Comic books and Manga Thread

[Ricky Jackson]

Travis suggested we do a CanCon themed ep, and with Canada Day coming up consider it officially on the schedule 

I remember the various VHS tapes of the 70s cartoons as well, but hadn't thought about them for decades until a few days ago

Thanks Duke!

[Shrike02]

I watched this past episode and greatly enjoyed it. I have an idea for an episode.

[Ricky Jackson]

7 hours ago, Shrike02 said:

I watched this past episode and greatly enjoyed it. I have an idea for an episode.

Love to hear it

[Shrike02]

15 hours ago, Ricky Jackson said:

Love to hear it

You already have but I'll remind you in the coming days.

[Ricky Jackson]

Popeye cartoons of varying quality on the new FM!

 

[TheDuke]

Thank you guys for continuing to make these. I really enjoyed this one. And thank you Johnny for singing the full Popeye song. I love the full song but it feels like I usually only hear the first part of it. And yes, I am a dude.

I have never read the Popeye comics. They used to show the original black and white Fleischer cartoons on Saturday mornings on TCM where they would only show one a week which was annoying as I would usually want to sit and watch a block of cartoons not just one, but I think they were trying to emulate the feel of being at a movie theatre in the 30s as they would usually also show an hour long B western, a live action short, and a single episode of an old movie serial like Tarzan or Flash Gordon or something. 

I loved the live action Popeye movie as a kid. We had it on Betamax where I think my dad did the old trick of renting it once on VHS and copying it on a blank Betamax tape as I don't remember seeing commercials. I love all the little things in the town of Sweethaven like that guy chasing his hat who keeps kicking it away before he can grab it and the guy who keeps telling Popeye all the taxes he is gonna charge him. The music is weird but adds to the charm of the movie. Its annoying that Popeye hates spinach up until the climax but it really builds up that awesome moment when he finally eats it and punches the octopus. I just wish we had more of Popeye kicking ass but then I feel the same way about the old cartoons so it's appropriate.  Popeye was a hero to me as a kid at the level of Hulk Hogan and Superman because I loved seeing them just beat the bad guy at the end.

Popeye vs Sinbad is probably the best Popeye cartoon I have seen.  Sinbad is my favorite version of Bluto and the stakes in this cartoon feel a lot higher than typical Popeye cartoons which are mostly gag cartoons. The animation looks amazing in color and to be honest sometimes I think I find the Fleischer style with the rotoscoping is a cool effect and makes the movement in their cartoons look smoother than Warner or Disney even though Disney and WB tend to look like they are drawn better.

Another comic strip where a new character showed up and replaced the main character was Robotman/Monty, although I think Monty was meant to be more of a main character than Popeye.

The bathroom break you added was funny. It reminds me of the Matt Cardona and Bryan Meyers podcast where whenever they talk about AEW action figures, Matt Cardona has to "take a bathroom break" ever since he was rehired by WWE, so I guess he is not allowed to talk about AEW.

If you want to talk about TV themes to fall asleep to, I used to have a small black and white tv in my bedroom at my parent's house that I would put on at night when I went to sleep, and I remember watching a lot of Taxi which had a great theme to fall asleep to. I think Johnny meant boring songs and this is not boring but Taxi sounded like a great jazzy lullaby to me. Other greats TV themes to fall asleep to were MASH, Hill Street Blues, and the original Law & Order.

Overall a really great episode. 

[Ricky Jackson]

Thanks once again for the thoughtful response dude!