Wizard Magazine issue 13, September 1992

[@ryanbaker9696]

Look, it’s been 8 months but I didn’t see it: the orange hardcover book collection you got from the library weren’t Famous Monsters but a series of Crestwood House Monster Books. They did a whole slew based on specific 30s and 40s monster movies with a few 50s giant bug pics thrown in and maybe the 70s “King Kong” remake. They were similarly my earliest exposure to those classic monster movies thanks to my school library.

[@briangriffin391]

Ghost Rider's popularity in the 90s is pretty fascinating. I don't think Marvel ever had a book take off like that since. I was all about it as a kid. This issue was my first introduction to Charles Burns. Good stuff! Thanks for another solid episode.

[@michelfiffe]

Jusko and Texeira were on a great convention panel about comic book painting not too long ago (the link has unfortunately disappeared). When Tex was talking about growing up in the Bronx and hanging with his family & friends, "I probably arrested some of them," Joe interjected. Double thumbs up.

[@funnypicturescomics]

This made my Sunday night...Absolutely love these look backs at the old WIZARD mags.....Wish I still had mine!!

[@joebuckman]

ED!! The second you said "Bobby's World" and "subversive humour" I knew the exact joke you were going to tell. That gag hit me right in the same funny spot! :D

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

I think it was the only joke of it's kind on that show but it did let us see a bit of the real Howie Mandell.

[@LarryKingUndead]

The Swamp Thing costume for the TV show is great, also DC/WB via their Netflix-like app are doing a new "Swamp Thing" show, filming it down here in North Carolina. Also the 90's Swamp Thing show had the best way to ever get rid of a annoying kid character. Jim Kipp, pretty much the Jimmy Olsen equivalent on the show is kidnapped by Arcane, and shipped off to a Un-Men slave labor colony in South America, and he was never heard of again.

[@BRisecomics]

Rip Ed.

[@KThorJensen1]

Hey boys. Knowing Jim Woodring in my teens and getting to go to his house was one of the most inspiring, formative and bizarre moments of my life. In regards to what he's using for color, it's watercolor and gouache.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

Thanks man! His approach to color is fucking magic.

[@thepeanutgallery6100]

September 1992 the year and month I was born. Loved Wizard magazine when I was a kid.

[@mr_nobody_000]

i love this channel, ed and jim, you guys are the best.

[@popfenton4118]

A good way to spend the first bit of a twelve hour day shift this morning. The nostalgia trip hit hard on this one with Jusko. In grade school, some friends and I totally ripped-off of his card art to use for our comic covers.

[@biggb55]

Great show!! nice trip back to the 90s I really enjoyed the talk about Yummy Fur and Ed the happy clown. The only bummer in the whole thing is you passed over a great article title "Collecting Comics in the 90's". Its the article before you talked about Wizard News and Whilce Portacio Wetworks. It would have been fun to hear your takes on the bagged or unbagged comics debate. Keep up the good work.

[@grunk_zine]

The Quantum Leap/Magnum never happened appparently: "Anyhow, in an attempt to get a fifth season, Bellisario and NBC had an idea. They would end the fourth season of the show with Beckett leaping into...Thomas Magnum! NBC even announced it to the world. However, while the final shot of the fourth season finale could be done without much help from Tom Selleck, shooting the whole episode would definitely require his commitment, and Selleck did not appear interested. In fact, his publicist denied even being offered the project back in 1992, when NBC was now saying, ”We’re hoping. It’s on hold. We don’t have an answer.” Whatever the reason for it dropping (one notable theory is that Bellisario was getting some interest in a "Magnum P.I." movie at the time and didn't want to mess anything up with that), the end result was that it was dropped.” As it was, all we ever got was some test shots of Bakula for the end of the Season 4 finale where he dressed in Magnum's trademark Hawaiian shirt and gave his distinctive rising of the eyebrows. A Quantum Leap convention showed the test shots and a great Quantum Leap site posted a video of the people watching the video, so the footage isn't the clearest, but it's pretty awesome... www.cbr.com/tv-legends-did-sam-beckett-almost-leap-into-magnum-p-i/

[@traie1970]

I believe that Burns Try Out Book piece appeared in either Snarf or one of the Tundra anthologies maybe both? I recall tracking down two installments...I have it here somewhere in the comic sediment I call a collection, will update if I find it. Really digging everything you guys are doing with this channel.

[@terminalpictures]

Was young Eddie P corrupted by "Forrest J. Ackerman, Famous Monster of Filmland?" Circa 86 book, collected stuff from the magazine. Scott Rosenthal from NJ in the reader art gallery! The older brother of my friend from across the street who I was locked in endless LEGO conflict with throughout the 80s. I remember seeing a lot of Wolverine art over there. This was a lad desperate to break into Marvel, and I was always curious if he went on to more comic work. Almost as nostalgic as a look at the Clowes and Woodring books that blew holes in my young teenage brain. Great stuff, guys! Really enjoyable to have on in the background while mucking about with art.

