Annotations
I enjoy the Alan Moore's game of placing "Easter egg" cameos and seeing if anyone catches them. At least those that get through editorial. For instance, I once drew Alan in slave chains getting ready to strangle a man with a DC logo on his tunic. I wasn't so brash as to include the letter D and C on the logo, but it was removed regardless.
Jess Nevins used to be the authority on Alan Moore and Top 10 annotations, but it's hard work and he's had to drop out of the game.
Does anyone know if there are annotations of Zander and my new Top 10 series anywhere? I'd love to know what folks have and have not noticed.
Jess Nevins used to be the authority on Alan Moore and Top 10 annotations, but it's hard work and he's had to drop out of the game.
Does anyone know if there are annotations of Zander and my new Top 10 series anywhere? I'd love to know what folks have and have not noticed.
posted by Gene Ha at 2:58 PM
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I'm not aware of any other Top 10 notations other than Jess Nevins', but in the new series I've had a lot of fun spotting the 3rd Bass and MC Frontalot references and look forward to the rest, heck yeah! Never knew you were a fan of white rappers Gene :D
Oh, and that Alan Moore Easter egg from the original Top 10 has always been one of my favorites ... I always wondered if the guy behind him was supposed to be Dave Gibbons???
Cheers,
Steve
I put a guy behind Alan with a shaved head because it seemed that a lot of British writers my age had clean pates. It's not anyone specific, but I figured it would look like someone famous!
K ... it's a snowy day and what to do but ... read comics! Here's a brief list of Top 10 annotations for the new series.
VOLUME ONE
page 1, panel 1:I'll swear that's a Joust guy from the classic video game on the lower right. The kid in the upper right panel looks like a Dragon Ball Z character, but I'm not really a manga reader ...
page 2-3: the kid looks like Black Lightning Jr, if there is such a character ... the other guy reminds me of "Letter Man" from the old Electric Company TV show, even though I know it's not him ...
Page 11, panel 1: upper right, It's the Flying Pope!
Not sure who the two medics are in panel two.
Page 13, panel 1 in the crowd I think I spot Captain Britain, what seems to be a rather portly Johnny Future, and the huge 7ft tall guy from the Muppet Show...
Page 15 panel 5, the newsboy closest to Dwayne seems to have an X-Man t-shirt on and may be one of the characters; I don't read Marvel, so I couldn't say which one ...
Page 16 panel 4 is one of my favorite panels in Season Two. from left to right we see a kid wearing a 3rd Bass T-shirt and possibly sporting the MC Serch white boy Afro standing underneath "Alvy Singer's ______" nice nod to Woody Allen there, what -may- be Avenger the eagle from the "Harvey Birdman" TV show, moving on there's the Dr. Doom Charlie Brown and Snoopy from the original Top 10 series, what appears to be the home of ubiquitous Kirby-era ad staple GRIT magazine (hey, you can make 4 cents an issue!) and on the far right what appears to be the child of New God Mokkari pimping a "Harper's Bizarre" newspaper with the headline "SUCKA MCs _____ NEOPOLIS." Sheer genius. And as I type this I notice the Disneyland castle in the far background. Niiice.
Page 17, apart from a hilarious hint to Shock Headed Peter's origins also features nerdrap hero MC Frontalot as Buzz, who like Billy Batson apparently has his own magic word that transforms him into ... Captain Aztec?? Love it.
On Page 21 I'm going to speculate that's Gograh from the original Top 10 series in the cell next to Mickey Millions, why he's wearing boxing gloves is anyone's guess.
Page 23 Panel 1 features another John Belushi cameo as his samurai character, just to the right of Slipstream Phoenix. The guy on the candy bar machine looks very Matt Groening-ish, maybe Radioactive Man?
Page 23 Panel 5: I'm not sure who the elderly gentleman with the sun outfit is, but that's clearly the Great Gazoo floating next to him. The floating dinosaur looks a bit like the flying dragon character from Neverending Story; can't recall his name at the moment.
VOLUME TWO
Page 4, Panel 4: My second favorite panel in Season Two (so far). Looks like the ladies room at TOP 10 has quite the collection of bathroom graffiti. From left to right: "Banner - I like him when he's angry!" a sketch of Snoopy as Joe Cool, "Don't let Diana tie you up" "SINISTER DUCKS"-which for those who don't know is an avant garde music project Alan Moore did with fellow Northhamptonites David J from Bauhaus and Max Acropolis. I used to have the single back in high school ... I think Kevin O'Neill did the sleeve. "Galactis [sic] will eat ur world!" and what I can only imagine is a message for the reader who actually read all this "comic book whore" hee hee hee ...
Page 8, panel 1: from left to right looks as though Gandalf has gone into the dry cleaning biz as the robe says "Mithrandir Cleaners" ... not sure who the cat with the bag and the old hippy are, though given that this is supposed to be the magic users neighborhood that would mean that the large plant growing outside the apartment is probably Jack's beanstalk.
Page 11, panel 1: far in the upper left hand corner we find the other Kirby-era ad staple "X-RAY Specs"... now to complete the set we just need "Potato Gun" and maybe "Learn Guitar By Ear!" I can't make out all of the graffiti on the house other than a sneaky "Didio Rules!" So looks like Dan has been busy when he's not out dominating the Multiverse (for you Ambush Bug readers)...For some evil reason I always thought the guy in panel 4 was Bee Guy from the Simpsons.
Page 15 panel 1 the old guy with the German helmet on seems to be enjoying a copy of "Class Action Comics" while John Belushi's samurai makes his second appearance next to his lunch room pal Capt. Bar-B-Q.
Page 17 panel 4: I love this. A Green Lantern themed-restaurant "Jordan's" complete with Jawa and Guardian waiters. I know I've seen the female character on the left hand side of panel 8 before but I can't remember her name; the character just to the right of Capt. Peregrine somewhat remembles Kilowog in a funny helmet...
Page 20: Not sure who the two cuties and the fat guy with the gun are on the left, butthey appear to be up to no good.
Page 21: Pixie the babysitter reminds me of Cyclone of the JSA.
Page 23 panel 4: Dr. Sivana working for Mickey Millions? I think so ...
That's everything I've been able to spot so far... I'll try to post the rest as issues 3 and 4 come out. Keep up the great work Gene and Zander!
Steve
Hey Xteve,
If it's cool with you, I'd like to re-post these as an official blog post, instead of commentary. You're pretty accurate, probably batting .750. Re-posting would let folks fill in the gaps.
Also, send me your email by the MAIL link if you'd like!
Hi Gene, you're definitely welcome to use the annotations as a blog post! I'd love to see if anyone else can fill in some of the blanks.
I'll send my email through the MAIL link.
Steve
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