Friday, December 21, 2012

Giant-Sized

A publisher has an idea : take existing comic book titles and put out a special, extra large issue. Since it has more pages than a regular comic it makes sense to highlight that fact. So, it makes sense to add "Giant-Size" to a regular title and you get "Giant-Size Spider-man" and "Giant-Size Hulk" etc…

But one of the titles is called "Man-Thing." Oh, well, the idea is already rolling. Most kids wouldn't notice anything odd but I bet there were giggles in the office. Maybe people would buy a copy just so they can say "Sure, I have a Giant-Size Man-Thing."

cover of Giant-Size Man-Thing #2 comic book (but when you say Giant-Size Man-Thing some people might not think you are talking about a comic book)

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Context matters

Betty and Me #16 comic book where the text out of context of the image could sound more sexually suggestive than one expects for an Archie Comic. Specifically, Betty asks 'Archie, did you have any trouble rescuing me?' and he responds 'I sure did Betty! I had to beat off three other guys'
Betty and Me #16 comic book where the text out of context of the image could sound more sexually suggestive than one expects for an Archie Comic.