Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #158 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:30:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scott Shaw! http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-117855 Scott Shaw! Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:02:30 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-117855 It's great to see that so many people dug CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW! But you ain't seen nothin' yet! It may have taken twenty-five years, but the team will be back this fall with a three-issue mini-series that firmly establishes them in the DC Universe. Bill's script is smart and funny and everyone who's seen my pencils seem to notice that I've learned a lot about telling a story and drawing over the last two-and-a-half decades. I promise you, even if you loathe the idea of funny animals, you'll be surprised by what we've got in store for you...lotsa laughs and lotsa drama, too! And we wrap up a lot of unanswered questions, while posing new ones. Plus, my favorite inker of my stuff, "Amiable" Al Gordon is inking the whole shebang, while Tom (GROO THE WANDERER) Luth is coloring. And get this; much of the first issue takes place at a funny animal version of the San Diego Comic-Con International, with a two-page spread that's guaranteed to blow your minds. I guess that's enough hype for now. Drop by ODDBALL COMICS discussion board for more info on CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE FINAL ARC! Aloha, Scott! P.S.: Many thanks for including CCAHAZC! in your list of reasons to love comics! (And no one loves 'em more than Yours Truly!)-- SS! It's great to see that so many people dug CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW! But you ain't seen nothin' yet! It may have taken twenty-five years, but the team will be back this fall with a three-issue mini-series that firmly establishes them in the DC Universe. Bill's script is smart and funny and everyone who's seen my pencils seem to notice that I've learned a lot about telling a story and drawing over the last two-and-a-half decades. I promise you, even if you loathe the idea of funny animals, you'll be surprised by what we've got in store for you...lotsa laughs and lotsa drama, too! And we wrap up a lot of unanswered questions, while posing new ones. Plus, my favorite inker of my stuff, "Amiable" Al Gordon is inking the whole shebang, while Tom (GROO THE WANDERER) Luth is coloring. And get this; much of the first issue takes place at a funny animal version of the San Diego Comic-Con International, with a two-page spread that's guaranteed to blow your minds.

I guess that's enough hype for now. Drop by ODDBALL COMICS discussion board for more info on CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE FINAL ARC!

Aloha,

Scott!

P.S.: Many thanks for including CCAHAZC! in your list of reasons to love comics! (And no one loves 'em more than Yours Truly!)-- SS!

]]> By: Kelson http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-110957 Kelson Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:16:44 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-110957 This series got me into comics. Of course, I had to start with #19, just one issue before the last -- which meant it was also my first experience in tracking down back issues. This series got me into comics. Of course, I had to start with #19, just one issue before the last -- which meant it was also my first experience in tracking down back issues.

]]> By: Graeme Burk http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-108565 Graeme Burk Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:03:42 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-108565 Argh, somehow I left out my favourite bit of Zoo Crew dialogue. Frogzilla has come out of the water. He's 40 feet tall and he has ship's Captain Dunbar Dodo wrapped in his tongue. He makes a long diatribe ending in announcing his name. Rubberduck: We're in trouble Pig Iron, that frog is something else. Pig-Iron: Why because he's bigger'n the whole boat? Rubberduck: No. Have you tried talking with your tongue wrapped around a Dodo? Well, it made <i>me</i> laugh out loud when I read it in 1982. I still find it funny today. Argh, somehow I left out my favourite bit of Zoo Crew dialogue. Frogzilla has come out of the water. He's 40 feet tall and he has ship's Captain Dunbar Dodo wrapped in his tongue. He makes a long diatribe ending in announcing his name.

Rubberduck: We're in trouble Pig Iron, that frog is something else.
Pig-Iron: Why because he's bigger'n the whole boat?
Rubberduck: No. Have you tried talking with your tongue wrapped around a Dodo?

Well, it made me laugh out loud when I read it in 1982. I still find it funny today.

]]> By: Graeme Burk http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-108556 Graeme Burk Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:48:07 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-108556 <blockquote> Oh Captain Carrot, my Captain Carrot. </blockquote> Amen, Bill, Amen! I picked up issue 3 on a whim. I was 12 years old, it was (fittingly) Easter weekend, it was a nice day and I thought 'what the heck?' I loved it. It was hilarious stuff-- I laughed and laughed. Great comic book parody (the fact that they can't find a place to put the title/splash page), silly superhero satire (ACROSTIC, whose name stands for...well, pretty much anything those letters can stand for!), funny sight gags ("Coyote Canyon"), and lovely jokes. I bought every issue from that point on. The thing was, when Roy Thomas wrote it (the first 8 or so issues), it was a really funny book. When Scott Shaw replaced Thomas as writer, there were good individual issues (like the one introducing Little Cheese) but on the whole, Shaw's stories were a touch too cerebral and the gags weren't very good. And then they went into this long cycle of fill-ins, where E. Nelson Bridwell wrote a lot and a whole whack of artists some good (Rick Hoberg) and some iffy (Stan Goldberg) took over. Finally, when they actually got a good team together-- Bridwell plotting, Joey Cavaleri scripting and Hoberg on art, it lasted two issues before the series was cancelled (mostly because Hoberg moved to All-Star Squadron). It was a shame, because the first Bridwell / Cavaleri / Hoberg issue was the first really funny issue since Thomas left (Cavaleri wrote great dialogue with lots of funny in-jokes, my favourite being where a character who is very angry has his word balloon burned away and the comment written in 'if this dialogue were printed Sparta Illinois would be a parking lot') I re-read Captain Carrot last year, and I think my instincts as a 12 and 13 year-old were spot on: The New Teen Titans preview and Issues 1-8 are great fun, as is issue 19 (the first Bridwell/Cavaleri/Hoberg issue) but the rest are just kind of there. But I still treasure this series, produced at a time when Dick Giordano was rising in ascendancy at the company and DC was willing to try all sorts of different (and fun) ideas ranging from Amethyst to Arak to Blue Devil to a funny animal series like this. Good times.

