Quato
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a.k.a. Defiant1
Quato a.k.a. Defiant1
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Post by Quato on Dec 12, 2008 1:23:10 GMT -5
Shotgun Mary #1(?) w/cd Another oddball comic I own... Q
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Post by Defiant1 on Mar 9, 2009 22:23:58 GMT -5
For some reason I never can get my scans together for Bondage Fairies. The first printings are quite difficult to find. I have a couple of #1's, but they have some shelf wear. Here is #6 Defiant1
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Post by Brother J on Mar 10, 2009 4:54:48 GMT -5
yuck, manga crap...even worse, manga porn...
The Shotgun Mary book looks interesting, though.
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Post by Defiant1 on Mar 10, 2009 5:02:57 GMT -5
yuck, manga crap...even worse, manga porn... The Shotgun Mary book looks interesting, though. Bondage Fairies is an EXCELLENT comic. Extremely well done.... but quite demented. I have laughed a lot at this series. People are either horrified or hooked, but nobody seems to forget it. The artist is excellent. I'd say he's one of the few Manga artist that impresses me. He could draw illustrations for a museum or some scientific reference encyclopedias. I hate Manga too, so it's weird that this is a title I like. I would not part with a first printing of #1 for less than $75 in any grade. This series is right up there with "Horny Biker Sluts" as being twisted and bizarre. Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Dec 23, 2012 13:26:02 GMT -5
It should be noted that I'm far more tolerant of "real" Manga as opposed to the Americanized s#!t the comic industry has been spitting out for the past 20 years. Helter Skelter #1 Helter Skelter #2
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Post by Brother J on Dec 27, 2012 12:58:07 GMT -5
I find it funny that a few years back I was saying "yuck, manga porn". Some of this stuff is worth some good money, stuff like Genus and Milk. Genus is furry porn, while Milk is manga porn, I assume mainly focusing on breasts. I have a copy of Genus #2 with the early (if not 1st) appearance of Strangers in Paradise and would happily pick up issues of these two series I mentioned if I found them cheaply, as they would be an easy re-sell.
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Post by Defiant1 on Dec 27, 2012 15:09:55 GMT -5
Bondage Fairies is twisted, but it is very funny and well drawn. Some of the art looks like it could be used in scientific journals. The drawings of the insects and wildlife is that good.
I was selling Bondage Fairies at work to my coworkers. I'd buy 10 copies each of the later series. Some of them had never read a comic before but they loved it and we'd laugh about each issue for days.
Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Dec 31, 2012 15:59:09 GMT -5
It looks like Antarctic picked up Helter Skelter from R.O.G Heavy Industries after they had it in 1996. Helter Skelter #1 (R.O.G Heavy Industries)
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Post by Defiant1 on Dec 31, 2012 16:49:02 GMT -5
Zombie Boy #1
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Post by Defiant1 on Jan 2, 2013 16:53:25 GMT -5
Shotgun Mary #2 Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Oct 25, 2013 13:44:59 GMT -5
Helter Skelter #0 Helter Skelter #6 Defiant1
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Post by Brother J on Oct 25, 2013 18:01:43 GMT -5
I am currently collecting several titles that started with Antarctic. I recently bought a big box of books from this company in a lot on eBay, as I was interested in the large group of Shanda the Panda issues in the box. It also included 100 issues of the "furry" anthology, Furrlough, so I decided to collect that, as well. I will probably never read the Furrloughs, just thought it was cool to collect such a long run of something so odd. I do read Shanda the Panda, as it is very similar to Omaha the Cat Dancer, a "slice of life" or soap opera book that just so happens to feature anthropomorphic characters. There seems to be a lot more sex in Omaha, haven't really seen anything too graphic in Shanda as of yet.
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Post by Defiant1 on Oct 25, 2013 19:50:46 GMT -5
I am currently collecting several titles that started with Antarctic. I recently bought a big box of books from this company in a lot on eBay, as I was interested in the large group of Shanda the Panda issues in the box. It also included 100 issues of the "furry" anthology, Furrlough, so I decided to collect that, as well. I will probably never read the Furrloughs, just thought it was cool to collect such a long run of something so odd. I do read Shanda the Panda, as it is very similar to Omaha the Cat Dancer, a "slice of life" or soap opera book that just so happens to feature anthropomorphic characters. There seems to be a lot more sex in Omaha, haven't really seen anything too graphic in Shanda as of yet. There was a guy that shopped in my local comic shop back then that handled the letters page and some other stuff for a Shanda the Panda series. I don't remember it being published by Antarctic at the time. Perhaps it was self-published after Antarctic handled it? As you are probably aware, I've never had a huge attraction to anthropomorphic characters that try to pass themselves off in a serious story. I'm not even really interested in TMNT. This guy was always very excited and enthusiastic about Shanda. On rare occasions I would get him to talk about his involvement and try to figure out why he liked it so much. I was more interested in the production side of it than I was the content side of it. At the time I was seriously wanting to publish something of my own. After all these years, all I remember was his enthusiasm. The guy was a good 10 or 15 years older than me. He was somewhat snobbish about anything that wasn't Shanda, so I usually ignored him when he visited. We had no common interests. I think the Shanda creator also had the rights to publish Atomic Mouse. At the time, I knew very little about Atomic Mouse, so at most it was just interesting. Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Oct 25, 2013 21:25:23 GMT -5
Helter Skelter #4 I don't know why I bought this series. I don't think I ever read it. I think it just had better art than all the Marvel comics being released. I'm not really a fan of manga. Defiant1
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Post by Brother J on Oct 26, 2013 10:11:51 GMT -5
