Hi.  As a reply to my recent inquiry on the Comics Scholar's D-List (about
Corto Maltese and Oaky Doaks), I received the following reply.  Has anyone
read 'From Hell'?

Michael

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To: <comixschl-list@...>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: Corto Maltese and Oaky Doaks


> Poster: P Giffney <p_giffney@...>
> There's also arthurian stuff in the books of magic -
> faerie, and  refs to it, i believe in from hell as
> wlel - in regards to return of arthur - unsure about
> where else - sorry
>
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Speaking of 'Corto Maltese', can anyone provide me with the original
publication information on the story reprinted in NBM's Vol. 4, 'A
Mid-winter Morning's Dream'.  So far I've found Italian, French and
Spanish versions of a band desinee (sp?) called 'Le Celtiche' (in
Ital.), but I cannot figure out its original publication or language.

Also, is Pratt the writer or artist?  (Plus who translated the
English translation?)

Thanks in advance for your help,
Michael

===================================
PS.  Does anyone know anything about a 1930s strip called 'Oaky
Doaks' by Ralph Fuller?

Sorry to be bothering you al again, but can anyone tell me if the
original edition of Mage: The Hero Defined had page numbers.  Neither
the Starblaze nor Image reprints do.

Thanks,
Michael

Michael,

I've read "From Hell," though I do not have it readily at hand. No
*specific* Arthurian element stands out, but I do not doubt that there
is a reference or two in there somewhere. Moore's Ripper, Dr. Gull,
takes a mystical tour of London in which he invokes just about every
occult conspiracy motif you could imagine. Arthur's return, or related
myths, are no doubt in Moore's footnotes, which are copious and
fascinating reading.

Gull's whole motivation for performing the murders is to tip the balance
in the eternal war of the masculine against the feminine. The murders
are, in fact, an occult ritual that (more or less) succeeds. "Arthur's
Return" becomes a symbol of this triumph of the masculine over the
feminine.

Alas, I cannot help you on Mage. Again, read it, but don't have the
original issues handy.

Jason

--
As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods;
They kill us for their sport.
-- Gloucester

I have read From Hell, in installments as it came out (beginning over a
decade ago).  I don't recall any Arthurian references, but that doesn't
mean there are not some in there.  Moore tries to make the comic as
encyclopedic as possible, pulling in everything he can think of.  There
may therefore be some reference to Arthur.  If so, I'd suggest looking in
Gull's speeches for it.  My own copies of the various issues are strewn
here and there; it could take me a while to find all of them and check
carefully.

Dom

On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Michael Torregrossa wrote:

> Hi.  As a reply to my recent inquiry on the Comics Scholar's D-List (about
> Corto Maltese and Oaky Doaks), I received the following reply.  Has anyone
> read 'From Hell'?
>
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: P Giffney <p_giffney@...>
> To: <comixschl-list@...>
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Corto Maltese and Oaky Doaks
>
>
> > Poster: P Giffney <p_giffney@...>
> > There's also arthurian stuff in the books of magic -
> > faerie, and  refs to it, i believe in from hell as
> > wlel - in regards to return of arthur - unsure about
> > where else - sorry
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Thanks, Jason.

Michael
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   Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 2:01 PM
   Subject: Re: [arthurian_comixlist] Fw: From Hell as Arthurian?


   Michael,

   I've read "From Hell," though I do not have it readily at hand. No
   *specific* Arthurian element stands out, but I do not doubt that there
   is a reference or two in there somewhere. Moore's Ripper, Dr. Gull,
   takes a mystical tour of London in which he invokes just about every
   occult conspiracy motif you could imagine. Arthur's return, or related
   myths, are no doubt in Moore's footnotes, which are copious and
   fascinating reading.

   Gull's whole motivation for performing the murders is to tip the balance
   in the eternal war of the masculine against the feminine. The murders
   are, in fact, an occult ritual that (more or less) succeeds. "Arthur's
   Return" becomes a symbol of this triumph of the masculine over the
   feminine.

   Alas, I cannot help you on Mage. Again, read it, but don't have the
   original issues handy.

