scan status 1195 covers for 715 issues available. Comics are great because as they get older not only do they get more valuable at least my future children hope so because they aint going to no college unless a certain mr. Comic book culture may mean even more to the next generation of raps pioneers. Aug 27, 2018 these are slide shows featuring comic book covers from a variety of series and publishers. Contentsshow plot this book is the first of the jumper triad, and contains multiple stories about the rise to. This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved.
Every day this month, ill be posting a halloween comic book cover. No, i dont have them, they show up when im looking through ebay seller listings. Marvel didnt see anything doubleentendrelike about a comic called giant sized manthing. A few comic book publishing houses have had authors, be them writers or artists.
I dont think the album has any hits on it like the first one, but there are some classics like pipe dream, cher a bowlies, and albert common is dead. Today, ill post a couple with messages hidden or as doubleentendre. Statement of ownership, management and circulation states the average number copies the comic book sold each month during the preceding 12 months is 101,0. Aug 14, 2014 17 unintentionally naughty images of yesteryear here is a stack of old adverts, comic books, catalog pages, book covers, etc. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The finbarr saunders strip in the british comic viz is built around double entendres. Yet a cover is not the book takes its rightful place in the tradition of such. Lenticular covers or flicker covers a comic book cover overlaid with a ridged plastic sheet such that the special artwork underneath appears to move when the cover is tilted at different angles perpendicular to the ridges. A childs double entendre would perhaps be something an adult would not know, ie media aimed at children that was released after said adult passed that age. Dec 29, 2018 but it is december, and therefore i am inclined to ask. Archie comics archie comic books comic book characters book cover art comic book covers. As the hiphop and comic book industries both grew in stature, the connections between rap and marvel grew stronger too. Issue also has full page ad for arak, warlord, and hercules action figure toys from remco.
Difference between pun and double entendre, double entendre newspaper headlines fellowship of. Thank god our use of language changes over the years because it makes our old comics look stupid and thats funny. A double takes travis morgans place in double entendre. So what better way to do it than via a cover checklist. And as always, i hope you love comics as much as we do. A click on the cover leads to the large cover view, a click on the issue number to the issue data. Another negative for modern double covers is the small difference between cover grades. The crazy black man as you do call him is power man and he was partners with iron fist a martial artist. Comic book covers that should never had been published. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. Two comic book covers reveal just how much rappers and. Possibly the best accidental doubleentendre cartoon ever. Comic book gimmick covers are usually seen as one of the perils of the speculation boom, but these are the best and most inventive ever made. Much of the innuendo here was clearly unintentional, but others will have you doubting their innocence.
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