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Showing posts with label panel laughs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label panel laughs. Show all posts
15 June 2010
Panel Laughs: Laugh With ABBRACADABBLING... And WIN!
Don't play your cards too close to the chest, dabblers. Lay 'em all on the table by telling us which of our two day Panel Laughs is your favorite -- via comments or the always appropriate Back Issues! AND if you've got something extra special or plain superhero silly - let us know! If we use your submission in the next Panel Laughs, you'll win a a prize! Details coming up this week on abbracadabbling!
Batman's Card Game
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Panel Laughs: Battle of The Bulges, MARVEL SWIMSUIT Style -- But They Only Nailed The Ads (13 & 14)
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In the 90's, comics were a runaway train racing South even before the 'bubble burst,' and Marvel's Sports Illustrated impersonation only greased the industrial track - and probably more poles than Nielsen. From 1991 to 1995, Marvel Comics' annual Illustrated Swimsuit Specials presented page after page of big boys with bulges and more superheroine T&A than a Rob Liefeld comic. Fittingly, the first Special featured members of the publisher's premier and woefully under-clad super-team, the Avengers -- and several of the Avengers' members to boot. For the money, our favorite shot has to be Adam Hughes' Janet Van Dyne aka the size-shrinking Wasp, pictured ironically here between the unmistakable manhood (manhoods? men-hood?) of Wonder Man (truth in advertising for days) and mister stars and stripes forever himself, Captain America, two dudes who suffer not from any shrinkage.
To be fair, the Specials didn't take themselves completely seriously, a fact especially evidenced by the slightly subversive phony advertisements and tongue-in-cheek articles peppered between their pin-ups. We think they're rather clever -- fake ads augmenting the illusion that the fictional Specials are real, while making valid, real world points on issues usually over-looked for fictional characters. Thanks (or no thanks) to Mike Zeck's ability to draw Canadians dripping sweat, it's a challenge not to imagine how a stanky wet Wolverine smells. (And you gotta love the “deoderant” -- import, maybe?) Thor's hammer ad is a whole 'nother horse, of course. Marvel's golden boy gets one page full of double entendres and a look that leaves little doubt this is one Thunder God who's more bent than the nails his hammer fails to, well, nail. ART BY ADAM HUGHES
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Even twenty years later, Marvel's faux marketing succeeds with the satire -- which, by the way, was also more the Swimsuit Specials goal than lending their hand to a monkey-punching fan base. But the proof's in the pandering, and Marvel's messages were mixed. In the battle of their Swimsuit bulges, Marvel Comics got cock-blocked -- by themselves.
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Panel Laughs: SPIDER-MAN's AUNT MAY Not Be Getting Any (11)
Poor Aunt May. Uncle Ben' been dead a long time, hasn't he? This could totally be a deleted scene from the first Spider-Man movie, we think. Peter Parker / Tobey Maguire's pubescent transformation after the spider bite does subtly suggest a certain metaphor where his webbing is concerned and besides being a laugh riot unto itself, May's sticky situation would certainly serve the plot well. By the time Mary Jane coughs up a web-ball for the big finale, we'd all be on the same page of ... [via]
14 June 2010
Panel Laughs: ONE MORE DAY TO LAUGH YOUR COMICSBLOG A** OFF --- Tomorrow on Abbracadabbling
Pay absolutely no attention to the lies we dished earlier, dabblers. Panel Laughs has been way, way, way, way too much fun to disappear so quickly -- so we're gonna keep it around for one more day. Abbracadabbling tomorrow tackles PLNs (Panel Laugh Number, natch) #11 thru #20, and somewhere along there, the comicsblog will venture NSFW. Fair warning, and lots of f***-ing fun comin' atcha tomorrow -- we can't wait. But while you are - get back at us with your vote for today's favorite Panel Laugh. How? Back Issues, baby. It's all about who's got Back, and we're sure you've got plenty -- to say, that is. Faves, raves, rants, or pants - it's all good. And tomorrow, it's all Panel Laughs.
Panel Laughs: DONUT BACON CHEESEBURGER Is The Harbinger of Deliciousness. We Swear To God. (10)
We've reached Panel Laughs' half-way and life demands we take a break from the blog. Duty calls, and Mother Nature's already standing in line. But break time means snack time in at least seventeen languages we know, and there ain't no break like the Donut Bacon Cheeseburger. Word's getting out on this bitch; what was once urban legend, the DBC Classic has now become synonymous with Springfield -- and more stretched-out elastic waistlines than could fill six local bingo halls, two double-wides, and a garage sale. We learned months ago - months - that in some parts of the country, donuts and bacon are considered health food. They're not just for cops anymore, no sir. This irresistibly yummy grease-stack is a testament to temptation, and who doesn't love giving to sin? So go on, hit your glutton button, we dare you. Bypass was invented for foods like this, and one heavenly bite of a DBC won't kill you...much. Indulge your deepest and darkest-- [here]
Panel Laughs: For Once, HELLO KITTY Isn't Completely Stupid (8)
Hello Kitty's popularity hinges on the fact that she's (it's?) a corporate symbol that symbolizes absolutely nothing. Seriously, we kid you not. The kitten's a blank slate: add meaning, and stir to your heart's content. Artist Joseph Senior apparently got that, and turned out a whole litter of the best mods we've ever seen. Hello Wolverine cracks our crack up - and you haven't even seen a third of the felines Senior fabricated. Normally, we'd never even think of bringing Hello Kitty home, but if we ran across one of these...we, umm..might say 'Hi'. For a whole new bunch of Hello Hilarity and to find your pick of the litter, go [here].
WARNING: Today's Comicsblog May Cause PANEL LAUGHING
Whatever we might have planned for today -- screw it! We're turning comicsblog FUN-- ON! You'll chuckle, you'll wonder, you'll be amused. You'll think, you'll ponder, and surely grow enthused -- to Vote - TODAY! (hurray!) - when Panel Laughs ends, for that favorite pic or panel, you must email to friends!
Oh, and that reminds us: Spontaneous Blog-rhyming - don't try it at home. Not even if you're supervised by an adult. Especially not then. Okay? Good. Panel Laughs x20 begins...NOW!
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