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Well I said I would and now I have - show you my Flintstones comicbook adaptation of the 1966 movie that is. It arrived yesterday from the States, which now means I have both the Yogi Bear and Flintstones film adaptations in comic strip form - so hooray for me!
Trying to get a decent condition copy of the latter can be difficult as well as expensive, but I bought the best (and least costly) one available on eBay, and then administered some tlc to make it look even better. I've also digitally tweaked the above scan for maximum effect, so perhaps I've cheated a bit, but I wanted you Crivvies to see it at its finest.
The main thing is I've got a secure copy which isn't going to fall apart at the merest handling. Now, who'd like to see the story contained within? Then let me know, effendis, and I'll see what I can do. Oh, and by the way - Merry Christmas!
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I might have owned this back in the day, but I've no clear memory of it. Did you read it when it was a current comic?
Checking the issue on GCD, I learned that it also includes a text story with the one-shot TV character Perry Gunnite, and that other issues around that time used the character for other stories. I've no memory of that trivia either, but the Perry Gunnite episode of the show was one of my favorite ones.
Nope, GP, nor did I see the film when it was current either. Didn't see it until around 1973 at my local cinema, where it was the support film for Living Free, the sequel to Born Free. I enjoyed the film so much that I went back to see it several times, not even bothering with the main feature. In fact, one Sunday I took a friend, and the manager let him in for free, as I'd been to see it so many times.
I decided to get the comic 'cos I like the film so much, and recently also bought the vinyl soundtrack album 'cos I liked some of the songs (and the cover). Interestingly, the comic strip of the film is only 24 pages long, whereas the comic strip adaptation of Hey There, It's Yogi Bear is 32 pages long.
I've not yet read the Perry Gunnite text story, but I'll get around to it. Read the other fill-in comic strip though.
There was also a live-action film version of The Flintstones which I haven't seen and don't wish to.
There was more than one, CJ. You should look at the opening credits of the first one on YouTube - it re-creates the cartoon opening in live-action. And the Yogi Bear 'live-action' (and CGI) movie is brilliant.
I never owned the comic, but did see the film at the cinema at some point. Having only ever seen The Flintstones on our B&W 405-line VHF telly, the size and colour of the presentation amazed me. It would have been a support film, for sure. Looking at the British Newspaper archive, it seems it was the support film to Batman in 1967 in Reading, but I must have seen it supporting something else when I saw it in Southsea.
Not that it matters, but the standout episode I was remembering was a parody of Burke's Law, not Peter Gunn-- though the image of Peter Gunnite, who has a weird shaped chin, stuck in my mind more than his actual episode did. Just scanning around on YouTube, I learned that Peter also had some comics stories in various Gold Key issues, though that particular Flintstones release doesn't appear on my go-to online reprint site.
I reckon it would've popped up in support of several films over the years, B. I did see a '60s ad for the Batman film with the Flintstone one online somewhere a few years ago and may have a copy of it in my files somewhere. I remember being amazed at the Flintstone movie, especially at the beginning, because the colour seemed richer and the animation better, but it becomes yer bog-standard TV-quality animation towards the film's end. Something I only noticed when I watched it on video in 1991.
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Worry not, GP, after I've published the film adaptation strip, I'll publish the back-up story and the Peter Gunnite text page. They'll take me a while to scan though, so it won't be soon.
Cool, hope you enjoy the comic. I have the ghost of a *possible* memory, to the effect that the end chase scene isn't as exciting as in the film. But I might be imagining that.
No, it's a simpler and shorter chase scene than in the movie, but there are a few liberties taken in the comic, same with the Yogi Bear one. They both do the job in telling the basic story in each case though.
Great movie ,Great comic Rock Slade...
Rock Slagg, LH. Go easy on that sherry.
Oops, too much Pepsi Max - I meant Rock Slag - one 'g'.
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