Okay, yes, a super-strong flying baby, sure, fine. I was believing everything until they said that said baby could crash through a window so fast it wouldn't make any noise. What is this, *snicker*, some kind of supernatural windowpane? What about the falling glass? Air friction burnt it up? I expect realism from comics, dagnabbit!
But not really. I want amazing insanity from any Superbaby story, and they generally deliver. And that is one reason I chose this as this week's installment of the regular feature, an appearance of the blog title in a back issue.
This week's selection is another Kamandi panel - now bigger and with more motorcycles! From Kamandi #13. Yes, I've been rereading, almost obsessing over, this crazy title which can be addictive. I am way on the Kirby bandwagon, and especially for the seventies DC stuff - I think what I like is that he had this unfettered, energetic, enthusiastic imagination that was like a kid playing and coming up with the craziest stuff he can think of, coupled with the storytelling skills of a mature and accomplished artist. That's just a very rare combo.
(Writing Kamandi #8 keeps making me think of Commando 8, the air conditioner in Seinfeld.)
Just so the blog's a bit thematic, I'm making this a regular feature. And also just to emphasize the name of my blog may not be the jazziest, catchiest, the coolest or the hippest...but you can't beat all the retroactive advertising.