[@Quiro26]

What a great video. Thank you guys!

[@presteign99]

That was some great ad placement from Westfield Comics. Goes from Learn to Draw with Bart Sears, turn the page and "Not everyone can be the best". So true.

[@capearce81]

The commentary on Toying Around really made me laugh. That’s a weird Beast.

[@everettsnowsson2429]

I still have this issue. Sweet.

[@fischgeist9664]

Beautiful as always. You guys always get me so excited to sit down and try to draw some comics again, and then they're just as terrible as usual. In 1992, the David Lynch show that Mr. Mangels' article is referencing would probably have been the failed On The Air, not Twin Peaks.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

Ah yes. The dates check out! Mea Culpa! Thanks dude. --Ed

[@fischgeist9664]

@@CartoonistKayfabe No worries, these videos have a ton of useful information packed into them. I'm just nitpicking.

[@jeffrysandoval8965]

Adding to a comment you guys made, my comic shop at the time would only let you purchase one per family (not one per person)of any hot book at the time such as X-men #1, X-force#1 etc... Claim they were sold out relatively quickly and than magically had a long box of the hard to find issue the next week for an increased cover price. Total scum bag thing to do!

[@duotronix2305]

Manimal!!!! Hell Yeah!!!! Totally only good for the transformations!!! I think the same guy who did the FX for American Werewolf in London did the transformation sequences for Manimal.

[@RichardTheInhaler]

these videos are great, keep em coming! An idea for a future segment.... how about Masamune Shiro going from prolifically cool to pornographically creepy? as soon as he started fudging with computer graphics and "erotica" he went sorta bonkers

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

I'd be down to do something about Masamune Shirow, but that porno stuff is a waste to me. Probably just do a review or book club type thing with Ghost or Appleseed.

[@RichardTheInhaler]

@@CartoonistKayfabe perfect! looking forward to more vids

[@antgto]

I can't say I'm down with the more batshit crazy stuff Shirow dovetailed into, but I still find much of his work amazing. Though I do miss his pre computer graphics art.

[@doomedhuh]

I went to Mr T's signing at Lone Star when Mr T and the T force came out.

[@daveraimondo1410]

How do you guys like to sort your collections? Alphabetical? By artist or writer? Subject? Love how you guys pull out examples to complement the magazine and assume you have everything easy to find to be able to do that

[@royce.carroll]

I loved the Olan Mills reference

[@KretchWretch]

Holy shit, I totally thought Nelson was Mark Nelson, too!

[@bobhoskins-kl6ue]

yeah, Robert Tilton speaks in tongues, and I remember the fart video 🤣 Where I live there was a religious channel on cable back then where you could watch him, and my high school girlfriend and I used to watch him for a good laugh

[@richdannys2906]

Tom Palmer's blog link makes mention that he interviewed Charles Burns in a later issue of WIZARD Magazine.. Does anyone know if WIZARD #48 is the issue, in question? And, is it a genuine interview, or just another Profile piece sprinkled with a few Burns quotes?

[@somechickshairybutt]

Another great issue/episode! I really look forward to these every week. One thing though, your audio levels are REALLY low. I need to turn my tv up 150% to get it to a satisfactory listening level.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

Good to know. Thanks dude.

[@KmanScan]

I don't think Nelson's last name is ever said. Nelson DeCastro, IIRC. Also, I have a huge 2099 poster of that back cover. It's pretty sweet.

[@bobhoskins-kl6ue]

ah man, that JRJR run of DD was great, and I have those "Shotgun" issues too. Am I a millionaire? I also love JRJR's art in that Cable mini-series, and if he drew it super fast, he needs to draw super fast all the time

[@paulpeartsmith]

Woodring is using watercolour and DR martins inks in this period. I met him once a thousand years ago at a convention and I asked him the same thing.

[@oddObjekt]

That's pretty incredible considering how controlled it is. Then again, thinking about his ink work and his charcoal drawings I can't say I'm surprised.

[@marklo222]

Maniac Manson really was 1 of the best Nes games !👍classic

[@craigfriedman3127]

Is Nelson still around putting work out?

[@bobhoskins-kl6ue]

I didn't play D&D, I gamemastered the TMNT RPG

[@danielw3850]

Oh wow, Chris Battle! I follow him on Instagram! Wild!

[@KretchWretch]

Here's a pic of that awesome Geof Darrow cover: twitter.com/CoolComicArt/status/933584486486261760?s=20

[@LenDanovich]

Hey Guys love your shows and love this Wizard #13 just was wanted to let you know I was in the fan art page under the name Bernard Danovich. Look me up on IG and FB : @lendanovich