Oh Captain Carrot, my Captain Carrot.

Amen, Bill, Amen!

I picked up issue 3 on a whim. I was 12 years old, it was (fittingly) Easter weekend, it was a nice day and I thought 'what the heck?'

I loved it. It was hilarious stuff-- I laughed and laughed. Great comic book parody (the fact that they can't find a place to put the title/splash page), silly superhero satire (ACROSTIC, whose name stands for...well, pretty much anything those letters can stand for!), funny sight gags ("Coyote Canyon"), and lovely jokes. I bought every issue from that point on.

The thing was, when Roy Thomas wrote it (the first 8 or so issues), it was a really funny book. When Scott Shaw replaced Thomas as writer, there were good individual issues (like the one introducing Little Cheese) but on the whole, Shaw's stories were a touch too cerebral and the gags weren't very good. And then they went into this long cycle of fill-ins, where E. Nelson Bridwell wrote a lot and a whole whack of artists some good (Rick Hoberg) and some iffy (Stan Goldberg) took over. Finally, when they actually got a good team together-- Bridwell plotting, Joey Cavaleri scripting and Hoberg on art, it lasted two issues before the series was cancelled (mostly because Hoberg moved to All-Star Squadron).

It was a shame, because the first Bridwell / Cavaleri / Hoberg issue was the first really funny issue since Thomas left (Cavaleri wrote great dialogue with lots of funny in-jokes, my favourite being where a character who is very angry has his word balloon burned away and the comment written in 'if this dialogue were printed Sparta Illinois would be a parking lot')

I re-read Captain Carrot last year, and I think my instincts as a 12 and 13 year-old were spot on: The New Teen Titans preview and Issues 1-8 are great fun, as is issue 19 (the first Bridwell/Cavaleri/Hoberg issue) but the rest are just kind of there. But I still treasure this series, produced at a time when Dick Giordano was rising in ascendancy at the company and DC was willing to try all sorts of different (and fun) ideas ranging from Amethyst to Arak to Blue Devil to a funny animal series like this. Good times.

]]> By: Lynxara http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-108022 Lynxara Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:39:13 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-108022 Fans of the Oz and Wonderland books would probably enjoy it. As a Captain Carrot story, it wasn't so good-- the art was odd and the Zoo Crew characters felt more like passengers in someone else's story than anything else. Fans of the Oz and Wonderland books would probably enjoy it. As a Captain Carrot story, it wasn't so good-- the art was odd and the Zoo Crew characters felt more like passengers in someone else's story than anything else.

]]> By: Rebis http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-108016 Rebis Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:24:25 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-108016 The Oz-Wonderland War? Wow, that's a lot of iconic mythology in one book. Can anybody out there who's read it remember: Was it any good? I see some lesser-known figures like Baum's Woggle-Bug on the cover, so it's clear the cover artist knew his stuff, at least. The Oz-Wonderland War? Wow, that's a lot of iconic mythology in one book. Can anybody out there who's read it remember: Was it any good? I see some lesser-known figures like Baum's Woggle-Bug on the cover, so it's clear the cover artist knew his stuff, at least.

]]> By: Andrew-TLA http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-107795 Andrew-TLA Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:00:07 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-107795 A magician in red. A speedster in blue. A guy in metal. And someone wearing the US flag. And, if those covers are to be believed, they even get to fight their own version of the Squadron Supreme. I can't believe I just got that (though, in my defense, I've never read much Zoo Crew). A magician in red. A speedster in blue. A guy in metal. And someone wearing the US flag. And, if those covers are to be believed, they even get to fight their own version of the Squadron Supreme. I can't believe I just got that (though, in my defense, I've never read much Zoo Crew).

]]> By: hifidigitalboy http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-107756 hifidigitalboy Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:44:28 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-107756 Hell yeah! I loved the Zoo Crew. About time somebody gives credit where credit is due. Hell yeah! I loved the Zoo Crew. About time somebody gives credit where credit is due.

