You know who went really big for the
3-D craze of the early
1950s?
Harvey Comics!
Yeah, the cover
wasn't in 3-D...you had to have it decipherable to those who hadn't taken the glasses out of the comic yet, plus you needed color on the newsstand.
But the interiors?
3-D!!
OK, it probably looks better with the glasses.
But look--
3-D!!
A guy fighting an octopus--
in 3-D!!
Dinosaurs--
in 3-D!!
And Harvey did all kinds of books in 3-D. Look--Kiddie books!
Funny animal books!!
Because nothing says "this story needs 3 dimensions" than funny animals!!
Westerns!
Super-heroes!!
Captain 3-D was a
Simon/Kirby joint...
You wouldn't think you'd need to make a Kirby story 3-D, because his stuff
already leapt off the page...but here you go:
Now, you've no doubt noted that each cover had
this:
Allow me to call bullshit. Since these were 36 page comics in 1953, and Harvey was charging
25¢, there certainly was "extra cost" compared to "
regular" comics.
Still, Harvey got some eye doctors to sign off on a statement claiming that reading 3-D comics was good for children's eyes!
And 3-D, in all media, was
the vanguard of the future!!
Well, not so much. Whether because of poor sales or high costs, none of the Harvey 3-D titles lasted more than 2 issues.
Now when do we get
4-D comics?
Hypercube comics, coming soon in a future near you.
ReplyDeleteI remember a lot of 3d comics in the late 1980s also. Right around the time when there were tons of indy black and white books, there suddenly were a bunch of 3D comics as well. Blackthone had a ton of licensed 3D comics, like GI-Joe and Transformers. A quick Google search shows there was even a California Raisins 3D comic. I remember owning a lot of them. I was in high school with a part time job and a lot of disposable income back then and bought a ton of comics, many of which were pure crap.
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