THANKS FOR WATCHING! By the way.... apologies to JOHN Belushi for referring to him as his much less talented brother JIM Belushi twice in the beginning of this video. HA! I do get his name right by the time I flip the camera around on the comic.
Love these type of videos Taylor! Your knowledge and love for what goes on behind the scenes of comics is admirable and incredible! Keep sharing the cool unknown facts!
I owned this growing up and looked at it all the time. I bought another copy off of Ebay a few years back and it's a prized possession. Not because I needed it--I still have the original. I never knew Spielberg disassociated himself from it, but even back then I was surprised by how violent and sexual the comic was. Which appealed to me as a teenage boy.
Fascinating story, I’d never heard about it before this video! Looks like some wild art throughout too. Thanks for showing it off! I’ll have to check it out.
I remember paging through it and saw more of the skinny dipper than either 1941 or Jaws. Yes the actress was in both Jaws, but it was more of a joke in the movie 1941. Also one of the sort of true things in 1941. Was people stopped seeing sea monsters off the coast of California. During WWII people were spotting Japanese subs.
Yes! That was a fun Easter Egg type gag in 1941. There’s even a hint of the Jaws theme before the sub picks her up. I believe she was the first victim of the Jaws shark, no?
This is prob one of the most informative TH-cam videos I have seen in a long time. I like your attention to detail (despite getting the Belushi’s wrong 😂). Didn’t much like the movie but if I can my hands on the comic, I’ll give it a read (only to complete the whole experience😂). Keep up the great work on this channel!!
@@craigmcdonald1714 Thanks, Craig! And damnit, yes…. I for some reason ALWAYS refer to John Belushi as “Jim.” I blame it on the fact that my generation likely grew up more on Jim than John just because of John passing away so young. Thanks for watching though!
When I was younger, 1941 (the movie) was on HBO all the time and I would sit and watch it every chance I could. I always saw it as a slapstick comedy making gun of jingoistic, racist American attitudes towards the Japanese, as well as war itself. Of course, I'll be the first to admit that I haven't seen it since my teenage years and I'm 57 now, so I'm not sure that I would have the same point of view about it now. I did pick up the comic adaptation maybe 25 years ago purely based on my nostalgic love of the movie, and their respective runs on titles like Swamp Thing, Maximortal, Brat Pack, Tyrant, etc., and although I remember being captivated by what Veitch and Bissette did on those pages, I don't remember being particularly impressed with the adaptation itself. I did see that Kayfabe interview you mentioned, so maybe I need to go back and reread it with my more current knowledge of the hardships they endured making it in mind.
@@MrKlove01 It’s definitely a fun comic to visit from the creative and artistic stand point. As a story and reading experience, it’s not much. The best part there is seeing what they got “right” as far as adapting the movie in spite of the conditions they made the comic.
I was buying Heavy Metal magazine at the time. I saw this graphic novel advertised in it. I'd loved "Alien: The Illustrated Story" as much as the movie. So I bought "1941." I loved that, too! A surreal, zany escapade that escalated the madness until the last page. So, I couldn't wait to see the movie! I was going to love it!! Imagine my disappointment when the movie turned out not to have a shred of the sheer humour and creativity of the graphic novel and was, in fact, a completely boring, pointless pile of pooh!! I went home after and read the graphic novel again and wished that the movie had actually been like that! What the hell was Spielberg thinking???!!!
@@rodtough2235 Hahaha that’s an AMAZING story. Also! I love the Alien adaptation by Goodwin/Simonson as well! I’m going to show that off on a future video!
@@TaylorTalksComics In the UK we didn't have as much information about US movies as we do nowadays. I probably wouldn't have had any idea that "1941" was coming, but I loved the graphic novel and Spielberg had made a few movies I'd enjoyed tremendously. "1941" showed his Achilles heel- how they managed to come up with that brilliant graphic novel based on that crap movie is beyond me to this day! HM didn't only bring out a superb adaptation of "Alien." At the same time, they published "The Book of Alien" as a companion piece (same size as the graphic novel), a superb "making of" with amazing attention to all the details of the production, extensively illustrated with Giger art, set photos and stills. The two books together were the equivalent of today's special edition DVDs. Sheer quality.
