The first few pages cement Fudd as a dangerous, yet simple person which feels like oddly spot on characterization. King manages to work wonders with character cameos, Elmer Fudd’s interactions, and his inner monologue. The main plot is rather simple and unremarkable, as Batman and Elmer Fudd end up meeting and fighting. Yet Writer Tom King and Artist Lee Weeks make it work. Taking the super serious Dark Knight and having him go head to head with the silly and oftentimes dimwitted Elmer Fudd seems like a bad idea. Whereas it would be wrong for me to reprint the comic book here – something about copyrights – I can make it easy for you to see and hear Neal’s adaptation.Batman/Elmer Fudd #1 sounds like it shouldn’t work. But his “adaptation” of the Batman / Elmer Fudd Special was an absolute delight. Neal’s a well-respected and much-desired cartoonist for good reason. So good he might have made a serious career mistake. I’m no Mark Evanier (Mark directed voice work from the likes of June Foray, Stan Freberg and Frank Nelson), but I know good. As a radio guy since shortly after Nixon’s inauguration, I think I’ve developed something of a trained ear for this sort of thing. Neal did much of the voice work, and it’s first rank. And, in its own way, Neal’s production was just as clever as the comic book. I didn’t do an A/B comparison, but I think Neal used all the art in the book. Neal actually turned it into a full cast audio play that was illustrated with Weeks’ art from the Special. Whereas this may be the case and I got used to it decades ago, I don’t think I ran into anybody else who read it at the time.Īnd Neal didn’t simply read it and take it up as a cause. Of course, my fellow comics readers looked at me as though I had two heads. It had a real story, it was clever as all get-out, it was perfectly drawn, and if the reason you passed on it because you thought it was stupid… you were mistaken. I ran around telling people – and co-workers – that they should read it. Among these new titles was a one-shot produced by Tom King and Lee Weeks titled Batman / Elmer Fudd Special #1, implying someday there will be a second issue.Īnd maybe that will happen. Maybe we’ll define “common” some other time. And, obviously, it concerns Neal Adams.īackground: About a month ago, DC Comics released their second set of super-hero crossovers with the famed Warner Bros cartoon characters, due to their common ownership. The link was to something that was just getting some traction in the ethersphere. In this case, “us” is the Imperial Council of ComicMix Wizards and Schleppers (ICCWS). Last week, our pal and mystical production overlord Glenn Hauman, who occasionally writes something or other here at ComicMix when he’s not busy being killed off in New Pulp short stories (we’ll tell you about that some other time), sent “us” a link. And it’s not a comic book… although it is about a comic book. My knee-jerk response would be Green Lantern / Green Arrow #80 for personal reasons, and The Spectre #3 (the one from 1968) to prove I’m still a fanboy at heart. One way to make a baby boomer fanboy’s head explode is to ask him (well, I said fan boy) which Neal Adams’ project is his favorite. There are plenty of ways to make a baby boomer fanboy’s head explode. Would you like to know how to make a baby boomer fanboy’s head explode?
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