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Dear Rafiq,

Wonderful post on Comics Classi...

2011-06-26T04:16:04.591+05:30

Dear Rafiq,

Wonderful post on Comics Classics. Keep it up. Don't Feel Fatigued by Work / Other Stress - Keep the baton On.Along with Muthu Fan, You were the one Who encouraged me to be a Blogger.

ComiRades will be wondering that in 10 Years, Comics classics produced only 23 issues; Whereas, in Reality they should have touched 39 / 40 issues by this time.

However, am not going to comment on Prakash Publishers as i Know the difficulties in Comics Publishing. Rather, we should only encourage that they haven't shut the door.

King Viswa.
www.tamilcomicsulagam.blogspot.com

Dear Rafiq,

Nice post. But I couldn't h...

2011-06-26T04:16:04.292+05:30

Dear Rafiq,

Nice post. But I couldn't help noticing your repeated mention of this being an European comic.

Actually our classic heroes like Irumbukkai Mayavi, Spider, Johnny Nero & Lawrence-David are all British in origin. Lesser heroes (who appeared in Lion & Mini Lion) like Robot Archie, Rettai Vettaiyar, John Master and cartoon strips like X-Ray eyes, Gundan Billy, Chalkie are all British, but the artists were mostly European though.

Now the British comics are a unique genre and can't be classified as European nor American though they severely draw from American pop culture (who doesn't?!!).

They're typically WAR or COWBOY PICTURE LIBRARIES (a unique format) with a few adventure (like John Silver of Metha comics fame) & romantic ones thrown in. The majority were serialized in weekly mags. They were popular in Europe too, but never in America, where people don't know a good comic, even if it smacks them in the face!

The newspaper strips like James Bond, Modesty Blaise, Corrigan, Buzz Sawyer, Johnny Hazard (Wing Commander George) etc. are a whole different ballgame altogether.

The differences between genres takes a long-winded discussion amongst scholars & hence I won't go any further into it at present.

But if one looks into the current scenario, almost all comics from Britain & America look similar because of the so called BRITISH INVASION of American comics in the 80's.

Huge talents like Alan Moore, Brian Bolland came into America & changed the face of American comics into being more bloody & gory & sexy as we know it now.

Pity, the comics we love is no longer being produced!

Very cool post!

Guys, latest news is that E...

2011-06-26T04:16:04.007+05:30

Very cool post!

Guys, latest news is that Eurobooks are releasing/or have released 12 issues of Iznogoud this month. They are planning on releasing 24 issues of Lucky Luke soon. This is great news! Hopefully the Lucky luke's dont overlap with the already published ones!!

Any news where the iznogoud's are available.Anyone been to landmark recently? I went 4 weeks ago...

Dear Rafiq,

காமிக்ஸ் க்ளாஸிக்ஸ் இதழ் 23 பற்...

2011-06-26T04:16:03.647+05:30

Dear Rafiq,

காமிக்ஸ் க்ளாஸிக்ஸ் இதழ் 23 பற்றிய உங்கள் விமர்சனங்கள் அருமை.

வெர்ஜின் காமிக்ஸ் வெளியிட்ட சாது தொடரில் முதல் பகுதி மிக நன்றாக உள்ளது. அது பற்றியும் நீங்கள் எழுத வேண்டும். முழு தொடரும் என்னிடம் இல்லை. தேவி என மற்றொரு தொடரும் வெளியிட்டிருக்கின்றார்கள். சித்திர தரம் பிரமிக்க வைக்கிறது.

Nice and Interesting post. Already I had read thes...

2011-06-26T04:16:03.281+05:30

Nice and Interesting post. Already I had read these stories. I like your stories very much. Thanks for sharing. Keep on posting.

Nice and Interesting post. Already I had read thes...

2011-06-14T09:56:08.803+05:30

Nice and Interesting post. Already I had read these stories. I like your stories very much. Thanks for sharing. Keep on posting.

Dr.Ravishankar: Thanks for your visit and comment....

2009-02-01T09:38:00.000+05:30

Dr.Ravishankar: Thanks for your visit and comment. I too have the same feeling, and I believe, once we are wealthy enough, we should actually become the joint financiers for this wonderful effort of Vijayan, who is undoubtedly the greatest Tamil Icon, than any other movie buffs, as rightly noted by you. Hopefully, that concept will materialize soon.

