Monday PSA: Kite Safety with Kyle Kite
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One of my favorite aspects of reading Wildstorm’s Welcome to Tranquility has been the “classic” back-up comics and ads the writer and artist throw in. They are always drawn in the style of the time, so the Western comic that is supposed to be from the 1960s is drawn, inked, and colored to look just like a 1960s Western comic — and the psychedelically pastel colored Scooby Doo pastiche is uncannily similar to the real thing. These stories are thrown in mostly for fun, but also to fill the readers in on the characters’ back stories, as well as to give the characters a palpable sense of history, as Tranquility is a town populated by retired super-heroes and villains.
The recent Welcome to Tranquility #11 throws in a cartoon style PSA starring Minxy Millions, at the time “America’s Youngest Flyer,” an all but senile aviatrix in the comic’s current time line.
Welcome to Tranquility #11 is written by Gail Simone with art by Neil Googe. All those Ks are driving me krazy and giving me konniptions, not to mention a kluster headak.
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December 12th, 2007 at 6:20 am
Hahaha, I love public service announcements! They’re so fun to read! So, were you drinking coffee when you were reading this? Big circle in the middle of the comic, a brown spot next to it. Or is that just how the comic is supposed to look? Also, yes, the k’s are very very annoying. That’s cool about them making the comics look as authentic as they can! That’s amazing!
December 13th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Reminds me of one of the old “Louie the Lightning Bug” PSA commercials. I’m going to have “you never fly kites where power lines go” running through my head for a week now.
December 20th, 2007 at 8:04 am
The coffee ring is in the comic. All of the “flashbacks” have this sort of thing in Welcome to Tranquility. It is very well done. Torn pages and discoloration. It looks authentic. The colorist is great on this series.
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