--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Greg Plonowski <urko3085@s...> wrote:

> Free Ape Mask! Included with this week's Marvel UK issue is a free

color ape mask. Amaze your friends and frighten your family members,
particularly younger siblings.

> But that's not all! This issue also includes part 2 of the stunning

City of Nomads story, a letter column and an important note from the
organizers of the James Naughton and Ron Harper fan clubs.

-- Thanks as usual Greg, A free Ape mask huh? I think I'll print it
out and wear it all day!

Neil

I guess what I mean by nice cover art is that someone actually
bothered to blend a few pics to create something new and somewhat
original. I figure they could have just used the DVD set cover art as
is.

The big question for me is whether I'm gonna get a copy. I've always
loved the scores from all the movies but not so much the TV series.
I'm going to have to review the TV series to see if I really want this
CD.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil <nfoster@...>
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:08 pm
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: TV series soundtrack due out October 11.

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, Dario Sciola <darios@n...> wrote:
> > Thanks for that one (even if it took you 3 tries!).
> > Nice cover art on it too.
>
> -- Yeah, thanks Greg, this is great news! Sorry I can't agree with
> you
> about the cover art Dario, I think its pretty unimaginative and
> they
> could have done a lot better. I suppose its fine if you want to
> place
> it next to the TV DVD box set and have a matching pair.
>
> Neil
>
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I guess what I mean by nice cover art is that someone actually
bothered to blend a few pics to create something new and somewhat
original. I figure they could have just used the DVD set cover art as
is.

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Dario Sciola <darios@n...> wrote:

> I guess what I mean by nice cover art is that someone actually

bothered to blend a few pics to create something new and somewhat
original. I figure they could have just used the DVD set cover art as
is.

-- I'm not sure what cover art you got on the release of the DVD box
set over there but here we got that exact picture, all they have done
is move the 2 forground figures up slightly over the background image
of Zaius to make it fit a CD cover size. Not very new or original.

> The big question for me is whether I'm gonna get a copy. I've always

loved the scores from all the movies but not so much the TV series.
I'm going to have to review the TV series to see if I really want this
CD.

-- I agree, much as I liked the TV series I actually prefer the music
from Return, unfortunately there would be no chance of that ever being
made available on CD I think.

Neil

.html.html In a message dated 9/14/05 4:56:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nfoster@... writes:

-- I agree, much as I liked the TV series I actually prefer the music
from Return, unfortunately there would be no chance of that ever being
made available on CD I think.

Neil

Good God!  The music in RETURN is bloody awful, and one of the reasons I can't stand to watch it.  The music in the TV show is sure not Jerry Goldsmith, but it's better than the cartoon.

-- Rory<.html <.html

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Haristas@...
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:20 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: TV series soundtrack due out October 11.

In a message dated 9/14/05 4:56:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nfoster@... writes:

-- I agree, much as I liked the TV series I actually prefer the music
from Return, unfortunately there would be no chance of that ever being
made available on CD I think.

Neil

Good God!  The music in RETURN is bloody awful, and one of the reasons I can't stand to watch it.  The music in the TV show is sure not Jerry Goldsmith, but it's better than the cartoon.

-- Rory

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Yeah Neil you IDIOT!  :)

Michael


No, you Aussies just have strange tastes, like those MAD MAX movies and such.

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MM2 is an all time great.

 

Oh - and don't call Neil an Aussie - he's a Pommy Bastard!

 

Bruce

 

 

 

 

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From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Haristas@...
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:28 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: TV series soundtrack due out October 11.

In a message dated 9/14/05 9:24:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Michael.Whitty@... writes:

Yeah Neil you IDIOT!  :)

Michael

No, you Aussies just have strange tastes, like those MAD MAX movies and such.

-- Rory

 

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      I may buy the TV soundtrack but I was hoping to see a little more music but beggars can't be choosy. I liked the music by Lalo Schiflin  when he did the Music from "Enter the Dragon".  I just hope that there is still some left when I buy the CD.

 

Kevin

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.html.html In a message dated 9/14/2005 3:12:48 PM Central Standard Time, nfoster@... writes:

Sorry I can't agree with you about the cover art Dario, I think its pretty unimaginative and they could have done a lot better.

I agree with you here... The artwork sucks... Zaius is okay, but that picture of Perdix and Virdon sucks...

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Haristas@a... wrote:

> Good God! The music in RETURN is bloody awful, and one of the

reasons I can't stand to watch it.

-- Fair enough we all have our own opinions.
While I have your attention Rory, I know how you are into the matte
shots in Planet and I was was watching it again last night and I found
another one. When the ship is sinking and Landon says "gone" or
something like that the ship sinks into the lake and the background
shot definitely looks like a painting to me. Had you noticed that one?

Neil

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Haristas@a... wrote:

> The music in the TV show is sure not Jerry Goldsmith, but it's

better than the cartoon.

-- Funnily enough, good as Goldsmith's music is for Planet I much
prefer Leonard Rosenman's Beneath score myself.

Neil

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Whitty, Michael"
<Michael.Whitty@d...> wrote:

> Mad Max was great.

Well, until he met the acid queen - then it got a bit silly.

> MM2 is an all time great.

-- I fully agree. I love all the Mad Max movies, especially MM2,
that is a fantastic movie (especially when you hear it with the
original Aussie accents!) I even don't mind MM3 (Beyond Thunderdome)
it has some awesome visuals like the plane wreck in the desert and
the shots of ruined Sydney at the end.
They should get a bunch of Aussies to make the next Apes movie!

> Oh - and don't call Neil an Aussie - he's a Pommy Bastard!

-- That's right, he's ENGLISH, you know, the country that currently
holds the ASHES!!! ;-)

'Freddy' Foster

Forget what I said. I must be going senile as I didn't remember Zaius
being on the DVD set. I think it's high time I dragged it off my
shelves and take another gander at it.

'Losing it' Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Plonowski <urko3085@...>
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:53 pm
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Re: TV series soundtrack due out October 11.