I am seeing you for the first time on Comics Blog-o-Sphere. Hope to see you often on other posts.

you guys are doing a wonderful job...if I ever bec...

2009-01-29T18:02:00.000+05:30

you guys are doing a wonderful job...if I ever become rich in my lifetime I ll give a sizeable portion of my wealth to Mr.Vijayan, (though he has a passion to run the job till today) to keep Lion&Muthu alive till the ages of my grandchildren so that those characters do not die just because of the lack of patronage.. idiotic indians.. they always spend time in TV... People like Vijayan must be awarded with high civilian awards.. he deserves more than any stupid tamil movie star... Sivakasi Semmal Vijayan.. something like that... Dr. Ravishankar MD

Blogger: Thanks for your visit and comment. I wou...

2008-10-30T16:52:00.000+05:30

Blogger: Thanks for your visit and comment. I would love to do the Tamil/Indian Centric Comics, but there are only quite a few which are still in publication. Talking all the time about the old releases only tests your patience. Eventhough, for occassional reviews, we have our fellow bloggers Viswa and Sathish to fill in the gap. I will join the gang time and time again to fill you up with my side of story too. By the way, New Muthu Comics review is just posted, have a look.

Josh aka Share Hunter: பங்கு சந்தை வேட்டையரின் வருகைக்கு மிக்க மகிழ்ச்சி.

Virgin Comics இன் சாது தொடரை பற்றி ஏற்கனவே நான் இந்த வலைப்பதிவில் பதிந்து இருக்கிறேன். Gotham Comics என்ற Labelஐ "Label Cloud" பகுதியில் சுட்டி பாருங்கள். அவை இரண்டும் ஒரே பதிப்பகத்தின் வெவ்வேறு பெயர்கள் என்று நீங்கள் அறிவீர்கள் என நம்புகிறேன். இப்போது அவை இந்தியாவில் வெளியிட படுவதில்லை. Online இல் படிக்க மட்டுமே சாத்தியம்.

Dear Rafiq,

காமிக்ஸ் க்ளாஸிக்ஸ் இதழ் 23 பற்...

2008-10-25T16:26:00.001+05:30

nice work.

do more on tamil / india centric...

2008-10-10T00:36:00.000+05:30

nice work.

do more on tamil / india centric comics so that we can relate it easily.

Thanks for the visit Mahesh. I too liked the stor...

2008-10-09T15:27:00.000+05:30

Thanks for the visit Mahesh. I too liked the stories which featured Wing Commander George and John Havoc. They were olden goldies. I will blog about it sometime in the coming months.

I haven't forgotten about Blueberry post, its part of my TO-DO and will be covered once I finish the long pending Cinebooks review completion.

Rafiq,
Reading your blog is always enjoyable.
2008-10-01T00:42:00.000+05:30
Rafiq,
Reading your blog is always enjoyable.

Why can't somebody write the great heroes like Wing Commander George and John Havoc? I hope you guys have more info to share with fellow comic fans.

I remember you were telling about writing an article about Blueberry. Looking forward to read it..

With warm regards,
Mahesh kumar

Annony 2: வருகைக்கும், கருத்தை பகிர்ந்ததுக்கும் நன...

2008-09-28T00:52:00.000+05:30

Annony 2: வருகைக்கும், கருத்தை பகிர்ந்ததுக்கும் நன்றி. அடுத்த முறை தங்கள் பெயரையும் மறக்காமல் விட்டு செல்லுங்கள்.

Annony 1: Thanks for the tip-up, I have updated a comment with the necessary articles about the release. But I guess they are still in print by Euro Books. By the way, do remember to leave your name even if you are using the annonymous option (unlesss you don't want to share it, in which case you can use a standard nickname). This will help in recollecting you when you post again in this site.

பதிவுகள் அருமையாக உள்ளன ரபிக்,நேரமின்மையிலும் உங்க...

2008-09-27T14:46:00.000+05:30

பதிவுகள் அருமையாக உள்ளன ரபிக்,நேரமின்மையிலும் உங்களின் முயற்சிக்கு எனது வாழ்த்துக்களும், பராட்டுகளுமுரித்தாகுக

Very cool post!

Guys, latest news is that E...

2008-09-27T03:06:00.000+05:30

Viswa: Thanks for those warm words. Vijayan's work...

2008-09-26T06:09:00.000+05:30

Viswa: Thanks for those warm words. Vijayan's work towards Tamil Comics can never be discredited, to ensure that, I have added few pieces about him to the post.