@@TaylorTalksComics I have the "Alien Quadrilogy" DVD box set from back when there were only 4 movies, with each film in it's theatrical and special directors cut forms plus each has a bonus disc with phenomenally detailed archives of the conception and making of each, with the first being the most fascinating. Obviously, "The Book of Alien" couldn't go into as much detail, but, at that time, it was still able to reflect the care and attention to detail that went into making that original, classic movie.
What is the good thing from this film that Spielberg gave us? Steven dedicated himself to bring in Raiders underbudget and on time to make up for 1941's losses.
@@vapniitinerant2829 No problem! Thanks for watching! I’ve got a link in the description of the video where you can buy a copy directly from Rick Veitch!
Sweet! I rarely see Veitch's work discussed on youtube, and this comic as you noted has a wild backstory, cool to see it given some attention. Subscribed!
@@TaylorTalksComics Awesome!!! I look forward to it. This is the first video I have seen from your channel, so lots of good older videos to explore I am sure. :) Have you covered any of the King Hell Heroica cycle yet? It's my favorite thing from him, and it was so exciting to see him finally return to it a few years ago when he started putting out the Boy Maximortal story. I get the feeling from this video (and that wonderfully stocked bookcase behind you) that you actually know enough about comics and the industry history that all of the meta story within King Hell Heroica will be clear to you.
YES! So I have read Brat Pack (as well as the One and other of Veitch's creator owned stuff), and Maximortal. But, I still need to get the new material he has been publishing through Amazon's print-on-demand service! So, I am behind on the King Hell Heroica stuff! But, I will be buying it soon and doing videos!
@@TaylorTalksComics It's worth getting for sure! He also reprinted the two Brat Pack/Maximortal specials as back matter in issue 3 of Boy Maximortal. Those I think are the hardest books to track down from the whole cycle, so it's nice to get them reprinted. Also only tangentially related, but I love the way the 3 printings of issue 1 of Brat Pack can be determined by the amount of blood coming from the shaving wound. 😂
I still haven't seen 1941, I was warned away from it pretty often and I guess I sort of took the hint. At least the comic is visually dense enough that you might get something out of it that way. I wonder if they were thinking of Sergio Aragonnes when they were doing those border doodles :)
@@nutherefurlong yea, the movie is just okay. A rare miss for Spielberg. But, this comic is great! And yea, these guys had to have been fans of MAD Magazine!
I bought a copy a few years ago off the Heavy Metal website. It was dirt chea(along with some others I bought). I actually saw the movie years ago and the graphic novel wasn't bad.The artwork was a bit zany but still an enjoyable read.
This is a Mad Comics Movie Parody homage that merges the techniques of underground and traditional humor comics, with an everything and the kitchen sink philosophy, just like the movie.
@@loco504 it’s a crazy one! You can still find copies for good prices. I have a link in the description where you can buy a copy directly from Rick Veitch!
More enjoyable than the movie. The movie suffers from not having a central character to form an emotional throughline. The waiter would have been the perfect candidate. The movie is fine, the comic is amazing.
Great video Taylor! My favorite part was the letter written by Spielberg. I wonder how different the comic would have been if the creators were treated with more respect
@@TBATB Thanks for watching, Jake! And I agree! Bissette and Veitch are always consummate professionals. So, they might’ve been able to turn out a product more in line with what Spielberg wanted
Was about to comment on the racism being in context with wartime attitudes but you basically voiced my exact thoughts. I haven’t seen the movie since I was a kid but seem to remember it was full of racial stereotypes. British war comics from the 70s and 80s depicted the Japanese in horrifically racist ways. This seems tame in comparison.
@@zappasmoustache23 Yes! I agree. Yea, I think the racial depictions in the comic and movie were intentional by the creators to express how Americans were depicting Japanese people at the time.
I've thought, since I read the comic adaptation, that if the movie was much more like the comic, the movie would have been much better. The comic was glorious.
