Another Swan Song Bun Toon. Not So Yay!

This keeps happening. I think this whole “mortality” thing is just awful.

No preamble.  The Bun Toon says it all.

Okay, I did end up with Ringo’s signature, but it was at the insistence of a friend, not me.

Ty the Guy OUT!

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The signatures…

Rather than just looking at the artwork, let’s consider the man we lost this week at 89  years old….

That’s Murphy Anderson, looking dapper in the ever-present suit.

My middle name is “Murphy” by the way, so I had an EXTRA fondness for the only other person I’ve ever met who shares that moniker.

I really do think that these two comic books have more influence on me than any two comics ever published…

This was the first time I saw the “new” Superman of the 70s…Clark and Lois worked for a TV station, and Lois was starting to dress in modern clothes (Jimmy, not so much.)  The story (by Denny O’Neil) seemed more “grown-up” than the previous Superman stories I read.  This seemed like it was “mine”, and not the old fashioned stuff my older brothers used to read.

I still have my copies of these two issues, though they have long ago lost their covers (and I purchased nice new copies at a convention).  This one also introduced me to my life-long fondness of Nick Cardy (quite a cover, no?)…as it had a Teen Titans reprint found within.

These two comics started me down my path of obsessive collecting, which led to me learning to draw them (like Curt and Murphy if I could), which led me to working in the biz…

…Which led to me eventually taking Murphy’s job after he retired.

Yup.  I became Curt Swan’s inker about two years after I met them.  Did it for a while, and it was like nothing I can describe to wake up every morning working your dream job.

Curt Swan and I even co-created ARM FALL OFF BOY, the greatest comic character of all time.

But enough about me.
Let’s finish off looking at some Swanderson artwork in their prime…from Action Comics #410.  One of those first issues I ever bought, back when I was nine years old….

Damn.  Look how good that stuff still is!  Every drop of ink is in the right place.

Thanks for the fantastic ride, Curt and Murphy.  You were both unimaginable treasures of my youth, and you are both unimaginably missed.

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Back to the Future Bun Toons! YAY!

Time machines…the ONLY way to deal with deadlines.

There’s Christmas, Halloween, Birthdays and Anniversaries…holidays that come but once a year.

But THIS week, we’re passing through one those holidays that comes but once in history.

Or twice, if you have a time machine.

I’m the only guy who likes Ghostbusters 2, and Indiana Jones 4, so I can be bought.  But BTTF II still annoys me.

And yes, I know we wouldn’t have heard about hoverboards if no one released Back to the Future II, but parallel worlds are tricky things.  Best not to question them.

Ty the Guy OUT!

If I could go back in time to the early nineties, I would not buy this comic.

Even with a Gil Kane cover!

Speaking of Time Machines and second chances…

Coming Soon: Another kick at the can.

By the way…the Time Variance Authority is an actual thing…or at least an actual fiction thing.  From FF comics of the 90s, I think Walt Simonson came up with ’em.  They don’t dress as well as Agent X-29-J, though…

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Have Bun, Will Travel. YAY!

Happiness is a warm bun.

They’re never going to pass any useful laws in the states.  There’s only one solution left…

It worked with drunk drivers and it worked with smokers.  I propose a campaign of shame.  Let all the gun owners know that WE know they all have small penises.  Let all gun owners know that WE know they’re all cowards.  Let gun owners know that they’re not fit to be with decent people.

Eventually, there might be a few less guns, and a few less dead students.

Ty the Guy OUT!

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It’s not like guns have been glorified and romanticized by our fiction…

But we should never forget, a gun killed Batman’s parents…

…and a gun killed Archie Andrews.

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For last week’s Bun Toon, which offered MORE solutions to the world’s problems, click here.

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Money Money Money Money! YAY! BUN TOONS!

You’ll notice none of these ideas involve real estate.

I’ve got the ideas.

Zing! Pow!  They come at a hundred miles an hour, all these million dollar ideas.

But I don’t want to keep them all to myself, so I’m having a sale.

And that was just ONE decade’s worth of smart juice, people.  Give me another few years and I’ll have five or six more ideas.  I promise, they’re coming ALL THE TIME.

Ty the Guy OUT!

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What’s the REAL million dollar comic book idea?  I’m glad you asked…

That’s Joe Simon and Jerry Grandenetti’s “GREEN TEAM” from the mid-seventies– a series so popular it was never seen again after one issue.

At least until last year.

Where it quickly failed again.

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Holy Batman Day, Old Chum! Bat-Toons! YAY!

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-Bun Toons!

Hey folks!  It’s BATMAN DAY and I’m already up and out of the house, visiting the fine Bat-fans at One Million Comics in Toronto (531 Yonge St, just south of Wellesley), signing comics, doing sketches, annoying the fans, etc.

Since I haven’t the spare ten seconds to toon any buns before I leave this morning,  I leave you with a heaping helping of Bat-Toons from Bun Toons past….a TOP TEN Batman Bun Toon-a-palooza!

Who says this isn’t the Bunny Age of Gotham City Satire?

