posted March 08, 2003 07:00 AM               

Well ... yesterday I picked up a copy of the new Spongebob comic book (part of the NICK MAG PRESENTS series) for my niece and started flipping through the issue. And I was stopped dead in my tracks when I spotted the unmistakable art of Ramona Fradon ... on a three-page Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy story!

Needless to say, this was a very cool surprise, part of an issue that has an unusual amount of DC references in it, including mentions of YOUNG LOVE and SUGAR & SPIKE and a write-up on Ultra, the Multi-Alien. And several comic strip take-offs on features like TERRY & THE PIRATES and George Herriman's THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS, stuff that most adults won't recognize let alone kids. Bill Nolan gets a thank you in the credits for his research help.

Anyway, until someone taps Ms. Fradon to draw a new Aquaman & Aqualad story, this is probably as close as we're going to get. I doubt that most comics shops will have this one so you'll want to start checking the magazine section at the book store or Wal-Mart or wherever to find it.

posted March 08, 2003 03:42 PM               

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Originally posted by Mikishawm:
Bill Nolan gets a thank you in the credits for his research help.

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Really...wow. I have almost no idea what that could be for. Did they reprint the "Super-Zeroes" articles from Nick Magazine? I helped out with some art and some research for those in 2000 and 2001. I'll have to pick up the Sponge Bob book since I'm mentioned.