ARCHIVE PAGE 2
May 2006
(See April 2011 archive page 1 here)MAY 19, 2006
CORBEN'S POE
MARVEL COMICS MAX 2006
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[Above] A rough drawing from an inside cover of the book.
MIKE ALLRED A GO GO
Michael Allred pokes a lot of fun at the Adam West era Batman, and takes Hourman and the Teen Titans through the wringer too for what is in effect a DC version of the old Marvel Not Brand Echh! self-parody title of yore. There is a bit of commentary on Batman in general as juxtaposed against the real world of criminal law enforcement, plus a lot of go-go 1960s references that make this 52-page comic (part of the DC Comics Solo Series) part love-letter and part kick-in-the-shins.
The artwork is beautifully stylized, and the coloring is a very nice update on the old prime-colors of comics golden, silver and bronze age schemes (there is even some color moires presented, a nice funny touch). The book ends with an plethora of assembled DC heros facing down modbots hatched right from some 1960s "continuity" that I have no familiarity with. But its all done with such smirking affection that I get the feeling Allred would be just as happy drawing the pinup pages that populate this book as stringing together stories to give reason for the pinups.
There is an official Mike Allred web site here.
