Time to close out the month of September with my final mock ad. Fear not, my hot-headed Hostess hunks, I am working on more and will post at some point in the future.
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| Text folded, spindled mutilated and © 2020 by Mike Mitchell |
And here's the original:
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| Originally published in Action Comics #484, June 1978 © 1978 DC Comics, Inc. |
We're back for some fast fun, with a faster flashback! Here's another poor Hostess Fruit Pie ad that I butchered for the Snicker-Snack Fanzine APA. As you can see, I definitely continue the sophisticated, urbane humor initiated in the last instalment featuring Batman and his not-so-bashful Boy Wonder. This time we find our fleet-footed Barry Allen on the move...
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| Butchered Text © 2020 Mike Mitchell |
And here's the original:
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| From Sad Sack and the Sarge #140, Dec. 1979 © 1979 DC Comics |
And yes, that footnote is right. This FLASH ad appeared in a Sad Sack Comic!
Stay tooned for more sugary-sweet parodies!
Being an equal opportunity offender, I decided to jump ship and go over to Marvel for some super action. In this case, the indomitable Captain America and Nick Fury found themselves in my crosshairs...
Now, I liked most of this version, except for the final line of dialogue. So, even though the original line is okay, I updated it for this blog posting (and all future reprints).
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| Text butchered and copyright 2020 by Mike Mitchell |
Here's the original dialogue (only the last word balloon is changed).
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| Text © 2020 Mike Mitchell |
And, finally, here's the original as it was appeared waaaay back when.
As someone who grew up reading comics in the 1970s and 80s, I was in love with the humorous ads that Hostess ran in the comics. These were BRILLIANT advertising and perfectly suited to their medium: in these ads, there was a random one-page comic ad, drawn by a current comics professional (so it looked exactly "real") and featured our favorite superheroes using Hostess products to foil crime. These included Superman using Twinkies, Batman using Twinkies (and not just as a sidekick!), Hulk using Fruit Pies, and so forth.
The really wild thing was, sometimes the ads appeared in comics by other publishers, so you might see Captain Marvel or Sad Sack appearing in a Gold Key comic! Crazy times.
Here's a link to a guy who took the time to document which ads appeared in which comics:
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/gallery.php?page=hostess
And this guy has a great list broken down by individual hero:
http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess.htm
Here are a few of my favorite ads:
