Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #306

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:28:46 +0000

Marvel's Crazy Magazine printed a story in the mid-70s called 'Kaspar the Dead Baby'. It wasn't very good, but there's a link to it in some more recent 'Comics Should Be Good' page. I forget where.

By: Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive

Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:02:39 +0000

[...] 306. Spooky, the Tuff Little Ghost [...]

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:13:22 +0000

Hervey was great! They did kid's comics the way they were meant to be. Granted, I never read Disney's comics, but I always saw D as more of a marketing giant than anything else, so I avoided their stuff. (Yes, I was a cynic as a kid too). Harvey comics WERE cute, accessable, and one-offs, just like Archie. Both were absolutely great.

By: km

km — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:11:55 +0000

Iâ€™ve not seen it, but evidently the Casper movie comes off as being rather creepy for exactly that reason.

Well, that and Bill Pullman. [rimshot] I've never been a big fan of the Harvey 'Ghosties' for mostly the same reasons - I mean, right from the opening moments of the original animated Casper cartoon, the whole 'dead kid' scenario is a little hard to avoid. It doesn't affect the cartoons so much (they're played for as much pathos as funnie) but as a backdrop for cutesey slapstick comics, that gets weird.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:46:43 +0000

I was a fan of Sad Sack, myself.

By: Chris Griswold

Chris Griswold — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:29:00 +0000

Spooky is far greater than Casper, but Hot Stuff is the best.

Are they still making anything with these characters, other than high-end Hot Stuff statues and things?

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:49:33 +0000

Ya got me. I was definitely expecting a Brother Voodoo post.

He had his turn back in February.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:57:16 +0000

â€œI canâ€™t remember which comedian pointed out that Caspar was a dead baby, but Iâ€™ve never been able to look at him the same way since.â€

I've not seen it, but evidently the Casper movie comes off as being rather creepy for exactly that reason.

By: JG

JG — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:47:37 +0000

Ya got me. I was definitely expecting a Brother Voodoo post.

By: the poser

the poser — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:12:34 +0000

"I canâ€™t remember which comedian pointed out that Caspar was a dead baby, but Iâ€™ve never been able to look at him the same way since."

...Dammit!

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:19:46 +0000

I always preferred he Simpsons take, which was that he was Richie Rich's ghost.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:56:38 +0000

I canâ€™t remember which comedian pointed out that Caspar was a dead baby, but Iâ€™ve never been able to look at him the same way since.

Oh jesus. Thanks a LOT, dude.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:39:29 +0000

I can't remember which comedian pointed out that Caspar was a dead baby, but I've never been able to look at him the same way since.