> But this IS the DVD cover art. Sure, they changed size and
> positioning to get it to fit the shape of the CD case, but they
> didn't really create something new.
>
> It doesn't bother me that they went with this. I'm just thrilled
> that we'll get the TV music on CD. Still, it would have been nice
> if they used art from the actual episodes covered on the disc, or
> went with the image from the opening credits of the three gorillas
> on horseback with the sun behind them.
>
> Greg
>
> Dario Sciola <darios@...> wrote:
>
> I guess what I mean by nice cover art is that someone actually
> bothered to blend a few pics to create something new and somewhat
> original. I figure they could have just used the DVD set cover art
> as
> is.
>

The other night while rewatching the Conquest DVD, I reviewed all the
movie trailers which I had not done for some time.

I noticed something unusual in the Escape trailer. It's the one that
starts of with a shot of the family, Zira sitting baby Milo in hand
and Cornelius standing next to her and the announcer says something
like "This is baby Milo...". Anyhow that shot appears to be a still
photograph as nothing appears to move. Towards the end of the trailer
we see the same shot again, but for a split second Cornelius' eyes
blink. I played the sequence over again to make sure I wasn't seeing
things. Anyone ever notice that? If it was a still photo (which I
still think it was) then someone took the pains to insert the fake
blink. Also, the blink is not natural in the sense that the eyes
brighten for a split second and it's not so much like his lids closed.

I just thought it was weird.

Dario

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Greg Plonowski <urko3085@s...> wrote:

> Sorry about that. Somehow hit Send before I could past in the

following link:

>
>

http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACCT67745/category.7/it.A/id.4506/.f

>
> Greg

*** Well, I ordered MY copy! I've been waiting for somebody to release
this for years. I've been diggin' the few clips they've offered up for
free previews. Man! Much of it is truly reminiscent of a Goldsmith
and/or Rosenman feel. I'm listening to "Riding For Urko" right now.
Great stuff!

Too bad we gotta wait till October 11th. Drat!

It'd be nice if they'd release ALL the music from the TV show. I wonder
how much of it there was? How many CDs would it take to fit it all in?
Why not start out with a "Volume 1" and eventually release all of it?
They released 3 CDs of music from "THE PRISONER"... why not at least 2
or 3 CDs of POTA TV music? Maybe if we buy up all the copies and
send 'em emails asking for more... More... MORE!!! Maybe then they'll
think, "Hey, those Ape-fanatics'll make these best-sellers... we should
crank out as much product for 'em as we can muster!"

Sound like a plan?

Patrick

P.S. Rory may not like it, but I thought that the music for the cartoon
(at least, the Main Title music) was rather good. I know we'll NEVER
get a CD of the 'toon music score, but it'd be nice to have.

Patrick,

Why do you say that its an impossibility for the Return music to be
released? Is there some sort of legal limbo angle? Someone must own
the rights to it. I do think that its highly improbable seeing as the
episodes themselves are unavailable commercially. (Many thanks again
to all those who were involved in the high quality fan production
DVDs!)

I also agree with you and others that the score of Returns
opening/closing sequence was great. It was original enough but
maintained a distinctive POTA sound to it. Yes, better than the live
series TV show.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: patrickmichaeltilton <patrickmichaeltilton@...>
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:32 am
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: TV series soundtrack due out October 11.

>
> P.S. Rory may not like it, but I thought that the music for the
> cartoon
> (at least, the Main Title music) was rather good. I know we'll
> NEVER
> get a CD of the 'toon music score, but it'd be nice to have.
>

When I said "I know we'll NEVER..." etc., I was just
voicing what I deem probable: that whoever might have
the rights isn't going to go to the bother of digging
out the master tapes and remastering 'em and putting
it out as a product for us to buy. What's the demand?
How many people (other than us APES nuts) even
remember "Return"?

Is it an "impossibility"? Nope. I hope not, anyway.
I'd LOVE to see that product out there -- I'd snag a
copy myself, as soon as I knew it was on-the-market,
just as I zipped over to Intrada and put in my order
for the TV show score, mere moments ago.

My gut tells me... my hunch is... that we'll never see
an official release of the "Return" soundtrack music.
But... I never thought that FilmScore Monthly would
acquire the rights to the "LOGAN'S RUN" TV show music,
and then release 'em. But they DID! Amazing! And
totally unexpected.

I'd love to be 'proved' wrong about the Apes 'toon
music! Maybe if Intrada sells out all 3,000 copies in
record time, they'll go "Hmmmmm..." like Arsenio Hall
used ta do, and go out of their way to shell out more
POTA product for a product-buying fanbase.

Hell, after S&H, my copy of the POTA TV score is gonna
be a tad short of $24.00 -- and worth every penny. I'd
happily pay for a "Volume 2"... a "Volume 3"... and a
"Return to the POTA" CD, to boot, at the same price
per unit.

Do I expect 'em to ever be made available? No. But I'd
just LOVE to be wrong about the probabilities in this
regard. Let's hope I am.

Ciao,

Patrick (listening to Goldsmith's POTA score right
now: "The Search Continues"... diggin' that echoey
Forbidden Zone vibe...)


--- Dario Sciola <darios@...> wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> Why do you say that its an impossibility for the

Return music to be released? Is there some sort of
legal limbo angle? Someone must own the rights to it.
I do think that its highly improbable seeing as the
episodes themselves are unavailable commercially.
(Many thanks again to all those who were involved in
the high quality fan production DVDs!)

>
> I also agree with you and others that the score of

Returns opening/closing sequence was great. It was
original enough but maintained a distinctive POTA
sound to it. Yes, better than the live series TV show.

>
> Dario
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: patrickmichaeltilton
> <patrickmichaeltilton@...>
> Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:32 am
> Subject: [PotaDG] Re: TV series soundtrack due out
> October 11.
>
> >
> > P.S. Rory may not like it, but I thought that the
> music for the cartoon (at least, the Main Title

music) was rather good. I know we'll NEVER get a CD of
the 'toon music score, but it'd be nice to have.




__________________________________

I believe that was a background painting painted on
the wall behind a tank of water where they were
sinking a model of Icarus.....is that right Rory?

