Dracula's cape isn't just a cape. Its a double layered cloak with separate sleeves over his tuxedo and 2 cloak "layers". If its done as its drawn it is just not going to look right. I don't care how talented someone is. Colan nearly draws it like its almost a mist flowing around him, which of course looks cool as hell in the symbolic 2 dimensional language of 4 color comics but just won't translate at 1/12 three dimensional physical object. It would be hard at 1/6.
I would have an open mouth face on Dracula and an at rest face that has a bit of a condescending sneer. Def needs unique hands.
Famous WW II figures would be awesome in Legends. I'd be in for some of the other more famous Presidents like Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and Teddy Roosevelt. Heck I'd even go for a Reagan.
I think we can add a Hitler to the never going to be made list. What about a Stalin? Or Ayatollah Khomeini? I'd enjoy having my heroes thump some real life bad guys.
If you can't get a Hitler for your Captain America to punch, I could see the temptation of a Reagan.
Lincoln Vs Classic Dracula two-pack LET'S GOOOO!
@sdcomics I'd like to subscribe to your pamphlets, sir. Seriously, do you have s Substack or anything? Would love to read more of your longform thoughts and experiences!
sdcomics I'd like to subscribe to your pamphlets, sir. Seriously, do you have s Substack or anything? Would love to read more of your longform thoughts and experiences!
Thank you! That is such a nice thing to say and it's very much appreciated. No, no Substack or any platform of any kind I'm afraid. I'm no one special. Honestly, I'm just a fan who lives here in San Diego and has lived a long time. I've been to every Comic Con since 1982 so I have a LOT of memories. Every once in a while I like to wax nostalgic. It's kind of cathartic to reminisce about times past.
I wish you guys could have been there. I remember one year in the mid-1980's that was a fan's dream. In the dealer's room (No exhibit hall back then) DC had Alan Moore, George Perez, Marv Wolfman, Paul Levitz and Mike W. Barr sitting at their table (No booths, just a table). And right across the aisle, Marvel had Frank Miller, Chris Claremont, Jim Starlin, Walt Simonson, Bill Sienkiewicz and John Byrne. I mean, if you love superhero comics, how could you not be in heaven? I really wish I had a camera then because that was an amazing sight.
And then there was artists alley. The biggest joy I have at comic con is telling a writer or artist whose work I loved when I was a child how much their stories and art have meant to me. Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Carl Barks, Gil Kane, Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson, Carmine Infantino, John Romita, Stan Lee and some dude named Kirby. What a great honor it was to meet them.
And the independent (Non Marvel and DC) press. Dave Sim, Wendy and Richard Pini, Matt Wagner, Max Collins, Terry Beatty, Scott McCloud, Dave Stevens, Paul Chadwick.
And there was the Underground and Alternative Press crowd. The great Trina Robbins, Art Spiegelman, the Los Brothers Hernandez, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, Harvey Pekar ...
And the newspaper funnies. Charles Schulz, Milton Caniff, Hank Ketcham, Mort Walker.
Comics was such a small but tight community back then. They all knew each other and were all friends. The parties were epic. Remind me to tell you about the dead dog parties sometime.
See, I just love comics. All kinds of comics. And this is a great town to live in if that's what you love. I am very, very lucky.
No, no substack. But I'm not going anywhere. I'll always be here. And if I think of a memory that's germane to the topic at hand and I think you might find it interesting, I'll post it. That I promise you.
My first Comic-Con was in honor of my high school graduation. It was 2003 - Buffy had just ended, Firefly had just been cancelled, Pirates of the Caribbean had just released - and my gift was all four days of SDCC and volunteering for my favorite comic company - CrossGen.
I was an intense fan of the company and was active on their message boards - it's not an exaggeration to say that most of the people who worked at the company knew me. I loved the scope of CrossGen, and a LOT of what they stood for publicly (always love ideals) and let them know when I liked something and when I didn't. I volunteered all four days at the booth. Nathan Fillion walked by me on the convention floor and my jaw just dropped but I was so happy to be around these artists and writers in whose work I invested so much.
At the end of my time they surprised me with one of the giant posters they had been giving away all weekend signed by everyone. It's the only piece of art I have ever framed and it hangs in my living room today - and I own three original comic pages.
