COMIC AD PARODIES
A couple of professional comic ad parodies via Bully's Comics...
From What The--? #5 (July 1989), by Marc Siry and Russ Heath (who illustrated the original 132 Roman Soldiers ad)
From Avengers 1½ (December 1999)
I also just discovered this Mad Magazine parody of a Johnson Smith and Co. Catalog via Doug Gliford's Mad Cover Site, click to enlarge...
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I have this memory of the Sea Baboons ad parody originally appearing in Marvel's CRAZY in the late 70s/early 80s. Based on the covers of issues I remember owning, it may be in #58 or #66. Sadly, I am pretty sure both of them are long gone.
Another comic book ad parody I recall from the pages of CRAZY was a spoof of this Kenner Star Wars ad with the toys based on...KRAMER VS. KRAMER. I was absolutely fascinated by this.
You know, the 153-Piece Street Gang set would sell.
Kirk, we're you able to read each item on the Mad cover/Johnson Smith parody? Some of them are quite funny and it took Harvey Kurtzman about a year to put that one together.
Brian O.
C. Elam - I have a nice condition copy of that issue of CRAZY, and the "Sea Baboons" ad is definitely on the back cover! It's a Star Wars parody cover...I'll have to check what the issue number is though. In fact I was just reading this parody about a week ago, and laughing at how awful it is. Perhaps Secret Fun Spot has figured out how to probe the minds of its readers for material with a hypno-coin.
Kirk, for a live-action parody there was a funny sketch on Joel Hodgson's "TV Wheel" pilot. I'd describe it as a old-time magic and novelty catalog that's come to life. Check it out on YouTube here, I think you'll really like it.
I liked the whole gimmicky concept of the "TV Wheel" (you can find the entire show on YouTube if you wish). Unfortunately it didn't last beyond the pilot.
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