144-page Trade Paperback - edited by Michael EURY
The Missing Link To Primates In Comics
They may be only one notch below humans on the evolutionary ladder, but gorillas and monkeys have for decades climbed to the top of the comic-book world as heroes and villains, monsters and masterminds, and soldiers and sidekicks. Comics Gone Ape! is the missing link to primates in comics, spotlighting a barrel of simian superstars like Beppo, BrainiApe, the Gibbon, Gleek, Gorilla Man, Grease Monkey, King Kong, Konga, Mojo Jojo, Sky Ape, and Titano. Comics Gone Ape! is loaded with rare and classic artwork, chest-thumping cover galleries, and 11 exclusive interviews with apes artists and writers including Arthur ADAMS (Monkeyman and O’Brien), Frank CHO, Carmine INFANTINO (Detective Chimp, Grodd), Joe KUBERT (Tor, Tarzan), Tony MILLIONAIRE (Sock Monkey), Doug MOENCH (Planet of the Apes), and Bob OKSNER (Angel and the Ape). With its all-new Avengers-as-gorillas cover by Arthur ADAMS, you won’t be able to keep your filthy paws off this book! Written by BACK ISSUE magazine’s Michael EURY.
Reviews:
- By Beau Smith -
I can’t think of any kid/adult that doesn’t
have a thing for Apes and monkeys. I know that as a kid and an adult I
can’t pass up any comic, movie, book that has a ape in it. Just look at
King Kong and you’ll know just what I mean.
Michael
Eury has taken a brilliant idea and made a wonderful book on covering
possibly every ape that has ever had anything to do with comics. From
the incredible Arthur Adams cover to the gallery of ape covers inside,
there is something for everyone.
This
book has been on my nightstand for weeks. I’m always reading and
looking at a new piece of information on apes in comics from this. The
amount of artwork in this volume is staggering. It’s got all the best
illustrations, covers and sketches that you may know very well or be
seeing for the very first time. It showcases such artists as Arthur
Adams, Frank Cho, Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, and tons of others.
It
presents you with a primate role call of such icons as King Kong,
Grodd, Titano, Detective Chimp, Brainiape, The Gibbon, Mojo Jojo, and
even mine and Kevin Bernhardt’s own creation Bobo from Primate: The
Sword Of Darwin. (Image Comics)
This
book is over 140 pages and will have you reading for hours if not days.
I really admire Eury for his in-depth research on this keeper of a
book. Make sure you hit your local store up for this today or order one
from TwoMorrows because you ain’t getting’ mine.
- Booklist - 1 September 2007
DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz, who was largely responsible for the early-1960s revival of the superhero genre, steadfastly believed that a gorilla on the cover guaranteed greater sales. He must not have been the only one who thought so, for as Eury proves, there have been enough monkeyshines on and within comic-book covers over the decades to fill a book. In the 1930s, comics followed Hollywood’s lead and portrayed the exploits of Tarzan and dozens of imitation jungle kings. The 1960s were overrun with Kong-inspired giant apes, from Konga to Superman’s simian foe, Titano, whose eyes emitted Kryptonite rays. Heroes and villains whose minds were transferred into apes’ bodies get a chapter from Eury, as does a 1970s spinoff of the Planet of the Apes movies. Eury’s impressively broad examination of the subject encompasses everything from cheesy 1950s horror comics to alternative-comics artist Tony Millionaire’s Sock Monkey. With campily delightful artwork on every page, interviews with comics creators about their monkey-oriented work, and Eury’s wry commentary, the book deserves an ape-preciative audience.
— Gordon Flagg
ISBN: 1-893905-62-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-893905-62-7
Diamond Order Code: FEB073814
