A comment that I’ve gotten from more than one reader is that Henchmen for Hire has a very 60’s and 70’s comic book style. It makes sense, since that’s when I was a young, avid comic book fan, and I’m creating a comic that fits in alongside some of my best memories.Â
If you’re also a fan of the comics of that time, you’ll know that the ads from that period were pretty strange and wonderful as well. If you hear the phrase “X-Ray Specs” or “Sea Monkeys,” I’m sure you think of your old comics, and can see that classic ad as it pops into your forebrain.
So, as a sort of ‘filler’ between chapters, I thought I would try making a parody of one of my favorite old comic book advertisements, and posting it. Along with superhero comics, I was also a fan of Mad and Cracked magazine from that time, so I think of it as just another tribute to the stuff I enjoyed reading.
Coming up on Monday, 9/5: “The INSULT that made a SUPER VILLAIN out of ‘Mac’.  – If you read the same comics I did when I was growing up, an image will have just popped into your head….