Tim

--- Neil <nfoster@...> wrote:
When the ship is sinking and Landon

> says "gone" or
> something like that the ship sinks into the lake and
> the background
> shot definitely looks like a painting to me. Had you
> noticed that one?
>
> Neil
>
>
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Dario Sciola
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:58 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Escape trailer wink

The other night while rewatching the Conquest DVD, I reviewed all the
movie trailers which I had not done for some time.

I noticed something unusual in the Escape trailer. It's the one that
starts of with a shot of the family, Zira sitting baby Milo in hand
and Cornelius standing next to her and the announcer says something
like "This is baby Milo...".  Anyhow that shot appears to be a still
photograph as nothing appears to move. Towards the end of the trailer
we see the same shot again, but for a split second Cornelius' eyes
blink. I played the sequence over again to make sure I wasn't seeing
things. Anyone ever notice that? If it was a still photo (which I
still think it was) then someone took the pains to insert the fake
blink. Also, the blink is not natural in the sense that the eyes
brighten for a split second and it's not so much like his lids closed.

I just thought it was weird.

Dario

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.html.html In a message dated 9/15/05 4:28:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, apefan23@... writes:

I believe that was a background painting painted on
the wall behind a tank of water where they were
sinking a model of Icarus.....is that right Rory?

Tim

Yeah, that's what it looks like to me, BUT I wouldn't be surprised if there an additional process shot work with matte painted elements.  I've looked at it several times and am still not sure.

-- Rory<.html <.html

.html.html Well, I pre-ordered mine, though I'm not that excited about it.  Figured though I better get it.

-- Rory<.html<.html

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Haristas@...
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:58 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] POTA TV Series soundtrack

Well, I pre-ordered mine, though I'm not that excited about it.  Figured though I better get it.

-- Rory

.html.html In a message dated 9/15/05 8:08:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Michael.Whitty@... writes:

So now we have available:

Anniversary DVDs;

12" Action Figures;
Trading Cards;
Palisades Action Figures (2006);
New CDs;
New comics (December 2005).

Anyone get the impression classic apes are back on the rise?

Michael


I've told you before, NOW LISTEN!........

THINK 40TH!<.html <.html

No. Why? Ya got some? ;)

I'm serious. Check it out.

I am not seeing things. I am not seeing things. I am not seeing
things. I am not seeing things. I am NOT seeing things. La la la....

oiraD

----- Original Message -----
From: "Whitty, Michael" <Michael.Whitty@...>

> I think you are on drugs or something Dario! :)
>
> I'll have to have another look............
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On
> Behalf Of
> Dario Sciola
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:58 PM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [PotaDG] Escape trailer wink
>
>
>
> The other night while rewatching the Conquest DVD, I reviewed all
> the
> movie trailers which I had not done for some time.
>
> I noticed something unusual in the Escape trailer. It's the one
> that
> starts of with a shot of the family, Zira sitting baby Milo in
> hand
> and Cornelius standing next to her and the announcer says
> something
> like "This is baby Milo...". Anyhow that shot appears to be a
> still
> photograph as nothing appears to move. Towards the end of the
> trailer
> we see the same shot again, but for a split second Cornelius' eyes
> blink. I played the sequence over again to make sure I wasn't
> seeing
> things. Anyone ever notice that? If it was a still photo (which I
> still think it was) then someone took the pains to insert the fake
> blink. Also, the blink is not natural in the sense that the eyes
> brighten for a split second and it's not so much like his lids
closed.
>
> I just thought it was weird.
>
> Dario
>
>
>
>

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Whitty, Michael" <
Michael.Whitty@d...>
wrote:

>
> Oh - and don't call Neil an Aussie - he's a Pommy Bastard!
>
> Bruce
>

Tut, this isn't fair I've tried really hard over the last few weeks
to become the official pommy bastard of the group :)
Graham.

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Neil T Foster" <nfoster@h...> wrote:

> I've just uploaded a new painting by 'glorious' Graham Hill to the

files

> section (

"glorious" ?? Does this mean we're all going to have nick names
like the old Marvel Bullpen (Jazzy John Romita etc.)cool!
Lets see, how about Nimble Neil Foster, but what are we going to
come
up with for Michael ? :)
Best Graham.

( thanks for posting up the painting by the way!!)

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Michael Whitty" <whitty@c...> wrote:

> I was expecting to see apes playing cricket! :-)
>
> Very nice Graham.
>
> I love this painting.
>
> All is forgiven! :-)
>
> Michael
>

All is forgiven, great can I be the offical pommy bastard now!! :)
( Thanks for the kind words Mike )
Best Graham.

I've just uploaded a new painting by 'glorious' Graham Hill to the files section ( Members' Art gallery ), find it here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PotaDG/files/Members%27%20Art%20gallery/Nova.jpg

 

Enjoy, and thanks again Graham for another great piece of art.

 

Neil

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Greg Plonowski
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 8:53 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] New painting from Mr. Hill

Nice work, Graham. You've really captured Ms. Harrison.

 

Greg

Neil T Foster <nfoster@...> wrote:

I've just uploaded a new painting by 'glorious' Graham Hill to the files section ( Members' Art gallery), find it here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PotaDG/files/Members%27%20Art%20gallery/Nova.jpg

 

Enjoy, and thanks again Graham for another great piece of art.

 

Neil

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Greg Plonowski <urko3085@s...> wrote:

> Nice work, Graham. You've really captured Ms. Harrison.
>
> Greg
> --------------------------------

Thanks Greg, I had a bit of trouble with the likness and wasn't sure
if I'd pulled it off, so I'm glad you like it.
Best wishes Graham.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Whitty, Michael" <Michael.Whitty@d...>
wrote:

> Absolutely.
>
> This has captured an atmosphere too.
>
> I am thinking Nova is frightened.......Graham?
>
> Michael
>

Yeah, I was going for that wide eyed look that Linda Harrison does so
well in Beneath,sort of scared of everything because Nova seems to
comprehend little of whats going on around her.
Best Graham.

