Wednesday, February 5, 2014
My next Funny Animal purchase
That's right, it's Power of Shazam #29, August '97. Can anybody guess why?
I've never read an issue of Shazam in my life, so I have no idea if this is gonna be any good. But Hoppy's in there, so I'll probably like it.
If you think this is the worst (or best) thing you've ever read in your entire life, let me know. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Friday, January 10, 2014
Another Yankee Poodle Sighting, Ambush Bug: Year None #1 - Sept. 2008
So, I was sitting around today. I was supposed to be sleeping, not on facebook, but who can sleep these days? Not me, that's for sure. Anyway, I WAS on facebook, and noticed I had a new message from facebook friend and fellow Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew fan, Carl Gibson. I know you're dying to know what it said, so here it is:
Am I interested? Oh hell yeah, I'm interested. I had no idea that Yankee Poodle had made an appearance alongside Ambush Bug, who has long been another one of my favorite DC characters (Seeing a pattern? Yes, I love all the weirdo characters). Strangely enough, I had been looking to pick up all the Ambush Bug comics just a few weeks before, but the comic shop I was at was missing a few issues of each series, so I decided to hold off until my next online purchase. (I ended up buying some Jonah Hex mini-series instead.)
Quickly, I looked up Ambush Bug: Year None over at mycomicshop.com. Six issues, written by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, with art by Keith Giffen and Al freaking Milgrom??? Yeah, sign me up. So I quickly placed an order for all six issues.
Yankee Poodle appears in issue one of the series. This is the synopsis for the first issue, taken from Wikipedia (I'm at work, and don't have time to write it up myself, so I'm taking the lazy way out).
From the wiki:
The first issue, "Hey, You Sank My Battle-Ax!", revolves around Ambush Bug trying to solve the murder of Jonni DC, a female version of Johnny DC. Through the course of the story, Ambush Bug encounters such DC Comics characters as Yankee Poodle, Egg Fu, Ace the Bat-Hound, and 'Mazing Man. Through the course of his investigation, he is pursued by his evil sock, Argh!yle!, and his minions bent on Ambush Bug's destruction. Also pursuing him is "Go-Go Chex", a mysterious being whose face is completely covered with the checkerboard pattern that appeared at the top of DC comic covers during the 1960s; he constantly speaks in 1960s phrases and slang, and refers to everyone around him as "Wonder Chick". Occasionally, the Source Wall, as a sentient slab of concrete, appears vacationing across time and space in places where Ambush Bug passes.
And here are the two pages of the book that pertain to Yankee Poodle:
She tells Ambush Bug to F.U??? SWEET!
Yankee Poodle! 'Mazing Man! Egg Fu! Al Milgrom! And of course, AMBUSH BUG! How can I go wrong with this mini-series? So happy I ordered it! Unfortunately, I can't say anything recommending the series to those of you who haven't read it, as I have yet to read it myself. But if you're an Ambush Bug fan, I'm sure you'll probably like it.
Thanks again to Carl Gibson for pointing me in the right direction. You totally made my day. And if any of you out there know of any other cameos by the Zoo Crew that I may have missed, don't hesitate to yell at me.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
The New Teen Titans #16 - Feb. 1982
That's right, folks. It's review time! Finally! And what better place to start than at the very beginning. New Teen Titans #16 from February 1982 featured the very first appearance of Captain Carrot and the gang in a 16-page story preview and I'm gonna run through it with you. Please note that I will NOT be covering the Teen Titans portion of the comic (Which is a great story, by the way. Check it out!). That being said, let's get to it.
STOP! COVER TIME!
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New Teen Titans #16 cover, and "This Bunny Unbound" cover.
"This Bunny Unbound" by Roy Thomas, Scott Shaw!, Gerry Conway (story), Scott Shaw! (pencils), Ross Andru (pencils on the Superman portions), Todd Klein (inks), and Carl Gafford (colorist).
Guest-starring Superman.
Our story starts off on Earth-1 with WGBS-TV reporter, Clark Kent, informing the television audience about a recent press conference during which the President of Mammoth Motor Company leaped over his podium and started to act as if he were an ape or a monkey. We soon find out that this is just the latest in a long line of similar occurrences all over the world. For some unknown reason, people are exhibiting signs of simian behavior and to date, nobody has recovered from the mysterious ailment.
