#dave manak

[oldschoolfrp]

Happy Groundhog Day!

Dave Manak from Plop! #22, 1976. Plop! Was DC Comics’ “magazine of weird humor” in the mid-1970s, featuring gross-out art by Basil Wolverton and contributions from Mad/Groo artist Sergio Aragonés.

#Plop! #Dave Manak #DC Comics #1970s #groundhog #gopher #sci fi #comics #comic

[sonicpanels]

Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Ongoing) #4: "Tails' Little Tale"

Writer(/possible uncredited layouts): Michael Gallagher Pencils: Dave Manak Inks: Henry Scarpelli Letters: Bill Yoshida Colors: Barry Grossman

Editor: Victor Gorelick

#Sonic the Hedgehog #Archie Comics #Archie Sonic #Archie Sonic Ongoing #Miles Tails Prower #Michael Gallagher #Dave Manak #Henry Scarpelli #Bill Yoshida #Barry Grossman #Victor Gorelick #1993

[wolfgang1097]

What's up folks? After looking at all 39 of the short-lived Spy vs. Spy Sunday comic strips from 2002, this one is one of my favorites. I mean, panel three just melts my heart with Black mentioning his mother and father there. Seeing the illustration of his parents in the speech bubble in that same panel also has been giving me ideas, for some reason. Either way, it's just so heart-warming.

In panel five, that face is basically me whenever I receive a jury summons in the mail. Not to mention that's it is actually the image for the "This is gonna suck" trope page image. It's perfect for that.

As for the short-lived Sunday comic strips in general, it's hard to believe it's been almost 22 years since these have been made. I may have been in preschool (4-5 years old) at the time these were made, but holy frick I feel old (personally).

I do not claim ownership of the content. Spy vs. Spy belongs to the defunct MAD Magazine and the late, great Antonio Prohias. The Sunday Strips were produced by Dave Manak (illustrator) and the late, great Don "Duck" Edwing.

#spy vs spy #black spy #white spy #antonio prohias #dave manak #duck edwing #sunday comic strip #the illustration of black's mother and father in the speech bubble in panel 3 there just melts my heart #as for panel 5 that face is basically me whenever I receive a jury summons in the mail #this is just a little something I decided to get off of my chest in honor of my 50th post just for the hell of it

[acmeoop]

Radishes Make Me Repeat “Alf #26” (1989)

#80s #alien productions #marvel comics #star comics #alf #comic cover #comic art #recursion #recursive #repeating #Droste effect #character design #dave manak

[the-gershomite]

Star Wars Droids #7 April 1987

Part Two of a Three Part Saga “Star Wars: According to the Droids”

written by Dave Manak

pencil art by Ernie Colon

inked by Al Williamson

colored by George Roussos

lettered by Ed King

#star comics #Droids #star wars #comic cover #darth vader #Dave Manak #Ernie Colon #Al Williamson #George Roussos #Ed King

[nerds-yearbook]

With a cover date of December, 1989, Marvel released the first of two Super-Sized Alf Holiday Specials (the second was released the following year with a cover date of December, 1990). The special contained multiple winter themed stories involving Alf and the Tanner family. ("Shop Around the Clock", "Snowman is an Island", "The Return of the Crazy Critter", "The Gift of the Melmagi", "WOTIF The Twelve Days of Christmas Happened on Melmac?" "23 Ski do's and don'ts", "Alf Lang Syne", Super-Sized Alf Holiday Special 1#, Marvel Comic Event)

#nerds yearbook #real life event #comic book #marvel #marvel comics #december #1989 #michael gallagher #dave manak #howard post #alf #willie tanner #kate tanner #lynn tanner #brian tanner #christmas #alien #coach dunton #melmac

[ramblingsonic]

#Sonic the Hedgehog #Sonic Archie #1997-1999: Brave New World #Sonic the hedgehog comic #Knuckles the Echidna #Knuckles the Echidna comic #Knuckles the Echidna 27 #vector the crocodile #Chris Allan #Dave Manak #Andrew Pepoy #Jim Amash #Frank Gagliardo

[comfortfoodcontent]

Alf #50

Writer(s) Michael Gallagher Penciler(s) Dave Manak Inker(s) Marie Severin Colorist(s) Brad K. Joyce Letterer(s) George Roussos

#michael gallagher #dave manak #marie severin #alf #comics #star comics #marvel comics #alf comics #lynn tanner

[smashedpages]

On this date in 1993, Sonic the Hedgehog came spinning out of video games to land in his own comic series, courtesy of Archie Comics, Michael Gallagher and Dave Manak!

#dave manak #michael gallagher #sonic the hedgehog #archie comics #comic books #comics #comics to remember

[paulagnewart]

Sonic the Oz-Hog Act 1/12: Never Forget Your Firsts!

