tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post8264897324817805022..comments2024-03-25T22:28:29.238-04:00Comments on Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing: NEW FUNNIESTony Isabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-54179240712930387632013-01-12T08:40:25.641-05:002013-01-12T08:40:25.641-05:00I don’t remember Woody being such a dick
What par...<br><i>I don’t remember Woody being such a dick</i><br /><br />What part of "woody" and "pecker" does <i>not</i> say "dick" to you? <br /><br />Seriously, though (at least by comparison): I read some Gold Key <i>Woody Woodpecker</i> and <i>Andy Panda</i> comics in my 1970s childhood that were at least as bland at the contemporary cartoons. Woody got a makeover in looks and personality — when, I don't know — that placed him somewhere between the completely neutered Mickey Mouse that existed by then and the more mischievous (if still toned-down from his earliest days) Bugs Bunny. Watching newer material and older stuff mixed in with it on TV as a kid, I much preferred the older look and the Bugs-like "Ain't I a stinker?" edge. That's all from dim memory, though. Not to mention that based on what Mark Evanier has said about the Dell/Gold Key comics the characters appearing therein were hardly beholden to their cinematic counterparts, so the cover you reproduce could well be chalked up to nothing more than the artist and editor agreeing that the sight gag was paramount.<br /><br />I really appreciate what you wrote about Kaoru Mori. Despite an interest in Japanese history, culture, and language since college, an interest in anything comics since forever, and the fact that Japanese comics' breadth at least rivals and likely surpasses that of any other country's, my experience with manga is woefully minimal. Of course I have more prose and comics on my list to read than I ever can, but I will try to get to Mori before "ever".<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com