#House Ads

[evilhorse]

Amethyst (Volume 3) house ad (circa October 1987)

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House-ad for Batman: Bloodstorm (1994). Art by Kelley Jones and Les Dorscheid.

[pat1dee]

DC Comics House Ad, Christmas 1978

Art by Ross Andru and Dick Giordano

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VIZ MEDIA MAKES A FORAY INTO THE WESTERN COMIC BOOK MARKET WITH A STUDIO GHIBLI CLASSIC.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a 1988 Viz Select Comics house ad for Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" comic book adaptation, from the 1984 post-apocalyptic fantasy animated feature film of the same name by Studio Ghibli.

PIC #2: Promotional "Nausicaä..." artwork for the North American/Viz Select Comics Monthly market, c. late 1980s. Story & art by Hayao Miyazaki.

Sources: https://readallcomics.com/amazing-heroes-151 & The Arts Mechanical (Wordpress).

[imperialgoogie]

Make it a Krapshoot Christmas

There's nothing like the joy of capturing those treasured Christmas moments on film for all eternity, only to find that you've cropped the kids' heads off, left the lens cap on, and forgot to load the camera with film in the first place. Krapshoot can't fix your incompetence, but they can at least make it easier to screw up your snaps.

This year's ad is a send-up of a Kodak ad from 1960, and a company that I've been wanting to parody for several years now. I studied photography in high school, and have had an interest in cameras ever since. Kodak seemed a natural target for the annual Christmas ad, but I hadn't been able to do a parody of them for two reasons.

Normally, I have trouble finding a suitable ad, but this time, I had several potential candidates to choose from; all of them were ideal for editing, but I could only pick one. The other issue was finding a suitable name, something which I'd struggled with. The idea for Krapshoot finally came to me recently, as did the "Return me first!" line. When I look at an ad and instantly think of a parody headline, I know that's the one to go with.

Hopefully, you won't find any Krapshoot gear under your tree this year. If you do, contact your local bomb disposal team at once.

Merry Googiemas!

[mae-kent]

Mae Kent / Matrix Supergirl Ads

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[tomoleary]

John K. Snyder III “Mister E” House Ad Illustration Original Art (DC, c. 1991) Source

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Marvel House Ads

Avengers vs The Lady Liberator (1970)

Avengers / Hulk vs Psyklop (1971)

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Fawcett house ad for This Magazine is Haunted, 1953.

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MLJ/Archie house ads from JACKPOT COMICS #2 (1941).

[evilhorse]

A Death in the Family house ad (circa December 1988)

[vertigoartgore]

1986 Watchmen house ads and their 2009 live-action remakes (used as characters posters for Zack Snyder's movie). Source Source

[pat1dee]

Marvel House Ad for “Kraven’s Last Hunt” by J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck

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"THIS SUPERHERO, AN ANDROID, A ROBOT BODY POSSESSED OF THE ELEMENTAL FORCE OF A TORNADO..."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1280x1853 -- Spotlight on a 1985 DC house ad for "Red Tornado" Vol. 1, continuity-heavy four-part story arc (July-October, 1985); Kurt Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series.

"This superhero, an android, a robot body possessed of the elemental force of a tornado, feels alienated from the human race but protective of it."

-- DC COMICS, c. summer 1985

SERIES OVERVIEW: "In 1983, Kurt Busiek was still relatively new to writing for the comic book industry when Dick Giordano (editor in chief at DC comics) offered him a chance to write the "Red Tornado" mini-series. Prior to this, Busiek had written an issue of "Green Lantern," a few issues of "Marvel’s Power Man/Iron Fist" and a few "Green Lantern Corps" back-up tales. Giordano’s big plan was to have lesser-know JLA characters featured in their own distinct mini-series (most likely with the hopes of raising reader interest in the JLA). When Giordano asked Busiek if he had any ideas on how to handle the Red Tornado, Busiek jumped at the opportunity (once citing Red Tornado as one of his favorite DC characters). Busiek sought to alter Red Tornado for the better -- attempting to make the character more in touch with his human side -- hence adding to the Red Tornado mythos and giving future writers something more to explore. Thus, the creation of this four issue mini-series.

PART II: One of the biggest challenges for Busiek was making the Red Tornado interesting. Popular opinion in DC fandom (at the time) was that the Red Tornado was one of the more boring characters out there. As a matter of fact, since being introduced by Gardner Fox and Dick Dillin in 1968, the Red Tornado had already been killed off and resurrected twice in JLA history before appearing in this mini-series. The problem with the Red Tornado was that he’s always been a passive character in a comic series (JLA) that focused on big drama - Red Tornado was either the first character quickly destroyed/disabled by the villain to demonstrate how powerful the villain was or Red Tornado hung out in the back and did some busy work while all the other more popular characters had all of the action. This isn’t really surprising considering the Red Tornado was originally created as a revamp of a Golden Age DC character (Ma Hunkel) and was never intended to be more than an annual guest-star.

PART III: The plans for this mini-series were hatched in 1983 and it took about 2 years before they finally saw completion. Something else was happening during 1983 and 1985, and that something else was the plotting of the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" storyline by Marv Wolfman and other DC editors. It was decided by the powers that be at DC comics that Red Tornado would be destroyed once again in "Crisis on Infinite Earths" #8 (2 months after the mini-series came out!). Busiek wrote this mini-series with the intention of it leading into a regular series, but by the time it had been launched Busiek was made aware of DC’s plans for the Red Tornado -- thus rendering his story somewhat useless -- an exercise in futility."

-- DC IN THE '80s (webzine for DC Comics fans from the '80s)

Source: https://forum.sanctuary.fr/t/page-s-de-pub/185608/225?page=9, DC Wikia, various, etc...

[imperialgoogie]

Happy New Year from Bill Telephone

And so the new year commences. Our old friends at Bill Telephone wanted to be foremost in your thoughts as we enter 2025. They also want your upcoming phone bill to be foremost in your thoughts, too.

I posted this ad for Bell Telephone from the January 11, 1960 issue of Life a few days ago, but when I found it, I couldn't help but think that it needed my special touch. Seeing Bell boast of its "trouble-free service", coupled with what almost looks like someone slamming down the handset, put my mind in gear.

It's a new year, but it's the same old House of Googie. Happy new year!