Pleasure seldom comes packaged with this much guilt. There was but one stipulation: other than Superman II – produced long before the superhero fad became Hollywood’s main source of revenue – the works of Marvel and DC were strictly verboten.ġ0.) Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars (Ford Beebe and Robert F. The following list is made up of films either based on comic books/strips or about the artists who create them. But instead of railing against the annual celebration of everything that’s wrong with contemporary cinema, I will instead offer up ten hangover cures for the common Con. How about parking a pair of caterpillars over my eyebrows, walking on my knees, and pretending I’m Scorsese? Frankly, I’d rather watch one of their movies than take in the Con. I mean, I could complement a tuxedo with a pair of white socks, dump the contents of an oil tankard in my hair, and go as Jerry Lewis. Nor do I understand the thrill of dressing as your favorite character. Who’s up for a movie?Įverything I hold dear about movies has no place at Comic-Con. The banners are down, the fanboys back in their parents’ basements, and the Gaslamp Quarter no longer resembles a giant roll of flypaper used by corporations to ensnare the costumed souls fortunate to acquire the costly golden ticket needed to make it through the metal detector.

Artists and Models: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star in Frank Tashlin's madcap sendup of comic books.

Ghost world comic strips