Green Giant Comics

[darkmark (RIP)]

Am I nuts, or did somebody once post a digicam copy of GREEN GIANT COMICS #1 here??  I could almost promise I've seen that issue here somewhere at one time.  But I've tried to locate it here and on the competitors' site, and no soap.  Am I dreaming, or did it really happen?

[Yoc]

Nope, never been scanned DM.
I thought someone said they had fiche of it back on GAC before DCM but that's all I recall.

[narfstar]

That would be me. Also Colossus but JVJ has it to play with fiche scanning

[JVJ (RIP)]

YOIKS! I'm so sorry, narf.
I had completely forgotten about that. I shall return it tomorrow. I want to play, but, as is all too often the case, time escapes me.

The computer that my scanner is attached to has been displaying weird jittery and uncontrollable spasms and I have been reluctant to tackle the repair/support process so soon after the debacle of the laptop.

Sorry. Peace, Jim (|:{>

[Yoc]

Jim, Narf,
Hang on a day or so and let me see if I can find someone else to scan that fiche for you.  If Narf is OK with that.

-Yoc

[jfglade]

 If you take a look at the group image of Richard Boucher's "Indies Universe 3" group, you'll see that there are some very poor fiche scans of at least the Green Giant story itself floating around. Richard had obtained scans of the Green Giant story which he didn't post to that group but did post the first page of the story to show how poor the scans were when someone asked about them. From the one sorry example it was impossible to tell much about the quality of the book itself, but the scans were exceedingly poor, and it looked like poor scans had been made even worse by being duped on a computer that had serious problems.

 What little that has been written about that book usually suggests that Pelican decided not to distribute it because the color printing was horribly out of register. If John has digicam copies of the pages, at the very least he would be able to confirm or refute the idea that the book is only marginally readable.

 I'm curious to see how this one works out.

[narfstar]

The really bad scan may even have been mine. I tried to scan the fiche without having a film setting on my scanner. None of my scanners have had the film setting. Jim I am in no hurry for the fiche as I can not scan it well anyway. Instead of sending it to me you can send it to whomever Yoc finds willing.

[JonTheScanner]

Check with Snard.  If he can't scan the fiche, he'll know the best person to do so.  Ontology was very good, but he's not been around for a while.

[Yoc]

I was going to ask Loftypilot but I haven't seen him to ask.
Snard - you want to try?  I've heard the Giant book really was a mess so it might be pretty scary looking!

[Roygbiv666]

So if the fiche gets scans, what happens when all our expectations of this "lost" comic are dashed? I suggest alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems. Or read more comics.

[Yoc]

Either Jim,
I got this question from Snard -
"Is this fiche is a single solid card, or is it a
carrier with "film strips"? I ask because if it's not a single card,
there's a guy on the hubs named Pmack who has had good luck scanning
them with his film/slide scanner. A regular fiche card is too big to
fit, but the individual film strips in a carrier card will fit in his
film tray."

I know Pmack - a good guy and scanner.
-Yoc

[JVJ (RIP)]

Either Jim,
I got this question from Snard -
"Is this fiche is a single solid card, or is it a
carrier with "film strips"? I ask because if it's not a single card,
there's a guy on the hubs named Pmack who has had good luck scanning
them with his film/slide scanner. A regular fiche card is too big to
fit, but the individual film strips in a carrier card will fit in his
film tray."

I know Pmack - a good guy and scanner.
-Yoc

It's the "film strip" format, Yoc.
Send me a name/address by PM and I'll put into the post on Tuesday.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

Damn, Roy, we'll just have to live with reality. Alcohol sounds like a reasonable reaction to me.

[Roygbiv666]

Either Jim,
I got this question from Snard -
"Is this fiche is a single solid card, or is it a
carrier with "film strips"? I ask because if it's not a single card,
there's a guy on the hubs named Pmack who has had good luck scanning
them with his film/slide scanner. A regular fiche card is too big to
fit, but the individual film strips in a carrier card will fit in his
film tray."

I know Pmack - a good guy and scanner.
-Yoc

It's the "film strip" format, Yoc.
Send me a name/address by PM and I'll put into the post on Tuesday.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

Damn, Roy, we'll just have to live with reality. Alcohol sounds like a reasonable reaction to me.

Cheers!

[Yoc]

It's the "film strip" format, Yoc.
Send me a name/address by PM and I'll put into the post on Tuesday.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

Damn, Roy, we'll just have to live with reality. Alcohol sounds like a reasonable reaction to me.

Ok, Pmack is willing Jim.
You've got a PM with the details.