CrossGen imploded shortly after that. The failure was quite instructive and extremely sad, and though I had pretty much stopped reading comics for the most part, that was a death blow. I still have all of them and one day I will make a custom Giselle from Mystic from all the parts I've snagged over the years, but that was the last time I invested in something like that.
It was worth it. But that was my special Comic-Con moment. I did have a camera - I have a great photo of one of them strangling me. It made sense. 🙂
@sdcomics Please don't ever hesitate to share! Boy, I wish I could have experienced that era of conventions too. I'm a bit younger than you but my first was in Pittsburgh in 1991. It was the tail-end of my personal golden age of comics reading (I was 17 in '91, so 85-90 was my sweet spot), but it was still just comic books and comic book creators and readers there. I met Mike Mignola, Mark Bagley, Peter David and others, but these three all took their time with my awkward teen self (especially PAD) and I'll never forget that experience. I miss those days for many reasons.
And just to keep this on topic, I'll add a Ymir the Frost Giant to the "very difficult to get right" pile. Please prove me wrong, Hasbro.
You have had the fortune of meeting many of the greats in the industry. I've never been to SDCC. Not sure I could handle the wall to wall people for 4 days 🙂
I would have loved to meet Carl Banks. Really enjoyed his Scrooge McDuck stories growing up.
Please do continue to share as I find your insights most interesting.
My first Comic-Con was in honor of my high school graduation. It was 2003 - Buffy had just ended, Firefly had just been cancelled, Pirates of the Caribbean had just released - and my gift was all four days of SDCC and volunteering for my favorite comic company - CrossGen.
I remember CrossGen. They had a really cool booth. And their comics were beautiful. They were just gorgeous to look at and very well written. They had quite a loyal and dedicated fanbase, too. Here in San Diego there was a group of fans who called themselves The CrossGen Council. They had weekly meetings at each other's houses. Those early days of the 21st Century were full of promise for what the medium of comics could become and CrossGen certainly helped blaze that trail.
Good post, sir.
I met Mike Mignola, Mark Bagley, Peter David and others, but these three all took their time with my awkward teen self (especially PAD) and I'll never forget that experience. I miss those days for many reasons.
Mike and Mark were great and Peter was such a funny man. When I was standing in line to get Peter's autograph there was a guy in a wheelchair just in front of me being pushed by a volunteer with the convention. When they got up to PAD's table he made a "Driving Miss Daisy" joke. I really love that guy.
I would have loved to meet Carl Barks. Really enjoyed his Scrooge McDuck stories growing up.
Such a nice man and so gracious. The thing that really surprised me about him was how strong and energetic he was for being in his late 90's. After the show ended one year he was helping a dealer load long boxes of comics on the back of a pick up truck. This was out on the loading dock in the back of the convention center. I'm in my late 60's and I don't have that much energy. Amazing.
All this talk about the feasibility of engineering an Armor figure after her surprise win in the Top 10 poll got me thinking about other Marvel characters that are virtually impossible to translate into action figure form.
Sunspot comes to mind. I can't envision a proper way to surround him in bubbling sunspots. Unless maybe a few bubble effects key in to random spots on the sculpt?
Zzzax is another. At the very least it would be one hell of a complex sculpt manufactured in semi-translucent yellow plastic with electrical effects all over him?
I'd definitely love a Magma figure but just painting the figure in swirly oranges and yellows won't cut it. I think she needs a devoted, textural sculpt with layered paint applications. Sort of how they handle Carnage's deco?
Who else would be a PitA to render?
I actually think most of those are fairly simple to come up with a plan for. Armor is the most difficult out of that though and i do question how they'd pull that off, the others not so much
- similarly to Armor, Glob Herman would also be difficult
- Ego for sheer scale
- a to scale Galactus, Eternity, Infinity and for that matter most giant figures that are taller than a 3 story building in 6in scale. (that goes for celestials, etc too)
- Krakoa
- Goblin King Havok
- Hate Monger
- Yellow Claw
- Armless Tigerman
- a to scale Giganto
- Moonstone with a thong
- Big Wheel
- ButterBall
- Poundcakes
- Gypsy Moth
- Taser Face (at least not comic)
- Big Bertha
- Black Mariah
- Flatman (you can do thin man, you can do paper man, but can you really make him flat and plastic?)
- Leatherboy
- Ma Gnucci (oh they could make her... but would they? removable limbs on an old italian woman? lol probably not likely
- Venus Dee Milo
- Hellion (at least not the floating hands version)
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