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DC bringing back "Kamandi"?

"Kamandi Book Apparently in the Works From DC Comics"

http://comicbook.com/2014/09/30/kamandi-book-apparently-in-the-works-from-dc-comics/

"And, like O.M.A.C. and Infinity Man and the Forever People before it, apparently Kamandi may be coming back into print. At least, according to Quantum & Woody artist Tom Fowler, who tweeted this afternoon that he had turned down the opportunity to draw the book"

Just had to turn down a KAMANDI book this morning and now I feel sick and alone and universe makes no sense and cry.

— tom fowler (@tomfowlerbug) September 30, 2014
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  • RickMRickM Posts: 407
    So DC nixed Paul Pope's revival of Kamandi in order to give the property to someone else?
  • I love Paul Pope, but I don't think his version of Kamandi would sell well enough to go 6 issues. I'd LOVE to see Joe Casey and Tom Scioli give it a try....

    I'd also pay stupid money to see a GOOD version of the character done in a kid-friendly style, since Kirby always saw it as a book for kids.
  • bralinatorbralinator Posts: 5,967

    I love Paul Pope, but I don't think his version of Kamandi would sell well enough to go 6 issues.

    About what Kamandi: At Earth's End achieved. I wasn't into Kamandi at the time. How was that received back in the 90's?


  • random73random73 Posts: 2,318
    Didn't Paul Pope do a wicked good Black Panther a few years back? Or am i thinking about something else?
  • Mr_CosmicMr_Cosmic Posts: 3,200
    random73 said:

    Didn't Paul Pope do a wicked good Black Panther a few years back? Or am i thinking about something else?

    No, no, that was Priest not Pope. ;)

  • BrackBrack Posts: 868
    Isn't there already a perfectly good Kamandi comic on the market?

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  • RickMRickM Posts: 407

    I love Paul Pope, but I don't think his version of Kamandi would sell well enough to go 6 issues.

    About what Kamandi: At Earth's End achieved. I wasn't into Kamandi at the time. How was that received back in the 90's?


    I bought the full series of Kamandi: At Earth's End a few years back and it is the most dreadful thing I've ever read. I continue to be astonished by the awfulness of 90s comics.

  • I love Paul Pope, but I don't think his version of Kamandi would sell well enough to go 6 issues.

    About what Kamandi: At Earth's End achieved. I wasn't into Kamandi at the time. How was that received back in the 90's?
    It was a limited series, and is pretty much a flop on every level.

  • random73random73 Posts: 2,318
    Mr_Cosmic said:

    random73 said:

    Didn't Paul Pope do a wicked good Black Panther a few years back? Or am i thinking about something else?

    No, no, that was Priest not Pope. ;)

    ha! gotcha! you can see my confusion.
  • JaxUrJaxUr Posts: 547
    They should follow the lead of Brave & the Bold:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N7Qvk6iSMA
  • bralinatorbralinator Posts: 5,967
    The Brave and the Bold episode was a lot of fun :)
  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,748
    edited October 2014
    Yes, follow the lead of Brave and the Bold.

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  • RickMRickM Posts: 407

    Yes, follow the lead of Brave and the Bold.

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    It was obvious that Haney never even bothered to read Kamandi before he scripted this, but the story was awesome fun. This is the only comic that ever gave me a nightmare; I dreamed that apes were taking over my neighborhood.

  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,748
    RickM said:

    Yes, follow the lead of Brave and the Bold.

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    It was obvious that Haney never even bothered to read Kamandi before he scripted this, but the story was awesome fun. This is the only comic that ever gave me a nightmare; I dreamed that apes were taking over my neighborhood.

    I think that’s why Haney is one of my favorite writers of that era. He was never one to let established continuity stand in the way of a good story.
  • bralinatorbralinator Posts: 5,967
    This just answered my question on the comic cover a day thread :)
  • RickM said:

    Yes, follow the lead of Brave and the Bold.

    image

    It was obvious that Haney never even bothered to read Kamandi before he scripted this, but the story was awesome fun. This is the only comic that ever gave me a nightmare; I dreamed that apes were taking over my neighborhood.

    I think that’s why Haney is one of my favorite writers of that era. He was never one to let established continuity stand in the way of a good story.
    His stuff still gives me headaches, though. The Superman/Batman sons, those insane Batman team-ups (the Sgt Rock story where Batman sells his soul to Satan is just batshit crazy), and his villains (The Ding Dong Daddy?) just were crazy…and people say that Grant Morrison’s comics are weird. Metamorpho reads like someone cooked up by a guy on ambien who was told to create a super-hero sitcom.
  • David_DDavid_D Posts: 3,884

    RickM said:

    Yes, follow the lead of Brave and the Bold.

    image

    It was obvious that Haney never even bothered to read Kamandi before he scripted this, but the story was awesome fun. This is the only comic that ever gave me a nightmare; I dreamed that apes were taking over my neighborhood.

