Saturday, February 6, 2010

Those Groovy Saturday Mornings: Alex Toth's Space Ghost! Will Meugnoit and Dave Stevens' Herculoids!

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Ya thought it was wild when Disney bought Marvel? Well, back in the Groovy Age, Marvel got some practice playing nice with other companies' cartoon cavorters when they licensed Hanna/Barbera's line of comic cut-ups. It was a short-term deal, but there were a few true gems that actually came from the Marvel/HB partnership. Take for example TV Stars #3 (September 1978). I'm talkin' Alex-freakin'-Toth applying graphite and ink to his beloved Space Ghost, baby! Oh, and just for fun, how about Will Muegnoit and a pre-Rocketeer Dave Stevens supplying the art for a Herculoids short? Can your eyes handle the splendor? Will your mind be able to fully take in this sublime experience? Of course you'll pass this titanic test! You're Groove-ophiles!

And thanks to Mark Evanier for supplying these stupendous stories for those leviathans of lead!
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6 comments:

  1. THE APOCOLYTEFebruary 6, 2010 at 3:30 AM

    These are totally groovy, Groovy!
    Thanks!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2010 at 9:57 AM

    Awesome! There is nothing better than Saturday morning cartoons put to paper. Do not read these until first fixing a nice big bowl of Cookie Crisp. Thanks, Groove.

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  3. Robert GoodinFebruary 6, 2010 at 10:10 PM

    I've been looking for this issue for years. Thanks for posting it. I'm glad to know that it's worth the quest.

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  4. Joplin JohnFebruary 6, 2010 at 10:42 PM

    Who loves ya, Groove! Thanks for that! I've always heard Toth wasn't happy with the Space Ghost design, so it's cool to see him sort of do it his way...

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  5. The Groovy AgentFebruary 11, 2010 at 1:56 PM

    Glad you dug the post, Groove-ophiles! Yep, tracking down the actual ish is definitely a worthwhile endeavor!

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  6. Doc ThompsonMay 29, 2013 at 12:59 PM

    I use to Space Ghost and his corny jokes and it seemed that Herculoids planet Questor was always being invaded-most have been a test of alien manhood or alien prossess servicers

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