THREE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT COMICS, ALL ROLLED INTO ONE

Getting to Know...

Huh!

from Shadowpact #9


from Fantastic Four #542

Aldo is the Balls

from Planet of the Apes #22 - Quest On the Planet of the Apes! PartII: Keepers of the Future Death! by Doug Moench & Alfredo Alcala

The Raddest Concept Ever

If I ever publish a quarterly journal, no matter what the content, it's gonna be called Vikong Attitudes.


art from an entry on Johnny Quest in The Encyclopedia of Animated Saturday Superheroes, Vol.1 by Rick Darrow, edited by S.A. Bennet

Bullseye Suddenly Becomes Interesting

If you haven't done so already, head on over to Mike Wieringo's site and catch up on all the apey goodness. This guy's well on his way to replacing Art Adams as the premier artist in the "super heroes as gorillas" genre. Why DC hasn't given the man an Angel & the Ape mini or at least a Grodd vs. the JLA one-shot is beyond me. I'm not normally one to ask for sketches, but if I ever meet the dude at a convention I'll pay good money for a drawing of Galapetus- Devourer of Giant Bananas.

Hail to the King!

SPECIAL ARMED GORILLA WEEK ADDENDUM: From the pages of Tom Strong, we present

KING SOLOMON!!!

His many weapons include a nice, solid nine-iron used for beating ruffians about the head and neck

a bazooka for those hard to reach areas

a good, old fashioned rifle for when he's feeling "sporting"

dependable six-shooters for blastin' varmints

a flamethrower for when he wants to get up close and personal

and, last but not least, his mad skillz

The Doom Patrol is Totally Nuts!

And Lo, There Shall Come a Man...

A GORILLA MAN !!!

The sheer awesomeness of Gorilla Man brings a tear to my eye.

EXTRA SPECIAL SUPER BONUS GORILLA CONTENT SECTION

I've said it once, and I'll say it again-

The Humanite's Alright, Alright, Alright!!!

He's the Primate of Hate, the Simian of Sin, the Hominoid You Wanna Avoid. He's the evil genius who eats JSA'ers for breakfast. He is

THE ULTRA-HUMANITE!!

And he just wants to rule the world. Is that too much to ask?

How could you possibly hate and fear a mind that's given us so many great things?

green kryptonite in an easy to use sprayable form

giant sci-fi laser guns

the "cosmic-fuge"

and a howling army of mindless albino ape-clones

How could you not trust a face like this?

Unconventional Gorilla Warfare

Yes, the bad puns will continue unless you force me to stop... Please force me to stop.

That being said, it's time for our 4th entry in the series that is

ARMED GORILLA WEEK!!!

Today's primate works as a comic book artist and partner to the smokin' hot judo master and private investigator, Angel O' Day. He's the grandson of yesterday's subject, Gorilla Grodd, and while he works on the side of the angels( seriously, you have to stop me), he won't hesitate to deliver unto you a savage beatdown. He is

SAM SIMEON

And his choice of weapons isn't exactly traditional. He'll use just about anything to kick your ass.

Hair clippers

a chair

one of your friends

or a big metal door.

But he's also not afraid to use his head.

Other weapons in his arsenal include his gorilla charm

unique vocal stylings

and groovy fashion sense.

BONUS GORILLA CONTENT: The most disturbing cartoon you'll ever see.

As Dorian would say, "that's good old fashioned nightmare fuel."

In Grodd We Trust

He's often been called the evil, super-genius talking ape's evil, super-genius talking ape. He's a telepathic, telekinetic psychopath who also happens to know his way around a particle physics lab. He's one of the Flash's deadliest foes. He is

GRODD!!

Today we pay tribute to the sideburned one by featuring a few of his most famous weapons.

The De-evolutionizer Ray

The Quadromobile

The Fatso Ray

"Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around the eyes..."