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This looks like a job for...Superman!
After finishing his report, Clark decides he needs to investigate as his alter-ego, Superman. Pulling open his shirt in the classic "Look at me, I wear my longjohns under my street clothes" action reveal pose thingy that Superman always does, our hero takes to the skies. While flying over Metropolis, he sees a strange ray of light shoot down from the sky and hit a man walking on the street. The man starts acting like a monkey and jumps in front of a car. Superman, of course, saves him. Realizing that nobody else saw the light beam, Superman determines that the beam originated from the planet Pluto. Deciding to head there to investigate, Superman discovers he can't leave the Earth. GREAT KRYPTON! There is some sort of energy barrier encircling the entire planet and it is weakening Supes, almost as if it were partly made of Kryptonite.
Suddenly a meteor appears. It had no problem getting through the barrier, so Superman grabs it and hurls it back towards space. Holding on for dear life, he manages to ride the meteor through the barrier. The barrier continues to make him feel strange and as they pass through the barrier, the meteor begins to glow. And then this happens.
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POP goes the meteor!
Superman is nearly blinded by the sudden explosion. Spots dancing before his eyes, he can barely make out five fragments of the exploded meteor as they make their way back down towards the Earth. He tries to follow them back down to the planet, which, according to Superman's innermost thoughts "looks different somehow--even through these blasted spots!" But luckily, his senses are SO keen that Superman just has to use his Super Automatic Pilot power to zero back in on the Daily Planet building. Realizing he has a sixth chunk of the meteorite in his hand, he throws it away, because apparently having it in his hand as Clark Kent would reveal his secret identity to the world or something like that.
Making his way into the Daily Planet, he changes back into Clark Kent, revealing that all his civilian clothes are kept in a handy pocket in his cape. Nice! I'll have to ask Michael Bailey if this is the first time this fact was shown in comics. Anyway, Clark stumbles around for a bit, still having problems with his vision, and feeling a bit dizzy. He also realizes that the hallways and doors he is stumbling through seem smaller than they should be, causing him to wonder if he has turned into a giant. "Lord knows, it's happened before!" he thinks to himself, which is a reference to Superman #38's "Seven-Foot-Two...and Still Growing!" by Elliot S! Maggin (August, 1978). He decides to sit down and nearly crushes a...RABBIT! And not just any rabbit, but a talking rabbit! With glasses, to boot!
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Silly rabbit, chairs are for...yeah okay. I got nothin'.
The next page reveals that Clark isn't in Kansas anymore. And also not in the Daily Planet. Or in Metropolis. (Guess his Super Autopilot Power doesn't work so well after all.) He is on Earth-C, a planet inhabited by funny animal people. Spying a newspaper outside on the street with his super-vision, he figures out he is in the city of Gnu York (later changed to New Yak, I believe, in the Captain Carrot series proper) and is currently in the Wombat Communications building. (Check out the cameo on this page by Hugo Hornspred, the "muscular marvel from Moon Mountain". He's the moose on the bottom of panel one of this page, and is a character that used to appear in old issues of DC's Leading Comics.)
The rabbit, a comic book writer/artist named Roger Rabbit (this would be changed later to Rodney, to avoid confusion with that other Roger Rabbit), is rather bothered by having a huge, pink gorilla in his office. Clark relates his story to Roger, and the rabbit reveals to Clark that the same strange things have been happening in Gnu York. Munching on a strange, glowing carrot, Roger tells Clark about how, just that morning, he saw a guy walking down Bark Avenue. This guy, a human-like dog, was hit by a strange glowing light from the sky, and promptly began acting like "a throwback to his prehistoric canine ancestors." Clark, once again in his guise of Superman, decides it's time to investigate further. As he heads to the window, his x-ray vision spies one of the meteor chunks in Roger's window box. The window box that Roger keeps his carrots in, one of which he is currently crunching away on. Superman swats the glowing carrot out of a startled Roger's hand and tells him not to eat any more of it. He accidentally knocks Roger off his feet, which makes the rabbit angry. Roger coldcocks Superman, and to the surprise of everybody, sends our intrepid hero crashing through a series of walls. The meteor-infused carrot has given Roger super-powers.