Sonic Super Special issue 3 AU Publication Date: 14th January 1998 Price: $3.95

It's January 1998. The Rural Fires Act had come into effect just in time, for the nation's traditional summer of sports were only superseded by its traditional summer of bushfires. Both east and west coasts had taken a hammering through a combination of record breaking heatwaves and arsonists, leading to at least four preventable deaths. Residents praying for rain got more than they bargained for within days when fires gave way to weeks of floods and cyclones.

Any kids looking to escape the ravaging weather would be disappointed; 1998 was the first summer in nearly 20 years of waking up to a host-less morning show. After one complaint from moral guardians too many, beloved wisecracking puppet Agro was booted from his own program, with Channel Seven instead offering repeats of Gargoyles, The Jetsons and All Dogs Go to Heaven. The lack of Agro meant Channel Ten's rival program Cheez TV had little to worry about, and it showed with their own January lineup of Transformers Generation Two, Spider-Man and The Tick repeats.

Having vowed to never introduce a 10% tax on all goods and services under their watch, John Howard’s conservative Government prepared to backflip on their election promise. A move destined to make teen wallets even lighter when buying CD singles of that month's chart-topping song, Aqua's Doctor Jones. Personally the already high price of CDs was of little concern back then, instead more worried about accidentally sleeping in Saturday mornings and miss another installment of The Dinky-Di's quest to stop Earth's number-one eco enemy Mephisto. Sadly if ratings were any indication, I was the only one waking up early enough to watch anyway.

Names including “Beetleborgs”, “Extreme Dinosaurs”, “Venus DeMilo” and “Pokemon” were unheard of, though would certainly go on to pester parents by year's end. SEGA World Sydney, Australia's largest indoor theme park and last refuge for everyone's favourite rodent, was crawling towards its first anniversary. Two new final volumes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, a series which hadn't aired on TV in years by that point, trundled onto VHS with all the invigoration of an afterthought. In short the high-speed hedgehog's classic heyday was coming to an end.

Yet things weren't all doom and gloom. For fans still yearning that new hedgey action, Archie Sonic continued to thrive among the mass of imported titles jostling for pole position on newsagent shelves. Quantities were plentiful and demand remained strong, even through a whole dollar price increase by year's end.

As the title boasts, life is built on firsts. Those unforgettable turning points destined to remain etched within our minds. Be them first kiss, first job, first concert or even first Star Wars action figure. When we grow old, the urge swells to reflect or even revisit those small, beautiful starting points. It's a feeling Archie certainly shared, with their appropriately first comic to reach Aussie shores that year: Sonic Firsts.

For a publisher who spent decades following the Mad Magazine bread-and-butter approach of constantly publishing past material, it’s surprising Archie took so long adding their best-selling title to the reprint rotisserie. Within its fancy 48 pages, Sonic Firsts offered a quartet of classic adventures invaluable to new readers while attempting to smooth out what eventually became continuity snares. Michael Gallagher and Scott Shaw! kicked things off with the eponymous Don't Cry For Me, Mobius, a fine starting point for the comic if ever there was one. Rabbot Deployment saw Shaw! superseded by Dave Manak and the introduction of Bunnie, who was granted something of a backstory when such things for anyone outside Sonic and Sally was rare. The pair returned for their flatulence flaunting The Lizard of Odd, an otherwise standard tale if not for Super Sonic's debut. Mike Kanterovich and Ken Penders brought it home with This Island Hedgehog, a straightforward misadventure which nobody could've guessed at the time just how important (or bloated, take your pick) a certain Rad Red's life story would become.

For some newsagents the switch to Sonic Super Special's permanently numbered quarterly format proved difficult to grasp. This issue was often solicited by retailers as Brave New World, raising more than a few eyebrows on parents who already forked out for that edition. It was unusual but ultimately humourous in hindsight when years later, the first eight issues of Sonic Universe were billed as Sonic X. But more on that another time.

The Special was a success for Archie. It showed there was a market for reprints among Sonic fans, even if it took several more years to truly milk its potential. Fans could fork out the standard price for their 48 page floppy, or if feeling a little more extravagant, shell out double the price for a comic book shop exclusive 'perfect-bound' edition. Touted by Archie as "Sonic's first ever Trade Paperback", the simultaneously released special boasted heavier cover stock and a minimally-formatted introduction by former editor/writer Paul Castiglia. If that wasn't enough, both versions were later reissued (either 1:1 perfect reprints or just unmoving warehouse stock, you be the judge.) to comic shops among a slew of 'back catalogue' miniseries and specials around late 2004. Marvellous.

