| Posted: 20 April 2007 at 3:24pm | IP Logged | 4
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Michael Hatton wrote:
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| What do you guys think of Kamandi? |
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I'm a fan. My username is Kamandi on another comic forum site...
As a kid I was fascinated with beaches and wide-open expanses. Still am, but back then, opening my first issue of Kamandi, was an exciting experience. The story opened up with Kamandi and his pals awash on a beach buttressed up against an enormous cliff-face shrouded in fog. It was an evironment I'd fantasized a lot while playing with action figures/army men at the beach. I know this all sounds strange, but I guess what I'm getting at is how thoroughly convinced Kirby had me with this opening scene. It was apocalyptic, desolate and of course, exciting. It appealed to me as a boy. I cherished that issue very much.
Once in Berkeley a few years later, my brother took me into a comic shop (probably Comic Relief now that I think about it). It was my first comic shop and I never quite got my jaw off the floor while I was in there. He treated me to any comic I wanted. Funny, I immediately thought of Kamandi and found the giant issue, 32. I read that issue and my gawd, was I floored even more with Kirby and his world of Kamandi: there were soldier gorillas with all their weapons and gear battling Tuftan and his tigers, dynamite launchers, speeding war-boats, It was amazing, exciting, and the way Kirby drew it...whew, just full of energy. Great stuff to me. Some very fond memories of Kamandi and that was with just two issues. Over time, I slowly obtained more issues and experienced more Kirby high-adventure fun with each new acquirement.
There was one issue where Kamandi is in a type of smash-up derby riding a giant grasshopper. Klik-Klak, if memory serves me...
Ah, anyway, this is the ramblings of a nostalgic, overgrown kid - Get the archives already!!!
By the way, here is the cover of my first Kamandi issue - #26. Just look at that cover! Freakin' fantastic.
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