Suddenly, Roger, with his new super-hearing, hears sounds of distress coming from the U.N. Building (that stands for 'United Nature' on Earth-C). Supermac, as Roger calls Superman, decides that even though Roger now has powers, it would be better for all involved if he went to help by himself. Superman flies out the window in the direction of the U.N. Building, leaving a slightly ticked off Roger behind. The rabbit quickly decides he's not having it, and donning an old super-hero costume he had worn once to an office Halloween party, Roger stands revealed as...CAPTAIN CARROT!!!!
Captain Carrot...suddenly, muscles!
Captain Carrot bounds out the window after Superman. Quickly catching up to Supes, and after some more witty banter, the two arrive at the U.N. Building and discover that everybody inside are acting like...well, animals. Our two heroes quickly round up all the afflicted folk, in the process revealing to the audience a bunch of Captain Carrot's newly acquired super-powers. Afterwards, Superman hears a report on the television about five more super-powered heroes that have suddenly cropped up around the United Species of America (that's one for each of the other five meteorite fragments, in case you weren't paying attention). The second to last page of the story shows all the future members of our beloved Zoo Crew, although the coloring on Alley-Kat-Abra is way off.
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THE ZOO CREW!
As you can see from the above page, Superman deduces that the other heroes were all located in areas of the US that are 'precisely' where he saw the other five fragments of the meteor land. I don't know how he saw this happen so 'precisely', considering he was practically blind at the time and could barely see, but whatever. It's a comic book, right?
Anyway, the story ends with Superman and Captain Carrot deciding to head (finally) to Pluto to figure out the source of the mysterious devolution ray. We are treated to an image of the Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew #1, "The Pluto Syndrome", on sale December 24th, 1982. Don't know how I'm going to survive having to wait for this issue! I WANT IT NOW!! Oh, hold on. Riiiight. It's out already. Forgot it isn't 1982 any more.
Overall, a fun story and a great introduction to Captain Carrot. There's not much I can say about it, as I had NO problems with anything in the story. Art was great, story was great, everything about it was great! I can remember reading this for the first time, and loving it just as much back then as I still do today. I had picked up the comic because, frankly, I had been picking up The New Teen Titans on a regular basis at the time. And thus began my love affair with a rabbit.
So that's the review. Again, FINALLY! And the first post of 2014! Wow! I hope it convinces at least one person to go rooting through the back-issue bins to find some Captain Carrot comics.
One last thing. If you want an even more in-depth look at this story, I highly recommend that you go here:
Captain Carrot New Teen Titans #16 Annotated.
I wish I could take credit for all the hard work and research that obviously went into those annotations, but I can't. It's just a page that I stumbled across a long time ago. I'm not even sure WHOSE page it is. The author, I believe, refers to himself as Doc Quantum. If anybody has any information about him, please let me know.
That's it for this time. Be sure to tune in January 2015 for the review of issue one of Captain Carrot! Oh, all right. I'll try not to take that long.
No promises, though. :)
STOP! COVER TIME!
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"This Bunny Unbound" by Roy Thomas, Scott Shaw!, Gerry Conway (story), Scott Shaw! (pencils), Ross Andru (pencils on the Superman portions), Todd Klein (inks), and Carl Gafford (colorist).
Guest-starring Superman.
Our story starts off on Earth-1 with WGBS-TV reporter, Clark Kent, informing the television audience about a recent press conference during which the President of Mammoth Motor Company leaped over his podium and started to act as if he were an ape or a monkey. We soon find out that this is just the latest in a long line of similar occurrences all over the world. For some unknown reason, people are exhibiting signs of simian behavior and to date, nobody has recovered from the mysterious ailment.
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After finishing his report, Clark decides he needs to investigate as his alter-ego, Superman. Pulling open his shirt in the classic "Look at me, I wear my longjohns under my street clothes" action reveal pose thingy that Superman always does, our hero takes to the skies. While flying over Metropolis, he sees a strange ray of light shoot down from the sky and hit a man walking on the street. The man starts acting like a monkey and jumps in front of a car. Superman, of course, saves him. Realizing that nobody else saw the light beam, Superman determines that the beam originated from the planet Pluto. Deciding to head there to investigate, Superman discovers he can't leave the Earth. GREAT KRYPTON! There is some sort of energy barrier encircling the entire planet and it is weakening Supes, almost as if it were partly made of Kryptonite.