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Greg Plonowski <urko3085@s...> wrote:

> If I had to pick a specific part of the film that the Nova in your

painting came from, I'd guess it was somewhere between when Brent
and Nova discover the ruins of New York and when she's reunited with
Taylor. There's no specific shot in the film that corresponds to
this image that I can recall. I'm guessing you don't use photo
references, Graham, or if you do they're only to help with parts of
the image, like the shape of a nose or the curve of an eyebrow.

>
> Greg
>

I do use photo reference, but it all depends on the painting how
they're used. In this case there was a photo used as a starting
point but by the time the pic' was finnished there was quite a lot
of differance between the two images.I couldn't even tell you which
film the photo came from but those scenes in New York were
constantly on my mind when I was painting.I try not to get to
attached to photo reference as there's not a lot of real visual
information in them. They tend to flatten space and often it's not
clear how a chin curves or how the eyeball sits in its socket .The
british painter Thomas Gainsborough used to arrange bits of twigs
and broccoli in his studio to stand in for a landscape which he
would be adding to one of his portraits, he wouldn't copy the veg
but he'd use it to jog his visual memory ,this is how I try and use
photos. Now if I could get Linda to pose... well I can dream.

Hi all just been looking round the photo section and the covers of
the Aussie comics reminded me that I was going to ask if anyone could
fill me in with more info on them, how many issues, stuff like that.
I
noticed that their published by Newton comics did they usually
reprint
Marvel stuff for Oz.Anyone got pics of Ape comics from other
countries they can share?
Best wishes Graham.

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of hill19652000
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:24 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Aussie comics (I think this might be for you Michael)

Hi all just been looking round the photo section and the covers of
the Aussie comics reminded me that I was going to ask if anyone could
fill me in with more info on them, how many issues, stuff like that.
I
noticed that their published by Newton comics did they usually
reprint
Marvel stuff for Oz.Anyone got pics of  Ape comics from other
countries they can share?
Best wishes Graham.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Whitty, Michael" <
Michael.Whitty@d...>
wrote:

> Neil has more covers than me!
>
> I have an article somewhere though......
>

Any chance of getting Neil to post a few up, their's not much more
that I like,in my twilight years, than gazing on covers of comics
that
I've never had the chance to own. :)
Best Graham.

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of hill19652000
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:37 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Aussie comics (I think this might be for you Michael )

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Whitty, Michael" <
Michael.Whitty@d...>
wrote:
> Neil has more covers than me!
> 
> I have an article somewhere though......
>


Any chance of getting Neil to post a few up, their's not much more
that I like,in my twilight years, than gazing on covers of comics
that
I've never had the chance to own. :)
Best Graham.

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What’s in it?

 

Or is it a surprise?  ;)

 

Michael

 

-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Greg Plonowski
Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2005 10:49 PM
To: PotaDG
Subject: [PotaDG] Simian Scrolls 11

 

Simian Scrolls 11 is now available. If you're in North America please contact Kassidy Rae at valwp@... and she'll provide you with an address that you can send $6 to (check or money order) to receive your copy. That $6 includes shipping and handling.

 

If you're outside the U.S. you should contact editor John Roche at john@... regarding ordering details.

 

Greg

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "hill19652000" <shop@a...> wrote:

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Whitty, Michael" <
> Michael.Whitty@d...>
> wrote:
> > Neil has more covers than me!
> >
> > I have an article somewhere though......
> >
>
>
> Any chance of getting Neil to post a few up, their's not much

more

> that I like,in my twilight years, than gazing on covers of comics
> that
> I've never had the chance to own. :)
> Best Graham.

-- No worries. as soon as I get the time to scan them I will and
upload them to the group.

Neil

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Neil T Foster" <nfoster@h...> wrote:

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Whitty, Michael"

<Michael.Whitty@d...>

> wrote:
> > Neil has more covers than me!
> > I have an article somewhere though......
>
>
> -- The article in question (and it is a very interesting one) is

over in

> the files section of the DG Photos group:
> http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/PotaDiscussionGroupphotos/
>
> (It got moved when we were running out of file space on the main

group)

>
>
> The direct link is:
>

http://f6.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/ABMxQ5LVrViKO1DhJNVOSCQepFgE4UheGZLmHWjs
MSW

> sfeLJT7Axvuq4cuy3LhmS8vrAPLWbseHTHxPUarLg-A/Newton%20Comics%

20Article.pd

> f
>
> Neil

Thanks Neil, just looking at the article now, for some reason I've
always found it interesting how different countries treat reprints,
from the cover choices made to graphic design of the comics
particularly when compared back to their source material.
Best wishes Graham.

Hey All
Just in case you haven't checked the Sideshow site out lately the
Mutant Jailer is Sold Out.
You can now review the Sideshow line on their web site much like you
do a review on Amazon if any one want's to post a review of the Ape
line

I'm assuming then that you are familiar with the french series which
included covers that were ripped off from other sources including Doc
Savage and the German reprints that used the same US covers but that
colorized the comics.

I know that the German series only had reprinted the US comics, and
I've assumed the same for the Aussie line since nobody here has
mentioned otherwise, but does anyone know if the French line had any
new original stories. Considering they lifted the cover from other
sources and simply painted Ape heads on them, perhaps they did the
same for the stories inside (much like the UK did with the "Apeslayer"
stories.)

