Comments on: 1957 atomic revolution comic book!

1957 atomic revolution comic book!

Peter H — Mon, 19 May 2003 08:25:25 -0800

1957 atomic revolution comic book. Quite a find for 1950s atomic memorabilia enthusiasts. Creepy and educational. Has anyone here ever heard of M.Philip Copp?

By: plep

plep — Mon, 19 May 2003 09:43:18 -0800

[this is good] - thankyou.

By: Qubit

Qubit — Mon, 19 May 2003 09:58:32 -0800

Using Google, I found reference to another of his "works" Crime, corruption and Communism, by M. Philip Copp (1952)

By: armoured-ant

armoured-ant — Mon, 19 May 2003 10:29:16 -0800

Yes. This is good.

By: Kikkoman

Kikkoman — Mon, 19 May 2003 12:27:38 -0800

Sweet. There's nothing like that mid-20th century American optimism. Now, where are my atomic aircraft? And why does everyone have cancer?

By: Pressed Rat

Pressed Rat — Mon, 19 May 2003 12:33:14 -0800

Where am I going, and why am I in this handbasket?

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 19 May 2003 13:51:58 -0800

I don't know why, but the art and lettering is strangely familiar and I just can't believe this is truly vintage 1950s. I just don't understand why... Anyway, the pen-&-ink work is impressive. And it's always fun to look back and see how the future was originally envisioned (Thanks, Peter H).

By: donth

donth — Mon, 19 May 2003 19:55:48 -0800

Reminds me of the comic book that came with Infocom's Trinity, The Illustrated Story of the Atom Bomb.

By: jpburns

jpburns — Tue, 20 May 2003 04:47:48 -0800

The artwork looks like Al Williamson. I'm guessing that M. Phillip Copp is either a pseudonym, or whoever wrote it...

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 20 May 2003 05:56:15 -0800

The artwork looks like Al Williamson. It does! Great art. Beautiful use of light and shading. But maybe the inking looks a little too slick and polished. But it could be! Something about the font was bugging me, too, like maybe it was computer-generated... but if you look closely, it is definitely hand-lettered. At first I thought this was a modern impersonation of a vintage comic, maybe by the creators of Two-Fisted Science. But I guess not. It's just so slick...

By: newlydead

newlydead — Tue, 20 May 2003 08:11:01 -0800

Daddy, why is the sky red?