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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I'll be damned . . .
So much for all the stuff I found out which indicated that planets orbiting red dwarfs were poor places for life to evolve!
Ah well . . . live and learn, eh? ![Rolling Eyes](images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif) _________________ ____________
Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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Gord Green Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:50 am Post subject: |
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From the Fawcett comics adaptation. _________________ There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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I assume the illustrations in the comic were photos from the movie, rather than artwork. I'll bet the story is told as narration rather than speech balloons.
Interesting, Gord! Thanks. ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) _________________ ____________
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Gord Green Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, the story is illustrated by EC artist George Evens. _________________ There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.
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Robert (Butch) Day Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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Gord Green wrote: | Here are a few pages from that story. |
Why not post the entire story or at least give us a link to it? _________________ Common Sense ISN'T Common |
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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Archive.org has the comic, but I'm not sure the scans are as good as yours, Gord. Where did you get them?
May I have the honor of restoring the pages and posting the whole comic with my "embedded link" method? ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) _________________ ____________
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Robert (Butch) Day Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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In the article by Aric Jenkins, there is an artist's painting that won't load. Your post only shows this:
I contacted JPL and asked them for a better picture of the painting and they sent me what was sent to Wikipedia™, unfortunately that picture has the wrong color (the editors at "waki-wiki" apparently though it was to garish), so here is the correct one:
Hope this helps. _________________ Common Sense ISN'T Common |
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Gord Green Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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My copy was from Archives.org. I reduced the size, sharpened and color corrected the pages I posted.
Another copy of it can be found here:
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=5558
Click on "preview" to read the entire book, or join in and you can download entire book. There are thousands of books on file.
Or HERE :
http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=19208
The entire story is 36 pages, many of them full of "talking heads". I'd be glad to post them all, but what I posted above are the front and back covers, inside covers and the first and last few pages.
Bud, if you'd like to post it please feel free to do so. _________________ There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.
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Gord Green Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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From Warren's SPACEMEN annual.....
![](https://i.imgur.com/BPv5ZW7.jpg) _________________ There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child. |
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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After three days of intense work on the When Worlds Collide comic, I've final completed my restoration!
Click on each page here to see a large, version you can zoom in on. Click on the large version again, and then zoom in as close as you want!
I think you'll be pleased by how great the artwork looks after I did the best I could to make it look much more like it did on the artist's drawing board than what was finally put on newsprint paper in the comic and then allowed to deteriorate over time.
I was amazed at the fine artwork I discovered when I used Paint.net to bring this wonderful comic back to life.
As with the various magazine articles I've posted, below each image you'll see this:
Click here to see the original page above, before I enhanced it.
I hope you post replies to let me know that you were pleasantly surprised (not to mention being impressed at what a fine job I did. )
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:33 am Post subject: |
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Custer wrote: | You would think that getting a spaceship or aircraft up to launching speed along a track would be a cost-effective way of doing things — perhaps using linear induction? Even using booster rockets ought to work, as, if they stayed behind and just fell into water or sand, it would be easy to re-use them for the next scheduled launch.. |
In When Worlds Collide they used the booster on the undercarriage and let it drop away at the end of the track.
I've always hated the fact that all our spacecraft use "throwaway" portions of the vehicles, either in the form of rocket stages or fuel tanks (like the shuttle). So, I'd want a horizontal launch system that used a separate reusable vehicle that the actual spacecraft sat on top of, one that would either be piloted or remotely controlled so it could return to the space center, land, and be used over and over again.
The launch vehicle wouldn't need to be much more than powerful rocket engines housed in an aerodynamic body that could be flown back around to the runway and land after launching the spacecraft.
I couldn't find an illustration of exactly what I'm describing, but I did find this. Nice, eh?
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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Eadie Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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Nice scans of the comic but you missed these pages. Front cover:
Inside front cover:
Inside rear cover:
Rear cover:
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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My goodness, I did indeed, Miss Eadie!
I'll let your post display those, without adding them to my post. It's the right thing to do. ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) _________________ ____________
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thinking Outside the "Plot"!
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~ A Question for the Members: This movie (and others that portrayed similar disasters) have helped educate two generations about the dangers of cosmic threats to the planet Earth.
With that in mind, would mankind show more wisdom now in the 21st century if we were told by scientist that Earth was destined to be hit by a large object from space?
~ My Theory: No, we wouldn't. Look how badly our own government has responded to something which scientist have warned about for years: global pandemics.
America is the most technologically advanced country on Earth. And yet we've have more cases of Covid-19 and more deaths than any other nation!
Obviously we just aren't as smart as we thought we were. We don't even have enough sense to elect the right leader.
(I just tossed this out to encourage a discussion. I hope I get one.) _________________ ____________
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Merry Christmas, sci-fi fans!
I've spent this joyous holiday weekend watching classic Christmas movies like It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, and White Christmas!
And then I found a few movies like Conquest of Space and The Day the Earth Stood Still that had clear "Christmas" connections which enhanced this joyous season in their own unique way.
And today, on this sunny (but chilly Sunday) here in North Carolina — just two day after Christmas — I suddenly remembered that When Worlds Collide starts out with a solemn quote from the Bible and then proceeds to tell us a story which is obviously based on the Biblical tale of a world-wide flood which allegedly wiped out all mankind . . . except for a chosen few!
I know what you guys are thinking. What does this have to do with Christmas?
Well, think of it this way.
The Yuletide season celebrates the initiation of God's "Plan B" — a way to save mankind without drowning the whole kit and kaboodlel! So, he sent Agent JC to Earth on a suicide mission to rescue the human race from itself.
Based on today's global situation, Agent JC didn't do so hot . . .
And that brings us to Plan C — let mankind pick the lucky survivors and send them to a nice new planet to inhabit. Let's just see if they're smart enough to build a Space Ark that will get them to their new Garden of Eden.
Well . . . obviously, they did!
The next step in God's Plan C was to see how his children reacted to this life threatening situation. Would they accept the decisions of their own people concerning who would live and who would did?
Or would they kill each other to be the lucky few who survived?
The verdict was a split decision; some accepted death bravely . . . while others fought like animals to survive.
This classic movie from the Golden Ave Sci-Fi starts and ends with on-screen Biblical quotes which the producers indeed to inspire the American public. I'm sure it did to some degree, but times have changed.
These days this movie should be viewed more like an inspirational Holiday Favorite, such as the ones I listed at the top of my post!
After all, if a few lucky individuals from all of mankind managed to survive the destruction on the planet Earth, shouldn't they realize that — all things considered — it's a wonderful life! ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) _________________ ____________
Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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