NEW STRIP :: Great Matchups Which We May Likely Never See
What's funny about this new strip is that I told my comics class about it the other day, and almost no one in the room, even the few people over 40, had ever heard of Condorman. Most had heard of The Greatest American Hero, and all knew the song, which I of course sang a little bit of. It was beautiful.
I have never seen Condorman--as a kid we belonged to a church that frowned sternly on movie theatres (and TV, and bowling, and most other things). So I never saw a single movie in the theatre between the ages of 5 and 15. However, I would often get the novelizations of movies, which would allow me to join very haltingly--and always awkwardly--in with movie-related conversations at school. Sometimes it would work, and sometimes not. I had the paperback book version--complete with 8 black and white photo pages!--but no one had ever seen it. So when I make clever Condorman references... well, you can just imagine.
This really looks like a terrible movie, now. Maybe McG will remake it soon, or something.
ANYway, this week's strip focuses its lackadaisical eye upon these two forgotten greats of the 1980's, and the awesome (but short) story that their battle would have produced. Rated "P" for "Pratfalls".
ALSO: Last week's strip, dogged by website problems, is now up in its right place as well.