Depending on the medium, it can be hard to convey that some characters are tough guys, etc, with some media making that harder than others. Possibly the lowest point for such an attempt was when the tough guys were wearing PINK UNIFORMS. Which tough guys wore them, and what the heck happened? (WHY were they wearing pink uniforms?)
Depending on the medium, it can be hard to convey that some characters are tough guys, etc, with some media making that harder than others. Possibly the lowest point for such an attempt was when the tough guys were wearing PINK UNIFORMS. This was especially confusing, because we'd seen them a number of times before, and their uniforms were a LOT more butch than that, then, suddenly, they were pink. (When we saw them later, the pink uniforms were neither seen again nor mentioned, although there were other changes...)
Which tough guys wore them, and what the heck happened? (WHY were they wearing pink uniforms?)
Depending on the medium, it can be hard to convey that some characters are tough guys, etc, with some media making that harder than others. Possibly the lowest point for such an attempt was when the tough guys were wearing PINK UNIFORMS. This was especially confusing, because we'd seen them a number of times before (in one medium), and their uniforms were a LOT more butch than that, then, suddenly, they were pink. This correlates with seeing them in a different medium- and in this case, correlation was related to causation. (When we saw them later, in yet ANOTHER medium, the pink uniforms were neither seen again nor mentioned, although there were other changes...)
Which tough guys wore them, and what the heck happened? (WHY were they wearing pink uniforms?)
If you figure out the orders of the media, you'll probably have the answer already. But how many bad guys CAN be seen in three different media? (Technically, I've seen them in at least a fourth, but that's not really relevant to the question.) Obviously, the setting is pretty famous and popular.
I'm guessing that the media are comic books, TV, and film (not necessarily in that order); but I still can't think of anyone in pink uniforms.
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Comic books are not relevant to the question. Live-action film and live-action TV are two of the media. You might think about what that leaves as the one with the pink uniforms. Once you have the correct medium, I think you'll remember the answer.
They might have been wearing pink in a black-and-white film; it would have looked grey (maybe prison uniforms?). In the black-and-white Adventures of Superman, Reeves's costume was brown and grey. In Night of the Living Dead, chocolate syrup was used to replicate blood.
They might have been wearing pink in a black-and-white film; it would have looked grey (maybe prison uniforms?). In the black-and-white Adventures of Superman, Reeves's costume was brown and grey. In Night of the Living Dead, chocolate syrup was used to replicate blood.
That would have been either live-action film or live-action TV. I already said those were 2 media, but neither was the one where the pink was used. (Nor were comic books, although they also appeared there. Audio recordings, obviously, would not have color.) What does that leave for the colored medium?
That's the medium. Who were the bad guys whose outfits were in live-action film and live-action TV and looked tough, but changed to pink in cartoons? And why?
So, it was something with live-action TV, live-action movies, cartoons, AND comic books. How many franchises can that cover? I'll add it wasn't primarily known as comic books, so that eliminates all the things from comics, like all traditional DC and all traditional Marvel, etc. I will even add that it's probably the only franchise that has had comic books that were DC AND Marvel AND otherS. There were also novels.
Might be Star Trek (There have been DC, Marvel, IDW, and Dell comics.) The bad guys would be either Klingons or Romulans. Maybe Romulans to keep them from being confused with Vulcans. The Star Trek cartoon was rather low-budget.
Might be Star Trek (There have been DC, Marvel, IDW, and Dell comics.) The bad guys would be either Klingons or Romulans. Maybe Romulans to keep them from being confused with Vulcans. The Star Trek cartoon was rather low-budget.
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And Image Comics. Romulans are not depicted, generally, as "tough guys". The Star Trek cartoon WAS rather low-budget. They didn't hire someone to double-check color separations- one of the animators was color-blind for that portion of the spectrum, and couldn't tell the cartoon Klingon uniforms were PINK.
I remember watching the ST cartoon when it first came out, but I don't think I've seen it since, so I don't remember what color Klingon uniforms were. Color-blind. I love it!
I'm not sure of all your ages, but I think you're all old enough to answer this, I suppose the question would rather be if you're enough of an old DC Comics fan.
I find the art in today's comics good but indistinguishable, one artist from the next. When I was a kid, I could recognize most artists' work. Name the main character (or group) drawn by each of these artists. Four needed to win. A couple of them might be known for more than one character, I will accept any.
I was thinking only DC. I didn't read nearly enough Marvel back in the day. Here's a hint: with one exception, they all had to do with the Justice League.
I'm not sure of all your ages, but I think you're all old enough to answer this, I suppose the question would rather be if you're enough of an old DC Comics fan.
I find the art in today's comics good but indistinguishable, one artist from the next. When I was a kid, I could recognize most artists' work. Name the main character (or group) drawn by each of these artists. Four needed to win. A couple of them might be known for more than one character, I will accept any.