Suddenly a meteor appears. It had no problem getting through the barrier, so Superman grabs it and hurls it back towards space. Holding on for dear life, he manages to ride the meteor through the barrier. The barrier continues to make him feel strange and as they pass through the barrier, the meteor begins to glow. And then this happens.
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Superman is nearly blinded by the sudden explosion. Spots dancing before his eyes, he can barely make out five fragments of the exploded meteor as they make their way back down towards the Earth. He tries to follow them back down to the planet, which, according to Superman's innermost thoughts "looks different somehow--even through these blasted spots!" But luckily, his senses are SO keen that Superman just has to use his Super Automatic Pilot power to zero back in on the Daily Planet building. Realizing he has a sixth chunk of the meteorite in his hand, he throws it away, because apparently having it in his hand as Clark Kent would reveal his secret identity to the world or something like that.
Making his way into the Daily Planet, he changes back into Clark Kent, revealing that all his civilian clothes are kept in a handy pocket in his cape. Nice! I'll have to ask Michael Bailey if this is the first time this fact was shown in comics. Anyway, Clark stumbles around for a bit, still having problems with his vision, and feeling a bit dizzy. He also realizes that the hallways and doors he is stumbling through seem smaller than they should be, causing him to wonder if he has turned into a giant. "Lord knows, it's happened before!" he thinks to himself, which is a reference to Superman #38's "Seven-Foot-Two...and Still Growing!" by Elliot S! Maggin (August, 1978). He decides to sit down and nearly crushes a...RABBIT! And not just any rabbit, but a talking rabbit! With glasses, to boot!
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The next page reveals that Clark isn't in Kansas anymore. And also not in the Daily Planet. Or in Metropolis. (Guess his Super Autopilot Power doesn't work so well after all.) He is on Earth-C, a planet inhabited by funny animal people. Spying a newspaper outside on the street with his super-vision, he figures out he is in the city of Gnu York (later changed to New Yak, I believe, in the Captain Carrot series proper) and is currently in the Wombat Communications building. (Check out the cameo on this page by Hugo Hornspred, the "muscular marvel from Moon Mountain". He's the moose on the bottom of panel one of this page, and is a character that used to appear in old issues of DC's Leading Comics.)
The rabbit, a comic book writer/artist named Roger Rabbit (this would be changed later to Rodney, to avoid confusion with that other Roger Rabbit), is rather bothered by having a huge, pink gorilla in his office. Clark relates his story to Roger, and the rabbit reveals to Clark that the same strange things have been happening in Gnu York. Munching on a strange, glowing carrot, Roger tells Clark about how, just that morning, he saw a guy walking down Bark Avenue. This guy, a human-like dog, was hit by a strange glowing light from the sky, and promptly began acting like "a throwback to his prehistoric canine ancestors." Clark, once again in his guise of Superman, decides it's time to investigate further. As he heads to the window, his x-ray vision spies one of the meteor chunks in Roger's window box. The window box that Roger keeps his carrots in, one of which he is currently crunching away on. Superman swats the glowing carrot out of a startled Roger's hand and tells him not to eat any more of it. He accidentally knocks Roger off his feet, which makes the rabbit angry. Roger coldcocks Superman, and to the surprise of everybody, sends our intrepid hero crashing through a series of walls. The meteor-infused carrot has given Roger super-powers.
Suddenly, Roger, with his new super-hearing, hears sounds of distress coming from the U.N. Building (that stands for 'United Nature' on Earth-C). Supermac, as Roger calls Superman, decides that even though Roger now has powers, it would be better for all involved if he went to help by himself. Superman flies out the window in the direction of the U.N. Building, leaving a slightly ticked off Roger behind. The rabbit quickly decides he's not having it, and donning an old super-hero costume he had worn once to an office Halloween party, Roger stands revealed as...CAPTAIN CARROT!!!!