   Jason

   --
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   They kill us for their sport.
   -- Gloucester



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Thanks for your reply,
Michael
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Dominick Grace
   To: arthurian_comixlist@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 11:51 AM
   Subject: Re: [arthurian_comixlist] Fw: From Hell as Arthurian?


   I have read From Hell, in installments as it came out (beginning over a
   decade ago).  I don't recall any Arthurian references, but that doesn't
   mean there are not some in there.  Moore tries to make the comic as
   encyclopedic as possible, pulling in everything he can think of.  There
   may therefore be some reference to Arthur.  If so, I'd suggest looking in
   Gull's speeches for it.  My own copies of the various issues are strewn
   here and there; it could take me a while to find all of them and check
   carefully.

   Dom

   On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Michael Torregrossa wrote:

   > Hi.  As a reply to my recent inquiry on the Comics Scholar's D-List (about
   > Corto Maltese and Oaky Doaks), I received the following reply.  Has anyone
   > read 'From Hell'?
   >
   > Michael
   >
   > ----- Original Message -----
   > From: P Giffney <p_giffney@...>
   > To: <comixschl-list@...>
   > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:59 AM
   > Subject: Re: Corto Maltese and Oaky Doaks
   >
   >
   > > Poster: P Giffney <p_giffney@...>
   > > There's also arthurian stuff in the books of magic -
   > > faerie, and  refs to it, i believe in from hell as
   > > wlel - in regards to return of arthur - unsure about
   > > where else - sorry
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Here's another comic with an Arthurian reference (perhaps evidence of an
intertextual link with Humberto Ramos' Crimson):

Hernandez, David, wr. and art.  "Book One; 'The Beginning'."  The Gothic Scrolls
of Drayven No. 1 (Boca Raton, FL: Davdez Arts, Inc., Dec. 1997).

     Section entitled "A Guide to the Gothic Scrolls" notes the following:

         SEARC: Modern day socialite, Searec runs the "Red Grail" nightclub in
downtown Chicago.  Drayven [series protagonist         and first vampire] first
became friends with Searec in the Dark Ages.  Drayven and Searec form the
Knights Templar                 hoping that if they were to drink from the Holy
Grail, they would be cured of their dark curse. [. . .]

Michael


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Dear List Members,

I recently received this message with regards to my "Camelot 3000 and
Beyond" listing.  Any thoughts?

Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: <Dagda80@...>
To: <mtorregrossa@...>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 5:28 PM
Subject: What if#97


> http://www.lib.rochester.edu/Camelot/acpbibs/comicbib.htm
>
> 204. Felder, James, wr. "Last Light." What If...? Vol. 2, No. 97 (New
York: Marvel Comics, May 1997).
>
> Continuing events from entry 10. The ideals of Camelot are reborn in a new
generation of champions, who defeat Doctor Doom. 1st and only app. Merlin
VI, who replaces the traditional figure of Merlin with Nathaniel Richard
(see entries 177 and 179),
>
> Actually, this story has no relation to Iron Man#150. The divergence in
history in this story remains unclear, but it evidentally occurred at some
point where Doom slew Reed Richards, fought Nathaniel Richards, and the two
got knocked back to Camelot's time. Iron Man had no involvement.
>

Sorry for being late this month (luckily there was nothing that important). 
Here are the solicitations from Previews 12.8 (Aug. 2002):

DC-Vertigo;
The Crusades No. 20 by Steven T. Seagle, Kelly Jones and Ron Randall.

     Last issue.  A new Knight is named, and he organizes a new Round Table.


Fantagraphics:
Prince Valiant by Hal Foster.

     Release of Vols. 9 and 21.


TOYS:
Monty Python & The Holy Grail: Dead Collector Figure.  12" figure with over 20
pts. of articulation.  $40.00 (!)



RPGs:
Mongoose Publishing:
Slaine RPG: Fir Domain.  $9.95.

     The first of four "Tribal sourcebooks" based on  the popular Slaine strip
from Britain's 2000 AD.



BOOKS:
Osprey Publishing:
English Medieval Knight, 1300-1400.  $16.95.







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Dear fellow Arthurian enthusiasts,

I'm organizing a panel for the Popular Culture Association on medieval themed
comics.  The panel is co-sponsored by both the Comics Area and the Arthurian
Legends Area.  Interested parties will find details below.