If that was the case then I'd definitely start looking at acquiring
the French series because I can certainly read them. I got the German
series because the colorized art was enjoyable on it's own. Even with
those, my very limited German knowledge allowed me to understand some
of the text. I wish there was an Italian line as I would really have
enjoyed that.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: hill19652000 <shop@...>
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:53 pm
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Aussie comics (I think this might be for you
Michael )

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil T Foster" <nfoster@h...> wrote:
> > --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Whitty, Michael"
> <Michael.Whitty@d...>
> > wrote:
> > > Neil has more covers than me!
> > > I have an article somewhere though......
> >
> >
> > -- The article in question (and it is a very interesting one) is
> over in
> > the files section of the DG Photos group:
> > http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/PotaDiscussionGroupphotos/
> >
> > (It got moved when we were running out of file space on the main
> group)
> >
> >
> > The direct link is:
> >
> http://f6.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/ABMxQ5LVrViKO1DhJNVOSCQepFgE4UheGZLmHWjs
> MSW
> > sfeLJT7Axvuq4cuy3LhmS8vrAPLWbseHTHxPUarLg-A/Newton%20Comics%
> 20Article.pd
> > f
> >
> > Neil
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks Neil, just looking at the article now, for some reason
> I've
> always found it interesting how different countries treat reprints,
> from the cover choices made to graphic design of the comics
> particularly when compared back to their source material.
> Best wishes Graham.
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------ --------------------
> ~-->
> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your
> home page
> http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/9_IolB/TM
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> -~->
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Dario Sciola <darios@n...> wrote:

> I'm assuming then that you are familiar with the french series

which

> included covers that were ripped off from other sources including

Doc

> Savage and the German reprints that used the same US covers but

that

> colorized the comics.
>
> I know that the German series only had reprinted the US comics,

and

> I've assumed the same for the Aussie line since nobody here has
> mentioned otherwise, but does anyone know if the French line had

any

> new original stories. Considering they lifted the cover from other
> sources and simply painted Ape heads on them, perhaps they did the
> same for the stories inside (much like the UK did with

the "Apeslayer"

> stories.)
>
> If that was the case then I'd definitely start looking at

acquiring

> the French series because I can certainly read them. I got the

German

> series because the colorized art was enjoyable on it's own. Even

with

> those, my very limited German knowledge allowed me to understand

some

> of the text. I wish there was an Italian line as I would really

have

> enjoyed that.
>
> Dario
>

Yeah Dario, I 'm aware of the french comics, I've managed to get a
couple over the years (Issue 3 plus another which as with all these
things I can't quite find at the moment ,though both have'nt got the
funky covers you mention.) It appears they were straight reprints of
the
comics from the US mags,certainly #3 has chapter 3 of the movie and
chapter 3 of Terror,plus a couple of text features on Mexico and
vets in zoos.The quality of the printing is much better than POTA
weekly, which as a kid,even though I loved them, I recognized as
being pretty poor.
Best Graham.

> >
> >

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Dario Sciola <darios@n...> wrote:

> I got the German series because the colorized art was enjoyable on

it's own.

-- Dario, how many issues of the German version were released and do
you have them all? I have seen some of the German coloured pages and
they look great, much, much better than the bad colouring job that
Marvel threw together for the 'Adventures on' reprints!

Neil

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Greg Plonowski <urko3085@s...> wrote:

> Here it is, the fabulous finale of City of Nomads, in issue 49 of

the Marvel UK Planet of the Apes mag. In addition to the titanic 10
pages of comics, the color cover, and the nearly weekly letter column
you get a special one-page sneak peek at theFacinating feature
starting next week: Marvel's amazing adaptation of Escape From the
Planet of the Apes!

-- Thanks Greg.

Neil

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "hill19652000" <shop@a...> wrote:

> I've always found it interesting how different countries treat

reprints, from the cover choices made to graphic design of the comics
particularly when compared back to their source material.

-- Me too and it is always great to see the differences, some of which
are very interesting in their own right.
One example that springs to mind is the differences between the US mag
#7's cover and how it was released overseas.
The cover I am talking about is the one with the gorillas in the
foreground chasing 2 humans on horses towards the Statue of Liberty.
The US cover has the dark blue background and is just sky. On the
Aussie version (and I think the UK version as well?) the covers were
un-edited and have what must be the original background which is a
light blue sky with a big rock behind Liberty and the gun that the
gorilla on the left of the picture is holding up above his head.

Neil

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Neil
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:46 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Aussie comics (I think this might be for you Michael )

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, Dario Sciola <darios@n...> wrote:
>  I got the German series because the colorized art was enjoyable on
it's own.

-- Dario, how many issues of the German version were released and do
you have them all? I have seen some of the German coloured pages and
they look great, much, much better than the bad colouring job that
Marvel threw together for the 'Adventures on' reprints!

Neil

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Neil
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:59 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Aussie comics (I think this might be for you Michael )

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "hill19652000" <shop@a...> wrote:
> I've always found it interesting how different countries treat
reprints, from the cover choices made to graphic design of the comics
particularly when compared back to their source material.

-- Me too and it is always great to see the differences, some of which
are very interesting in their own right.
One example that springs to mind is the differences between the US mag
#7's cover and how it was released overseas.
The cover I am talking about is the one with the gorillas in the
foreground chasing 2 humans on horses towards the Statue of Liberty.
The US cover has the dark blue background and is just sky. On the
Aussie version (and I think the UK version as well?) the covers were
un-edited and have what must be the original background which is a
light blue sky with a big rock behind Liberty and the gun that the
gorilla on the left of the picture is holding up above his head.

Neil

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "luke_the_drifter52" <JLKINSER1970@h...>
wrote:

> Hey All
> Just in case you haven't checked the Sideshow site out lately the
> Mutant Jailer is Sold Out.
> You can now review the Sideshow line on their web site much like you
> do a review on Amazon if any one want's to post a review of the Ape
> line

Your review on Sideshow's site will only post if it is positive. They
allow for a rating of 1-5 but its been fairly obvious that a 3 or less
is not going to be a readable review. On the otherhand, if you want the
line to continue, a barrage of positive reviews for the released
figures could only help those chances.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Neil T Foster" <nfoster@h...> wrote:

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Whitty, Michael"

<Michael.Whitty@d...>

> wrote:
> > Neil has more covers than me!
> > I have an article somewhere though......
>
>
> -- The article in question (and it is a very interesting one)

It certainly was, That Max Newton's the kind of publisher I
recognize :)For some reason they remind me of Charlton comics in the
US the double whammy of comic-books and soft core porn to keep the
printing presses going!! It's interesting to see that they led with
POTA as their focus when they launched,certainly in the UK POTA
weekly was Marvels best seller.I've felt for awhile that the US mag
was more of a loss leader than has been admitted,make a small loss
on the domestic print but recoup it internationally(The relaunch of
the X-Men in '75 has been said to have grown out of the wish to have
a team with diverse members so they could flog it to different
countries.)I've never checked the dates but I wonder whether the
cancellation of the US mag ,killing all those profitable foreign
editions,came about because Marvel US was getting ready to be sold
to Cadence inc and was trimming the fat domestically what they were
willing to keep going at one stage suddenly became a loss making
title that needed to taken of the books?
Best wishes Graham.

