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NBCUniversal Taps Lion Forge Comics to Develop Digital Comic Books Based on Beloved 80s TV Shows

TL;DR The folks at Lions Forge Comics are making comic books featuring Punky Brewster, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Miami Vice and Saved By The Bell. This could be a great door-opener for bringing back several other beloved properties of the 80's as well, comics having always been a great gateway in to the field of animation.

So in the tradition of Punky Brewster, Laverne & Shirley, Fonz, Mork & Mindy, etc... what beloved 80's property would YOU like to see brought to comics and/or cartoons?

My votes are for Silver Spoons (it would be kind of like a scaled-down Richie Rich), The Edison Twins (a scientific Sherlock Holmes of the 80's) and/or The Greatest American Hero (there's more stories in that concept, I just know it!)

Comments

[aurora77]

Oh, I was wondering if maybe next time I come by, maybe I could borrow some comics? I have been heavily into Marvel, but I've distinctly ignored DC for a while now. I liked some of the JLA stuff, a little Wonder Woman here and there over time, Batman, a little Nightwing... I forget just what else I enjoyed of the DC comics I've read. It's been so long and many of the old writers have probably moved on. I would like to read a few shorter recent (past five years or so) storylines to get an idea of what I like again. A small sampling. If I can find them, I could lend you the All-New X-Men ones I have in return. I have 1-6. I have a bunch of Runaways TPs as well, but not the first couple of TPs. Joss Whedon stepped in and did some of the writing for it. Excellent stuff. I heard they're considering it for a movie.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I don't do the recent stuff... the "New DCU 52" is just a terrible mess of writers trying to shock people in to reading them. I've tried REALLY HARD to like their reboot, picking up trade paperbacks at the library, and every collection I've read has kust left me feeling that I wasted my time and effort :(

However, just before the reboot, they were churning out some incredible stuff even if it was all a bit too "event" centric. These collections are easy to find thanks to the library, and rarely need to be read in any particular order :)

As a person who never really followed the DC stuff, you might do okay with the New DCU stuff... no baggage, no expectations... just wish I had any of the issues to share with you!

[aurora77]

Ooh, good to know. I should actually, you know, GO to the library now and again. It's been a while since I've checked out anything but an ebook, and the last time I set foot in a library was at Crossroads when I got my library card. I used to spend SO MUCH TIME in libraries. I'm still reading lots of books, but there's something about a library that just feels...right. Well, the Crossroads one didn't quite have that library feel to me, but most others do.

I've been primarily reading Marvel and some independent stuff for a while now. I have the Marvel Unlimited subscription, which turned out to be awesome, with more content than I could ever possibly read. But I can't read on my tablet because it's too old for the app, so I have to do it at my PC or on my laptop. I tried it on my phone, but the software just released for the Android is too buggy. I suspect we'll see an update soon.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I wonder if they have that for the Kindle? I've got to check it out... I've been wanting to go back and read all the Marvel "Events" I missed over the last several years (stopped reading Marvel about a year in to the "Ultimate" stuff)...

The Crossroads Library... that the one in the Mall??? It's cute, but not really a *library*...

[aurora77]

Yeah, it's more of a library annex. They have some books & videos, provide basic library services, and you can pick up hold items there. But it still counts as the last one I was in. ^^;;