NationStates Jolt Archive

Over in the current Superhero Films (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=586576) thread, I reminded that I haven't really seen a film version of most of the comics I grew up with in the '70s and early '80s - war comics like Sgt. Rock, G.I. Combat, Unknown Soldier, and so on.

So, who's read any of these. They're mostly old school...

I like Beetle Bailey...

Well, as I said I've read a few Korkeajännitys(translated as High Voltage) that's basically the equivalent of Commando.

Damn, I cant remember what the name of it was called.


It was written during WW2 by an American soldier on the Italian front.

Damn...

That mention of Beetle had something on the tip of my tounge for a bit... Sad Sack! Talk about an old school classic. :)

(BTW, did you know Beetle wasn't always in the army? It was originally about Mort Walker's frat buddies. Beetle enlisted to get out of a jam with two girls..)

Damn, I cant remember what the name of it was called.


It was written during WW2 by an American soldier on the Italian front.

Damn...

Hmmm...

Could be several ones...

Commando
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Commando.jpg

Let's not forget the WWII Propaganda of regular comics.

http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/oc%20slap%20a%20jap%20superdickery.jpg

Let's not forget the WWII Propaganda of regular comics.

http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/oc%20slap%20a%20jap%20superdickery.jpg

And there's more!

http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=49&limitstart=1

(BTW, did you know Beetle wasn't always in the army? It was originally about Mort Walker's frat buddies. Beetle enlisted to get out of a jam with two girls..)

where did i just read that recently?

(BTW, did you know Beetle wasn't always in the army? It was originally about Mort Walker's frat buddies. Beetle enlisted to get out of a jam with two girls..)


That's really cool actually. WTB a source.

DMZ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(comics)) isn't actually about soldiers but what amounts to an embedded reporter in a Demilitarized zone, but I think it counts.

The setting is New York City in the near future. A civil war is taking place between the United States of America and the Free States. The Free States are described in the first issue as being "New Jersey and inland"; in issue #8, it is revealed that "the Free States are an idea, not a geographical entity"; the movement began in Montana and made its way east. The Free Armies and the U.S. military met at Allentown, Pennsylvania where the Free Armies won, after which the Free Armies descended on New York; the exact chain of events from hereon has yet to be revealed. Manhattan is the location of the demilitarized zone between the two warring parties.

<snip>

The protagonist is Matthew (Matty) Roth, a naïve photo journalism intern from Long Island, who enters the DMZ with a news-crew. He becomes trapped when the rest of the news crew and the soldiers escorting them are killed in a firefight with "insurgents". Matty becomes the only journalist on the ground in the DMZ and he begins to report on the daily struggle of life for the everyday citizens of Manhattan.

I grew up with my Grandfathers stories of WWII, and with his age he made them sound quite crazy at times. Of course, the USSR has it's share of movies and other things as well.

Let's not forget the WWII Propaganda of regular comics.
Awesome.

Obviously read the Commando Comics back in the day for the lols.

http://www.ali-hassan.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Commando0015.jpg

forgot about Warlord

http://www.26pigs.com/warlord/com-206-65-lg5.jpg

That's really cool actually. WTB a source.

Beetle Bailey made his comic-strip debut as a college cutup in 1950 in a mere 50 newspapers. The feature was soon bought and syndicated by King Features and is noted as the last strip personally approved by William Randolph Hearst.

With America's entry into the Korean conflict, cartoonist Mort Walker's star character accidentally enlisted in the Army, and the rest is comic-strip history! Beetle Bailey went on to become the third most widely distributed comic strip of all time. His error proved a blessing in disguise, as readers of more than 1,800 newspapers around the world can attest today.
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/bbailey/aboutMaina.php


Lots more history and early strips here: http://books.google.com/books?id=fpb877B9jeAC&dq=beetle+bailey+history&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=O-lxQlMBH8&sig=JL6_8zP9Lt7Pz1LU-HsA0y6aT-w&hl=en&ei=86_BSbXACZLSkAWV05zsCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=18&ct=result#PPT12,M1

Comics use to be big when I was a kid. I have read all those you listed. I had a GI Joe first edition for the longest time. With all my deployments and moving around when I was young I misplaced it sadly.

where is sad sack?

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/bbailey/aboutMaina.php


Lots more history and early strips here: http://books.google.com/books?id=fpb877B9jeAC&dq=beetle+bailey+history&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=O-lxQlMBH8&sig=JL6_8zP9Lt7Pz1LU-HsA0y6aT-w&hl=en&ei=86_BSbXACZLSkAWV05zsCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=18&ct=result#PPT12,M1

That's really really cool. *notes that for the future*

Sturmtruppen for the win, of koursen!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmtruppen

http://files.splinder.com/810f7b91671df4eaa724bfa98746fa8e.jpeg