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JohnStaton In reply to phantomdotexe [2010-11-10 00:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Yup, of course I've since decided to change the car from the Camaro to the fictional Red ICE, (Still working on the name, but I want the letters ICE in it to signify Internal Combustion Engine. )

That way, I avoid any potential licensing issues with General Motors, and I get to have fun making up another car.

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phantomdotexe In reply to JohnStaton [2010-11-17 00:18:26 +0000 UTC]

Heh. Clever. You seem to have a lot of car concepts. Have you ever seen any of those other retro-futuristic designs - the dream cars of the 40s and 50s?

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JohnStaton In reply to phantomdotexe [2010-11-17 03:45:46 +0000 UTC]

I'd be legitimately surprised to meet anyone who didn't have at least a passing familiarity with the bold concept cars of that era. Cars such as the infamous Lincoln Futura. (And if you can't tell me why that particular car is famous, you have to turn in your fan girl membership card.)

I have one minor point to make. Forgive me, it pains me to respond your endearing conversational overture with an anal-retentive correction, but I'm afraid that nerd OCD has taken control of my typing hand.

"Retro-Future" is a term used by modern designers to describe designs that are inspired by the aforementioned concept vehicles. Cars of the 1950's, many of with were inspired by jet aircraft, were described at the time as simply being "futuristic."

Retro-futurism harks back to past generations' visions of the future.

But anyway, yes I am familiar with Art-Deco, Jet-Age and Modernist design.

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JohnStaton In reply to zarsh009 [2008-12-12 20:54:06 +0000 UTC]

It would be great if it did. I can tell you with absolute certainty, newspaper comic syndicates have no interest in action/adventure comics. The last new action comic that was of any worth was Gil Kane's Star Hawks and that was printed in 1979!

If you want a comic strip with action. (Or original thought, or intelligent humor for that matter.) you have to look online.

Glad you liked the scooter.

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zarsh009 In reply to JohnStaton [2008-12-12 20:58:44 +0000 UTC]

i see, but in my country, spiderman still running, even brenda starr. aldo most of the other comics like Garfield, Hagar the horrible, and the Tiger and the kid strip,

There are some local comic strip with action, but i myself dont read it, why? because we gotta buy the newspaper to read, and that a real pain. And other thing, if you start reading it in the midle, it doesnt make sense.

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JohnStaton In reply to zarsh009 [2008-12-12 21:33:27 +0000 UTC]

Yea the only action strips are holdovers from the golden age of comics like Dick Tracy, and Brenda Starr: Reporter. But even those are watered far down from their former glory.

Have you ever read early Dick Tracy? In the first week, crooks kidnap his fiance', shoot her father in the chest, steal his life savings, and sucker punch Dick with a billy club when he tries to intercede. (This all happens on the page, no chickenshit cutting away or hinting at violence!)

When Dick comes to, he surveys the wreckage of his life and swears a bitter oath on his fiance's father's corps that he will become the scourge of crime. (Yea, I know, it sounds all Batmanny. Hey, it was the 1930's. A lot of people were swearing vengeful oaths against crime back then. Every other alley was full of kneeling dudes, cradling a recently deceased loved one in one hand and raising their free hand toward the heavens begging the almighty for the power to lay their enemies low. You couldn't sleep with all the oaths being belted out.)

Anyway, if someone approached a modern comic syndicate with Dick Tracy's exact premise and events, he'd be shown the door. Newspaper comics are in a sad state, in my opinion.

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zarsh009 In reply to JohnStaton [2008-12-12 21:47:31 +0000 UTC]

tough business. better of with a one shot manga.

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JohnStaton In reply to zarsh009 [2008-12-12 21:58:28 +0000 UTC]

Probably right.

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