Enter FRANKENHITLER!
You may remember him from such* DDD pages as Ends of the Earths Epilogue – Page 9, though at that point he was not nearly as snappy a dresser. Those keeping score at home will no doubt be aware that until today that was, in fact, his only appearance. Well, hang on to your butts* because in the next few weeks you’ll be seeing A LOT of Baron Von FrankenHitler!
*Can anyone identify the two references in the above paragraph? The first to do so gets the inaugural NO PRIZE of Volume Two.
I think it goes without saying (but, of course, I will anyway) that you should most definitely be here NEXT WEEK when the BEAST is UNLEASHED!
Anyways, till next time!
-Matt-
Every once in a while I go back to remind myself how DDD started with a dog having to relief itself.
Hahaha!
Yeah, we’ve come along way, but I don’t know if we will ever be able to top the spectacle of a three-legged dog balancing on two legs to pee over the side of a moving submarine.
1- “Giga-German”, you mean they can’t just speak regular German!?
2- The phrase “The Human Chattel” leads me to believe the Giga Reich are not fully Human.
3- That must be one serious bowl of Rice Krispies that Frakenhitler was wolfing down in panel #1!
4- I hope the “Object” in question has something to do with the creation of the Custer, and the physical condition of the captain of the same name.
1. Yup, Giga-German because, well, putting that in the Editor’s Note made us all laugh.
2. Interesting theory…or they are just total scumbags, which I guess would technically make them LESS than human.
3. We were THIS close to making the second sound effect KRACKLE…thiiiisss close.
4. Wait and see, my friend…
Simpsons (Troy Mclure) and also Ed Winchester from the Fast Show, although I go with Troy since you are not English! Second one is Jurassic Park I think.
Awesome page, so much going on, I always end up looking at pages like this 5 or 6 times, and seeing new stuff each time.
Long time no see, Timmagio!
Correct and correct. You are officially the first NO PRIZE winner of DDD Volume Two!
And, yeah, we write the pages and STILL look them over many times finding all the little details that Danilo packs into each panel. So, as much as we love to take credit for things in this case (and most others) we just stand back and tip our hat to Mr. Guida.
Well at least Franken-Hitler looks a bit less dull in the brain case in this depiction… Heck I can fully imagine him sitting by the fire place with a nice crackling fire listening to German Opera while sipping tea out of a comparatively tiny cup and one pinky finer jutting out. Surely the topic for him is ‘the good old days when you could just kidnap peasants for spare parts’.
That´s a good picture for our Frankenstein-Hitler!
I based more on the Mary Shelley´s version, rather than the Boris Karloff type… and of course, Bernie Wrightson´s illustrations are nailed on mi mind, so I think I did a mix adding the scars and the screws…(and the moustache, of course!)
I´m glad you like it