@@KevinReilly-z7u I know. I made a pinned comment stating my mistake there. Later in the video when I’m showing off the comic, I properly refer to him as “John.”
From what I remember of seeing this in the theater, as a kid, is that Ackroyd and Belushi didn't figure prominently which left me hugely disappointed and it seemed the "best" bits were with the older comic actors of whom I was unfamiliar with at the time to me it was like a bait and switch movie
Ha! I have this comic and love the movie. And yeah, this comic is bonkers. Spielberg's letter got a genuine lol out of me. I don't see it as all that controversial. It was a different time. The bad guys were the bad guys and people apparently had thicker skins back when the movie was released.
@@Bullitt3401 I can see it being controversial, just because the caricatures used for Japanese people were the racist propaganda pieces used in the ‘40s. This comic and movie were made 30+ years later “knowing better.” But, I think the use for those caricatures was INTENTIONAL. To depict how they were used in the ‘40s. So, on its surface, they used them in 1979, but the nuance is that it was an accurate portrayal of the time. Just one of those things that needs context and nuance.
On my previous and closed channel on TH-cam I did a slideshow of the Swamp-Thing issue where Abby and Swamp-Thing commune and have "sex" in The Green. I set it to the atmospheric music of the score to the Sorcerer which oozes swamp. It was taken down for sexual content. All the images were directly from the comic. Someone actually complained and had it removed.
I liked the film too! I feel it had its merits. By the way, there is a link in the description of this video where you can buy a copy directly from Rick Veitch!
@@sleethmitchell I know! Haha I put it in a pinned comment here. I refer to him as “Jim” twice in the first half. By the time I start showing off the comic, later in the video, I start calling him John. And thanks for the sub!
1941 was one oif the worst things little Stevey ever put out. Bad script, bad fast-cutting, etc. Just awful. So do I now want a comic book adaption of it? Nope.
Yeah not reading this... too much nudity. And you know me I never read booby comics... because someone made fun of me one time for reading Dynamite comics n then ran n read metabarons n 1941. Is that person himself into booby comics i wonder
I enjoyed this video. I will say, just some sticky notes to cover the nudity. Also, this was fourty years ago and what I call "Good Old Family" racisim . I am hoping we get Tyrant in big collection
@@fireboy312002 Yea, but I don’t think this was like a “product of the time” thing. I think the racist caricatures are used intentionally to show the same racist caricatures that Americans used in 1941.
🙄That's a laugh that Spielberg called contents of the book racist when there are scenes in his movies that are intentionally racist. Example? When he took over Kubrick's film "A I " starring that kid from The Sixth Sense why did he have every other robot looking like a normal human yet he had the robot played by Chris Rock ( which is even more surprising that Rock even took the part) made up as the stereotypical Sambo. How did anyone miss that direct in your face bigotry? Oh but Spielberg did The Color Purple is the defense yeah because he got criticism for having ET non minority populated and why did he pick a story set in the MAGA past to feature an all African American story instead of developing a present or futuristic fresh idea? That's why I LOL when he condemned racist content in the book.
You spend twenty minutes apologizing for words, images and intent of the creators. I just wrote a short story for my most recent book that took place on an American sub in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack and pulled no punches in language or intent of the "Japanese" soldiers. The story would be false to not say "Japs" or "nips" to represent the feelings (and actions) of the times and the outrage of the cowardly, backstabbing slaughter of our Navy while the whole time professing peaceful dialogue through diplomacy in Washington, D.C. through politics. Call them what they were at that moment and quit apologizing for living in the now. Hell, you even referred to the U.S. as being militaristic and warlike! Grow a pair.
@@PatrolOfficer161 Wow… I feel like you missed my intent. I’m not apologizing for anyone. I’m not apologizing for their art. I’m explaining why Spielberg called it racist in his letter. Why people viewing this comic for the first time in 2024 might see it as racist. And then how it’s not racist and it was an intentional choice by the creators to depict the events in their truest form.
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THANKS FOR WATCHING! By the way.... apologies to JOHN Belushi for referring to him as his much less talented brother JIM Belushi twice in the beginning of this video. HA! I do get his name right by the time I flip the camera around on the comic.
