It seems that if I want to finish up my last post I have to either get my laptop to work at 300 percent efficiency, increase the speed of the internet by at least 500 percent, wait a week or do another spin - off. Only one of these options is doable and also gives me the chance to post some of the original art I wanted to put in my Johnny Craig spotlight.
Since we already covered all the important facts about Johnny Craig in the first part we can get right to the good stuff and for this post I selected three of my favorite Johnny Craig stories. The first one is The Sewer from CRIME SUSPENSTORIES issue 5 and I don´t know if it is my obsession with sewers in comics ( I am not that big a fan of them in real life ) but it´s probably my favorite story by Johnny Craig. For me this story is perfect, the art, the pacing, the mood, the lighting, just about everything. The one downside is that the original artwork I found ( luckily somebody on COMICARTFANS had the complete story ) is very small and the color pages I found online aren´t of much better quality. Still I had to include it in this.
Today´s second story is Easel Kill Ya ! from THE VAULT OF HORROR issue 31 and I wanted to include it in my first Johnny Craig post this month but I had to take it out again. Which hurt because I found 3 pages of original art on Heritage Auctions. But maybe it was a blessing in disguise because not only do I get to feature it now I also found the corresponding color pages from Dark Horse´s EC CLASSICS reprint. Now I am of two minds when I do these BLACK AND WHITE posts when it comes to include the color pages.
On one side I prefer the original coloring because more often than not the new coloring is too overpowering and often obscures the artwork. Most times I liked the restrained hues that were used in the original comics to the new paintbrush version. HOWEVER sometimes the original color pages I find online from the original comics have a really low quality and you do not see much of the artwork either. In this case I prefer the new version.
As for Dark Horse´s reprints and the color I have the first volume of SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES - because I found it at half price at the Sammlerecke - and I have to say that while I would have preferred the original coloring I can´t argue with their version. For a comic company it makes sense to produce the best product for their clients and use new techniques of coloring that the artists surely would have used if it had been available. And for those who like the original version there are always the ARTIST`S EDITIONS.
Which cost an arm and a leg. Although I am hardly one to complain since I already own four of those pricey bitches. Anyway, here´s the story and send me a comment if you like the new coloring or prefer the old one.
Our third story is Whirlpool from THE VAULT OF HORROR issue 21 and I don´t have any original art for this one but it is also one of my favorite stories by Johnny Craig. I know that I´m going beyond the old Only 23 pieces of art per post rule but the alternative is to only include two complete stories and make the rest covers. And I didn´t want to do that.
Now for this I found both, original color art in good quality plus the version from Dark Horse´s EC CLASSICS and for a hot minute I thought about including both. But then I realized that I would either have to post first the original version and the the new version - which would make comparing both versions almost impossible - or post one page of the o.g. version followed by the same page from the new version - which would drive those visitors crazy of the blog who would actually try to read the story. In the end I decided to just post the original version because you already got a good example of the new color pages in the story above.
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April 22nd Steve Englehart 73
Longtime readers know that oneofmypetpeveesonthisblogiscelebratingallthebraveactresseswhoturninsufferabledreckintobearableentertainmentbytakingtheirclothesofforatleastshowwhattheirMamagavethemandwhodon´tgetenoughrecognitionforthat .
include Tonie Perensky´s boner - riffic teacher striptease from Varsity Blues since it is not only the highlight of the whole movie and a personal favorite but constantly on the Best Movie Striptease list.
April 23rd Lee Majors 81
We are staying with cult tv shows as out next stop brings us to April the 23rd when Lee Majors turned 81. While he´s not as prolific on tv as he used to be and only does the occassional guest appearance on shows like Human Target and the likes he is still very popular because of his roles as Steve Austin on The Six Million Dollar Man and Colt Seavers on The Fall Guy. Some people may even remember him from Raven. As longtime readers know I watched The Fall Guy religiously so I have to mention him.