]]> By: MarkAndrew http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-107731 MarkAndrew Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:51:44 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-107731 <blockquote> What I love is how Captain Carrot and his crew were included in DC’s original Who’s Who series, which means they are (or at least were) firmly entrenched as part of the “DCU.” Heck, they’re probably out there on one of the 52… :) They also showed up in a recent issue of Birds Of Prey on some glasses that Black Canary had bought for Sin. </blockquote> It goes deeper than that. They were officially om Earth "C." (Except when they were embroiled in one of their infrequent crossovers with the heroes from Earth C Minus.) Occasionally characters from Earth One would stop over for a visit... Superman, Beast Boy, Gorilla Grodd. Good times.

What I love is how Captain Carrot and his crew were included in DC’s original Who’s Who series, which means they are (or at least were) firmly entrenched as part of the “DCU.” Heck, they’re probably out there on one of the 52… :)

They also showed up in a recent issue of Birds Of Prey on some glasses that Black Canary had bought for Sin.

It goes deeper than that.

They were officially om Earth "C."

(Except when they were embroiled in one of their infrequent crossovers with the heroes from Earth C Minus.)

Occasionally characters from Earth One would stop over for a visit... Superman, Beast Boy, Gorilla Grodd.

Good times.

]]> By: Andrew Collins http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-107705 Andrew Collins Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:42:46 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-107705 What I love is how Captain Carrot and his crew were included in DC's original Who's Who series, which means they are (or at least were) firmly entrenched as part of the "DCU." Heck, they're probably out there on one of the 52... :) They also showed up in a recent issue of Birds Of Prey on some glasses that Black Canary had bought for Sin. What I love is how Captain Carrot and his crew were included in DC's original Who's Who series, which means they are (or at least were) firmly entrenched as part of the "DCU." Heck, they're probably out there on one of the 52... :)

They also showed up in a recent issue of Birds Of Prey on some glasses that Black Canary had bought for Sin.

]]> By: Lynxara http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-107697 Lynxara Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:08:50 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-107697 I honestly thought it was a pretty clever twist, especially when you consider that the early parts of the original Zoo Crew run seemed to be building up to a betrayal by Yankee Poodle. The hints evaporate once the book gets into the double digits and starts regularly running into scheduling/production issues. So the Johns story effectively picked up and reversed the obvious intent of the dropped storyline, by making Yankee Poodle actually noble and sweet Alley-Kay-Abra arbitrarily the villain. Talk about your continuity porn! You see this exact sort of ridiculous twist in modern comics all the time, so I dunno, it worked for me. I honestly thought it was a pretty clever twist, especially when you consider that the early parts of the original Zoo Crew run seemed to be building up to a betrayal by Yankee Poodle. The hints evaporate once the book gets into the double digits and starts regularly running into scheduling/production issues. So the Johns story effectively picked up and reversed the obvious intent of the dropped storyline, by making Yankee Poodle actually noble and sweet Alley-Kay-Abra arbitrarily the villain. Talk about your continuity porn! You see this exact sort of ridiculous twist in modern comics all the time, so I dunno, it worked for me.

]]> By: jlg http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-107689 jlg Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:46:34 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-107689 Teen Titans #30 and #31 are the ones that feature Johns' parody of himself in the future. <blockquote>However, I hope that Alley-Kat-Abra’s heroism is restored. Scott Shaw! said that he was against one of the Zoo Crew killing another member. Let’s just hope that the mini-series ignores “Whatever Happened to Captain Carrot?” and picks up where the old series left off.</blockquote> Huh, weird. Shaw! doesn't seem that opposed to it - him and Morrison are sticking with Johns' story and picking up where it left off, I think. Teen Titans #30 and #31 are the ones that feature Johns' parody of himself in the future.

However, I hope that Alley-Kat-Abra’s heroism is restored. Scott Shaw! said that he was against one of the Zoo Crew killing another member. Let’s just hope that the mini-series ignores “Whatever Happened to Captain Carrot?” and picks up where the old series left off.

Huh, weird. Shaw! doesn't seem that opposed to it - him and Morrison are sticking with Johns' story and picking up where it left off, I think.

]]> By: Crooow http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-107685 Crooow Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:36:06 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-107685 It was New Teen Titans #16, back in the day when DC would launch a title by offering an 8-page preview in one of their other books. I love the Zoo Crew. I was thrilled to hear about the new mini-series and the Showcase volume. However, I hope that Alley-Kat-Abra's heroism is restored. Scott Shaw! said that he was against one of the Zoo Crew killing another member. Let's just hope that the mini-series ignores "Whatever Happened to Captain Carrot?" and picks up where the old series left off. It was New Teen Titans #16, back in the day when DC would launch a title by offering an 8-page preview in one of their other books.

I love the Zoo Crew. I was thrilled to hear about the new mini-series and the Showcase volume. However, I hope that Alley-Kat-Abra's heroism is restored. Scott Shaw! said that he was against one of the Zoo Crew killing another member. Let's just hope that the mini-series ignores "Whatever Happened to Captain Carrot?" and picks up where the old series left off.

]]> By: dmor173 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/comment-page-1/#comment-107678 dmor173 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:25:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/06/07/365-reasons-to-love-comics-158/#comment-107678 when did they turn up in teen titans? how could i miss a super rabbit? when did they turn up in teen titans? how could i miss a super rabbit?

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