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of hill19652000
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:18 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Aussie comics (I think this might be for you Michael )

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil T Foster" <nfoster@h...> wrote:
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Whitty, Michael"
<Michael.Whitty@d...>
> wrote:
> > Neil has more covers than me!
> > I have an article somewhere though......
> 
> 
> -- The article in question (and it is a very interesting one)


It certainly was, That Max Newton's the kind of publisher I
recognize :)For some reason they remind me of Charlton comics in the
US the double whammy of comic-books and soft core porn to keep the
printing presses going!! It's interesting to see that they led with
POTA as their focus when they launched,certainly in the UK POTA
weekly was Marvels best seller.I've felt for awhile that the US mag
was more of a loss leader than has been admitted,make a small loss
on the domestic print but recoup it internationally(The relaunch of
the X-Men in '75 has been said to have grown out of the wish to have
a team with diverse members so they could flog it to different
countries.)I've never checked the dates but I wonder whether the
cancellation of the US mag ,killing all those profitable foreign
editions,came about because Marvel US was getting ready to be sold
to Cadence inc and was trimming the fat domestically what they were
willing to keep going at one stage suddenly became a loss making
title that needed to taken of the books?
Best wishes Graham.

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Neil" <nfoster@h...> wrote:

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "hill19652000" <shop@a...> wrote:
> > I've always found it interesting how different countries treat
> reprints, from the cover choices made to graphic design of the

comics

> particularly when compared back to their source material.
>
> -- Me too and it is always great to see the differences, some of

which

> are very interesting in their own right.
> One example that springs to mind is the differences between the US

mag

> #7's cover and how it was released overseas.
> The cover I am talking about is the one with the gorillas in the
> foreground chasing 2 humans on horses towards the Statue of

Liberty.

> The US cover has the dark blue background and is just sky. On the
> Aussie version (and I think the UK version as well?) the covers

were

> un-edited and have what must be the original background which is a
> light blue sky with a big rock behind Liberty and the gun that the
> gorilla on the left of the picture is holding up above his head.
>
> Neil

Just dug out my copy of POTA weekly #35 with the cover you mention
(I daren't try and find my copy of the US mag #7, my partners just
gone to bed so the last thing she'll want to hear is me throwing
comic boxes about :) ) I wonder whether some of the colour
difference is down to bad printing, In some areas it seems a bit
washed out. Like you say though Neil it could be an earlier version
of the painting.
Best wishes Graham.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "hill19652000" <shop@a...> wrote:

> I wonder whether some of the colour difference is down to bad

printing, In some areas it seems a bit washed out.

-- I don't think so. The US version definitely has a darker blue for
the background only and of course absolutely no rock or gun held above
the gorilla's head. For some reason someone definitely changed the
background and got rid of the rock and gun. Why I have no idea. I
wonder if any of the other covers were changed so drastically?

Neil

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Whitty, Michael" <Michael.Whitty@d...>
wrote:

> May we please have a pictorila demonstration? :)

-- I belive there should be copies of both covers in the Photos
section of the group in the Comic Covers folder.

Neil

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Neil
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:52 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Aussie comics (I think this might be for you Michael )

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Whitty, Michael" <Michael.Whitty@d...>
wrote:
> May we please have a pictorila demonstration?  :)

-- I belive there should be copies of both covers in the Photos
section of the group in the Comic Covers folder.

Neil

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Neil" <nfoster@h...> wrote:

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "hill19652000" <shop@a...> wrote:
> > I wonder whether some of the colour difference is down to bad
> printing, In some areas it seems a bit washed out.
>
> -- I don't think so. The US version definitely has a darker blue

for

> the background only and of course absolutely no rock or gun held

above

> the gorilla's head. For some reason someone definitely changed the
> background and got rid of the rock and gun. Why I have no idea. I
> wonder if any of the other covers were changed so drastically?
>
> Neil

It is a strange one, I've just looked up the date of the US mag
(thanks to comics .org) to see if they were running against a
deadline
in the UK,but the US is cover dated April '75,so that would have been
on sale Feb or March,while the UK is dated June the 21st,I would have
thought that would have given them time to use the US cover? May be
another country used the lighter cover first and Marvel UK followed?
Best Graham.

There were 13 German issues....I got a set from
Terry...All the covers are the sane as US except the
words of course....And the French comics have some
repeat covers but quite a few original paintings which
can be seen on Hunter's site.....

Tim

--- Neil <nfoster@...> wrote:

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, Dario Sciola
> <darios@n...> wrote:
> > I got the German series because the colorized art
> was enjoyable on
> it's own.
>
> -- Dario, how many issues of the German version were
> released and do
> you have them all? I have seen some of the German
> coloured pages and
> they look great, much, much better than the bad
> colouring job that
> Marvel threw together for the 'Adventures on'
> reprints!
>
> Neil
>
>
>

Hello Michael
No word on the comic yet. But since it is coming from out side the
US and has to go through customs I am sure maybe this week it will
be here. I will let you know either way buy the end of the week if
it has arrived yet or not.
Thanks for checking with me on it though
John


In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Whitty" <whitty@c...> wrote:

> Thanks for this.
>
> Hey - you got your comic yet?
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On

Behalf

> Of luke_the_drifter52
> Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2005 5:49 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [PotaDG] Sideshow Mutant Jailer
>
> Hey All
> Just in case you haven't checked the Sideshow site out lately the
> Mutant Jailer is Sold Out.
> You can now review the Sideshow line on their web site much like

you

> do a review on Amazon if any one want's to post a review of the

Ape

> line
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --

So ture, so lets all post 5 stars even if you don't like the Ape
line!!! Even if you haven't bought any or plan on buying any!!
John



In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "ironman1188" <ironman1188@a...> wrote:

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "luke_the_drifter52"

<JLKINSER1970@h...>

> wrote:
> > Hey All
> > Just in case you haven't checked the Sideshow site out lately

the

> > Mutant Jailer is Sold Out.
> > You can now review the Sideshow line on their web site much like

you

> > do a review on Amazon if any one want's to post a review of the

Ape

> > line
>
> Your review on Sideshow's site will only post if it is positive.

