Episode 8 : Comico Christmas Special

 Episode 8 : Comico Christmas Special

Comico Christmas Special

December 1988

By Doug Wheeler and Various Artists

©1988 Comico Comics

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Comico Christmas Special

December 1988

Cover art by Dave Stevens

The Tintin hairdo care of artist Ken |Holewczynski and colourist Joe Matt

Two contrasting Christmases

Even Jason's hair reacts courtesy of artist Bernie Mireault

Suddenly Jason looks older and muscular

Colour and lettering add to the storytelling

Yragael isn't keen on the character design of Darren Stiflemix.

Art by Tim Sale, colours by Trishie Schutz

Bad background colour for reading the captions.

A full page about taking your boots off, mundane reality illustrated by Bill Willingham, Chris Warner and Rick Taylor.

Despair.

We love the use of colour to tell the story here.

Drawn by Steve Rude and Al Williamson and coloured by Steve Oliff.

Delightful. 

Love the fact that the last panel is repurposed for the cover.

 Your 2 Christmassy hosts.

Episode 7 : Marvel Tales 220

Episode 7 : Marvel Tales 220

Marvel Tales 220

©1988 Marvel Comics

Written by Bill Mantlo

Drawn by Allen Milgrom and Jim Mooney

Lettered by Joe Rosen

Coloured by Bob Sharen

Edited by Tom DeFalco

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Marvel Tales 220

cover art by Mike Zeck.

Original cover by Al Milgrom 

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 554

I wish I still had my Magic Flyer.

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 555

I had those stickers stuck on a ring binder.

The epitome of an Al Milgrom panel.

Why was this panel changed between 1983 and 1988?

Soap.

Let me tell you all about the stories Roger Stern is doing over in Amazing. 

Multiple victims of the Punisher but no blood.

Punisher: Battle Report 

May need some work.

Episode 6 : The BoJeffries Saga

Episode 6 : The BoJeffries Saga

Damien and Yragael celebrate Halloween month by discussing a little known opus 

Including accidentally timely conversation about Alan Moore's reputation as the grumpy old man of comics

Recorded before his recent interview

 

Written by Alan Moore

Drawn and Lettered by Steve Parkhouse
©2014 Alan Moore & Stephen Parkhouse

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The BoJeffries Saga

2014 Alan Moore and Stephen Parkhouse 

Size comparison of reprint to original 

Most realistic comic of Christmas ever (if you ignore the last panel)

Damien's favouriye story from this collection

Yragael and Damien spend a lot of time discussing the row of houses in the first panel

The Christmas story first appeared in A1 under this amazing Brian Bolland cover

Makes you want to hunt it down

Merry Christmas Festus!

If I could go back to 1983 I'd buy a lot of these badges

They're not wrong

Meryl Streep is very talented

Damien has a lot to say about this page

Subtle political comment

RIP Action Ears

Are you a latent homo sapien?

Very HOT cross bun

The first time I ever saw Steve Parkhouse art

CYRIL's first story

My first issue of Warrior bought in 1989

What do you think about when you're bored at work?

We won't judge you if you're thinking of killing the PM

This was relevant commentary in 1983

27 years later little has changed

Episode 5 : Hellblazer 31

Episode 5 : Hellblazer 31

Damien and Yragael review Hellblazer 31 from 1990.

Written by Jamie Delano

Drawn by Sean Phillips

Coloured by Tom Ziuko

Lettered by Gaspar Saladino

Edited by Tom Peyer and Karen Berger

Cover Art by Kent Williams

©1990 DC Comics

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Hellblazer 31

Written by Jamie Delano

Drawn by Sean Phillips

Coloured by Tom Ziuko

Lettered by Gaspar Saladino

Edited by Tom Peyer and Karen Berger

Cover Art by Kent Williams

©1990 DC Comics

Don't do that Grandad!

Fred Dibnah enjoys his sarnies.

Fantastic expressions by Sean Phillips and check out those acidic colours.

Creepy.

These two pages look like they come from different Worlds.

Cool Perez art, though.

Flashback in style.

A special date for your hosts.

Letter column explaining the colour error.