Captain Carrot bounds out the window after Superman. Quickly catching up to Supes, and after some more witty banter, the two arrive at the U.N. Building and discover that everybody inside are acting like...well, animals. Our two heroes quickly round up all the afflicted folk, in the process revealing to the audience a bunch of Captain Carrot's newly acquired super-powers. Afterwards, Superman hears a report on the television about five more super-powered heroes that have suddenly cropped up around the United Species of America (that's one for each of the other five meteorite fragments, in case you weren't paying attention). The second to last page of the story shows all the future members of our beloved Zoo Crew, although the coloring on Alley-Kat-Abra is way off.
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As you can see from the above page, Superman deduces that the other heroes were all located in areas of the US that are 'precisely' where he saw the other five fragments of the meteor land. I don't know how he saw this happen so 'precisely', considering he was practically blind at the time and could barely see, but whatever. It's a comic book, right?
Anyway, the story ends with Superman and Captain Carrot deciding to head (finally) to Pluto to figure out the source of the mysterious devolution ray. We are treated to an image of the Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew #1, "The Pluto Syndrome", on sale December 24th, 1982. Don't know how I'm going to survive having to wait for this issue! I WANT IT NOW!! Oh, hold on. Riiiight. It's out already. Forgot it isn't 1982 any more.
Overall, a fun story and a great introduction to Captain Carrot. There's not much I can say about it, as I had NO problems with anything in the story. Art was great, story was great, everything about it was great! I can remember reading this for the first time, and loving it just as much back then as I still do today. I had picked up the comic because, frankly, I had been picking up The New Teen Titans on a regular basis at the time. And thus began my love affair with a rabbit.
So that's the review. Again, FINALLY! And the first post of 2014! Wow! I hope it convinces at least one person to go rooting through the back-issue bins to find some Captain Carrot comics.
One last thing. If you want an even more in-depth look at this story, I highly recommend that you go here:
I wish I could take credit for all the hard work and research that obviously went into those annotations, but I can't. It's just a page that I stumbled across a long time ago. I'm not even sure WHOSE page it is. The author, I believe, refers to himself as Doc Quantum. If anybody has any information about him, please let me know.
That's it for this time. Be sure to tune in January 2015 for the review of issue one of Captain Carrot! Oh, all right. I'll try not to take that long.
No promises, though. :)
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A Crisis of Imagination
So, this is coming out.
And Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew will be in it.
The 9-issue comic series (or is it an ongoing? I'm getting conflicting reports), Scibblenauts Unmasked: A Crisis of Imagination by writer Josh Elder and artist Adam Archer, debuted December 4th as a digital-only release, and will hit shelves in print form sometime in January 2014. The series is a sequel to the video game, Scribblenauts Unmasked that came out recently (and that I blogged extensively about just a post or two below this one). Max and Lily, from the game, will be back in the comic.
I don't usually buy comics like this, but I liked the game, and the Zoo Crew is going to be in there somewhere, so I'll be checking it out. Don't know if I'll commit to an ongoing, but if it's just a 9 issue mini-series, I'm on board. Why not, right? Looks like fun.
You can read an interview with Josh Elder over at Comic Book Resources right now.
And before anyone asks, Scott Shaw! is not involved. (Taken from his facebook page.)
And Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew will be in it.
The 9-issue comic series (or is it an ongoing? I'm getting conflicting reports), Scibblenauts Unmasked: A Crisis of Imagination by writer Josh Elder and artist Adam Archer, debuted December 4th as a digital-only release, and will hit shelves in print form sometime in January 2014. The series is a sequel to the video game, Scribblenauts Unmasked that came out recently (and that I blogged extensively about just a post or two below this one). Max and Lily, from the game, will be back in the comic.
I don't usually buy comics like this, but I liked the game, and the Zoo Crew is going to be in there somewhere, so I'll be checking it out. Don't know if I'll commit to an ongoing, but if it's just a 9 issue mini-series, I'm on board. Why not, right? Looks like fun.
You can read an interview with Josh Elder over at Comic Book Resources right now.
And before anyone asks, Scott Shaw! is not involved. (Taken from his facebook page.)
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
New 52 Captain Carrot!!!!
Okay. Not really. They are fictional characters again, but at least they've graduated to animated series this time. No more comics for the Zoo Crew!!! (In the New 52 and real life, apparently.)
This pic is from today's Justice League of America #9. Seems that Stargirl is a fan of Yankee Poodle. Go figure.
