Obscure Moore: Pictopia

[@donaldsimpson2237]

I'm not sure I heard a shout out to Mike Kazaleh (Captain Jack), who penciled the animation ghetto scene, or Pete Poplaski, who penciled the bar room scene (and whose encyclopedic knowledge of comic strip history allowed him to draw characters like Kayo from Moon Mullins from memory!), or Eric Vincent (Alien Fire), whose coloring is inseparable from the overall emotional impact of the story. Also, "We built this city on comic books" was my own ad lib (since I also did the lettering), although I wasn't thinking of Jefferson Airplane/Starship history. Very nice!

[@Skipntosh]

I miss the outro to your videos. “...and I will talk at you later.” I even enjoyed the pregnant pause in the end of the videos before it kicked in. Another awesome video though! Keep them coming!

[@StrangeBrainParts]

As I said in a similar comment, I am genuinely surprised anyone even noticed. I may have to restore it.

[@dfcsons]

I even started doing it at the end of the work day with some for my friends! '.....until next time'

[@lillycrecelius985]

Cool, reminds me of the"Destroyer Duck" book published to help with the legal costs from the Howard the Duck lawsuit. I'd never heard of this one, though. Great job, you earned this subscription!

[@JeghedderThomas]

I had those comics, and this specific story was my favorite.

[@eschnabel.4665]

As usual, entertaining and informative. Much obliged.

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

I was surprised you didn't mention how Pictopia was also the blueprint for both Top 10 an The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

[@MrMaxHauser]

I found this shortly after watching this video and loved it. Thank you for the recommendation

[@MrChristopherMolloy]

I subscribe to a few hundred channels, but I look forward to your posts the most. Thanks.

[@StrangeBrainParts]

You're very welcome. Thank you for watching!

[@daniilmironov6683]

Wow, this channel is so great, I'm amazed! Great work, I hope your channel continues to do something like this. Thank you for your work.

[@thingsofsuch]

Thank you so much for your videos! The insights that you provide are ... well, from a perspective of one who is around your assumed age, myself having a great distance for the current non existent culture of America and youth ... your insights are of forgotten very real and very relevant periods of my life that I haven't looked back upon in reflection. Rather I just lived through the times without any regard for their potential for impacting that future. You are fucking great and your presentation, candor, and lack of any sincerity with emotion is just so fucking well done it would seem to be an act if it wasn't a piece of the man you have grown into with regard to the past you obviously take with you every day unlike the masses who are oblivious or simply chose to forget.

[@StrangeBrainParts]

You are very welcome! I appreciate you taking a moment to say some kind words. I genuinely don't know how else to respond to what you've written. I will add: Nope, this isn't an act. If I were acting I might choose someone who displayed more personality. Heh.

[@fad23]

Also read this in that compilation, though I'd later find the original printing. I think this is one of many stories that colored my view of the comics industry as a whole.

[@shoresean1237]

Odd note: While recent stories have of course become more serious overall, to my recall, Plastic Man was never grimmed up the way Flynn was in this story. In fact, Post-Crisis, DC went out of its way to still have him in at least some 'wacky' stories and situations. Another bit of trivia is that Zatara, obviously inspired by Mandrake, was killed off by Moore during the Swamp Thing American Gothic storyline - by a great approaching darkness.

[@ConTrollerNorth2]

Very cool! Thanks , man.

[@Brilchan]

That was fascinating and well presented + sub

[@blackphoenix77]

F in the chat for Funnytown.

[@baronkarza2939]

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[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Great review. Completely missed this one. Do one on the John Tottleben, spelled his name wrong, Steve Bissette Swamp thing. Or the Neil Gaiman Sam Keith Sandman.

[@StrangeBrainParts]

There already are a few videos covering the John Totleben, Steve Bissette and Rick Veitch era of Swamp Thing. (The Origin And History Of Swamp Thing Parts 4-6, if I remember correctly.)

[@JohnnerRobbins]

Apart from Anything Goes #2, I also have this "obscure" work in The Best Comics Of The Decade 1980-1990 Vol 1, in The Extraordinary Works Of Alan Moore, and in Alan Moore - Brighter Than You Think.

[@ctbinary42]

80 years (at the time) of comic strip and comic book history in 13 pages. Sounds like Alan Moore at his finest

[@hole_dip]

Would you ever consider doing a video on Weapon Brown?

[@StrangeBrainParts]

I will look into it and see. I consider almost everything as a possible topic for the future. :)

[@hole_dip]

@@StrangeBrainParts I look forward to whatever may come from it!

[@JoshuaOfGrandRapids]

I’ve wanted a copy of Anything Goes for a minute

[@fad23]

I found it at a local convention near Kansas City.

[@StrangeBrainParts]

I see it in dollar bins all the time. Even the Alan Moore issue. So you probably won't have that difficult of a time finding it.

[@kenlieck7756]

FYI, that's Henry, not the Yellow Kid...

[@DeathAlchemist]

You know a good place where I can pick this up?

[@jackofallclaws6672]

Hey Mr SBP, have you ever read Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai?

[@StrangeBrainParts]

Yes, I have. Quite a lot of it.

[@jackofallclaws6672]

Strange Brain Parts hope you liked it!

[@SmithMrCorona]

I only feel the need to nitpick because I'm such a fan of Popeye, but that looked like Rough House, not Wimpy. But I love your videos.

[@StrangeBrainParts]

I have to concede that you are probably correct!

[@dawg065]

i thought the same thing That was rough house. Good thing to see that i wasan't the only one that noticed.

[@TimothyCollins]

To be honest this kinda strike me as endemic if the problems with Moore - he simultaneously will lament "everything was better in the pasr" while helping to further remove the medium from it by doing things like watchmen. He's always basically just been a hipster that doesn't like whatever he sees as popular.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

Great video as usual! You note Sammy Smoot as being an odd man out in referencing '60s underground comics, but he wasn't the only '60s underground reference in that scene: mysocialgoodnews.com/robert-crumbs-stoned-again-original-art-comes-to-auction-for-first-time/

[@StrangeBrainParts]

Good catch! I did not make that connection whatsoever. There's a lot of homages that I didn't list or catch, for that matter.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

@@StrangeBrainParts Like Pokemon, nobody's gonna catch 'em all except the hardcore freaks!

[@CRUCIFi777]

Harlan was still an egoistical schlub though.