@@TaylorTalksComics You made a belushi i see
@@clsrocks007 yea… 🤦🏻♂️
🤣🤣🤣
@@HarveyPekarsGhost Listen, Harv! Cut me some slack!
@@TaylorTalksComics I just was enjoying you referring to him (correctly) as the much less talented brother!
Love these type of videos Taylor!
Your knowledge and love for what goes on behind the scenes of comics is admirable and incredible!
Keep sharing the cool unknown facts!
@@Illuminerdy_ Thanks! I’m planning to do more videos like this! Gotta find some way to use all the useless knowledge in this brain! Haha
I owned this growing up and looked at it all the time. I bought another copy off of Ebay a few years back and it's a prized possession. Not because I needed it--I still have the original. I never knew Spielberg disassociated himself from it, but even back then I was surprised by how violent and sexual the comic was. Which appealed to me as a teenage boy.
Yea! It really is an amazing comic from an artistic and creative standpoint!
It definitely captures the chaotic spirit of the film...
@@maximusprime3459 I agree with that!
Fascinating story, I’d never heard about it before this video! Looks like some wild art throughout too. Thanks for showing it off! I’ll have to check it out.
@@Owen1699 Thanks for watching!
I remember paging through it and saw more of the skinny dipper than either 1941 or Jaws. Yes the actress was in both Jaws, but it was more of a joke in the movie 1941. Also one of the sort of true things in 1941. Was people stopped seeing sea monsters off the coast of California. During WWII people were spotting Japanese subs.
Yes! That was a fun Easter Egg type gag in 1941. There’s even a hint of the Jaws theme before the sub picks her up. I believe she was the first victim of the Jaws shark, no?
I enjoyed this movie and the comic book adaptation held a spot in my collection for many years.
@@benjaminrupe5930 That’s awesome!
This is prob one of the most informative TH-cam videos I have seen in a long time. I like your attention to detail (despite getting the Belushi’s wrong 😂).
Didn’t much like the movie but if I can my hands on the comic, I’ll give it a read (only to complete the whole experience😂).
Keep up the great work on this channel!!
@@craigmcdonald1714 Thanks, Craig! And damnit, yes…. I for some reason ALWAYS refer to John Belushi as “Jim.” I blame it on the fact that my generation likely grew up more on Jim than John just because of John passing away so young.
Thanks for watching though!
When I was younger, 1941 (the movie) was on HBO all the time and I would sit and watch it every chance I could. I always saw it as a slapstick comedy making gun of jingoistic, racist American attitudes towards the Japanese, as well as war itself. Of course, I'll be the first to admit that I haven't seen it since my teenage years and I'm 57 now, so I'm not sure that I would have the same point of view about it now.
I did pick up the comic adaptation maybe 25 years ago purely based on my nostalgic love of the movie, and their respective runs on titles like Swamp Thing, Maximortal, Brat Pack, Tyrant, etc., and although I remember being captivated by what Veitch and Bissette did on those pages, I don't remember being particularly impressed with the adaptation itself. I did see that Kayfabe interview you mentioned, so maybe I need to go back and reread it with my more current knowledge of the hardships they endured making it in mind.
@@MrKlove01 It’s definitely a fun comic to visit from the creative and artistic stand point.
As a story and reading experience, it’s not much. The best part there is seeing what they got “right” as far as adapting the movie in spite of the conditions they made the comic.
I was buying Heavy Metal magazine at the time. I saw this graphic novel advertised in it. I'd loved "Alien: The Illustrated Story" as much as the movie.
So I bought "1941." I loved that, too! A surreal, zany escapade that escalated the madness until the last page. So, I couldn't wait to see the movie! I was going to love it!!
Imagine my disappointment when the movie turned out not to have a shred of the sheer humour and creativity of the graphic novel and was, in fact, a completely boring, pointless pile of pooh!!
I went home after and read the graphic novel again and wished that the movie had actually been like that!
What the hell was Spielberg thinking???!!!
@@rodtough2235 Hahaha that’s an AMAZING story.
