{"id":127558,"date":"2015-08-20T10:16:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/i-would-almost-certainly-by-the-heck-out-of-this-comic-book.html"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:17:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T21:17:46","slug":"i-would-almost-certainly-by-the-heck-out-of-this-comic-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/i-would-almost-certainly-by-the-heck-out-of-this-comic-book.html","title":{"rendered":"I would almost certainly by the heck out of this comic book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was a huge HB heroes fan back in the day, especially the first wave (most of them below) &#8212; Space Ghost, the Herculoids, Bird Man &#8230; it was comic book genius.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, eventually HB lost its way, battered both by anti-violence activists and more success in doing silly\/fun heroes and, eventually non-heroic cartoons that were all modeled after <i>Scooby-Doo.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I had my revenge, though: forcing <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103453067516847485667\" oid=\"103453067516847485667\">Kay Hill<\/a><\/span> to grow up watching this stuff (along with, of course, <i>Jonny Quest).<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I&#39;d love to see a <i>serious<\/i> treatment of these characters, with modern art, as presented here by Mardem Moura.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102984561846295750720\" oid=\"102984561846295750720\">Marty Shaw<\/a><\/span>; original at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/16115353\/illustration-Vector\">https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/16115353\/illustration-Vector<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/dinshoran.deviantart.com\/art\/Hanna-Barbera-Superheroes-549097768\">http:\/\/dinshoran.deviantart.com\/art\/Hanna-Barbera-Superheroes-549097768<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Oooh, t-shirt?  Hmmmm &#8230; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/dinshoran\/works\/15654934-hanna-barbera-super-heroes?p=t-shirt\">http:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/dinshoran\/works\/15654934-hanna-barbera-super-heroes?p=t-shirt<\/a> &#8230; tempting, if I had use for any more t-shirts &#8230;)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6185125550845858769\/6185125567326060914'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-3Ehi5Bq569g\/VdX67uuoAXI\/AAAAAAADXSE\/EKNxoYquFrY\/0c3dd6f22ad63db77de671c0f7d2cfe4%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/X6zBA8DqQM7'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was a huge HB heroes fan back in the day, especially the first wave (most of them below) &#8212; Space Ghost, the Herculoids, Bird Man &#8230; it was comic book genius. Alas, eventually HB lost its way, battered both by anti-violence activists and more success in doing silly\/fun heroes and, eventually non-heroic cartoons that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/i-would-almost-certainly-by-the-heck-out-of-this-comic-book.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I would almost certainly by the heck out of this comic book&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,45,11,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-cartoons","category-media-comics","category-parenting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/0c3dd6f22ad63db77de671c0f7d2cfe45B15D.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1760,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/02\/space_ghost.html","url_meta":{"origin":127558,"position":0},"title":"Space Ghost","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 2-May-02 9:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"I have many fond memories of Hanna-Barbera action cartoons, a phase the company went through between the early successes of limited animation (Quickdraw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, the Flintstones) and the...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Animation \/ Cartoons&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Animation \/ Cartoons","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-cartoons"},"img":{"alt_text":"Space Ghost!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/space-ghost.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11999,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/15\/biiiiiiiirdgirl.html","url_meta":{"origin":127558,"position":1},"title":"BIIIIIIIIRDGIRL!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 15-Dec-07 5:46pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So while Margie was sleeping off her all-nighter, I gave Kitten an early Christmas gift -- the Bird Man\u00a0and the\u00a0Galaxy Trio DVD collection.\u00a0 Woot!\u00a0 Yes, the classic 1967 Hanna-Barbera...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Animation \/ Cartoons&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Animation \/ Cartoons","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-cartoons"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/birdman.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9649,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/18\/we_are_legion_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":127558,"position":2},"title":"We are Legion","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 18-May-06 10:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"Right about the time that I saw the Legion of Super-Heroes episode of JLU (a few weeks back), I read that there was a Legion of Super-Heroes series in the...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Animation \/ Cartoons&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Animation \/ Cartoons","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-cartoons"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/losh.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30570,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/13\/herculoids.html","url_meta":{"origin":127558,"position":3},"title":"Herculoids","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 13-Oct-12 11:01am","format":false,"excerpt":"Man, I just ate up the early Hanna-Barbera heroic stuff back in the day -- Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, and the Herculoids ... gorgeous Alex Toth designs and it was like comic books on my TV.It was still crappy HB limited animation, lots of repeated shots, and the plotlines were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12546,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/27\/yet_more_lovely_potpourri.html","url_meta":{"origin":127558,"position":4},"title":"Yet more lovely potpourri","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 27-Mar-08 9:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"A store for time travelers. 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