In all, Sonic Firsts was a nifty if unintended celebration just in time and right on the mark for Archie Sonic’s 5th anniversary. The future was bright and the only way was up. Juuuuuust pay no heed to one of the Special's writers banging on about reprint royalties when this issue was announced. They certainly did. :P

Next Time: Take a flier to the comic's future as everyone's favourite embattled Echidna faces a deeply personal dilemma. A true clash for the ages which left both fans and editor reeling from its outcome. Will things ever be the same again? Will this description quit with the cheesy song references? Unlikely.

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#Sonic the Hedgehog #Archie Sonic #Sonic the Hedgehog Comics #Archie Comics #Comic Books #Michael Gallagher #Scott Shaw! #Dave Manak #Mike Kanterovich #Ken Penders #Paul Castiglia #Australia #1998 #Musings

[thecomicsnexus]

ALF #12

February 1989

By Michael Gallagher, Dave Manak, and Marie Severin.

ALF goes amnesiac and thinks Earth has destroyed Melmac.

In another story, ALF tells a western tale from Melmac.

And in the last story, Lynn accidentally uses a shampoo conditioner from Melmac that makes her hair grow out of control.

SCORE: 8

I do not remember the last two stories in this issue (from my childhood), but I do remember reading the first story. I think, overall, two stories are good in this issue. The Melmac adventures are usually just parodies, and they don't always work.

One fascinating thing about this comic is seeing the Tanner's house from unusual angles, the ones that simply did not exist on the set.

Also, with stories like Lynn's hair conditioner accident, they were able to explore a story for Lynn that couldn't be made in live-action.

I am not sure right now if Paul Fusco had a say on the stories that got printed (but I doubt he would let anyone write stories without his approval).

#comics #review #modern age #marvel comics #alf #star comics #dave manak #1989

[lyricthecat-12]

Art Mawhinney: Archie Sonic Timeline

Dave Manak Archie Sonic Timeline

#archie sonic #sonic archie comics #sonic comics #sonic comic #archie sonic comics #sonic #sonic archie #sonic the hedgehog #archie #art Mawhinney #Dave manak

[sonicpanels]

Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Ongoing) #9: "What's the Point?"

Writer(/possible uncredited layouts): Angelo DeCesare Pencils: Dave Manak Inks: Henry Scarpelli Letters: Bill Yoshida Colors: Barry Grossman

Editors: Victor Gorelick & Paul Castiglia

#Sonic the Hedgehog #Archie Comics #Archie Sonic #Archie Sonic Ongoing #Angelo DeCesare #Dave Manak #Henry Scarpelli #Bill Yoshida #Barry Grossman #Victor Gorelick #Paul Gastiglia #1994

[wolfgang1097]

Defeat by a paper shredder of some sort.

Approximately seven-ish years later:

I think there may have been another instance from the Sunday comic strips as well, but I don't have it on me.

Either way, very rarely do you get to see either of the spies without their longcoats on (not to mention with the sleeves of their shirts rolled up, no less; in Black's case here, that is). It is pretty understandable in Black's case there. He is quite handsome, with or without his longcoat (same case with White because I find them both equally handsome). Also, LOL at the last panel of the second image where Black straight up casually shreds White like that. Regardless, I am so never gonna get over how frick'n awesome Dave Manak's design for the spies is. You know what I mean?

I do not claim ownership of any content. Spy vs. Spy belongs to the defunct MAD Magazine and Antonio Prohias. The Sunday comic strips (as well as the first image in this post) were illustrated and written by Dave Manak and Don "Duck" Edwing, respectively.

#spy vs spy #black spy #white spy #antonio prohias #mad magazine #dave manak #duck edwing #sunday comic strips #death by shredding machine #gotta love how Black looks without his longcoat #then again he already looks handsome with his longcoat on to begin with #I really cannot nor will I ever get over how awesome Dave Manak's illustration of the spies is #I mean Manak's design for the spies is practically the closest to Prohias' later design of the spies before the latter retired

[t4tails]

the only archie artist that i consistently like is tracy yardley, sorry to everyone else but that’s what you get for drawing women like that

lmao thats fair. the artists i like so far are spaz most of the time, and butler in some scenes. he draws sally and bunnie like what i described, but he also has nice line variation and i love how he draws elias and sallys hair lol

#og post #ask #anon #manny galan is also decent a lot. very run of the mill but better than art mawhinney and dave manak

[the-gershomite]

Star Wars Droids #8 June 1987

Part Three of a Three Part Saga “Star Wars: According to the Droids”

(12-23 of 23)

written by Dave Manak

pencil art by Ernie Colon

inked by Al Williamson

colored by George Roussos

lettered by Ed King

#star comics #star wars #Droids #c3po #r2d2 #luke skywalker #han solo #princess leia #Dave Manak #Ernie Colon #Al Williamson #comics