Longtime readers know that while Markie Post was practically in everything that was on tv in the 70s and 80s she became one of my ultimate sex phantasies on the show The Fall Guy which every male that was alive in the 80s remembers - and we will get to the reason why.
THERE`S SOMETHING ABOUT HEATHER THOMAS - AND HER BLUE BIKINI
But The Fall Guy didn´t just have 80s Power Girl Markie Post. they also put blonde bombshell Heather Thomas in the show right from the beginning.
She played stunt body double ( and what a body it was ) Jody and her job was to keep the male viewers hooked by providing eye candy. She was in all episodes except for an episode in the first season. Yes, fan service is not as new as some people might want you to think and Heather Thomas mainly got the part because of her absolutely amazing bikini figure. OMG !
It took a few episodes before she could strut her stuff but once the tv guys got a taste of Heather it happened more often and the famous blue bikini scene was quickly added to the new intro of the second season.
For generations of adolescent young boys the only highlight of the week was the short moment when Heather appeared in her famous blue bikini.
Like most growing teenagers I watched that show religiously but the biggest part of its appeal for me were sexbombs like Heather Thomas and Markie Post who didn´t appear as often in a bikini as I would have liked.
Well, Heather Thomas did since that was her main purpose on the show butMarkie Post´s appearances in bikinis on The Fall Guy were very few.
I AM SUFFERING FROM ( MARKIE ) POST TRAUMATIC SEX SYNDROME !
Markie Post played bail bonds contractor Terri Michaels ( who replaced previous bail bonds contractor Samantha Jack played by Jo Ann Pflug ) beginning with Season 2 and at the beginning she played a minor role.
But Markie Post knew that she was destined to super stardom, so when the opportunity arose that one of the producers of the show who was a bit smitten with Markie appeared on the set she managed to set up a few meetings - just to discuss her role of course. Even though he claimed to be happily married the business meetings turned into private meetings which were then relocated to a secret no - tell motel where Markie used her relentless body and her natural ability to spread her legs better than a fillipino hooker to give the lucky guy who was hung like a horse a Kama Sutra crash course with more than the twenty three positions in a one night stand including sexual practices that are illegal in fourteen states.
After Markie had successfully dicktamed the guy six ways to Sunday during these weekend long squirt marathons he was only too eager to convince the rest of the guys in charge what a complete waste it would be to have somebody like Markie on the cast without letting her " show off what her Mama gave her " like they say Today and the rest is 80s tv history. So Markie got more involved in the stories where she stole the scene from Heather Thomas as soon as she donned a bikini ( mainly in season three ).
Coming back to Heather Thomas, thanks to her absolutely stunning 37 ( ! ) - 23 - 32 measurements and the exposure in The Fall Guy she became a famous pin up model with posters in every hormone driven boy's bedroom.
She even managed to replace Raquel Welch on the number one spot !
80s Power Girl Markie Post is probably the best known cult siren on the blog because not only have I done many re - posts of her original post .
I also keep mentioning her in other posts and her original post is in the Top Ten Posts widget that appears on every post. Since I have done so many different versions it is not so tragic that I did not do a re - post last year even though I did the last version of her cult siren entry in 2016 .
April 25th Werner Enke 79 writer and male lead in Zur Sache Schätzchen with Uschi Glas
german actress Uschi Glas who has appeared in everything from SOKO to Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi and displaying her then booming body in the movie Zur Sache Schätzchen ( Go For It Baby ) turning into a cult siren for an entire generation
Uschi also tried her luck as a short lived Schlager star during the 70s and even recorded the album Wenn dein Herz brennt with Giorgio Moroder.
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April 25th Albert Uderzo died 24th of March of this year
April 25th Mort Weisinger 1978
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german Fräuleinwunder Marion Michael Liane the jungle girl
the then seventeen year old actress generated quite a stir
she was called Germany´s answer to Brigitte Bardot and the movie was seen around the world
this was a bit before my time so I don´t know how popular the movie was with the general populace in Germany but it must have been successful enough to spawn a sequel Liane the white slave girl
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