    I think that’s why Haney is one of my favorite writers of that era. He was never one to let established continuity stand in the way of a good story.
    His stuff still gives me headaches, though. The Superman/Batman sons, those insane Batman team-ups (the Sgt Rock story where Batman sells his soul to Satan is just batshit crazy), and his villains (The Ding Dong Daddy?) just were crazy…and people say that Grant Morrison’s comics are weird. Metamorpho reads like someone cooked up by a guy on ambien who was told to create a super-hero sitcom.
    Monarch was supposed to be Ding Dong Daddy, but then they changed it to Hawk when fans guessed it early. Right? Or am I thinking of someone else?
  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,748

    RickM said:

    Yes, follow the lead of Brave and the Bold.

    image

    It was obvious that Haney never even bothered to read Kamandi before he scripted this, but the story was awesome fun. This is the only comic that ever gave me a nightmare; I dreamed that apes were taking over my neighborhood.

    I think that’s why Haney is one of my favorite writers of that era. He was never one to let established continuity stand in the way of a good story.
    His stuff still gives me headaches, though. The Superman/Batman sons, those insane Batman team-ups (the Sgt Rock story where Batman sells his soul to Satan is just batshit crazy), and his villains (The Ding Dong Daddy?) just were crazy…and people say that Grant Morrison’s comics are weird. Metamorpho reads like someone cooked up by a guy on ambien who was told to create a super-hero sitcom.
    You just listed everything (okay, not everything) I love about comics.
  • WetRatsWetRats Posts: 6,314

    RickM said:

    Yes, follow the lead of Brave and the Bold.

    image

    It was obvious that Haney never even bothered to read Kamandi before he scripted this, but the story was awesome fun. This is the only comic that ever gave me a nightmare; I dreamed that apes were taking over my neighborhood.

    I think that’s why Haney is one of my favorite writers of that era. He was never one to let established continuity stand in the way of a good story.
    His stuff still gives me headaches, though. The Superman/Batman sons, those insane Batman team-ups (the Sgt Rock story where Batman sells his soul to Satan is just batshit crazy), and his villains (The Ding Dong Daddy?) just were crazy…and people say that Grant Morrison’s comics are weird. Metamorpho reads like someone cooked up by a guy on ambien who was told to create a super-hero sitcom.
    You just listed everything (okay, not everything) I love about comics.
    "Batman digs this day."
  • David_D said:

    Monarch was supposed to be Ding Dong Daddy, but then they changed it to Hawk when fans guessed it early. Right? Or am I thinking of someone else?

    No, Monarch was supposed to be Captain Atom – they had a lot of set-up for it in several issues leading up to the conclusion, and then had to retreat and rewrite when word got out. Eventually, years later, they went ahead and turned him into Monarch anyway...
  • WetRatsWetRats Posts: 6,314

    David_D said:

    Monarch was supposed to be Ding Dong Daddy, but then they changed it to Hawk when fans guessed it early. Right? Or am I thinking of someone else?

    No, Monarch was supposed to be Captain Atom – they had a lot of set-up for it in several issues leading up to the conclusion, and then had to retreat and rewrite when word got out. Eventually, years later, they went ahead and turned him into Monarch anyway...
    [Humor Detection Module Failure--Check All Connections And Replace Batteries]

  • PaulPaul Posts: 169
    The Gibbons/Sook Kamandi in Wednesday Comics is something I'd buy the living heck out of.

    Also, I think David is right. It was totally supposed to be Ding Dong Daddy. The Captain Atom story was just whitewashing to throw us off the scent.
  • WetRatsWetRats Posts: 6,314
    Paul said:

    The Gibbons/Sook Kamandi in Wednesday Comics is something I'd buy the living heck out of.

    Me, too.
  • David_DDavid_D Posts: 3,884
    edited October 2014
    Also? Ding Dong Daddy is my real dad.




    :((
  • RepoManRepoMan Posts: 327
    Paul said:

    The Gibbons/Sook Kamandi in Wednesday Comics is something I'd buy the living heck out of.

    I miss Wednesday Comics! Those were so much fun and so much fun to give to younger kids. I had to get extra copies because the originals were spread out on the floor, torn, bruised, etc. All worth it! Haha.
  • mwhitt80mwhitt80 Posts: 4,637
    David_D said:

    Also? Ding Dong Daddy is my real dad.




    :((

    hmmm... I always thought it was King Kandy.
  • David_D said:

    Also? Ding Dong Daddy is my real dad.

    Did you ever get to ride the D-car line?

    youtu.be/tiyWTqvI1b4
  • David_DDavid_D Posts: 3,884

    David_D said:

    Also? Ding Dong Daddy is my real dad.

    Did you ever get to ride the D-car line?

    youtu.be/tiyWTqvI1b4
    It's the last place I ever saw my Ding Dong Daddy.

    :(

    :(( :(( :((
  • Well, I did hear that he reaped a little more than he could sow of the pleasures the Mormons in Utah know. I also heard he could not restrain himself when he saw
    a nice caboose.

    Back to the main topic...if I had my druthers, I'd like to see a split book: Kamandi for the first half by Joe Casey and Tom Scioli, and Tommy Tomorrow by Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart as the back half.

    I can dream, can't I?
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