Also! I love the Alien adaptation by Goodwin/Simonson as well!
I’m going to show that off on a future video!
@@TaylorTalksComics
In the UK we didn't have as much information about US movies as we do nowadays. I probably wouldn't have had any idea that "1941" was coming, but I loved the graphic novel and Spielberg had made a few movies I'd enjoyed tremendously. "1941" showed his Achilles heel- how they managed to come up with that brilliant graphic novel based on that crap movie is beyond me to this day!
HM didn't only bring out a superb adaptation of "Alien." At the same time, they published "The Book of Alien" as a companion piece (same size as the graphic novel), a superb "making of" with amazing attention to all the details of the production, extensively illustrated with Giger art, set photos and stills. The two books together were the equivalent of today's special edition DVDs. Sheer quality.
@@rodtough2235 WHOA! Now I’m going to have to hunt down that Book of Alien!! I LOVE that franchise!
@@TaylorTalksComics
I have the "Alien Quadrilogy" DVD box set from back when there were only 4 movies, with each film in it's theatrical and special directors cut forms plus each has a bonus disc with phenomenally detailed archives of the conception and making of each, with the first being the most fascinating. Obviously, "The Book of Alien" couldn't go into as much detail, but, at that time, it was still able to reflect the care and attention to detail that went into making that original, classic movie.
@@rodtough2235yea! I have the digital version of the movies with their special features and director’s cut versions.
What is the good thing from this film that Spielberg gave us?
Steven dedicated himself to bring in Raiders underbudget and on time to make up for 1941's losses.
That’s a fantastic coup!
Fantastic! I’m going to find this comic! Thanks for the review!
@@vapniitinerant2829 No problem! Thanks for watching! I’ve got a link in the description of the video where you can buy a copy directly from Rick Veitch!
Great video about an interesting book
Thank you, Andrew! I love your channel, by the way.
Sweet! I rarely see Veitch's work discussed on youtube, and this comic as you noted has a wild backstory, cool to see it given some attention. Subscribed!
@@RarebitFiends Thanks for subscribing! I love Rick Veitch! I’ll definitely be showing off his work more in the near future!
@@TaylorTalksComics Awesome!!! I look forward to it. This is the first video I have seen from your channel, so lots of good older videos to explore I am sure. :) Have you covered any of the King Hell Heroica cycle yet? It's my favorite thing from him, and it was so exciting to see him finally return to it a few years ago when he started putting out the Boy Maximortal story. I get the feeling from this video (and that wonderfully stocked bookcase behind you) that you actually know enough about comics and the industry history that all of the meta story within King Hell Heroica will be clear to you.
YES! So I have read Brat Pack (as well as the One and other of Veitch's creator owned stuff), and Maximortal. But, I still need to get the new material he has been publishing through Amazon's print-on-demand service! So, I am behind on the King Hell Heroica stuff! But, I will be buying it soon and doing videos!
@@TaylorTalksComics It's worth getting for sure! He also reprinted the two Brat Pack/Maximortal specials as back matter in issue 3 of Boy Maximortal. Those I think are the hardest books to track down from the whole cycle, so it's nice to get them reprinted.
Also only tangentially related, but I love the way the 3 printings of issue 1 of Brat Pack can be determined by the amount of blood coming from the shaving wound. 😂
@@RarebitFiends whoa! I wasn’t aware of those specials being in there!
I still haven't seen 1941, I was warned away from it pretty often and I guess I sort of took the hint. At least the comic is visually dense enough that you might get something out of it that way. I wonder if they were thinking of Sergio Aragonnes when they were doing those border doodles :)
@@nutherefurlong yea, the movie is just okay. A rare miss for Spielberg. But, this comic is great! And yea, these guys had to have been fans of MAD Magazine!
I have that comic! I picked it up from Heavy Metal Magazine's store a few years back during a Black Friday sale of their back catalog.
@@DanielS2001 I picked it up from their website a few years ago too!
@@TaylorTalksComics Sweet! :D
The movie is partially based on the Ellwood shelling -Feb 23 1942 and the Battle of Los Angeles -Feb 24 1942
I bought a copy a few years ago off the Heavy Metal website.
