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Publication date: 1986
Story: Mike Richardson
Art: James Dean Smith
Edits: Randy Stradley
“Boris the Bear Slaughters the Teenage Radioactive BlackBelt Mutant Ninja Critters!”
Summary:
Boris the Bear is in his treehouse when he encounters aproblem: All the black and white indie comics being published are about radicalanthropomorphic animal youngsters that know martial arts. He’s sick and tired of it! Rushing past his friend Dave, Boris gears upwith heavy artillery and goes on the hunt for clichéd indie comic bookcharacters who need to be eliminated.
During his journey, he encounters the Juvenile DeviantHard-Shelled Assassins: Leo, Mikey, Donny and Bob. Boris punches Mikey so hard his eyeballs popout, then chops his head off. After that, he disarmsLeo and punches a hole through his head. Next, he breaks Bob’s wrists and then punches him in the face so hard his headexplodes. And finally, Boris catches Donnytrying to sneak away. He stranglesDonny, rips off his shell and then slams him into the ground repeatedly untilthere’s nothing left of the Turtle but a greasy smear.
After Boris takes out some more anthropomorphic animalcharacters (both indie and mainstream), he’s sent back to his treehouse by anirate Dave. With his work done, Borissits down to read the only good indie comic about anthropomorphic animals everwritten: His own.
*For the record, this was a parody and not an officialcameo from the TMNT.
*The Hard-Shelled Assassins and others from this issue will return in Boris the Bear #8.
*The Hard-Shelled Assassins and others from this issue will return in Boris the Bear #8.
*Also murdered in this issue are Miyamoto Usagi, Cerebus the Aardvark and the Miami Mice; all characters whom the Turtles crossed overwith at some point.
*This issue received a second printing the same year.
I don’t typically cover parodies here at TMNTEntity. There have been so many goofs onthe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles over the years that I’d be reviewing into my 90sbefore I’d even be close to finished.
But it just so happens that while I was digging throughthe quarter bin at my local shop, I stumbled upon this thing and since I boughtit, I might as well review it.
While the story is pretty dumb and just an excuse formindless, over-the-top violence, it actually is a little funny. Let’s be frank; there WAS an explosion ofanthropomorphic animal characters in the indie comics scene of the mid-80s, andmany were a reaction to the success of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Boris’ frustration with all these genericcharacters seems a pretty reasonable reaction when you take the context of thetime period into consideration.
However, he does accuse several characters of beingmindless rip-offs with no artistic integrity worthy only of being murdered andforgotten… who are now considered to be some of the greatest indie comicscharacters of all time. And I ain’ttalkin’ ‘bout the TMNT, either.
I mean, who the hell shits on Usagi Yojimbo? I have never seen anyone ever rip apart thatbook as being knock-off garbage. Granted, ’86 was pretty early into Usagi’s lifespan, but Richardsonreally jumped the gun on this one (so to speak).
Likewise, he also rips into Cerebus. And while the aardvark doesn’t have the bestreputation these days, by ’86 his comic was still considered a contemporaryclassic that was innovating the sequential art form with almost every issue.
But fuck the Miami Mice, though. Open season on those losers.
So some of the slaughtering comes across as maybe envy; Richardsonseeing all these creators succeeding and innovating while the best idea he cancome up with is Boris the Bear. Afterreading Boris’ wiki article, apparently “killing characters more popular thanhe is” was the bear’s only gimmick.
I will say that the art is pretty great, though. James Dean Smith does a fine job imitating thestyles of all those other artists to make the parody characters feelauthentic. While he gets many of the little detailsright, he forgot to include a skull and crossbones speech bubble when Usagidies. What is this, Amateur Hour?
Like a LOT of forgotten ‘80s black and white indiecomics, Boris the Bear issues routinely wind up in quarter and dollarbins. With this having been released bya major publisher and having gotten multiple printings, you shouldn’t have toomuch trouble finding it for cheap. Thenovelty, at least for one issue, is pretty fun in a cheap thrill sort ofway. The original characters and thestory are dumb, but the art is pretty sweet. Maybe grab it if you see it.
