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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 22, 2023 20:31:51 GMT -5
Wow, Giella had a good run. Peace to the dead.
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Post by MWGallaher on Mar 23, 2023 19:53:48 GMT -5
My old friend Chris Khalaf told me that he called up Joe Giella out of the blue one time...and Giella talked comics with this total stranger for over an hour. Chris said he was one of the nicest guys he'd ever talked with, as all those who are memorializing seem to be saying. I can't say he was my favorite inker, but at the very least, he helped me to learn how to recognize inkers with the indisputably distinctive style he brought to every job. His work had a vibe that instantly evoked DC Silver/early Bronze Age, and his Mary Worth, at the peak of online comic strip snarking, was a perfect match for his sedate but still emotional style.
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 31, 2023 10:08:00 GMT -5
Steve Skeates, best known for his work on Aquaman and Teen Titans at DC in the late 1960s, passes away yesterday at age 80. He was one of the best of that wave of writers that came out of fandom in that era. RIP, Steve.
Cei-U! I summon the downer!
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 31, 2023 10:32:05 GMT -5
Man, that *is* a downer. RIP, Mr. Skeates.
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Post by shaxper on Mar 31, 2023 10:33:59 GMT -5
Steve Skeates, best known for his work on Aquaman and Teen Titans at DC in the late 1960s, passes away yesterday at age 80. He was one of the best of that wave of writers that came out of fandom in that era and one of the best. RIP, Steve. Cei-U! I summon the downer!
Crazy. I spoke with Skeates online six years back. Somehow, it never occurred to me that he was getting up there in age. He still had such youth and character in our exchange. I will certainly mourn his passing. I don't think I've ever actually liked a Skeates story I've read, but I admired the fun and energy I could sense in those plots, all the same. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 31, 2023 11:27:45 GMT -5
RIP to UK comedian Paul O'Grady.  The child of Irish immigrants, he grew up in Cheshire and, after a series of jobs, ranging from clerk to accountant to barman, fell in with the gay scene in Liverpool. He developed a drag persona, called Lily Savage, based on relatives (and using his mother's family name). He began performing as the character in 1978 and worked the drag circuit, but eventually moved into more mainstream venues, including television. Eventually O'Grady stopped using the character and began acting and presenting as himself. Here's a clip of the Lilly Savage character (a tame one...there are plenty that were NSFW) Here is a clip of his talk show, with one of his favorites, Diana Rigg, of The Avengers and Game of Thrones..... O'Grady was a huge fan of the Avengers tv series and did a great parody sketch (with some rude language).... In the interview clip, Savage wasn't fabricating children, entirely. O'Grady did have a daughter. He was also noted for his charity work, with Save the Children, as well as various animal charities. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 31, 2023 12:23:51 GMT -5
Steve Skeates, best known for his work on Aquaman and Teen Titans at DC in the late 1960s, passes away yesterday at age 80. He was one of the best of that wave of writers that came out of fandom in that era and one of the best. RIP, Steve. Cei-U! I summon the downer!
Crazy. I spoke with Skeates online six years back. Somehow, it never occurred to me that he was getting up there in age. He still had such youth and character in our exchange. I will certainly mourn his passing. I don't think I've ever actually liked a Skeates story I've read, but I admired the fun and energy I could sense in those plots, all the same. He didn’t curse you out like Moench did , did he ? |
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Post by shaxper on Mar 31, 2023 13:28:51 GMT -5
Crazy. I spoke with Skeates online six years back. Somehow, it never occurred to me that he was getting up there in age. He still had such youth and character in our exchange. I will certainly mourn his passing. I don't think I've ever actually liked a Skeates story I've read, but I admired the fun and energy I could sense in those plots, all the same. He didn’t curse you out like Moench did , did he ? Shooter, not Moench  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 31, 2023 21:11:17 GMT -5
Satirist Mark Russell has passed away, at age 90.  He had been an entertainer at the Shoreham Hotel, in Washington DC, playing song parodies and performing jokes, often involving politics and current events, which led to regular PBS specials, from 1975-2004. These featured him doing stand-up routines around topical themes, as well as song parodies of popular tunes, with events grafted onto them. His jokes had short lifespans ("...Less than cottage cheese.." in his own words) and the songs could be kind of corny; but, he was entertaining and funny in his specials and as a roving reporter for NBC's Real People show, where they showcased odd individuals doing stunts, or who had eccentric jobs, homes, vehicles, etc. Russell was rather savagely parodied by The Simpsons, in "Mr Lisa Goes to Washington," (as was Garrison Keillor, in another episode...and PBS programming, in general), which, though funny, annoyed me a bit (as did the Keillor one) as it kind of showed a sort of reverse snobbishness about that kind of humor. In 1994, Russell was allied with 2 Live Crew (and other artists) in a copyright infringement case revolving around their parody of "O, Pretty Woman," where the Supreme Court upheld parody as protected by the First Amendment, as it had with Larry Flynt and Hustler's parody of Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell (which also found other artists and First Amendment advocates having to side with less than shining examples of the form). |
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Post by foxley on Apr 1, 2023 0:13:17 GMT -5
Satirist Mark Russell has passed away, at age 90. He had been an entertainer at the Shoreham Hotel, in Washington DC, playing song parodies and performing jokes, often involving politics and current events, which led to regular PBS specials, from 1975-2004. These featured him doing stand-up routines around topical themes, as well as song parodies of popular tunes, with events grafted onto them. His jokes had short lifespans ("...Less than cottage cheese.." in his own words) and the songs could be kind of corny; but, he was entertaining and funny in his specials and as a roving reporter for NBC's Real People show, where they showcased odd individuals doing stunts, or who had eccentric jobs, homes, vehicles, etc. Russell was rather savagely parodied by The Simpsons, in "Mr Lisa Goes to Washington," (as was Garrison Keillor, in another episode...and PBS programming, in general), which, though funny, annoyed me a bit (as did the Keillor one) as it kind of showed a sort of reverse snobbishness about that kind of humor. In 1994, Russell was allied with 2 Live Crew (and other artists) in a copyright infringement case revolving around their parody of "O, Pretty Woman," where the Supreme Court upheld parody as protected by the First Amendment, as it had with Larry Flynt and Hustler's parody of Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell (which also found other artists and First Amendment advocates having to side with less than shining examples of the form). Never having heard of Mark Russell, I'd always assumed that Simpson's' episode was parodying Tom Lehrer. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 1, 2023 2:43:31 GMT -5
Satirist Mark Russell has passed away, at age 90. (...) Russsell is another one of those "didn't know he was still alive" cases. I think I only ever watched parts of a few of his PBS specials and usually found them pretty funny, so I was also a bit puzzled at how meant-spirited the Simpsons parody seemed (the Keillor one didn't bother me as much, as I was never much of a fan of his schtick). |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 1, 2023 7:19:28 GMT -5
Lehrer was probably a bit more respected, by that group, I would guess. They definitely continued the theme in the commentary for the episode, in regards Russell. Matt Groenig, in the commentary for the Keillor parody, did state he was a fan of The Prairie Home Companion. Keillor's not my cup of tea (I prefer Jean Shepard); but, TPHC has a big following in my neck of the country and you always had to respect that.
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Post by commond on Apr 2, 2023 17:14:36 GMT -5
RIP to one of Japan's greatest musicians, Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 2, 2023 18:44:51 GMT -5
RIP to one of Japan's greatest musicians, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Saw that this morning. Composer of the Oscar-winning score of The Last Emperor, plus several others, all kinds of influential music and a voice for sanity when it comes to the dangers of nuclear power. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2023 6:27:12 GMT -5
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