#camelot 3000

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

Camelot 3000 by Brian Bolland

[chernobog13]

Detail from the cover to Who's Who (vol. 1) #4 (June, 1985) by George Perez and Dick Giordano.

[all-action-all-picture]

Camelot 3000. This was the cover of one of the collected editions. Art by Brian Bolland.

[cantsayidont]

Sometimes, I think about the huge number of DC properties that will never see media adaptations beyond the Easter eggy variety (like the DC SHOWCASE animated shorts or guest appearances on something like BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD) due to corporate dysfunction — not the big-name superhero stuff, but things like:

KAMANDI, which could make a magnificent animated series.

ATOMIC KNIGHTS, which is less stupid than FALLOUT and has giant mutant Dalmatians the characters ride as steeds.

SILVERBLADE, a charming mid-80s "Maxi-Series" by Cary Bates and Gene Colan about a retired movie star who gains the supernatural power to transform himself into any character he's ever played.

STANLEY AND HIS MONSTER, a delightful kids' comic about a boy who adopts a huge red shaggy monster that his parents (who never actually see the monster) patiently assume is his imaginary friend.

CAMELOT 3000, a sci-fi spin on the Knights of the Round Table with King Arthur reincarnated in a high-tech 31st century world and transgender Sir Tristan.

Then I remind myself that at best, they'd just be reduced to the same hackish nerd show pablum as the various Arrowverse shows (probably by the same hacks), and that, as with STAR WARS and STAR TREK, an abundance of crap can very easily make something too infuriating to even bother hate-watching. So, maybe it's for the best.

[smashedpages]

Happy Birthday to Mike W. Barr!

[lesbianboyfriend]

camelot 3000 sucks so much there has been some form of gender-affirming surgery possible since the 1920s and you’re telling me in the year 3000 the only possible way for tristan to get the body he wants is magic. and then they make him “accept being a woman” anyways? kill yourself

[splooosh]

“I am no one’s sister”

Brian Bolland

Camelot 3000

[doctorslippery]

[mongonga]

[rhavendell]

Camelot 3000

[prettywitchiusaka]

These were all bought yesterday.

I met up with a friend of mine and we went for a long walk and caught up while we did some shopping.

So yeah, I'd definitely count this as my Birthday Swag Post 1.

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

Camelot 3000 #1 original art by Brian Bolland

[the70s80sand90s]

[chronivore]

Red Sonja, Detective Chimp, Black Knight, Camelot 3000

[cantsayidont]

September 1983. DC turned Mike W. Barr's long-gestating pitch for a futuristic version of the Arthurian legends into one of their first big direct market "Maxi-Series," although it was soon overshadowed by other projects and seems to be relatively obscure today. I generally find King Arthur stuff quite tedious, and Barr's storyline of Arthur and his knights reincarnated in the year 3000 to battle alien invaders isn't enough to convince me otherwise. This leaves two major attractions: very appealing artwork by Brian Bolland (inked by Bruce Patterson and Terry Austin with bright, poppy color by Tatjana Wood), and an interesting subplot involving Sir Tristan, who has been reincarnated as a woman and is not at all happy about it:

[fuckyeaharthuriana]

Have you read Camelot 3000?

I have! It has been quite a bit of time since I did tho, but I remember enjoying it!