Thursday 31 March 2011

Crying Purple Gorilla Comix


Back in the day at DC Comics, someone in editorial (I'm not sure who, but I think it was Julius Schwartz) noticed that comics with covers featuring either (a) a gorilla (b) the color purple or (c) someone crying experienced an otherwise inexplicable boost in sales. Supposedly, these attributes were each allowed to appear on only one cover a month so as not to generate internal competition amongst the company's titles. That restraint is to be commended, but imagine the sales on an issue of Crying Purple Gorilla Comics. I mean, I'd buy it.

BTW, Alan Moore did this joke in the background of Top 10. I'm totally ripping him off.
Posted by George O'Connor at 14:49
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7 comments:

  1. SiFraser31 March 2011 at 16:06

    I like how you cartooned the back page ad too.

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  2. Tim Hamilton31 March 2011 at 17:03

    I don't think this will work for the internet as it did for comic sales...

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  3. Nick Abadzis31 March 2011 at 18:40

    Hahaha! I love it!

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  4. George O'Connor31 March 2011 at 21:01

    I'm totally chasing Simon's Whedonesque fueled Inara up the charts. From a respectable distance, of course.

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  5. Tim Hamilton31 March 2011 at 21:58

    Simon didn't mention us on that Whedon site I guess.

    Sniff...

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  6. SiFraser31 March 2011 at 22:38

    Is that Red or White Whine I'm hearing?

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  7. George O'Connor1 April 2011 at 00:34

    Actually, I prefer a nice blush-- oh.

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