Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube Channel)

[captainswift]

Seems like this is a place to shamelessly self-promote, so I'm shamelessly self-promoting.

The Public Domain Comic Book Network seeks to audio-dramatize public domain comic stories from the Golden Age of Comics. From the superheroic Mad Hatter and Yellowjacket, to the over-the-top cowboy antics of the Cross-Draw Kid; from military goldbricks The Two Yardbirds to Archie knock-off Andy, we explore the lesser lights of comics' early days.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfv...f_id=0&sort=dd

[D.KnightSpider]

Bookmarked with extreme prejudice.

I'm intrigued by this; I'll pass along more thoughts after I investigate.

[captainswift]

Look forward to hearing what you have to say. Unless you hate it, then I will cry.

[captainswift]

Unfortunately named children Bubbles and Yanks foil international espionage by choosing the right brand of Bubble Gum.

Adapting an advertisement from Fawcett's Funny Animals #55.

https://youtu.be/rLvnT1yX74k

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One of the great superhero partnerships of all time, in their one and only adventure:

https://youtu.be/BB4-s1_awIw

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The greatest of all candy-themed superheroes faces his most heinous challenge: coaching youth-league football!
(ad from Fawcett's Funny Animals #55)

https://youtu.be/vCVFMUq0GHw

[captainswift]

Fun with Promotional Comics!

The U.S. Rubber Company presents: Bike Comics! Learn all about bicycle safety with Knucklehead Blooper.

https://youtu.be/WTZVNOJURKs

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From Choice Comics #1 (1941). A tale of a man and his kangaroo as they experience friendship, trust, and enemy saboteurs of unspecified national origin.

https://youtu.be/WlQWACEKYTQ

[captainswift]

In my new monthly series, Golden Age Influences, I look at the trends and tropes in comic history leading up to current TV and movies.

First up, Iron Fist and the history of comic book martial arts.

https://youtu.be/X_QKadktjhA

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Ace Comics's greatest cowboy hero trots onto the scene in a tale of heroically clearing another man's name, heroically threatening an innocent woman with a branding iron, and heroically throwing a box of bullets into a pot-bellied stove. Hero!

https://youtu.be/IHLUc-k8FFo

[captainswift]

A cola ad from the 1940s, starring that classic pop-hawking comedy duo, Pepsi and Pete, the Cola Cops.

https://youtu.be/WixbuAjdfmk

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Yellowjacket is forced to solve the unsolvable crime; one he, himself, created. So you'd think that'd be a cinch, right?

https://youtu.be/VmAlCdRJQ20

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YouTuber and former Geek & Sundry Vlogger Dael Kingsmill guest stars as Diana the Huntress, goddess of the hunt sent to Earth during World War 2 to do fetch quests for the allies. Story adapted from Yellowjacket Comics #1.

https://youtu.be/O6p1-OPWDyY

[captainswift]

Golden Age Influences: Riverdale and the Golden Age of Teen Humor Comics

As a fella who's just a bit obsessed with Archie knockoffs, I grabbed quickly onto an excuse to do a video retrospective of the genre:

https://youtu.be/V9XGaL_BPXU

[captainswift]

From Mad Hatter #2 comes this tale of an ancient lost city of gold, and two mobsters who plan to steal it.

https://youtu.be/lQYH1_8Lp74

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From Scream Comics #16 comes a tale of life, love and football, starring Andy (in his first appearance), an Archie clone that lacks the finesse and competence of Archie himself. Poor guy.

https://youtu.be/JFKy13XYnRQ

[Nerd-o-rama]

Dammit Pat you're not supposed to subscribe to me I haven't uploaded any content since before Google bought Youtube. And it was crap then.

[captainswift]

Dammit Pat you're not supposed to subscribe to me I haven't uploaded any content since before Google bought Youtube. And it was crap then.

I shall subscribe to whomever I choose.

[captainswift]

With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 out in theaters, I thought I'd take the opportunity to look at the classic spaceman archetype and the various tropes of comic book space opera.

https://youtu.be/6TmO_Dn-tMc

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The Cola Cops return in a fire emergency of pachydermic proportions.

https://youtu.be/X9ABh31zoPM

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[captainswift]

From Wonder Comics #1 comes Fox Comics's premier superhero that never was:

https://youtu.be/ZLnTtupkTcc

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From the promotional comic "RD-119: the Miracle in Your Gas Tank" comes this exciting tale of rust and carburetors:

https://youtu.be/fbcqeji9hEA

[captainswift]

With Wonder Woman out in theaters, I've decided to take a peek at some of the superhero ladies of the Golden Age:

https://youtu.be/k0wk_jCqHKM

[captainswift]

Like heroes who leave lots of incidental damage in their wake? Use dynamite to stop a gas fire? Wait until intermission to deal with a raging inferno they knew about before the play even started?

Here's Dynamite Thor, from Weird Comics #6.

https://youtu.be/jALLwpVM2lU

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From Western Adventures #3, a tale of the Golden Age's greatest cowboy heroes (top 25 at least), the Cross-Draw Kid! As he fights colorful villains, ruthless loan barons, and one abysmal ventriloquist act.

https://youtu.be/1J_lxOzXomA

[captainswift]

From Daredevil Comics #2, here's Pat Patriot, the greatest flag-wearing superhero not named Captain Something-or-Other.

https://youtu.be/jlF_0zUCcKc

[captainswift]

From Ziff-Davis's G.I. Joe #3:
When two lackluster privates crash a swank officers club, how much trouble could they really get into?

https://youtu.be/URma0ndB6Zg

[captainswift]

Golden Age Influences- Spider-Man and the Golden Age of Teen Heroes

A look back at the teen heroes who came before Spider-Man, and how the amazing webhead changed the game.

https://youtu.be/z6ya3v6VgJc

[D.KnightSpider]

Mmmm'kay... so I checked out a few of these and, well, I have a few comments...

This doesn't feel like an audio dramatization so much as a few people reading a comic book out loud. There's nothing inherently wrong with that-- and I'm probably biased because I used to work in the world of audio broadcasting-- but it doesn't really feel like you're taking full advantage of the medium. If you try to listen to the audio with your eyes closed, then there are times that the story doesn't flow or make full sense, because you're relying upon the visual media of the comic panels to explain what's happening. That's not really the way it works with an audio production.

Take the Pat Patriot drama and listen to the capture of the foreman without looking at the book. You can get a sense of what's happening, but most of it is lost.

If I could make a suggestion, it would be to try and be a little more liberal with your source material and not to be afraid to add extra narration or dialogue to qualify what is happening. Listening to some golden age radio might help as well. The old Superman radio shows are archived on Youtube and the Richard Diamond shows are pretty good at blending narration and dialogue.