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king kong escapes again
Aug. 15th, 2011 10:59 pmMy folks came up for a visit over the weekend; we met them in Niagara Falls, went over to Niagara By The Lake, did some sightseeing and shopping around Toronto, and they left Monday early. Got to see lots of family photos, have some nice dinners, do a bit of antiquing, and we avoided most of the typical touristy stuff (if not the traffic). Always great to see the parents and I miss them when they're gone. Though the cat did not, she hid, as she always does when company comes over. Because our guests are all hollering axe murderers, right?
So after they left we were catching up with our online comics at the Mister Kitty site and I got to thinking about the next Let's Anime column I should do, and that got me to thinking about the King Kong animated series from the 60s. And THAT got me thinking about the Milton Bradley board game based on the King Kong animated series from the 60s. Namely, where the hell is it? I looked in closets, I looked in boxes, I looked in shelves and behind shelves and under shelves. Finally found it inside the flat file along with a scary clown puzzle and artwork, and spent today scanning images of it in along with screencaps from the TV show.
So if you are curious about the King Kong game you can read the Let's Anime column here that I wrote back in '07. And if you want to read about the King Kong TV series you can read about it here in a piece I originally wrote for Anime Jump.
I had been THINKING about running a column I wrote in 1999, a kindly little missive entitled 'Cosplay Must Be Destroyed' that I cranked out after a particularly horrific AWA costume contest. But the thing served its purpose, it vented some steam from my brain and got me a reputation as a hate-filled ranter who lives only to smash and destroy, and the email responses were quaint, to say the least. Digging all that back up and presenting it to the world twelve years later would serve no good purpose; I learned my lesson, which was to stay away from costume contests. And also, that I like that King Kong cartoon.
So after they left we were catching up with our online comics at the Mister Kitty site and I got to thinking about the next Let's Anime column I should do, and that got me to thinking about the King Kong animated series from the 60s. And THAT got me thinking about the Milton Bradley board game based on the King Kong animated series from the 60s. Namely, where the hell is it? I looked in closets, I looked in boxes, I looked in shelves and behind shelves and under shelves. Finally found it inside the flat file along with a scary clown puzzle and artwork, and spent today scanning images of it in along with screencaps from the TV show.
So if you are curious about the King Kong game you can read the Let's Anime column here that I wrote back in '07. And if you want to read about the King Kong TV series you can read about it here in a piece I originally wrote for Anime Jump.
I had been THINKING about running a column I wrote in 1999, a kindly little missive entitled 'Cosplay Must Be Destroyed' that I cranked out after a particularly horrific AWA costume contest. But the thing served its purpose, it vented some steam from my brain and got me a reputation as a hate-filled ranter who lives only to smash and destroy, and the email responses were quaint, to say the least. Digging all that back up and presenting it to the world twelve years later would serve no good purpose; I learned my lesson, which was to stay away from costume contests. And also, that I like that King Kong cartoon.
