LOTR strip?
Torgos Pizza
running about the same time as Russ Manning's Star Wars strip (say, 1979
or about the time the Bakshi animated LOTR film was released)? I can
picture it in my mind, but no one seems to know anything about it. So,
guys, was it around, or am I just crazy? Thanks!
Mike
John D. Bullough, Gurley Building
Do you remember the strip having the style of the Bakshi film? There
was a "fotonovela" style book (about the size of the old Peanuts and
Funky Winkerbean paperback collections) that covered the plot of the
movie, with word balloons and everything (I think).
John
Torgos Pizza
>Do you remember the strip having the style of
>the Bakshi film? There was a "fotonovela"
>style book (about the size of the old Peanuts
>and Funky Winkerbean paperback collections)
>that covered the plot of the movie, with word
>balloons and everything (I think).
Good call, John, but I have that book, surprisingly (picked it up for
75¢ at a GoodWill store [!]). There was a company (Bantam or Ace,
maybe [I don't recall off-hand]) that put out a series of "Foto Novels"
of stills from Star Trek episodes and various films in a comic book
format, with word balloons and such. They were actually a lot cooler
than they sound.
The thing is, I seem to picture in my head only B&W daily strips, around
the standard three panels of Sam and Frodo walking through the woods.
The art was pretty realistic, like Gray Morrow or "Juliet Jones" style
art, but not quite as detailed as, say, Prince Valiant. It's possible
this was just a vivid dream I had as a kid and I'm mis-remembering, but
I wonder if it wasn't an actual strip if perhaps I'd seen prelims for an
unproduced strip (like Al Williamson's "SW:Episode IV" newspaper
adaption that never made it to the papers)? This had to have been
around 25 years ago (yes, I'm getting old), I'm thinking. Wasn't there
a strip that adapted popular books by various authors? Is that a
possibility? At any rate, I appreciate any info or suggestions. I know
if anyone around can answer this, it's you guys. Thanks again!
Mike
John Duncan Yoyo
Pizza) wrote:
>bul...@vcmr-86.server.rpi.edu wrote:
>
>>Do you remember the strip having the style of
>>the Bakshi film? There was a "fotonovela"
>>style book (about the size of the old Peanuts
>>and Funky Winkerbean paperback collections)
>>that covered the plot of the movie, with word
>>balloons and everything (I think).
>
>Good call, John, but I have that book, surprisingly (picked it up for
>75¢ at a GoodWill store [!]). There was a company (Bantam or Ace,
>maybe [I don't recall off-hand]) that put out a series of "Foto Novels"
>of stills from Star Trek episodes and various films in a comic book
>format, with word balloons and such. They were actually a lot cooler
>than they sound.
I'll second that. They were fairly nifty especially in the pre-VCR
days.
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There *was* a series of LOTR comic-book albums around that timeframe.
Published in several European languages but not (AFAIK) in English,
and never completed, either. It was *not* directly based on the Bakshi
movie (though it may have been influenced a bit in terms of look and
feel). I used to have one of the issues.
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Paul Ciszek
>the standard three panels of Sam and Frodo walking through the woods.
>The art was pretty realistic, like Gray Morrow or "Juliet Jones" style
>art, but not quite as detailed as, say, Prince Valiant. It's possible
>this was just a vivid dream I had as a kid and I'm mis-remembering, but
>I wonder if it wasn't an actual strip if perhaps I'd seen prelims for an
There was a newpaper comic strip version of "The Sword of Shanarra"
which is a pretty blatant LotR rip-off. However, I only recall
seeing that on Sundays, in color. It came out right after the Bakshi
movie, IIRC.
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Torgos Pizza
mission--I have to find those books you mentioned. Are you Norwegian,
by chance? Danish? What is there in the way of stand-alone comic
stores in Scandinavia? Thanks again, all!
Mike
Leif Magnar Kj|nn|y
Torgos Pizza <Torgo...@webtv.net> wrote:
>Thanks for all the help, gentlemen. And, Leif, you've given me a
>mission--I have to find those books you mentioned. Are you Norwegian,
>by chance? Danish?
.no is Norway, yes.