Sincerely,
Michael Torregrossa
English Department
University of Connecticut (Storrs)

==============================================================

CFP: PCA 2003 (9/15; New Orleans 16-19 April 2003)
CALL FOR PAPERS:

"The Comics Get Medieval"
Panel organized by Michael Torregrossa <mtorregrossa@...> for

Popular Culture Association, 33rd Annual Meeting, panel co-sponsored by the
Comics Area and the Arthurian Legend Area, at New Orleans at the New Orleans
Marriott Hotel, April 16-19, 2003

Possible topics include the following:

ARTHURIAN LEGEND
BEOWULF
THE CRUSADES
JOAN OF ARC
ST GEORGE
THE SONG OF ROLAND



'======================================================================
Abstracts of 250 words maximum to be submitted to panel organizer by 15
September 2002 to mtorregrossa@... (please cc Arthurian Area co-chairs at
e.sklar@... AND D-Hoffman1@... and Comics Area chair, Julie Ratliff
at Kerisate@...)

Snail mail to:

Michael Torregrossa
34 Second Street
Smithfield, RI 02917

Please send a copy of abstract (in duplicate) to:

Elizabeth Sklar
Area Co-Chair, Arthurian Legend
Department of English
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202





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UNBELIEVABLE!  This is the first piece of the unpublished work I have ever
seen.  Regretfully, it is out of my budget!  Let me know if any of you win
it!

Rodney

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here: eBay item 2138525806 (Ends Sep-07-02 19:28:53 PDT ) - Stunning
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Thanks for the link.

Michael
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19:28:53 PDT ) - Stunning Nest


   UNBELIEVABLE!  This is the first piece of the unpublished work I have ever
   seen.  Regretfully, it is out of my budget!  Let me know if any of you win
   it!

   Rodney

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Three brief messages:

1.  I've just finished looking through 'Previews' for September, and
I'm happy to report that it looks like a great month for Arthurian
comics.  I will post details soon.

2.  I'm revising the list web page
<http://home.att.net/~torregrossa/comichome.htm>.  Any suggested
links?

3.  For fans of older Arthurian comics, you might check out these two
lists also on Yahoo!:

Realm of the Shining Knight
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RealmoftheShiningKnight/?
yguid=40925410>

Seven Soldiers of Victory
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SevenSoldiersofVictory/?yguid=40925410>

I've also found a 'Lady Pendragon' site, but I've yet to be accepted
into the group.


More later,
Michael


PS.  The list is changing its name to "The Arthurian Comics
Discussion List".  No major changes here other than on the web
pages.

There's a Jan. 1945 story featuring the Sword online at
<http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/hartford/103/12excitement.html>

This is issue 12 of Bill Nolan's 'Pure Excitement Comics'.  Here he
reprints a 13 page story from 'Super Mystery Comics' Vol. 4, No. 5.
The material preceeding the comic updates material presented in a no
longer active link (Alan--update you link).

Michael

Rodney --

Just wanted to offer a belated "thank you" for e-mailing your list
to me.  I haven't found anything missing yet -- and I've certainly
discovered a lot that I've missed myself (some of which I'm
actually looking forward to reading some day!).  Would you
consider posting it to the "Files" section at the Arthurian-comixlist
site at Yahoo! Groups so that the whole list can see it?

Thanks again,
Alan

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Alan,

I would be glad to post it at the Yahoo site.  Do I just email it or do I
need to send it somewhere special.

Rodney

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Laura,

Just for the fun of it, let us know how well "Spamarrest" works after
you've used it for a while.  I've tried several other systems to cut
down on junk e-mail, but they've all wound up being kind of awkward or
time consuming.

Bert


Laura wrote:
>
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>
> I'm protecting myself from receiving junk mail.
>
> Just this once, click the link below so I can receive your emails.
> You won't have to do this again.

[snip]
--
To all who have served or are serving the cause of freedom, from
whatever country, whether in peace or in war, at home or abroad, thank
you.

"Let's roll!"  Todd Beamer, Flight 93, September 11, 2001.

Rodney,

I have it on my computer, and I can upload it if you'd like.  I think
the upload function is currently disabled, as is the sending of
attachments to prevent the spread of virus via the list.

