Tag Archives: Mike Carlin

08/23/2019 · 8:23 pm

“The Brownstones”

In a previous installment, I told you that in its early-’80s heyday, CRAZY magazine was the equal of MAD or National Lampoon. What I’m about to show you will prove that assertion.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Magazine Rack, Nostalgic Obsessions

Tagged as 1982, Bob Camp, Bob Larkin, Bobby London, CRAZY magazine, Gary Hallgren, Jim Owsley, Jim Shooter, Kent Gamble, Larry Hama, MAD magazine, Marie Severin, Marvel comics, Mike Carlin, National Lampoon, racial humor, Ross Andru, Stephen Mellor, The Flintstones

11/14/2018 · 12:41 pm

Our Man Stan

1990 trading card with original 1977 painting by Arnold Sawyer.

Our universe will never again see a personality like Stan Lee. For the most part, that’s not a good thing. But one must understand and accept that Stan’s career was very much of its time. What he became in his final years was a calculated maneuver, the bookend of a carefully managed and marketed existence. I say that not out of judgment, but out of respect, however begrudging that respect might occasionally be. More than perhaps anyone else, Stan Lee was comic books.

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Filed under Animation Analysis, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Magazine Rack, Nostalgic Obsessions, Robot Toy Fetish

Tagged as 1940s, 1970s, 1990s, 1991, Arnold Sawyer, Captain America, comic books, CRAZY magazine, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, John Byrne, Larry Hama, laughter, Les Daniels, Marvel, Marvel comics, Mike Carlin, NYC, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Tom DeFalco, Transformers

04/17/2018 · 3:11 pm

Five Alive

Alright I did another one, alright?! I’m so damn committed to this idea I squeaked out another one!!!

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Now I know how Michael Bay felt after wrapping Transformers 5. Like me, he probably leaned back in his chair, put his hands behind his head, and sighed “holy shit, now I’ve done that five times.”

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Filed under Comix Classic & Current, Magazine Rack, Site Stuff

Tagged as 1970s, 2018, Atlanta, Bands I Useta Like, behind the scenes, comix, CRAZY magazine, Florida, J.P. Kittens, laughter, Michael Bay, Mike Carlin, Mike the Pod, Musical Meddler Squad, National Lampoon, Select Your Destiny, Softballz, strips, Transformers, underground, vomit

12/09/2015 · 6:30 pm

I Go CRAZY

The venerable satire magazine MAD has had countless imitators during its lifespan. CRACKED, one of the strongest, went from a gag periodical to an online site in 2007, and is now devoted to politically correct clickbait in numbered list form. But the best MAD rip-off came and went in a scant ten years. It showcased artists and ideas too edgy and weird for Will Gaines’ flagship “of idiots”. Like many great things in life, it was called CRAZY.