Sathish: Thanks for pointing out the factual error. I generally refer to Franco-Belgian,Italian, and British as European Comics Genre, eventhough I personally felt that they are quite unique in their own ways. I have neverthless, updated the blog to reflect your viewpoint. Expecting manymore review comments from you on my posts.

Demise of our loved comics, began when American Comics were reprinted in Europe; Japanese Manga invasion later, left no trace of it. The typical example of that is Albion Comics (I am thinking of posting about it sometime in near future), which picturised the golden genre in the worst possible way. That's as good as they can construe it in America.

Karthik: It's so great to be even mentioned along with Muthufan, Thanks for that. I should admit spending time in between your day job is a quite a tricky and difficult one (the reason you see me posting only 1/2 in a month). But Comics is my passion from childhood, so blogging about it always keeps me enthused enough to keep going. Comments from fans like you, helps in that cause.

I strongly suggest anyone who comment on blogs, to use their gmail id, as they have quite a bit of usage over posting as Anony, in terms of follow-up comments email, and a place to see your profile, or contact you.

Let me know your email id, as that comics collection spreadsheet is too huge to be shared in public.

And finally, "Yours Truly" is a term used mostly by writers, but I felt that it was self-appraising (?!), and didn't use it before. But seeing Viswa using it in his blog, tempted me to use it :)

Dear மும்மூர்த்திகளே [Muthufan, Rafiq & Viswa]...

2008-09-26T00:40:00.000+05:30

Dear மும்மூர்த்திகளே [Muthufan, Rafiq & Viswa],

You guys are doing a GREAT job!!!

The time you spend on each post is beyond my imagination... guys how do you manage to find time!!! I feel ashamed I don't even try to dig out sometime to put a decent half pager comments :(

And for the first time I am logging in with my Gmail ID and leaving a comment :)

A big thank you to 3 of you for rekindling the memories...

A request:
Can you please share the comics inventory spreadsheet you maintain?

A question:
"Yours truely"?? why is this phrase appearing often in between the blog entries of Rafiq and Viswa??

Best regards,
Karthik S S
Bangalore

Dear Rafiq,

Nice post. But I couldn't h...

2008-09-25T23:17:00.000+05:30

Dear Rafiq,

Wonderful post on Comics Classi...

2008-09-25T22:56:00.000+05:30

Comments on Comicology: Comics Classics #23 - Barracuda | Johny Nero | Sep...

Dear Rafiq,Wonderful post on Comics Classi...

Dear Rafiq,Nice post. But I couldn't h...

Very cool post!Guys, latest news is that E...

Dear Rafiq,காமிக்ஸ் க்ளாஸிக்ஸ் இதழ் 23 பற்...

Nice and Interesting post. Already I had read thes...

Nice and Interesting post. Already I had read thes...

Dr.Ravishankar: Thanks for your visit and comment....

you guys are doing a wonderful job...if I ever bec...

Blogger: Thanks for your visit and comment. I wou...

Dear Rafiq,காமிக்ஸ் க்ளாஸிக்ஸ் இதழ் 23 பற்...

nice work.do more on tamil / india centric...

Thanks for the visit Mahesh. I too liked the stor...

Annony 2: வருகைக்கும், கருத்தை பகிர்ந்ததுக்கும் நன...

பதிவுகள் அருமையாக உள்ளன ரபிக்,நேரமின்மையிலும் உங்க...

Very cool post!Guys, latest news is that E...

Viswa: Thanks for those warm words. Vijayan's work...

Dear மும்மூர்த்திகளே [Muthufan, Rafiq & Viswa]...

Dear Rafiq,Nice post. But I couldn't h...

Dear Rafiq,Wonderful post on Comics Classi...

Dear Rafiq,

Wonderful post on Comics Classi...

Dear Rafiq,

Nice post. But I couldn't h...

Very cool post!

Guys, latest news is that E...

Dear Rafiq,

காமிக்ஸ் க்ளாஸிக்ஸ் இதழ் 23 பற்...

Dear Rafiq,

காமிக்ஸ் க்ளாஸிக்ஸ் இதழ் 23 பற்...

nice work.

do more on tamil / india centric...

Very cool post!

Guys, latest news is that E...

Dear Rafiq,

Nice post. But I couldn't h...

Dear Rafiq,

Wonderful post on Comics Classi...