{"id":661,"date":"2008-12-22T02:22:20","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T02:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/12\/22\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-8\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:32","slug":"c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/12\/22\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-8\/","title":{"rendered":"C.O.U.S.: Reflections from Rick’s Collection #8"},"content":{"rendered":"

While "researching" a recent Nexus Graphica<\/a>, I had reason to look through my collection of C<\/span>omics O<\/span>f U<\/span>nusual S<\/span>ize. This set of the big and small and odd of comicdom offers many gems. Deciding that I really should share some of these largely forgotten and sometime rare pieces, I’m taking you through a tour of the more interesting selections.<\/p>\n

Legend states that sometime in 1970s cartoonist Michael T. Gilbert<\/a> ran across an old, coverless comic book featuring Mr. Monster<\/a>. Unable to find anything about the obscure character, Gilbert decided to modernize the monster-hunter feature for Vanguard Illustrated<\/span> #7 (Pacific Comics, 1984). Throughout the next two decades, the often-humorous and always interesting Mr. Monster stories appeared in various publications from Eclipse, Dark Horse, Atomeka, Fantagraphics, Caliber, Image, and Tundra. <\/p>\n

While with Tundra, Gilbert planned for three Mr. Monster titles that employed the talents of George Freeman<\/a>, Scott Deschaine, and Tom Buss and others: Mr. Monster Monster Attacks<\/span><\/a>(1992), Mr Monster Presents Crack-a-boom!<\/span><\/a> (published by Caliber, 1997), and Mr. Monster’s Gal… Friday<\/span><\/a> (published by Image, 2000). As with most things Tundra, the company went under before the latter two could be published. <\/p>\n

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For the 1994 San Diego Comic Con, Gilbert produced a b&amp;w ashcan promoting all three titles with teasers from several stories. The Mr. Monster Ashcan Comix No. 1<\/span> was signed and limited to 200 copies.<\/p>\n


\nBack cover by Buss<\/span><\/p>\n


\nLayout by Gilbert Art by Buss<\/span><\/p>\n


\nLayouts by Deschaine Art by Gilbert<\/span><\/p>\n


\nLayouts by Gilbert Art by Freeman<\/span><\/p>\n

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