Welcome to our first installment of Aqua-Mail!
You see, at this point, I get emailed so much material from you swell Aqua-Fans out there that the Shrine is now the closest thing to an Internet Perpetual Motion Machine.
That is something I deeply, deeply appreciate, and I want to make sure any time someone takes the time to send me something--either in the mail, via email, or even just a cool link--that it gets the attention it deserves.
So I decided to round up a couple of items sent to me that, for one reason or another, I don't want to devote a single day's post to. So we'll be doing the Aqua-Mail segment every time enough stuff comes in to make it worth it.
(The header is from the Sea King's solo book in the mid-70s, I figure he's not using it right now)
So let's start off with this sketch by Tiny Titans artist Franco Aureliani:
You see, at this point, I get emailed so much material from you swell Aqua-Fans out there that the Shrine is now the closest thing to an Internet Perpetual Motion Machine.
That is something I deeply, deeply appreciate, and I want to make sure any time someone takes the time to send me something--either in the mail, via email, or even just a cool link--that it gets the attention it deserves.
So I decided to round up a couple of items sent to me that, for one reason or another, I don't want to devote a single day's post to. So we'll be doing the Aqua-Mail segment every time enough stuff comes in to make it worth it.
(The header is from the Sea King's solo book in the mid-70s, I figure he's not using it right now)
So let's start off with this sketch by Tiny Titans artist Franco Aureliani:
This was done at last month's New York Comic Con for Aqua-Fan Joe Hennes, who graciously scanned it and sent it to me--I love Arthur's frowny face. Thanks Joe!
Next, another item from the NY Con, this time a photo of a really industrious Black Manta fan, flanked by two comely lasses who like bad guys, apparently:
Next is a link to something a few people sent me, but Adam "Dispatches from the Arrowcave" Thibault was first out of the gate, so he gets the nod.
Next is a Scandinavian Superman comic, which came amid a pile of fun stuff from F.O.A.M. member extraordinaire Russell Burbage.The comic is black and white on the inside, and features an assortment of features--two Superman stories, (one by Cary Bates, Curt Swan, and Frank Chiaramonte, the other by Bates, Swan, and Murphy Anderson), two pages about a Superman fan club called SuperKlubben, even a Hembeck strip(!).
There's also a classic Teen Titans story by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy, reprinted from Teen Titans #14.
It's here we get to see that, in, er, whatever language this is, Aqualad translates simply into "Aquaboy":
Finally, from already-enrolled F.O.A.M. member John Lijewski III came a link to an online video from a group called iFanboy, entitled "What's Wrong With Aquaman?":
This concludes our first rummaging through the Aqua-Mailbag, but it won't be the last. So thanks guys, and Joe, Glenn, and Adam--welcome to F.O.A.M!
2 comments:
Man, I loved that letter column picture. Any idea who drew it? And, oh yeah, thanks for the shout out. :-) Glad you like the Norwegian (?) comic.
Thanks for the F.O.A.M. membership Rob! I'm going to print that certificate out as soon as I get home, as well as putting it up on the Arrowcave. I'm on vacation right now, and can't send e-mail, or I would have thanked you there.
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