tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post9177358354933088762..comments2024-03-22T05:09:57.169+00:00Comments on Cloud 109: More of the Lost TreasurePeter Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-22009791357327824852009-12-04T14:43:40.946+00:002009-12-04T14:43:40.946+00:00Yes it was weird in retrospect, I found that U.S. ...Yes it was weird in retrospect, I found that U.S. comics were just so different in that there was only a relative minority of titles during the '60's such as G.I. Combat and Sergeant Rock which bothered with the war, while the bulk of their output was devoted to superheroes, which in terms of creativity seemed a lot more liberating for both writers and artists.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-73261603772686588632009-12-04T13:17:40.678+00:002009-12-04T13:17:40.678+00:00I was going to say that the WW2 craze you talked a...I was going to say that the WW2 craze you talked about had passed me by, but then I remembered how important Capt Hurricane, The Dambusters, Battle of the Bulge, Reach for the Sky, etc were to me back then. And I couldn't get enough of POW memoirs and movies. Yet at the time (early '60s) I thought of myself as being a lot less interested in the war than most kids I knew, so I think you're right - it was a complete national obsession.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.com