It's a nice little Yankee Poodle cameo, but come on, DC! Get 'em back to to interacting with the rest of the DC characters. Enough of this 'They're only comic/cartoon characters' malarkey.
Don't make me come over there!
This pic is from today's Justice League of America #9. Seems that Stargirl is a fan of Yankee Poodle. Go figure.
It's a nice little Yankee Poodle cameo, but come on, DC! Get 'em back to to interacting with the rest of the DC characters. Enough of this 'They're only comic/cartoon characters' malarkey.
Don't make me come over there!
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Scribblenauts Unmasked: Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew. And HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO ME!
So, have you picked up this game yet? I had a heck of a time finding a copy, and really wanted to show some screen shots of the Zoo Crew, so I contacted Shag Matthews over at Firestorm Fan. Shag had recently put up an entry much like this one featuring all the Firestorm characters that are featured in the game, so I assumed he had a copy. (You can find Shag's Firestorm Scribblenauts entry here.)
He didn't.
But, he informed me, Keith G. Baker did. And that's who Shag had gotten all his cool screen-grabs from. So I facebooked Keith and asked him nicely if he could do the same for me. And thankfully, he happily agreed.
So here we go. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure is one in a series of games that 5th Cell has put out. It is available for purchase now on PC, the WiiU and the Nintendo 3DS (which is the version I finally managed to track down). The game is set in the DC Universe and features hundreds of your favorite characters, heroes and villains alike. Imagine my shock and happiness to hear that Captain Carrot and the gang had made the cut.
But enough of my babbling. Let's roll on the screen shots, courtesy of Keith.
First up, Captain Carrot himself.
Pig-Iron
Fastback
Alley-Kat-Abra...
...and her Magic Wanda
Yankee Poodle
And there you have the original Zoo Crew as they appear in Scibblenauts: Unmasked. But wait! There are a few more Captain Carrot related characters to be found in the game.
We've got Little Cheese...
...and American Eagle!
And, of course, the team shot.
Is that it? Well, not really. We've got ONE MORE.
Batmouse
Yup, that's right. Batmouse. Both Keith and I couldn't quite figure out why Batmouse has an entry but yet,the other Just'a Lotta Animals characters do not. Oh well, maybe in an update. (Do 3DS games even have updates?) But really, no Super-Squirrel? And I really was hoping Firestork would be in there. Come on!
And no Earth-C villains to be seen either. No Frogzilla, no Wuz-Wolf, no nothin'. But you know what? I'm okay (kind of) with that. I'm just happy to see the Zoo Crew getting its due. Besides, I guess we can count these two shady bastards as Captain Carrot villains that are in the game:
Grodd
Starro
Well, there you have it. I'd like to thank Keith once again, both for taking the time to grab these pics for me, and for looking through the game to find as many Earth-C characters as he could. Since I bought the game, I have done my own painstaking search trying to find something he may have missed, but he got them all. Thanks also to Shag for steering in me Keith's direction.
And overall, the game itself is pretty fun. Go pick up a copy today. Here's the website again, in case you're too lazy to scroll back to the top. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure
Oh, and I made it a whole year (today, by the way. I will accept cash in lieu of presents) and this blog hasn't exploded in my face yet. I've made a bunch of new friends, most of whose websites are posted on the right-hand side of the page and a few whose aren't. I'd like to thank EVERYBODY who has contributed, or hassled me to write something, or mentioned me on their site or podcast, or just plain old stopped by to call me names. I love you all! Platonically, I mean!
Most important of all, I survived Captain K'Rot!!!
What's in store for Year Two of Captain Carrot's Burrow?
No clue. Maybe I'll actually get around to reviewing the comics? Maaaaaaybe.....
Keep on Crewzin! Year One has been great!
He didn't.
But, he informed me, Keith G. Baker did. And that's who Shag had gotten all his cool screen-grabs from. So I facebooked Keith and asked him nicely if he could do the same for me. And thankfully, he happily agreed.
So here we go. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure is one in a series of games that 5th Cell has put out. It is available for purchase now on PC, the WiiU and the Nintendo 3DS (which is the version I finally managed to track down). The game is set in the DC Universe and features hundreds of your favorite characters, heroes and villains alike. Imagine my shock and happiness to hear that Captain Carrot and the gang had made the cut.
But enough of my babbling. Let's roll on the screen shots, courtesy of Keith.