It was dirt chea(along with some others I bought).
I actually saw the movie years ago and the graphic novel wasn't bad.The artwork was a bit zany but still an enjoyable read.
@@thomasbentley4757 that’s where I got my copy too!
Everybody told Spielberg not to make fun of the Great War.
@@AbortedEvolution Yea… not sure it landed the way he hoped.
Great war = WW1
The Great War was the 1st world war :)
This is a Mad Comics Movie Parody homage that merges the techniques of underground and traditional humor comics, with an everything and the kitchen sink philosophy, just like the movie.
@@totallytomanimation That’s an AMAZING and perfect description of it!
I have that book. I loved the sound track Williams. Was a shame that was Slim Pickens last role.
Yea! The soundtrack is awesome!
oh man, i used to have this book!!!!
@@loco504 it’s a crazy one! You can still find copies for good prices. I have a link in the description where you can buy a copy directly from Rick Veitch!
@@TaylorTalksComics wow thanks !!!!
@@loco504 no problem!
Good stuff!! I had no idea about this one!
@@LarrysLibrary Thanks, Larry!!
More enjoyable than the movie. The movie suffers from not having a central character to form an emotional throughline. The waiter would have been the perfect candidate. The movie is fine, the comic is amazing.
I agree! The movie isn’t as bad as people say. But, the comic is GREAT.
Great video Taylor! My favorite part was the letter written by Spielberg. I wonder how different the comic would have been if the creators were treated with more respect
@@TBATB Thanks for watching, Jake!
And I agree! Bissette and Veitch are always consummate professionals. So, they might’ve been able to turn out a product more in line with what Spielberg wanted
Was about to comment on the racism being in context with wartime attitudes but you basically voiced my exact thoughts. I haven’t seen the movie since I was a kid but seem to remember it was full of racial stereotypes.
British war comics from the 70s and 80s depicted the Japanese in horrifically racist ways. This seems tame in comparison.
@@zappasmoustache23 Yes! I agree. Yea, I think the racial depictions in the comic and movie were intentional by the creators to express how Americans were depicting Japanese people at the time.
Absolute brilliant comic I've had since movie came out. That and the novelisation far funnier than the movie
@@graemewilson7975 That’s awesome! I might have to check out the novelization !
When Stanley Kubrick and Spielberg first met, he told him that he liked 1941 -- but he should have done it as a drama...
@@fiacco3000 I read that the script and movie was intended as a drama at first too. But, Spielberg insisted it to be a comedy.
I've thought, since I read the comic adaptation, that if the movie was much more like the comic, the movie would have been much better. The comic was glorious.
@@doktor_ghul I agree with that!
That's John Belushi. Jim is his brother.
@@KevinReilly-z7u I know. I made a pinned comment stating my mistake there. Later in the video when I’m showing off the comic, I properly refer to him as “John.”
From what I remember of seeing this in the theater, as a kid, is that Ackroyd and Belushi didn't figure prominently which left me hugely disappointed and it seemed the "best" bits were with the older comic actors of whom I was unfamiliar with at the time to me it was like a bait and switch movie
@@maritimus17 Yea, it did seem marketed like Akroyd and Belushi were going to have bigger roles for sure.
Ha! I have this comic and love the movie. And yeah, this comic is bonkers. Spielberg's letter got a genuine lol out of me.
I don't see it as all that controversial. It was a different time. The bad guys were the bad guys and people apparently had thicker skins back when the movie was released.
@@Bullitt3401 I can see it being controversial, just because the caricatures used for Japanese people were the racist propaganda pieces used in the ‘40s. This comic and movie were made 30+ years later “knowing better.”
But, I think the use for those caricatures was INTENTIONAL. To depict how they were used in the ‘40s.
So, on its surface, they used them in 1979, but the nuance is that it was an accurate portrayal of the time.
Just one of those things that needs context and nuance.
WOW! I’ve always HATED this movie. Spielberg doesn’t do comedy well. But, I’ve never heard of this comic. Interesting story!
