I remember when JORDI BENET gave us hardboiled strathmore with TORPEDO... 100 Bullets before it's time...( Cheers again to IDW bringing it back to us!)
I remember when Pacific Comics beat Dark Horse to the punch with ALIEN WORLDS... (Ask FRANK MILLER--- he reminds you every chance he gets!)
My God... How much money DID we spend on the countless hours of DON BLUTH'S SPACE ACE, just to get every move just right? (Probably twice what we dropped in its predecessor, DRAGON'S LAIR...) You can't tell me Don didn't work out the art to a science...
I remember when AMERICAN FLAGG dropped, HOWARD CHAYKIN was noted as 'Comic's Angriest Jew'... A self referential title that BRIAN BENDIS now defines himself by at MARVEL...
I remember when THE ROCKETEER was the premiere indie of its time. DAVE STEVENS was (and STILL IS) an illustration genius! All that's left are memories and a Disney film begging to be remade... Which brings us to, arguably, the mother of them all...
... That's right... All the HERNANDEZ BROS. needed was theme music... PLANET GRIFFIN WEEKEND EDITION remembers the iconic indies of the 80's. Mainly a great excuse to see some cool artwork and a reminder that there isn't a single title within the last 20 years that DOESN'T owe a debt to these classic moments of inspiration!
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