And no, I won’t be reviewing Adolescent Radioactive BlackBelt Hamsters. Absolutely never.
| Boris the Bear | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Creative team | |
| Creators | James Dean Smith Mike Richardson |
| Original publication | |
| Date of publication | 1986–1991 (original run) 2007 (revival) |
| Language | English |
Boris the Bear is a fictional comic book character featured in several comic book titles published between 1986 and 2008.[1] The series began as a response to the popularity of the wave of anthropomorphic character titles that began with the publishing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984.[2] That title, itself a parody of popular comic books at the time such as Daredevil, inspired numerous knock-offs and parodies like Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung-Fu Kangaroos, Mildy Microwaved Pre-Pubescent Kung Fu Gophers and Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils which led to what many refer to as the Black-and-White Boom of the mid-1980s. The Boris character started as bear who was tired of these comic books and decides to kill them in a hyper-violent style reminiscent of 1980s films such as Rambo. After the first issue, Boris the Bear continued to fight parodies of the Transformers, Marvel Comics, Swamp Thing, and Elfquest before moving on to more character-driven stories.
Publication history[edit]
Starting in July 1986 and created by James Dean Smith and written by Mike Richardson and Randy Stradley,[1]Boris the Bear was the second title published by Dark Horse Comics. Telling the story of an anthropomorphic bear, who is soon revealed to be a robot, the book parodied many other comic book characters while also satirizing the comic book industry as a whole. Often extremely violent, the book was a black comedy that developed a cult following. The title also served as the introduction to Wacky Squirrel, created by Mike Richardson and Jim Bradrick, who gained his own popularity and went on to star in his own series and specials published by Dark Horse.
Early issues of Boris the Bear centered on parodies of industry trends at the time. For example, the first issue, titled Boris the Bear Slaughters the Teenage Radioactive Black Belt Mutant Ninja Critters features Boris disposing of characters resembling the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Usagi Yojimbo, Cerebus the Aardvark, the Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, Hamster Vice, and others in an extremely violent matter. The trend continued through the early issues of the title with Boris confronting or parodying characters resembling the Transformers, the heroes of the Marvel Universe, Swamp Thing, Batman, and Elfquest. It wasn’t long before Boris even met the actual T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.
The popularity of Boris led to two early appearances in the third and fourth issues of the first volume of Dark Horse Presents as well as full color reprints of the first three issues of his own book, under the title, Boris the Bear Instant Color Classics. The character’s popularity also led to parodies of Boris himself and “revenge” stories appearing in titles such as Blackthorne Publishing’s Laffin’ Gas, Slave Labor Graphics' Samurai Penguin and Eclipse Comics’ Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters.
In 1987, a disagreement with Dark Horse, over the direction of the title, convinced Smith to take Boris back from Dark Horse after the twelfth issue, and begin self-publishing the book under his own Nicotat Comics banner. The book picked up with the thirteenth issue, one month after the departure from Dark Horse. Nine months later, Nicotat introduced what was intended to be an ongoing second title, Boris’ Adventure Magazine. The original Boris continued to parody other comic books, although in a less vicious way, while also maturing into more of a somewhat serious adventure title. As the title changed and the book began shipping more and more infrequently, readership dropped and sales decreased. Eventually, despite Smith having the title plotted through the fortieth issue, Nicotat ended its run with the thirty-fourth issue in November, 1991.
In 1992, Boris briefly returned to Dark Horse with a short story in the sixty-fourth issue of Dark Horse Presents.
In July, 1996, Nicotat returned to the Boris character with a second issue of Boris’ Adventure Magazine. The title ran bi-monthly for two more issues, through November, 1996. Solicitations for the fifth and sixth issues were sent to retailers but the actual issues were never published. The book was officially canceled in 1997.
In April, 2007 James Dean Smith began self-publishing again under the name Oasis Comics. Smith handled writing, art, lettering, editing and production chores on a brand new Boris the Bear title that began with a new first issue. Boris The Bear: A Fall Into Spring Special followed in 2008. That same year, Smith announced that he was working on a Boris the Bear online comic strip, as well as a new one-shot comic book titled Boris the Bear: Pissed but neither of these projects materialized.
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Boris the Bear'. Dark Horse Comics.
- ^Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. p. 33. ISBN0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
External links[edit]
- Oasis Comics official site. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010.
- Boris the Bear at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018.
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