I am happy to combine the artwork of two greats for this cover. Doug Wildey is an artist that I was aware of, but began to truly appreciate when looking for Jonny Quest images for this blog. I have been a huge Steve Rude fan for many years. So much so, that I commissioned three sketches from him, and purchased up a page of his from Spider-Man: Lifeline:
wow cool cover jonny quest was always one of my favorite cartoons( next to space ghost)....now that metv has some of hanna-barber's cartoons( flintstones and jetsons....just maybe they will get more h-b stuff!....maybe jonny quest & space ghosts.....one can only hope....lol
ReplyDeleteAnd he even brings a pal for Krypto along... :)
ReplyDeleteI've often wondered if Dr. Zin might've been the inspiration for Silver Age Bat-foe Dr. Tzin-Tzin. Ah, well! Be that as it may, those giant condor's talons have probably been coated with kryptonite obtained from Lex Luthor. In which case, Supes could be in more trouble than either he or Jonny thinks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the all-American nostalgia, Ross, and have a Happy 4th!
I think Jimmy's going to be awfully jealous....
ReplyDeleteSimreeve's comment brings to mind the matter of dogs in comics and cartoons. You do have Ace and the Dogs of War from eight years ago, but what of a collection of more-or-less normal dogs? Suppose Ace were to lose track of his fellows, and so bring together canines like Bandit, Marmaduke, Snowy (Tintin), Sandy (Little Orphan Annie), Akamaru (Naruto), Dollar (Richie Rich), Barfy (Family Circus), Fuzz (Ziggy), Astro (The Jetsons), etc.?
And what happened to the usual practice of doing a patriotic-themed cover for July 4th? I was kind of hoping for at least something like Liberty Belle and Jubilee.
I am actually on vacation right now and the covers from yesterday and the next few days were posted in advance. I do have a captain America cover coming up in a couple of days that I meant to switch to today but forgot to whoops.
ReplyDeleteAha! Good explanation.
ReplyDeleteBoy, has this place been busy. Between 'Turu the Terrible' and 'Shadow of the Condor', Dr Zin might have been feeling a bit 'lacking'. Robot spys can only go so far. No wonder he felt the need for such a "drone" of his own.
ReplyDeleteSuperman looks awesome. Now if we can get this style animated...
One thing Ross. Are Jonny's and Bandit's shadows going in opposite directions?
Ah well, only Lamont Cranston knows for sure. Enjoy some well earned time away from the keyboard and watch the night sky flower in color.
Re-watching Disney's Gargoyles, its a great show. It would be fun to see them meet Hellboy, Demon and Gargoyle(Marvel).
ReplyDelete@Cary: if so, Superman probably already spotted it with his telescopic vision and nullified it with his heat vision.
ReplyDeleteHe should just use his heat vision to make him and Jonny a quick dinner of Kentucky-fried drone.
ReplyDeleteYou should note, however, the odd green glow that vulture's eye is giving off...
ReplyDeleteThat "odd green glow" is a detail that flew right past me. Well played!
ReplyDeleteGotta be honest. Steve Rude's Boomerang greatly resembles Herman & Dee's Hornet (from the "Crusaders vs. Crushers" RPG).
ReplyDeleteWOW! You have a better memory than I do. I actually had to look that reference up!!
ReplyDeleteThe nice thing is Superman can use different levels of his heat vision to direct the kryptonite(?) laced big bird to redirect it's flight to somewhere preferred. (Unless Zin equipped his drone with Titano like kryptonite vision to be sure to give Supes the bird.)
ReplyDelete"Sugar Bowl 2022! Brought to you by...Condor-Fil-A!"
ReplyDeleteThese are the wings they refer to "On a wing and a prayer."
ReplyDeleteI still prefer my wings Kentucky-fried.
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