Happy birthday to Don Rickles, born May 8, 1926 · age 87 years today! Of course, he's best known for his two appearances in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen during the Jack Kirby days of the early 1970s.
Or was that Goody Rickels? I can't tell them apart sometimes.
Hoy
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Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Hoy. Sigh.
-- MSA
I'm still not sure what actual involvement Don Rickles had with those issues. Were he and Kirby friends? They have been reprinted a couple of times. Does that mean that Don Rickles "belongs" to DC?
Just Imagine: Superman's Insulter, Don Rickles #1!
BTW, as a kid, I watched CPO Sharkey and Rickles scared the heck out of me!
While I own the Omnibus of Jack Kirby's Fourth World containing these issues, I still haven't read it. I am interested in looking at how it happened, though. I love the fact that Don Rickles is part of the Fourth World's history. I'd like to see a modern-day writer take a crack at that one.
...The Dickies appeared on CPO SHARKEY - one of their members was named " Stan Lee " so THERE'S some Univers-al deep wisdom !!!!!!!!!
...If DC had been CONTINUING with 'toon/funny/" traditional kiddie " titles then - 'stead a' gettin' outta them - who knows what could have transpired ?
Maybe they would use Adam Sandler or Russell Brand.
Wandering Sensei: Emeritus said:
I shudder at the thought of Russell Brand being in a modern DC comic. But then again, that would give me TWO reasons to avoid the issue altogether.
Philip Portelli said:
Are there contexts where the thought of Russell Brand doesn't make you shudder?
It's an interesting idea of what stars might be licensed today, as so many were into the SA. Who would be the new Partridge Family? One Direction? I don't know enough about that music today to know, I'm happy to say. Taylor Swift seems like a strong comparison.
But then, the Partridge Family comic was based more on the TV show than them as a singing group, or at least the combination, which doesn't exist now, unless you count Nashville. And that doesn't seem to have the same vibe. But then, teenagers who follow that kind of music like Taylor Swift don't buy comics any more, either.
I could've seen a Steve Martin comic a la Bob and Jerry, once upon a time. Maybe a Louis C.K. comic would be the current comparison. An Office comic would work, and a Community comic would be a natural. None of them might work well, but the same could be said for most past TV-to-comics translations, too.
Of course, nobody expected Goody back in 1970, either. we knew who he was, but I'm betting that was more a Kirby thing than an appeal-to-readers thing. Kind of like DC's fascination with Sweet Pain.
-- MSA
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