Michael


--- In arthurian_comixlist@y..., RODNEYFFC@A... wrote:
> Alan,
>
> I would be glad to post it at the Yahoo site.  Do I just email it
or do I
> need to send it somewhere special.
>
> Rodney

Here's another one:

Night Force Vol. 2, No. 8 (DC Comics, July 1997).  Part 2 of "Convergence" cross
over.

Features Baron Winters and his cat Merlin.  Cameo by a Gemworlder named "Graal".


Michael


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http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/appcam.htm
gives good coverage of Camelot era charachters

Asmodiar (demon, Arthur+Merlin foe)

Beliar (demon, Arthur and Merlin foe)

Lady of the Lake (Niamh)

Lancelot (Round Table)

Nimue/Vivienne

Michael,


If you have the technical know how, I would appreciate you doing it!

Rodney

It's as good as done.  For those interested check out the "FILES" section of the
list page.

Michael
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   Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 10:00 PM
   Subject: Re: [arthurian_comixlist] Re: ARTHURIAN COMIC LIST


   Michael,


   If you have the technical know how, I would appreciate you doing it!

   Rodney

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I just picked up Captain Marvel Vol. 3, Nos. 20-21, and I do have to ask, how
can this Merlin be Maha Yogi.  Isn't Merlin-Maha Yogi a psionic and not a
magician?  (Seems like David's either confused his Merlins or purposely craeted
anoth one [what's the total now--10 Merlins in the Marvel universe?])

Thanks,
Michael
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Alan Stewart
   To: arthurian_comixlist@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 5:54 PM
   Subject: [arthurian_comixlist] Re: Captain Marvel


   Thanks for passing on the tip, Dan!  For any other list members who
   haven't picked these up yet, the Merlin in question is the Maha Yogi
   version.  But he is definitely identifying himself as "THE Merlin" in
   these issues.

   Completists may wish to note that the Marvel Chronology Project
   (http://www.chronologyproject.com/) lists the character as having
   appeared in Captain Marvel #11, 13, and 16 as well.  I'm guessing
   that these are brief appearances that set up the two-issue storyline
   in #20-21.  Actual Arthurian content is, alas, unknown.

   Alan


   --- In arthurian_comixlist@y..., Nastali@a... wrote:
   > Perhaps someone else mentioned it and I missed it, but the local
   comics shop
   > guy alerted me to the appearance of Merlin in two recent issues of
   Captain
   > Marvel (#'s 20 & 21).
   >
   > Dan


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For fans of Jack Kirby's The Demon:

Cartoon Network has finally premiered "Knight of Shadow"  Part one of this
two-part episode reairs Saturday (9/21) at 9:30 PM (Widescreen) and Sunday, Sept
22 at 7 PM.  Part 2 premiers next Friday, Sept 27 at 7 PM and reairs on
Saturday, Sept 28 at 9 PM (in Widescreen) and Sunday, Sept. 29 at 7PM.

The first episode retells Etrigan's origin.  He is now Morgaine le Fay's lover
and betrays Camelot to her.  Morgaine then betrays him, and Merlin appears to
curse Jason to live as the "demon within" (or something).  Flashforward to the
present--Morgaine (now in traditional Kirby's gold faceplate) and her son
Mordred (still as youthful as in the opening) are seeking the Philosopher's
Stone that once rested in the hilt of Excalibur.  Blood/Etrigan joins forces
with the Justice League to prevent Morgaine from acquiring the stone.  To be
continued next week.


Michael


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Here is my much belated listing of Arthurian themed comics from Previews 12.9
(Sept. 2002)


Image:
Lady Pendragon Special Wr. Matt Hawkins and John Stinsman.  Art. various.  64
pp.  $7.95.

     Relaunches the title, which will begin a new series in 2003.  Features the
return of Morgan le Fay and Mordred.


AC Comics:
Femzine #2.  Mature Readers.  44pp.  B&W.  $9.95.

     Morgan le Fay transforms former stripper Fanny Phantom into a "costumed
crimefighter" to battle Yankee Girl.  (Anyone, is this a reprint?)


Carbon-Based Comics:
Lost Tales of Erin by Bill Knapp.  B&W.  24 pp.  $2.95.