I am currently collecting several titles that started with Antarctic. I recently bought a big box of books from this company in a lot on eBay, as I was interested in the large group of Shanda the Panda issues in the box. It also included 100 issues of the "furry" anthology, Furrlough, so I decided to collect that, as well. I will probably never read the Furrloughs, just thought it was cool to collect such a long run of something so odd. I do read Shanda the Panda, as it is very similar to Omaha the Cat Dancer, a "slice of life" or soap opera book that just so happens to feature anthropomorphic characters. There seems to be a lot more sex in Omaha, haven't really seen anything too graphic in Shanda as of yet. There was a guy that shopped in my local comic shop back then that handled the letters page and some other stuff for a Shanda the Panda series. I don't remember it being published by Antarctic at the time. Perhaps it was self-published after Antarctic handled it? As you are probably aware, I've never had a huge attraction to anthropomorphic characters that try to pass themselves off in a serious story. I'm not even really interested in TMNT. This guy was always very excited and enthusiastic about Shanda. On rare occasions I would get him to talk about his involvement and try to figure out why he liked it so much. I was more interested in the production side of it than I was the content side of it. At the time I was seriously wanting to publish something of my own. After all these years, all I remember was his enthusiasm. The guy was a good 10 or 15 years older than me. He was somewhat snobbish about anything that wasn't Shanda, so I usually ignored him when he visited. We had no common interests. I think the Shanda creator also had the rights to publish Atomic Mouse. At the time, I knew very little about Atomic Mouse, so at most it was just interesting. Defiant1 Shanda was published by Antarctic for the first fourteen issues, a company called Vision Comics for issues #15-21, and was published by Shanda Fantasy Arts from #22 to #48. It seems to be currently in hiatus as the writer of the book is now the writer of the Dick Tracy newspaper comic strip, so my guess was that that must take up all of his creative time. Shanda Fantasy Arts put out two issues of Atomic Mouse.
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Post by Defiant1 on Oct 26, 2013 11:46:12 GMT -5
There was a guy that shopped in my local comic shop back then that handled the letters page and some other stuff for a Shanda the Panda series. I don't remember it being published by Antarctic at the time. Perhaps it was self-published after Antarctic handled it? As you are probably aware, I've never had a huge attraction to anthropomorphic characters that try to pass themselves off in a serious story. I'm not even really interested in TMNT. This guy was always very excited and enthusiastic about Shanda. On rare occasions I would get him to talk about his involvement and try to figure out why he liked it so much. I was more interested in the production side of it than I was the content side of it. At the time I was seriously wanting to publish something of my own. After all these years, all I remember was his enthusiasm. The guy was a good 10 or 15 years older than me. He was somewhat snobbish about anything that wasn't Shanda, so I usually ignored him when he visited. We had no common interests. I think the Shanda creator also had the rights to publish Atomic Mouse. At the time, I knew very little about Atomic Mouse, so at most it was just interesting. Defiant1 Shanda was published by Antarctic for the first fourteen issues, a company called Vision Comics for issues #15-21, and was published by Shanda Fantasy Arts from #22 to #48. It seems to be currently in hiatus as the writer of the book is now the writer of the Dick Tracy newspaper comic strip, so my guess was that that must take up all of his creative time. Shanda Fantasy Arts put out two issues of Atomic Mouse. According to their website, the comic ceased publication when Diamond changed their minimum order thresholds for the indy titles. Diamond is the reason the comic died. They can't afford to publish blindly not knowing how many will sell. Defiant1
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Post by Brother J on Oct 26, 2013 14:03:09 GMT -5
Shanda was published by Antarctic for the first fourteen issues, a company called Vision Comics for issues #15-21, and was published by Shanda Fantasy Arts from #22 to #48. It seems to be currently in hiatus as the writer of the book is now the writer of the Dick Tracy newspaper comic strip, so my guess was that that must take up all of his creative time. Shanda Fantasy Arts put out two issues of Atomic Mouse. According to their website, the comic ceased publication when Diamond changed their minimum order thresholds for the indy titles. Diamond is the reason the comic died. They can't afford to publish blindly not knowing how many will sell. Defiant1 I was aware of the statement on their main page about Diamond, but the plan originally was to publish up to Shanda #50 and then end the series, even if they had to sell the books direct. He even states on the main page that the Dick Tracy strip will ensure that he has money to publish the last few issues. That's why my assumption was that the Dick Tracy strip was taking up most of his time.
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Post by Defiant1 on Oct 26, 2013 15:32:44 GMT -5
According to their website, the comic ceased publication when Diamond changed their minimum order thresholds for the indy titles. Diamond is the reason the comic died. They can't afford to publish blindly not knowing how many will sell. Defiant1 I was aware of the statement on their main page about Diamond, but the plan originally was to publish up to Shanda #50 and then end the series, even if they had to sell the books direct. He even states on the main page that the Dick Tracy strip will ensure that he has money to publish the last few issues. That's why my assumption was that the Dick Tracy strip was taking up most of his time. I think the reality is that no one wants to spend $10,000 publishing a comic and then have no assured distribution outlet. It's one thing to spend $10,000 and immediately know $5,000 will go straight back to your bank account. If he made it oversized as planned, that could be as much as double the cost to print the comic. It was a high risk ambition in my opinion. I think the print on demand channels cost so much that it's almost impossible to pay yourself back. The POD services take all the profit margin and rightly so because piecemealing comics out a few at a time has significant overhead also. Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Nov 2, 2013 16:59:29 GMT -5
Helter Skelter #3 Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Nov 5, 2013 21:56:26 GMT -5
I had this titles "Stargodz" in a previous post. Didn't realize the "s" at the end was not a "z". Deleted my previous post of #1. Posting it alongside both covers for #2 here with the correct title associated. Stargods #1 Stargods #2 (cover A) Stargods #2 (cover B) These are all digital art. Bleh! Defiant1
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