Carmine Infantino
Curt Swan
Joe Kubert
Gil Kane
Mike Sekowsky
Nick Cardy
Ramona Fradon
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I'm thinking, if I have to go all DC, then
Carmine Infantino for "the Flash", Curt Swan for "Superman/Action Comics",
Joe Kubert for "the Batman", "Gil Kane" for "Green Lantern."
(I was thinking Gil Kane for Marvel's "Conan the Barbarian."
I recognize a few more artists, but they're not mentioned here.
I'll give it to you for Aparo (He also did Aquaman, the Teen Titans, and the Spectre.)
Ross Andru was probably best remembered for his work on Wonder Woman in the 60's and early 70's.
Joe Kubert did Hawkman and Sgt. Rock.
Ramona Fradon did Aquaman. She just died recently. Maybe the last of the "old guard."
Nick Cardy did the Teen Titans.
Mike Sekowsky was the Justice League artist from the late 50's to the early 70's. He also had a run on Green Lantern and was the artist on the horrendous "karate chick" Wonder Woman of the mid 70's.
*checks* Joe Kubert's superhero work was mostly before I was born. Ross Andru DID do "World's Finest", but, technically, that didn't address the question.
When I think of the Teen Titans, I usually think of the "New Teen Titans", the 80s, popular version done by Marv Wolfman and George Perez (often with Romeo Tangal.) The previous version had a more limited distribution, and was hard to find on newsstands.
I should have said BOTH Ross Andru and Curt Swan for Superman/Action, which WAS correct, but I second-guessed myself based on the form of the question.
I can't blame Mark Sekowsky for the bad stories, he wasn't writing them. DC tried to be hip and current, and mixed Mrs Peel/Diana Rigg with the "mod" movement for a socially-relevant superhero who was up with the latest fashions and issues. The problem there, IMHO, wasn't that they did that, but that they didn't introduce a new character to do that. The outcry wasn't so much about what I mentioned, but that they had to de-power Wonder Woman to do that. Among some women activists, it was seen as if they'd de-powered Superman. (I mean, for an extended period, they had actually done that BRIEFLY before. Interestingly enough, I-Ching was involved BOTH times, when Superman AND when WW were de-powered; he trained WW and he tried to use some mystic healing to return Superman's powers. He also went down like a punk- shocking considering all his other appearances and his black-belt status.)
It's kind of funny. Probably because I was a big JLA fan, I liked Sekowsky's work. It's funny how much impact an inker can have. With Bernard Sachs or Sid Greene, it was rather pleasant. When George Roussos started inking Sekowski, it was AWFUL. There were two or three JLA issues like that before Dick Dillin took over the penciling. I can't remember who did the inking on Sekowsky's GL and WW runs.
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Depending on the medium, it can be hard to convey that some characters are tough guys, etc, with some media making that harder than others. Possibly the lowest point for such an attempt was when the tough guys were wearing PINK UNIFORMS. Which tough guys wore them, and what the heck happened? (WHY were they wearing pink uniforms?)
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Depending on the medium, it can be hard to convey that some characters are tough guys, etc, with some media making that harder than others. Possibly the lowest point for such an attempt was when the tough guys were wearing PINK UNIFORMS. This was especially confusing, because we'd seen them a number of times before, and their uniforms were a LOT more butch than that, then, suddenly, they were pink. (When we saw them later, the pink uniforms were neither seen again nor mentioned, although there were other changes...)
Which tough guys wore them, and what the heck happened? (WHY were they wearing pink uniforms?)
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Depending on the medium, it can be hard to convey that some characters are tough guys, etc, with some media making that harder than others. Possibly the lowest point for such an attempt was when the tough guys were wearing PINK UNIFORMS. This was especially confusing, because we'd seen them a number of times before (in one medium), and their uniforms were a LOT more butch than that, then, suddenly, they were pink. This correlates with seeing them in a different medium- and in this case, correlation was related to causation. (When we saw them later, in yet ANOTHER medium, the pink uniforms were neither seen again nor mentioned, although there were other changes...)
Which tough guys wore them, and what the heck happened? (WHY were they wearing pink uniforms?)
If you figure out the orders of the media, you'll probably have the answer already. But how many bad guys CAN be seen in three different media? (Technically, I've seen them in at least a fourth, but that's not really relevant to the question.) Obviously, the setting is pretty famous and popular.
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I'm guessing that the media are comic books, TV, and film (not necessarily in that order); but I still can't think of anyone in pink uniforms.
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Comic books are not relevant to the question. Live-action film and live-action TV are two of the media. You might think about what that leaves as the one with the pink uniforms. Once you have the correct medium, I think you'll remember the answer.
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They might have been wearing pink in a black-and-white film; it would have looked grey (maybe prison uniforms?). In the black-and-white Adventures of Superman, Reeves's costume was brown and grey. In Night of the Living Dead, chocolate syrup was used to replicate blood.
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That would have been either live-action film or live-action TV. I already said those were 2 media, but neither was the one where the pink was used. (Nor were comic books, although they also appeared there. Audio recordings, obviously, would not have color.) What does that leave for the colored medium?