They

> allow for a rating of 1-5 but its been fairly obvious that a 3 or

less

> is not going to be a readable review. On the otherhand, if you

want the

> line to continue, a barrage of positive reviews for the released
> figures could only help those chances.

As Tim already pointed out, there were 13 of them and yes I have them
all.

I too got them off of Terry Hoknes last year. He ran a bunch of Ebay
auctions clearing out lots of his overstock POTA collection. I know
that at the time, he still had extra copies, so if anyone is
interested they should contact him and he may still have some.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil <nfoster@...>
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 5:45 pm
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Aussie comics (I think this might be for you
Michael )

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, Dario Sciola <darios@n...> wrote:
> > I got the German series because the colorized art was enjoyable
> on
> it's own.
>
> -- Dario, how many issues of the German version were released and
> do
> you have them all? I have seen some of the German coloured pages
> and
> they look great, much, much better than the bad colouring job that
> Marvel threw together for the 'Adventures on' reprints!
>
> Neil
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------ --------------------
> ~-->
> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your
> home page
> http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/9_IolB/TM
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Dario Sciola <darios@n...> wrote:

> As Tim already pointed out, there were 13 of them and yes I have

them

> all.
>
> I too got them off of Terry Hoknes last year. He ran a bunch of

Ebay

> auctions clearing out lots of his overstock POTA collection. I know
> that at the time, he still had extra copies, so if anyone is
> interested they should contact him and he may still have some.
>
> Dario
>

What's the colouring like Dario,is it similar to old US four
colour
printing or is it more of a painterly look?
(I did notice, over on the archive site,that Neil had posted up a
couple of pages but for some reason it keeps saying that the file is
actually empty)
Best wishes Graham.

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Dario Sciola <darios@n...> wrote:

> As Tim already pointed out, there were 13 of them and yes I have

them all.

-- So are they all the strips in colour or is it just the movie
adaptations?

Neil

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I know that at the time, he still had extra copies, so if anyone is
interested they should contact him and he may still have some.

He never sent me the batch he owes me!

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In a message dated 9/22/2005 11:22:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, PotaDG@yahoogroups.com writes:

Tim Parati's Birthday!!

 

Who?

 

 

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In a message dated 9/23/2005 1:53:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time, whitty@... writes:

POTADG member, POTA collector.

He's done some movies, eh?

 

 

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In a message dated 9/23/2005 2:49:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time, whitty@... writes:

No

 

Must be some other guy with his name.

 

Tim Parati

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Thanks Neil.

Graham: Not sure what you mean by "painterly look" but I'm hoping that
you can see them for yourself with Neil's uploads. I wouldn't know how
to categorize them myself. I don't think they are '4 color printing'
as they seem to have enough variance to go beyond any simple 4 color
blend could create, but then I'm no expert. It's not quite
as 'painted' as I've seen in other comics either. All I know is I
like it. :)

I don't have them with me here and cannot remember if the entire mag
was colored. I'll have to check when I get back home and get back to
you on that.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil T Foster <nfoster@...>
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:53 pm
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Aussie comics (I think this might be for you
Michael )

> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "hill19652000" <shop@a...> wrote:
> > What's the colouring like Dario,is it similar to old US four colour
> printing or is it more of a painterly look?
> (I did notice, over on the archive site,that Neil had posted up a
> coupleof pages but for some reason it keeps saying that the file
> is actually
> empty)
>
> -- There are three examples of coloured pages in the files section of
> the DG Photo group (not sure what happened to the original ones I
> uploaded so I've re-uploaded them):
> http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/PotaDiscussionGroupphotos/
>
> In the 'German comic reprint pages' folder:
>
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/PotaDiscussionGroupphotos/files/Ge
r
> man%20comic%20reprint%20pages/
>
> I found these on the web a few years ago now but as you can see the
> colouring is much superior to the Marvel attempts in Adventures on
the
> POTA.
>
> Neil
>
>

I started dealing with Terry even before I came across him here in the
DG and before I stumbled upon some of his auctions. Yes he can be
slow at times, and needs gentle reminding now and then, but he's
always come through after a period of time, usually a month or so for
me anyway. I first bought some items off him when I came across his
old POTA fan club website. He seems to jump in and out of Ape fandom
and I think in the interim periods he's with a music band or
something. I suspect that when he disappears, he's may be on the road.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Whitty <whitty@...>
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:53 pm
Subject: [PotaDG] Comics

> Yeah - he can be slow!
>
> Neil and I have waited for a year to get our copies of Ape Chronicles
> that we provided an article for.
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf
> Of mlccougar@...
> Sent: Friday, 23 September 2005 11:39 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Re: Aussie comics (I think this might be for
you
> Michael )
>
> In a message dated 9/22/2005 7:43:02 AM Central Standard Time,
> darios@... writes:
>
>
>
> I know that at the time, he still had extra copies, so if anyone
> is
> interested they should contact him and he may still have some.
>
>
> He never sent me the batch he owes me!
>

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , "Neil T Foster" <nfoster@h...> wrote:

> I have just uploaded scans of all the Australian Newton POTA comics
> covers to the files section of the DG Photos group:
> http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/PotaDiscussionGroupphotos/
>
> They are all in the folder named-
>

<http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/PotaDiscussionGroupphotos/files
/Ne

> wton%20Comics%20%28Australia%29%20/> Newton Comics (Australia)
>
> I also uploaded a couple of later reprint covers (Yaffa publishing
> group) of #1 as well to the same folder.
>
> Neil

Thanks for this Neil (also the German pages)as always you're a
gent.The covers look great, everything old is new again:)
Best Graham.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com , Dario Sciola <darios@n...> wrote:

> Thanks Neil.
>
> Graham: Not sure what you mean by "painterly look" but I'm hoping

that

> you can see them for yourself with Neil's uploads. I wouldn't know

how

> to categorize them myself. I don't think they are '4 color

printing'

> as they seem to have enough variance to go beyond any simple 4

color

> blend could create, but then I'm no expert. It's not quite
> as 'painted' as I've seen in other comics either. All I know is I
> like it. :)

Dario


Thanks Dario,just looked at Neil's uploads this was pretty much as I
imagined not quite as "painterly" as other stuff but not 4 colour
printing. They do look nice, it does make me curious,as Neil also
mentioned,about the non movie strips.
Best wishes Graham.

