Missing Things

Yes, i know we were supposed to be back with Lily & Jane by now. Things have been a little Odd - i believe the expression is "as per frickin' usual"

Computer problems continue to be of the WTF nature. Those spontaneous crashes that were happening even though the system was doing nothing at the time? It seems that the system was just getting bored. As long as i leave a video or something running at all times, the crashes stopped and have not returned.
No, it has nothing to do with screen savers or power management or anything - it's just the kind of makes-no-damn-sense problems that are standard with my systems, and my life in general.

I've also been distracted by fun cartoons like 'Mazing Man!...

...and the Creature Commandos... 

You folks enjoyed those old toons, right?

Also, it seems to be November now.

That means i missed little things like, my birthday, Halloween, doctor's appointments, and my youngest son getting married -

-but, really - we'll be back with more of Lily Renée's run on Jane Martin right soon.

Batmanimation - TVoO! Style

So...

You're all familiar with Wally Wood's classic parody of Batman, right? That one from way back in Mad (the comic, not the magazine) #8...

...and you've probably at least heard of the manga version of Batman...

(This 2-page spread is why we're using the digital version instead of the print)

But, you may be wondering why the old hermit is rambling about odd Bat-comics when i said this was a Batmanimation post up in the title.

But, surely you knew they did a toon version of the Wally Wood classic,right...?

(They even had groovy print-dot patterns way back before Into The Spiderverse)

And, yep - they kept the spanking scene...

...and kept it with glee. 

Oh, look! There's no starbursts, but that sure looks like our old friend, the Blonde Phantom, hanging out on the right>>>

So, you probably figured out by this point that the anime version of Jiro Kuwata's manga exists, too, huh?

Of course, they added a little change at the end for the gaijin audience...

(Spoiler: Even his mask was shredded in the explosion)

Now, mind you - I'm not trying to claim that Batman is the only one with animated tales that too many haven't seen...

But, that's another post, right?

page art by Wally Wood and Jiro Kuwata for Mad #8 and Shonen Kingu #23 (1953, 1966)

you know where the animation's from, right?