Debris and detritus

colleencoover:

Two years ago, former Marvel Comics bullpen member Steve Bunche posted a comics try-out page submitted to Marvel in the 1990s by an unknown hopeful. The page, while lacking in polish and technique, nevertheless had very clear storytelling, and, as Bunche notes in his blog post: “While this guy would never have gotten work in a professional comic as a penciller, I have to admire his talent for creating an instant classic of a non sequitor:”

artist unknown

You are not imagining this. Wolverine stalks through the wilderness, searching for we know not what, and finds the late Freddie Mercury, frontman of the band Queen.

The page has since been rattling around on the Internet, occasionally reposted and retweeted, chuckled over and admired by people like my studiomate Jeff Parker, which is how I originally became aware of it. And it just kind of got stuck in my head. For TWO YEARS.

The story as presented raises a number of questions. What is Wolverine looking for? Agents of AIM? Peace and solitude? Or, as my other studiomate Memorial artist Rich Ellis suggested: is he looking to find Somebody To Love?

And how and why does Freddie Mercury appear at the end of his search? Was his tragically fatal illness miraculously cured, perhaps by an alien symbiote? Has he just returned from sailing the Seven Seas of Rhye? Or more simply and perhaps most logically, has Logan found himself in the presence of the wordly manifestation of a literal God of Rock?

And so, I have decided to explore these mysteries by recreating the original story, correcting some of the technical blunders on the way. I invite other artists to do the same, by which exercise we may one day come close to the fictional Truth of the matter.

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Creature leans in to make sure his co-star is okay after an on-set accident. Via William Forsche. 

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Actual poster from the mid-50’s issued by Senator Joseph McCarthy at the height of the Red Scare and anti communist witch hunt in Washington.  All artists were suspect.

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billyjane:

Very interesting early example of tentacle erotica ! Abyss/Topiel,1917

[that might be a drama from Poland, but this poster is most certainly russian;]

thanks to foxesinbreeches & mudwerks &  Wrong Side of the Art

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Dr. Zaius on the set of Planet of the Apes (1968)

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kellysue:

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timelessalice:

goddamnitreddas:

gatheringbones:

wrathofprawn:

lostsplendor:

stalins-princess:

Nightwitches

Die NachtHexen

Ночные ведьмы

for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge.

their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.

HOLY SHIT THIS IS RAD AS FUCK

HOLY SHIT

omg that is just so cool aaaa

Russians get shit done apparently.

Ennis did a comic about the Night Witches.  

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it8bit:

Samus Evolution - by John McGregor 
 

Metroid (NES) Nintendo 1987. 
Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB) Nintendo 1991. 
Super Metroid (SNES) Nintendo 1994. 
Metroid Fusion (GBA) Nintendo 2002. 
Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA) Nintendo 2004.

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“It’s doubtful to ever replace hydroplane racing as the Northwest’s favorite outdoor sport, but octopus wrestling has developed an enthusiastic following in these parts.”

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“Biggest find in the championship match was an 80 pound octopus wrestled successfully to land by a Portlander, which provided the Rose City a margin of victory.”

(via Octopus Wrestling, A Sport That Amounted To Cephalopod Home Invasion)

The experiment to determine whether an astronaut could fall like a cat