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Here's a joke Mike will like . . .

 

  Texas Vs. Australia

A Texan farmer goes to Australia on vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets to talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh, we have wheat fields that are at least twice that size."
 

They walk around the ranch a little, and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately replies, "We have longhorns that are at least twice that size."
 

The conversation has died down when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks the Aussie, "What are those?"
 

The Aussie replies with an incredulous look, "Don't you have grasshoppers in Texas?"

 

 

 

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Neil and I have waited for a year to get our copies of Ape Chronicles that we provided an article for.

Michael



I wouldn't deal with that dude anymore.  It's not that he's a bad dude, just not really dedicated to what he'd like to have going.  Beware this beast, Man!

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In a message dated 9/23/2005 6:25:27 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Haristas@... writes:

I wouldn't deal with that dude anymore.  It's not that he's a bad dude, just not really dedicated to what he'd like to have going.  Beware this beast, Man!

 

I think he just has too much else going on to run it as a serious business.

Terry has always come through for me, eventually.  And when he's been

delayed he's thrown in extras to make up for it.  But he probably can't

make the kind of living he's like of either it, or the band, separately.

If he could, he'd probably hire some help to mind the store when

he's out on the road touring.  And it's not like any of us can

volunteer to help out, since his inventory is so vast.  It's

not like he can drop ship from a corporate warehouse.

  

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Time for my occasional post... If I'd known there
was talk about Apes comics across the world, I'd
have chimed in sooner. I am interested in the
various printings of the comics too (classic Apes,
not the POTA2001 rubbish), and here's what the
ones I know about:

AUSTRALIA: Don't know much about these, but we
obviously have other experts in the group when it
comes to these ones anyway, so I bow to their
knowledge!

ARGENTINA: Well, we know all about these ones,
don't we. The most interesting of the foreign Apes
comics and yet the hardest to find, and also
completely unofficial.

UK: Marvel weekly (in various guises) reprinted
all US material with lots of new covers (plain old
pencil and ink ones, nothing quite matching the
painted covers by the likes of Larkin for the US
mag) and the UNCUT versions of the movie
adaptations (unlike the US magazines which saw
some strips shorn of several panels for reasons of
space). Also the three annuals by Brown Watson
which feature all new strips based on the TV
series.

USA: Beneath adaptation by Gold Key, Marvel #1-29,
Marvel's Adventures #1-11 (colourised reprints
with new covers), Power Records movie adaptations,
Adventure Comics 1-24 (plus a whole bunch of
miniseries and oneshots, and various reprints of
Marvel material) and soon to be joined by MR
Comics.

FRANCE: 19 issues. Also featured Doc Savage in
some issues, and on some covers. There were a few
original covers (at least two of which were
paintings based on panels of the actual strips) -
the two Escape covers are my favourites. I loaned
these to Dave B who cleaned them up and sent them
on to Hunter, so you can now admire these on
Hunter's site. I don't have all the issues, but I
do own all the ones with new covers. The French
comics were also collected together in bound
volumes (a few issues per volume). The unusual
thing was that it was as if the issues had
literally been bound together - right down to the
fact that each issue was separated by glossy,
coloured covers on thicker stock than the other
interior pages. All issues magazine sized.

GERMANY: 13 issues. All reprints and no new
covers, but the movie adaptations were colourised.
Unlike other colourisation attempts, these did not
use the 4-colour approach but rather the far more
professional full-process colour that makes these
the best coloured of all the colourised Apes
strips. Unfortunately it's only been done for the
movie adaptations - the Ploog strips remain black
and white. Magazine sized.

SWEDEN: As far as I know, only reprints. I have
little information about this series - I don't
know how many issues it ran or if the reprints
were colorised or anything like that, and I've
only seen the cover of one issue (and it was a
reprinted Marvel cover, albeit presented with a
thick black border that I thought made it look
pretty cool). It's called "Apornas Planet".

MEXICO: Traditional comic book size. Reprints of
Marvel material. Some covers are reprints from the
Marvel mag, some are not. The ones that are not
are not necessarily new - I have one issue for
example that has a cover which I believe was
reprinted from somewhere else, but it's not a
Marvel US cover. I think it was reprinted either
from a Marvel UK cover or else a panel of an
actual strip. I think it might also have been
touched up a bit (recoloured maybe) but I can't
recall. The strips inside contain movie
adaptations and the all-new Marvel material, both
of which have been colourised for this comic. It's
the plain old 4-colour printing though, and thus
features things like blue hair, purple faces, etc.
The quality of the colouring is on a par with the
early strips from the UK annuals, but as far as I
know this is the only series to present Ploog's
art in a colourised format.

SPAIN: Reprints, plain and simple. Interior and
exterior are copies of Marvel magazine's material.
Don't know how many issues it lasted. No
colourisation. I've heard that some covers were
actually other artists copying the Marvel covers,
but I've not seen any like that, certainly not on
the ones I've seen. I did see one cover however
that was a re-edited version of a Marvel cover
(took a picture of a gorilla and wiped out the
rest of the background).

ITALY: I don't know of any ongoing series, but
there was one collection in a series of
movie-based comics. It reprinted the first movie
adaptation together with the "Evolution's
Nightmare" strip. Again it was plain old black and
white, and the cover was a slightly altered
(mainly just re-coloured) copy of a cover from one
of Marvel's reprint series.

The above information is obviously far from
definitive, but it's all I've uncovered to date.

Alan