And there you have the original Zoo Crew as they appear in Scibblenauts: Unmasked. But wait! There are a few more Captain Carrot related characters to be found in the game.
Is that it? Well, not really. We've got ONE MORE.
Yup, that's right. Batmouse. Both Keith and I couldn't quite figure out why Batmouse has an entry but yet,the other Just'a Lotta Animals characters do not. Oh well, maybe in an update. (Do 3DS games even have updates?) But really, no Super-Squirrel? And I really was hoping Firestork would be in there. Come on!
And no Earth-C villains to be seen either. No Frogzilla, no Wuz-Wolf, no nothin'. But you know what? I'm okay (kind of) with that. I'm just happy to see the Zoo Crew getting its due. Besides, I guess we can count these two shady bastards as Captain Carrot villains that are in the game:
Well, there you have it. I'd like to thank Keith once again, both for taking the time to grab these pics for me, and for looking through the game to find as many Earth-C characters as he could. Since I bought the game, I have done my own painstaking search trying to find something he may have missed, but he got them all. Thanks also to Shag for steering in me Keith's direction.
And overall, the game itself is pretty fun. Go pick up a copy today. Here's the website again, in case you're too lazy to scroll back to the top. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure
Oh, and I made it a whole year (today, by the way. I will accept cash in lieu of presents) and this blog hasn't exploded in my face yet. I've made a bunch of new friends, most of whose websites are posted on the right-hand side of the page and a few whose aren't. I'd like to thank EVERYBODY who has contributed, or hassled me to write something, or mentioned me on their site or podcast, or just plain old stopped by to call me names. I love you all! Platonically, I mean!
Most important of all, I survived Captain K'Rot!!!
What's in store for Year Two of Captain Carrot's Burrow?
No clue. Maybe I'll actually get around to reviewing the comics? Maaaaaaybe.....
Keep on Crewzin! Year One has been great!
Monday, October 7, 2013
Mystery comic strip!
Marcus Mebes posted this Captain Carrot strip earlier tonight on the Bring Back Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew! page on facebook, asking if anybody knew where it came from.
I hadn't seen this picture before, and from the replies on facebook, neither had anybody else. So I shot off a private message to Scott Shaw! himself, and he replied almost instantly saying he was't entirely sure, but he thought it was from Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special, which in and of itself, I had never heard of. A quick google search later and I came up with this:
Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special '91. I am assuming this is the above strip's point of origin. If you look at the list of contributing artists listed on the cover, you can see Scott's name. So until somebody tells me otherwise, I'm pretty sure I have tracked it down. If anybody out there can confirm, that would be great!
The strip itself is great, and Marcus is gonna color it up. I'll be sure to post the finished version on here when he gets it finished.
(I especially love the caption box that says "No gritty revisionist comeback for the Zoo Crew!" and then at the bottom, "Until DC gets desperate!" Well, Captain K'Rot certainly reeked of desperation!)
So now we know what the Zoo Crew was up to in between the Oz/Wonderland War mini-series and their appearance in the 2003 Teen Titans series issues 30 and 31. Well, up until shortly before the events in those issues, as the Zoo Crews' lives went all to hell by then.
I hadn't seen this picture before, and from the replies on facebook, neither had anybody else. So I shot off a private message to Scott Shaw! himself, and he replied almost instantly saying he was't entirely sure, but he thought it was from Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special, which in and of itself, I had never heard of. A quick google search later and I came up with this:
Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special '91. I am assuming this is the above strip's point of origin. If you look at the list of contributing artists listed on the cover, you can see Scott's name. So until somebody tells me otherwise, I'm pretty sure I have tracked it down. If anybody out there can confirm, that would be great!
The strip itself is great, and Marcus is gonna color it up. I'll be sure to post the finished version on here when he gets it finished.
(I especially love the caption box that says "No gritty revisionist comeback for the Zoo Crew!" and then at the bottom, "Until DC gets desperate!" Well, Captain K'Rot certainly reeked of desperation!)
So now we know what the Zoo Crew was up to in between the Oz/Wonderland War mini-series and their appearance in the 2003 Teen Titans series issues 30 and 31. Well, up until shortly before the events in those issues, as the Zoo Crews' lives went all to hell by then.
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