Thursday, June 30, 2011

Captain's Library: LONE RANGER THE MOVIE Part 2

The Lone Ranger and Tonto save a man being attacked by Indians...or are the ambushers someone pretending to be Indians?
If so, why?
Perhaps the answer lies with local rancher Reece Kilgore, who wants the nearby Indian reservation moved by any means, fair or foul!
Why?
The Lone Ranger, in disguise as a crotchety old gold prospector, visits the nearby town...
To be continued at  
Tomorrow!
 The adaptor of the movie script is unknown, but the art is by longtime Lone Ranger and Silver (yes, the horse had his own comic) artist Tom Gill with inking on some pages by Joe Sinnott.
plus these Lone Ranger tv/movie collectibles on Amazon...

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Captain's Library: LONE RANGER THE MOVIE Part 1

Your eyes do not deceive you, fans!
There are cowboys and Indians running around here!
As a comic adaptation of a feature film based on a tv series based on a dramatic radio show about a masked hero, I felt this tale qualified as Captain Video material.
It's the never-reprinted adaptation of the 1956 feature film which was filmed right before the final season of the tv series began.
It was also the first color live-action Lone Ranger people saw!

However, this story is so big (over 60 pages) that it'll take more than one blog to tell it!
The story starts here, in the Secret Sanctum today and tomorrow, continues in Hero & Heroine Histories™ for the middle two chapters, then concludes in Western Comics Adventures™ on the 4th of July!
Join us as we make Internet history with the first multi-blog serialized story!
The Masked Man KNOWS things are NOT what they seem!
Tomorrow, the Lone Ranger and Tonto infiltrate and investigate...
Don't miss it!
Same Blog Time!
Same Blog Feed!
 The adaptor of the movie script is unknown, but the art is by longtime Lone Ranger and Silver (yes, the horse had his own comic) artist Tom Gill with inking on some pages by Joe Sinnott.
plus these Lone Ranger tv/movie collectibles on Amazon...

Monday, June 27, 2011

Comix Class: MOVIEMAKING ILLUSTRATED Part 3a CUTS: Relationships & Continuity

Today: How diverse images come together...
...to create a coherent story, even if they're created or filmed days, months, even years apart and in totally-different locations!
Next: Time & Direction Tell a Tale!

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Captain's Library: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES Conclusion

This scene, printed as a fold-out in the comic book, was omitted from the actual adaptation!
Escaping from Ape City, mute native girl Nova and stranded astronaut Brent, looking for Nova's companion Taylor (an astronaut from an earlier flight), enter the ruins of New York City and discover a society of radiation-mutated telepathic humans.
Meanwhile, an Ape army is approaching the city, determined to kill anything or anyone who isn't an ape!
The mutants prepare their only weapon, a planet-destroying atomic bomb, for use if their psychic illusions can't stop the advancing troops...
The writer of this 1970 Gold Key adaptation is not known, but the art is by Alberto Giolitti and Sergio Costa, who handled a lot of the tv-movie adaptations at Gold Key including most issues of Star Trek and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
It was the only Apes adaptation Gold Key would do.
In 1974 Marvel would acquire the comics license to the Apes franchise and do new adaptations of all five movies (including Beneath) as well as original stories with new characters set in the time period between Battle and Planet.

Chronologically, the movies (and tv shows) run...
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Live action and animated tv shows in this era, then...
Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Though they had the rights, Marvel didn't do any comics material based on either of the tv shows, but the magazines ran text features about them, including behind-the-scenes stories.

Power Records, who were doing audio versions (with read-along comics) of various Marvel and DC comics, produced lp and 45 records with adaptations of four of the movies (omitting Conquest) and new stories based on the live-action tv series.
Their adaptations of the movies used totally-new comic art instead of utilizing existing Marvel art, which seemed odd as they were already using reprints of Marvel material for their Fantastic Four, Captain America, etc. read-along comics.
Depending on how our schedule works out over the next couple of months, we may present the Power Records Apes comics before Rise of the Planet of the Apes opens.
or these available-thru-Amazon Ape Essentials...