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BLOGGING Firehair debuted in Showcase #85 and ran for three issues of that title. Showcase was just what the title indicated, a proving ground for concepts - The Flash, The Atom, Green Lantern and other DC stalwarts got their start in Showcase. Both written and drawn by Joe Kubert, Firehair was a unique graphic adventure with a true Southwestern feeling - the use of a grease pencil to create dramatic effects, decorative borders made up of primitive drawings, even the color and shading was more subtle than you would find in a typical DC or Marvel comic. The stories were rooted in American Indian folklore, a subject virtually unexplored in comics in any serious manner. Kubert's wife Muriel was of Native American descent and that no doubt served as inspiration. The storylines were direct and confrontational - in one Firehair must prove his mettle by running the gauntlet to save a hateful white man; in another he questions ancient Indian superstitions and further alienates himself. Horse operas weren't particularly popular in 1969 so this twist on the traditional western was a hard sell. After the Showcase tryouts Firehair turned up a year later as a backup feature in Son of Tomahawk comics, reduced to 6 page stories that turned up three times in that comic's 10 issue run (with a two-pager to start out with in issue number 131). Son of Tomahawk, the story of the half breed son of a revolutionary war soldier and an Indian gal, was an attempt to resuscitate a long-running title that had no relevance in the late-1960s. With Joe Kubert as the new editor, Son of Tomahawk took place in the days of the wild west and sported some of the most dramatic covers of the era.
Although the run was short, Kubert's Firehair stories are some of the finest ever created for the medium. It's a shame they've never been reprinted in the United States, it's one of several Joe Kubert masterpieces standing alongside Enemy Ace and his Tarzan adaptations. Dig the crazy cover for the last issue of Son of Tomahawk, seen below. Note the comic gets a sharp new logo just in time for cancellation.
Sunday,
February 22, 2009 - 11:10am
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'N' THAT Someone out there in Tubeland has created a video tribute to the late, great Brett Somers, star of that 1970's sensation Match Game.
Want to win some free stuff? Wait I Know This is having a trivia contest tonight at 7:00pm ET - the module on the left side of this page will take you there. By the way, each one of the blogs listed to the left are worth checking out. For instance Tugley Wood has some great Disney comics on display. Did you know 2009 is Donald Duck's 75th anniversary? Did you know that an Audio-Animatronic President Obama will be added to the Hall of the Presidents at Walt Disney World? Sunday,
February 22, 2009 - 8:29am
HENRY
FONDA TV SHOWS "The two public domain episodes of The Deputy... 'The Return of Widow Brown' and 'Hard Decision'... can be found on this disc from Alpha Video. "They are not repeated, thank goodness, on the set from Timeless, but these two episodes also appear on TV Westerns compilations from public domain releasing companies like Mill Creek, Echo Bridge Entertainment, Madacy and others. The episode 'Hard Decision' features Fonda extensively in the episode while 'The Return of Widow Brown' is more typical of the series... Fonda appears in the episode for just a few minutes, almost a cameo really. The two 'Bat Masterson' episodes are also the only two public domain episodes from that series and have also been making the rounds on the public domain TV Westerns compilations." Check out those guest stars in the first set - Edgar Buchanan, Alan Hale, Jr., Lee Van Cleef, Robert Redford, and James Coburn.
Friday,
February 20, 2009 - 1:00pm
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OF NOTHING
From Edmund Hartman, writer of many Bob Hope films and who's TV credits included Family Affair and My Three Sons, the first episode dealt with Smith arresting a marijuana user, touching off a family crisis. The supporting cat was solid with Janet Blair cast as Fonda's wife and Ron Howard as his teen son, this was his transition from The Andy Griffith Show to Happy Days. Bubble gum sensation Michael-James Wixted played the younger son with Darlene Carr as the daughter. With good scripts and a stellar production, it's a shame that The Smith Family never clicked with the audience. There were 39 episodes. Friday,
February 20, 2009 - 9:56am
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If
I found myself stranded on that proverbial desert island and all I could
take with me was a few of the comic books I grew up with, I think I'd
grab Joe Kubert's Firehair.
This
was the story of a white child who survives an Indian massacre of settlers
and is taken to be raised by the Blackfoot Chief as his own son. Racial
tensions and cultural divisiveness served as the catalyst in these stories
as Firehair discovers he is seen as neither white nor red, truly accepted
by no one except the man who 'adopted' him.
This
bold exploration of the tensions that develop when cultures clash was
a teriffic run of comics but failed to light up the newsstands and disappeared
in 1972, as did Joe Kubert's remarkable creation Firehair.