This Elseworlds Toon was created before Brian Williams got into trouble, so ignore his recent history.

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Batman won his battle.  The Spectre is still fighting Stephen Hawking.

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Shout out to Dan Slott, who kind of wrote Batman at Noon…

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I’ve just been informed that DC is turning the above Toon into a twelve issue mini-series.

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Okay…that one might have been just for me.  How many of you have Pete Best albums?  Anyone?  I own TWO.

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Still waiting for a TOS Star Trek meets Batman 66 miniseries.  I’m ready…

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The cartoon is on youtube if you HAVE to see it.

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There…now you don’t have to see that movie.  Except for the Catwoman bits.

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But you SHOULD be watching Gotham.  It’s still a hoot.

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Yeah, I know I reprint that one all the time….but this is a top ten.

See you at One Million Comics!

Ty the Guy OUT!

If you make it out to visit us at the store, here’s what I’ll be doing…

Cover sketches, baby!  Bring me a blank cover (and a little of that folding money) and I’ll muck up the cover with one my doodles on it.

Whee.

See you there!

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For last week’s EQUALLY Batman-centric Bun Toon, focusing on the recent good news about Bill Finger… click here!

For the Bun Toon archives, with even MORE Batman Toons that didn’t make the top ten (so why read them, huh?) click the delightful rabbit above.

Fingered in a Good Way Bun Toon! YAY!

Sometimes the good guys win one.

Congratulations on everyone who did right this week.  There’s a few that deserve a shout out, but perhaps one in particular…

Marc and I are prepped and ready to fight the good fight when it comes to the creation of Courageous Cat.  My information tells me Stan Lee was involved.

Ty the Guy OUT!

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Most readers of this Bunny Blog know I might have had a thing or two to do with Marc’s book, but I cannot stress enough the above-and-beyond work that Marc did since the graphic novel/kid’s book was released.

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I noticed my Batman without Bob Kane strip is being reprinted all over the internet again this week…but I SO prefer that people run with the PROPER one, so here it is again…

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Batman Day!

So Saturday September 26 2015 is Batman Day! I’ve been invited to spend the day at One Million Comix in downtown Toronto. My current plan is to be at the store roughly 12 – 5pm.

I’ll be signing books (bring your own or buy some at the store), and doing sketches. As it’s a limited period of time, obviously there’s a limit to how many sketches I’ll be able to do…so if anyone knows in advance that they’d like to get a sketchcover, you can send me an email at tybunny@gmail.com. Single figures are $60, two figures are $90, markers and copics.

All covers will be available for pick-up ONLY at the comic store (531 Yonge Street, Toronto) on the day of the event. Payment can be in cash at the convention or you can PayPal me before pickup.

If you’re interested, send me an email at tybunny@gmail.com and tell me which blank, and what you’re looking for. I’ll confirm with you before I start anything.

I have these blanks available for use at this time:

Batman 66 #23

Batgirl #38

Superman #32

A-Force Secret Wars #001

Wolverine #310

Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #001

Wonder Woman #19

Wonder Woman #36

Justice League #16

Ty the Guy OUT!

BUN TOON SELL OUTS PART NINE! YAY!

THIS time it’s going to be HUGE.

I’ve talked to the consultants, and everyone assures me it will be fine.

Every time they cut off an arm the sales go through the ROOF!  Except for Booster Gold, they reversed that one fairly quickly.  And except for Arsenal, that one didn’t last.  And Aquaman’s arm grew back, so they cut off the OTHER one, but that one’s back now.  And then there’s Lightning Lad (both a lost arm AND a female version of himself with his sister)…they fixed that one a long time ago.

Okay, maybe it only works when they cut off the arms of Marvel characters.  Winter Soldier and Cable do okay.

Ty the Guy OUT!

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There is only one true king of the superheroes with a missing arm.

You know who I mean.

The Great Arm-Fall-Off-Boy.  Created by Gerry Jones, Curt Swan and Ty Templeton.

Maybe my greatest contribution to the world of comics.

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FEET TOGETHER, KNEES APART BUN TOONS! YAY!

There’s a lesson here for all of us.

I’m at the FANeXpo convention in Toronto as you’re reading this, doing sketches and saying hi to the fans… come on down and say hello, we’d love to have you, if you can fight the crowds and the heat.  (Hydrate, people, for GOD’S sake, hydrate!)

My favourite part of this whole story is how quickly Karma came and got her.  She’s not allowed to raise money on GOFUNDME, she’s sitting in a federal jail, she’s clearly going to lose her job, and very few of the presidential candidates on the Republican side came to her defence.  Just the really silly ones, like Huckster-abee.

Whee.

Ty the Guy OUT!

As a kid, I used to collect any comics I could find, and that sometimes included Christian Comics…

the artwork was by professionals (like Marvel’s Al Hartley) and the story telling was not too bad.

and sometimes it got weird.

Again, whee.

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All You Need To Know Bun Toons! YAY!

It’s not like Canada is any better…

Every day, every hour, I find religion and PRAY this man gets the Republican nomination.

Ty the Guy OUT!

Of course, there had to be a Donald Trump comic book:

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