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Spawn of Zap
Posted by Ron Edwards
September is Cosmic Zap month here at Doctor Xaos Comics Madness. I don’t think it’s hard to understand why it’s generally considered a 70s thing. What happened to it? Did anything happen to it? Was it just a 70s thing?
Posted in Commerce, The 80s me
Tags: Cerebus, cosmic zap, Deadbone Erotica, Dreadstar, First Comics, Godland, Grimjack, Heavy Metal 1981 film, Infinity Gauntlet, John Ostrander, Matt Howarth, Metal Hurlant, Mike Baron, Nexus, Philippe Druillet, Ron Post, Savage Henry, Starslayer, Steve Rude, Those Annoying Post Bros, Vaughn Bode
A dangerous vision
Posted by Ron Edwards
September is Cosmic Zap month here at Doctor Xaos Comics Madness. I’m talking now about what was going on in science fiction and fantasy at the time, which is too huge to summarize – it has to be like one of those fragmented memory/epiphany scenes in a movie, with rapid, too-short shots interspersed with someone’s face going “AAAAH!” and maybe cloth-ripping or fake-Latin chanting sound effects.