Yea! The comic is better.
On my previous and closed channel on TH-cam I did a slideshow of the Swamp-Thing issue where Abby and Swamp-Thing commune and have "sex" in The Green. I set it to the atmospheric music of the score to the Sorcerer which oozes swamp. It was taken down for sexual content.
All the images were directly from the comic. Someone actually complained and had it removed.
@@vincentschmitt7597 what the heck?! Hahaha that’s ridiculous!
this is what comics are all about. if it ticked stevie off, but he could still laff about it, thats pretty good. 🎉
Exactly! I agree!
Sorry Spielberg, but I'm going to have to find this comic considering I'm one of the few people I know that actually like that film.
I liked the film too! I feel it had its merits. By the way, there is a link in the description of this video where you can buy a copy directly from Rick Veitch!
I have this comic and it's pretty edgy.
@@Concreteowl definitely!
Pretty sure Spielberg doesn't give a shit if you or anyone else reads this comic.
@@mercster That could be true! But, he certainly hated it and didn’t think it was an accurate representation of his movie.
subscribing. john belushi was in 1941, not jim.
@@sleethmitchell I know! Haha I put it in a pinned comment here. I refer to him as “Jim” twice in the first half. By the time I start showing off the comic, later in the video, I start calling him John.
And thanks for the sub!
1941 was one oif the worst things little Stevey ever put out. Bad script, bad fast-cutting, etc. Just awful.
So do I now want a comic book adaption of it? Nope.
@@MrEdWeirdoShow If you’re a fan of comics… and a fan of Bissette and Veitch, you might!
Yeah not reading this... too much nudity. And you know me I never read booby comics... because someone made fun of me one time for reading Dynamite comics n then ran n read metabarons n 1941. Is that person himself into booby comics i wonder
@@clsrocks007the world will never know…
I enjoyed this video. I will say, just some sticky notes to cover the nudity. Also, this was fourty years ago and what I call "Good Old Family" racisim . I am hoping we get Tyrant in big collection
@@fireboy312002 Yea, but I don’t think this was like a “product of the time” thing. I think the racist caricatures are used intentionally to show the same racist caricatures that Americans used in 1941.
@@fireboy312002 and YES! I’d love a Tyrant collection. But, I also want Bissette to finish it! He’s teased working on it.
I will be happy if we just get a few more issues of Tyrant, I have been waiting for #5 nearly 30 years now.
@@RarebitFiends Same!
@@TaylorTalksComics at this point... rather take what we got. Would love more
🙄That's a laugh that Spielberg called contents of the book racist when there are scenes in his movies that are intentionally racist. Example? When he took over Kubrick's film "A I " starring that kid from The Sixth Sense why did he have every other robot looking like a normal human yet he had the robot played by Chris Rock ( which is even more surprising that Rock even took the part) made up as the stereotypical Sambo. How did anyone miss that direct in your face bigotry? Oh but Spielberg did The Color Purple is the defense yeah because he got criticism for having ET non minority populated and why did he pick a story set in the MAGA past to feature an all African American story instead of developing a present or futuristic fresh idea? That's why I LOL when he condemned racist content in the book.
@@anthonyperdue3557 it’s definitely interesting!
You spend twenty minutes apologizing for words, images and intent of the creators. I just wrote a short story for my most recent book that took place on an American sub in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack and pulled no punches in language or intent of the "Japanese" soldiers. The story would be false to not say "Japs" or "nips" to represent the feelings (and actions) of the times and the outrage of the cowardly, backstabbing slaughter of our Navy while the whole time professing peaceful dialogue through diplomacy in Washington, D.C. through politics. Call them what they were at that moment and quit apologizing for living in the now. Hell, you even referred to the U.S. as being militaristic and warlike! Grow a pair.
@@PatrolOfficer161 Wow… I feel like you missed my intent. I’m not apologizing for anyone. I’m not apologizing for their art. I’m explaining why Spielberg called it racist in his letter. Why people viewing this comic for the first time in 2024 might see it as racist. And then how it’s not racist and it was an intentional choice by the creators to depict the events in their truest form.