Thursday, November 10, 2011

Thrillogy by Tim Conrad

'Thrillogy' by Tim Conrad
Pacific Comics, 1984


 An interesting take on the 'Caveman' theme with 'Prometheus Primeval'.
 





Posted by tarbandu at 7:11 PM
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MPorcius said...

A number of the compositions in this comic are copied from illustrations in a popular science book I used to look at as a kid. The book was Early Man in the Time-Life Nature series, and at least some of the illustrations were by Jay Matternes. Check out these reproductions:

http://eu.muttpop.com/Show-and-Tell-Le-blog-de-Jerry-Frissen/%28id%29/1081/%28tag%29/Jay%20Matternes

November 10, 2011 at 10:59 PM
tarbandu said...

MPorcius, you are correct !

Looking at the website, it's clear that Tim Conrad did indeed model some features of his story on Matternes's compositions.

I vaguely remember reading the Time Life 'Early Man' book during the 60s / 70s.

I also remember in the late 60s, when I was in elementary school, coming home from the local grocery store with a paperback book about 'early man', one of a series of science titles for kids published by Western Publishing (I think).

My mother disapproved of my reading it because the book endorsed Evolution. I think she later threw it out.

I wasn't too traumatized, because the book actually was very boring.

I anticipated it would have gory illustrations depicting proto-human fight scenes, such as those featured in '2001: A Space Odyssey'.

Or maybe pictures of hordes of blood-soaked proto-humans laboriously butchering mammoths with stone knives.

But alas, it was resolutely 'scientific'......

November 12, 2011 at 12:10 PM
francisco said...

or a tribe of blonde cavegirls...

December 8, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Anonymous said...

After all this time I don't know if you're still around to read this. Just typing to thank you. Having come to the conclusion that the shelf space my comic collection occupied was probably of greater value than the comics themselves, I've long since sold it all and reacquired it online. I've been looking for a n online copy of Thrillogy, and THIS story in particular since forever. So Thank you for for allowing to scratch that itch. I'm going to read it now ... I hope it's as as good as I remember it from all those years ago.

June 26, 2022 at 9:58 PM
tarbandu said...

Anonymous, always glad to oblige those seeking nostalgia, and maybe treasures, from the Days Gone By !

June 26, 2022 at 10:59 PM

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