     Sounds like it adapts tales from Irish mythology.


Chaos Comics:
o/a Lady Death: Re-Imagined #1 by Bradley J. Kayl and Eddy Burrows.  FC.  32 pp.
$2.99.

     Sounds like a "Elseworlds" version of the series.  The "Re-imagined" Lady
Death is involved in a quest for the Grail in 1300 AD.


Fantagraphics:
Prince Valiant Vol. 46: The Sunken Treasure by Hal Foster and John Cullen
Murphy.  48 pp.  $16.95

     No info.


Rolling Thunder Press;
Dave Dorman's Wasted Lands #0.  FC.  24 pp.  $2.95.

    Set in the same world as Dorman's The Rail, this is a preview book for
ongoing series to be launched in 2003.


The Comic.Com
Beowulf TP.  120 pp.  FC (sort of).  $15.95.

     Reoffered.  Collects 3 issue mini-series.  Sounds like this edition includes
additional material as a prologue.



==============================================
NON-COMICS ITEMS

T-Shirts

Monty Python Bring Out Your Dead T-Shirt.  L-XL.  $17.95  (resolicited)

Monty Python Killer Rabbit T-Shirt.  L-XL.  $17.95.  (Resolicited)


Toys:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 12-inch Bridge Keeper Figure.  $40.00

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 12-inch Rude Frenchmen Figure.  $40.00


RPGs:

Mongoose Press:
Slaine RPG: Teeth of the Moon Sow Vol. 2.  $19.95

     Second part of Horned Lord and Moon Sow campaign.


Osprey Publishing:
Caesar's Gallic Wars.  $14.95
Hundred Year's War.  $14.95
Rome at War AD 229-696.  $14.95








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Dear list members,

This appears to be a great year for academic research in Arthurian popular
culture studies.  In March at the Toronto Sheraton, the Arthurian Legends Area
of the Popular Culture Association offered a full day of papers on such diverse
topics as comics, fiction, film, and television.  Two months later, there were
some great papers on Arthurian film and television (including one on Witchblade)
at the International Medieval Conference at Kalamazoo.  This summer (despite
some members of the Society's reluctance to accept modern Arthuriana) there were
a number of papers on Arthurian film, fiction, and illustration at the
International Arthurian Society's triennial congress.

In terms of print resources, we have already seen the publication of Elizabeth
Sklar and Donald Hoffman's King Arthur in Popular Culture (McFarland), which
includes a number of informative essays including those by list members Dan
Nastali (on music) and Jason Tondro (on comics); Alan Lupack's New Directions in
Arthurian Studies (D. S. Brewer), a collection based on papers presented at the
Camelot 2000 conference held in 2000 at the University of Rochester (home of The
Camelot Project online resource
<http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.stm>); Arthur Groos and Norris J.
Lacy's Perceval: A Casebook (Routledge) with essays on film and fiction; and
Kevin J. Harty's Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty Essays, Revised Edition (McFarland),
the essential reference for Arthurian film studies.  Later this year, D. S.
Brewer will publish a collection on the Arthurian legend in music.

On a more personal note, I have recently completed an essay on the return of
King Arthur in the comics for a new book on Arthurian juvenilia for Palgrave
Macmillan edited by Barbara Tepa Lupack (co-editor of King Arthur in America). 
The essay is a revision of a paper I presented at Camelot 2000.  This version
covers Arthur's return through reenactment (including a nice section on the
X-men) and substitution, and with the editor's permission it will be uploaded to
the comics list "files".  Also, I have recently received word that my paper on
Merlin in the comics has been accepted for inclusion on a panel at the
International Medieval Conference next May at Kalamazoo.  The panel is on
Arthurian illustration and sponsored by the North American Branch of the
International Arthurian Society.


Lastly, does any one else have any good news about publications?  I'm starting
work on a listing of scholarship on twentieth-century (and twenty-first-century)
Arthuriana for the popular culture list home page
<http://home.att.net/~mtorregrossa/arthpchome.htm>, and I'd like to be as
comprehensive as possible.  You can also send information on other periods as
well.  Arthurian studies are a continuing tradition, and this list will not
discriminate between periods.


Michael




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