Complete rog 2000 comic book

A brief but sweet volume collecting all of the early john byrne comic rog 2000, an often. Its a bit odd that they reprinted the material in this fashion, since it originally was published in standard comic book size and form factor. The complete rog 2000 totally pacific pacific comics. Can anyone recommend the best software program to use i know of comicbase. The byrne stuff, including all the pinups from the preceding cpl fanzine, are way past due for a new complete rog 2000 collected hardcover or paperback. Im still a little leary of continuing to post full issues of things from the bronze age, having come close to being legally burned a couple of times, and i have actually had thoughts of combining the two blogs in some way great news next week, chums. Pin by hil mat on marvel comics john byrne, marvel. View mobile site jokeypsych endgamehonest galaxyquest. Roy rogers and trigger comic books internet archive.

Adding that wonderful spice immediately made this the best comic book of its time. Comic books for sale buy dc, marvel comic books online. The outer folder contains the four separate issues of the paragon pretty girl portfolio which features the art of a variety of wellknown comic artists including john byrne, pat broderick, bob mcleod, mike zeck, steve leialoha, mike vosburg et al. Byrnes early artistic attempt is glaringly unpolished but well meaning. This week i have pulled from the comic book vault the complete rog 2000, dated july 1982, and published by pacific comics. Reading room index to the comic art collection witches m z titles to witek back to the w index screen back to the a to z index screen back up the list witches. Cartoon authority brian walker has amassed over a century of stripsmore than 1,300 imagesincluding rare examples provided by the artists themselves.

The contents are reprints of the rog 2000 strip that originally ran in the charlton bullseye fanzine and then as backup. Classic cover contest pacific comics, 48 to 414 the. Rog2000 is a fictional robot that was the first professional creation of comic book artistwriter. My brother john managed to wrangle a few, usually hero types like thunderbolt, capt. The san diego comic convention comiccon international is a california nonprofit public benefit corporation organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the general publics awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, including participation in and support of public presentations, conventions, exhibits, museums and other public outreach activities. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Add byrnes well known affinity with drawing robotics that goes back to where he and roger stern did rog 2000, and a three bullet comic book easily gets bumped up to four bullets. Art and cover by john byrne, plus an inking assist by bob layton. Rog 2000 is a robot with a working class attitude, stuck in a world of crazy people and the kind of weird situations a comic book character encounters.

The book tumbled into my hands at the perfect moment and reignited my interest in charlton, an interest that has rarely dimmed since. Image comics publisher eric stephenson looks as if he is about to revive pacific comics as a comic book publisher or distributor. You had used book stores, small local comic cons and those little ads in the middle of your current comics with ads from howard, robert bell, bill thailing, richard alf and a. Though the characters original series was shortlived, the lightly humorous hero has become a cult classic occasionally revived by. Roger stern born september 17, 1950 in noblesville, indiana is an american comic book author and novelist.

We talked about a rog book, and i even came up with a fulllength story idea, a sequel to the sewermonster story that was, if memory serves, the. Included with this issue is a special cutandassemble paper activity. Rog 2000 was one of john byrnes really early characters, and one that he happily still seems to have a lot of affection for. Rog2000 was byrnes creation for the cpl gang, a cluster. Influential independent publisher pacific comics collects the comedic misadventures of rog, the robot cabbie who starred in the earliest published work by legendary artist john byrne. The complete rog 2000 it is pencilled and inked by rog 2000s creator, artist john byrne. Last time i wanted to throw a little love to charlton in the 1970s, so now well do the same thing for an indie publisher that launched at pretty much the sam. In this fastpaced, revelatory book, superman begins his ascension to iconic hero as he leaves smallville and becomes metropoliss revered protector and guardian. Make offer the complete rog 2000 1982 pacific comics rare 1st print. Have a large collection of books i need to get entered and just purchased a barcode scanner hoping it will make it easier. Influential independent publisher pacific comics collects the comedic misadventures of rog, the robot.

While that was byrnes first published colorcomics work, my first professional comic book. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. He was the zines mascot, usually to be found adorning the top of the letters. Zombies rog2000, cerebus collected in mars attacks idw. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection.

A humorous take on robotic superhero characters, the artist himself appears in the story, confronted by his own creation. Im less hot on a new rog 2000 series, or even new work on the character by byrne, now that his style has vastly changed. Mars attacks is published by dynamite entertainment. Rog2000 serves as the mascot of byrne robotics publication history. Finding a charlton comic book could be a chore at least for this kid from brooklyn even though candy stores could be found on every other block in the mid1960s.

Howard rogofsky golden age comic books cgc comic book. Pretty girl portfolio released in 1981 by paragon publications. Brian walkers two comprehensive guides to american comics, the comics before 1945 and the comics since 1945, are combined here in one beautifully designed omnibus edition, the comics. From batman to barb wire, this decades films took big risks that didnt always work out. You youngsters have no idea what it was like to collect in the old days. Eric stephenson trademarks pacific comics for publishing. First comics hostess parody ads a goofy but wellremembered aspect of comic book history in the late seventies is the hostess ad campaign that featured comic book heroes in childish, one page adventures where everything is made good in the last panels by the introduction of twinkies or cupcakes. Rog2000 pronounced rahjtwothousand, and sometimes spelled rog 2000 is a fictional robot that was the first professional creation of comic book artistwriter john byrne. John comics sale john comics official site john comics. Written by cuti, rog2000 became one of several alternating backup features in the charlton comics superhero series eman, starting with the eightpage that was no. There is truly a magical alchemy that takes place between a comic book writer and art team whenever they are onsong and have found their. Vaguely reminds me of howard the duck in its feel and attitudes. This is a 40 page magazine sized black and white comic book printed on crisp white paper, reprinting john byrnes fanzine creation rog 2000. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.