There's a bit about the comic adaptation here:
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/miscellanea/comics/description.htm
>What is there in the way of stand-alone comic
>stores in Scandinavia? Thanks again, all!
The comic book market here is much larger, relatively speaking, than
in the US; there's quite a lot of titles published on a regular basis
and all normal grocery stores have a comics-and-such section next to
the checkout counters.
Specialist stores that concentrate on imported stuff (typically also
"genre" fiction, games and so on) exist in the larger cities.
DD DEGG CO
that Sword of Shannara adaptation.
It ran as part of Elliot Caplin's "Best Seller Showcase"
from UPS.
The Sword of Shannara strips ran daily and Sunday
from February 13, 1978 to April 9, 1978.
Though the artists didn't sign the strips the artwork
for this adaptation was obviously Gray Morrow.
D.D.Degg
DD DEGG CO
>that Sword of Shannara adaptation.
>
ooh, ooh, look what I found:
http://www.terrybrooks.net/images/comic-shannara.jpg
D.D.Degg
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, DD DEGG CO <ddde...@aol.comnixspam> wrote:
> http://www.terrybrooks.net/images/comic-shannara.jpg
Dear God, it's almost as bad as the book.
Almost.
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"Best Seller Showcase (featuring...)"
August 15, 1977 - ?July 30, 1978?
created and edited by Elliot Caplin
?text adaptation by Elliot Caplin?
distributed by UPS
"Best Seller Showcase featuring Raise the Titanic"
by Clive Cussler
August 15, 1977 - October 9, 1977
art by Frank Bolle (unsigned)
"Best Seller Showcase featuring Storm Warning"
by Jack Higgins
October 10, 1977 - December 4, 1977
art by Winslow Mortimer (unsigned)
"Best Seller Showcase featuring The Chancellor Manuscript"
by Robert Ludlum
December 5, 1977 - February 12, 1978
art by Frank Bolle (unsigned)
"Best Seller Showcase featuring The Sword of Shannara"
by Terry Brooks
February 13, 1978 - April 9, 1978
art by Gray Morrow (signed)
"Best Seller Showcase featuring The Second Deadly Sin"
by Lawrence Sanders
April 10, 1978 - ?June 4, 1978?
art by Frank Bolle (unsigned)
"Best Seller Showcase featuring Illusions"
by Richard Bach
?June 5, 1978? - ?July 30, 1978?
art by Gray Morrrow (?signed?)
The paper I was getting this out of stopped running the
strip with The Second Deadly Sin adaptation.
Corrections, additions, confirmations
are happily accepted.
D.D.Degg
Torgos Pizza
>.no is Norway, yes.
Yeah, I'm a lazy thinker, I'll admit--I didn't even think about looking
for the .no, Leif.
>Specialist stores that concentrate on imported
>stuff (typically also "genre" fiction, games and
>so on) exist in the larger cities.
I think I'll call a few and see what they have in the way of back
issues. Something's bound to turn up, surely.
ddde...@aol.comnixspam wrote:
Seriously, you guys are top-notch comic detectives. When you lay it out
like that, it matches virtually everything I remember about it ("Best
Seller Showcase", the time period, Morrow's art), except for the fact
it's not LOTR. This had to be what I remember, I'm certain. Thanks a
lot for all the help!
Mike
John Duncan Yoyo
INVALID...@example.com.invalid (J.D. Baldwin) wrote:
>
>In the previous article, DD DEGG CO <ddde...@aol.comnixspam> wrote:
>> http://www.terrybrooks.net/images/comic-shannara.jpg
>
>Dear God, it's almost as bad as the book.
It can't be that bad. Gray Morrow did sign them after all.
Maf...@verizon.net
here. I know the present artist of Apartment 3-G did quite of few of
the adaption of books. Morrow did sign the strips and I remember
seeing an original of one of the sundays. Incredible stuff. Just as
good as his tarzan stuff.
Miss him though....... 8(
On 02 Feb 2005 13:07:10 GMT, ddde...@aol.comnixspam (DD DEGG CO)
wrote:
Maf...@verizon.net
the ripping off LOTR. But the book was just a biginning. More followed
and the later ones were quite good.
Of course give me a good Moorcock elric story.....