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I am devastated by the loss of my beloved idol and good friend, Marvel Comics Legend Joe Sinnott. I’ll write more about Joe when I can hold myself together.
The complete and unforgettable “Jaan Pehechaan Ho.”
Terry Zwigoff used some of this 1960’s Bollywood production in the opening sequence of his superbly realized film adaptation of the comic book Ghost World, by Daniel Clowes. Scarlett Johansson was the breakout star of the movie, but Thora Birch’s performance has always impressed me more.
Guess what? YouTube Movies has the complete Ghost World. Yeah, there are commercials, but it’s free and it’s here. (Note that you will need some form of Google account to watch.)
https://youtu.be/pmW61ytcI18
Zwigoff got in a self-deprecating dig. He played string bass on this R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders album. Yeesh, Thora and Scarlett look unbelievably young but, then, didn’t we all at some time?
Wear a mask and maintain social distancing!
Not everybody will get the joke, but for those of us who do it’s very funny.
Note at the end of that 1967 cartoon, credit is given to “Jazzy Johnny Romita” as an art consultant, and not Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. I can see where some of the animation was based on drawings by Romita, especially Aunt May. But the series also included direct photostats of some Ditko art. This was a technique that Grantray-Lawrence had used extensively in The Marvel Super-Heroes series a year earlier, which was in production when Ditko quit Marvel Comics.
Oops! There shouldn’t be a space between “Bat” and “mobile.” See what one little typo can do? Let me fix that. Batmobile. There, that’s better.
Animator J.J. Sedelmaier chats with cartoonist Al Jaffee, who is now 99 years old.
Al Jaffee interview done in conjunction with Ford "Distracted Driver" campaign. from J.J. Sedelmaier on Vimeo.