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Cartoons?
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That's the medium. Who were the bad guys whose outfits were in live-action film and live-action TV and looked tough, but changed to pink in cartoons? And why?
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So, it was something with live-action TV, live-action movies, cartoons, AND comic books. How many franchises can that cover? I'll add it wasn't primarily known as comic books, so that eliminates all the things from comics, like all traditional DC and all traditional Marvel, etc. I will even add that it's probably the only franchise that has had comic books that were DC AND Marvel AND otherS. There were also novels.
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Might be Star Trek (There have been DC, Marvel, IDW, and Dell comics.) The bad guys would be either Klingons or Romulans. Maybe Romulans to keep them from being confused with Vulcans. The Star Trek cartoon was rather low-budget.
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And Image Comics. Romulans are not depicted, generally, as "tough guys". The Star Trek cartoon WAS rather low-budget. They didn't hire someone to double-check color separations- one of the animators was color-blind for that portion of the spectrum, and couldn't tell the cartoon Klingon uniforms were PINK.
So, your turn. Go.
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I remember watching the ST cartoon when it first came out, but I don't think I've seen it since, so I don't remember what color Klingon uniforms were. Color-blind. I love it!
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I'm not sure of all your ages, but I think you're all old enough to answer this, I suppose the question would rather be if you're enough of an old DC Comics fan.
I find the art in today's comics good but indistinguishable, one artist from the next. When I was a kid, I could recognize most artists' work. Name the main character (or group) drawn by each of these artists. Four needed to win. A couple of them might be known for more than one character, I will accept any.
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I can name 3 DC and one Marvel. (The first 4.) It's unclear if you're only accepting DC answers.
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I was thinking only DC. I didn't read nearly enough Marvel back in the day. Here's a hint: with one exception, they all had to do with the Justice League.
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I'm thinking, if I have to go all DC, then
Carmine Infantino for "the Flash", Curt Swan for "Superman/Action Comics",
Joe Kubert for "the Batman", "Gil Kane" for "Green Lantern."
(I was thinking Gil Kane for Marvel's "Conan the Barbarian."
I recognize a few more artists, but they're not mentioned here.
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I don't think Kubert ever did Batman. He did do a different Justice Leaguer and a major character in a different genre.
Correct on Infantino, Swan, and Kane. (I would have accepted The Atom for Kane, as well.)
I'll add a couple more artists. You still need one more to win.
Ross Andru
Jim Aparo
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Definitely Jim Aparo as the quintessential Batman artist for old-school Batman.
IIRC, Ross Andru did "World's Finest", (Superman/Batman), but I'm not sure.
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I'll give it to you for Aparo (He also did Aquaman, the Teen Titans, and the Spectre.)
Ross Andru was probably best remembered for his work on Wonder Woman in the 60's and early 70's.
Joe Kubert did Hawkman and Sgt. Rock.
Ramona Fradon did Aquaman. She just died recently. Maybe the last of the "old guard."
Nick Cardy did the Teen Titans.
Mike Sekowsky was the Justice League artist from the late 50's to the early 70's. He also had a run on Green Lantern and was the artist on the horrendous "karate chick" Wonder Woman of the mid 70's.
You're up!
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*checks* Joe Kubert's superhero work was mostly before I was born. Ross Andru DID do "World's Finest", but, technically, that didn't address the question.
When I think of the Teen Titans, I usually think of the "New Teen Titans", the 80s, popular version done by Marv Wolfman and George Perez (often with Romeo Tangal.) The previous version had a more limited distribution, and was hard to find on newsstands.
I should have said BOTH Ross Andru and Curt Swan for Superman/Action, which WAS correct, but I second-guessed myself based on the form of the question.
I can't blame Mark Sekowsky for the bad stories, he wasn't writing them. DC tried to be hip and current, and mixed Mrs Peel/Diana Rigg with the "mod" movement for a socially-relevant superhero who was up with the latest fashions and issues. The problem there, IMHO, wasn't that they did that, but that they didn't introduce a new character to do that. The outcry wasn't so much about what I mentioned, but that they had to de-power Wonder Woman to do that. Among some women activists, it was seen as if they'd de-powered Superman. (I mean, for an extended period, they had actually done that BRIEFLY before. Interestingly enough, I-Ching was involved BOTH times, when Superman AND when WW were de-powered; he trained WW and he tried to use some mystic healing to return Superman's powers. He also went down like a punk- shocking considering all his other appearances and his black-belt status.)
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It's kind of funny. Probably because I was a big JLA fan, I liked Sekowsky's work. It's funny how much impact an inker can have. With Bernard Sachs or Sid Greene, it was rather pleasant. When George Roussos started inking Sekowski, it was AWFUL. There were two or three JLA issues like that before Dick Dillin took over the penciling. I can't remember who did the inking on Sekowsky's GL and WW runs.
But I digress. WW is up.
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