Collecting S&M comics

[Azuka]

Maybe I can fill in some of the missing TOTALLY FOX KIDS info. I own several of them. They were free if you subscribed back then but for some reason they have a $1 price on the covers.

 

Here's what I have and the Sam and Max info:

 

August 1997:

Sam and Max on the cover. They're the centerpiece of a group shot showing most of the new Fox kid's show...Louie Anderson is the only other character I can recognize. Sam is holding an Oscar.

 

Spring 1998:

Centerfold covers 2 pages. Shows Sam and Max in their office with every oddball thing imaginable around them. "Purcell" is written on the ant farm Max is holding...although it contains people instead of ants. Is this the "Sam and Max in the office" piece I see listed on various websites? It's not a strip but a 2 page centerfold/drawing.

 

Summer 1998:

"Action Figure Surgery."

 

 

Other things I have that I don't see listed (and not from FOX):

 

A poster/ad for S&M Surfin' the Highway. Reproduces the cover and is ~ 14"x18."

 

I bought a S&M print from Steve Purcell at Wondercon several years ago (also got the t-shirt and moving pen). The print is numbered 40/500 and is ~ 14"x18." Steve also gave us an Italian version of the game. He had some in several languages and we chose Italian. "Arrivaderciiiii Sam and Max!!!"

 

I also have "shelftalker"...a stand up ad for the game. It's about 14"x4." It has S&M holding a gun on one side...a rat eating a fig newton is emerging from the barrel...and Blurbs on the other..."Adventure Game of the Year." "Golden Triad Award" and stuff like that. "Look for the CD-ROM 'talkie' version."

 

Hope that info helps.

[Jake]

Ah that's great, thanks!

 

Any chance of getting a pic of that "shelftalker" or whatever its called? I haven't seen that before (and now want one).

[Samnmax221]

It sucks because fox was'nt a local channel untill about 5 years ago so I got screwed

[Azuka]

Sure. I'll see if I can get it scanned this week. I'll scan the shelftalker, the cover of the first FOX KIDS news and the 2 page centerfold of Sam and Max in the office.

 

The print is too big to scan...plus I have it framed and matted.

 

I haven't checked the samandmax.net front page yet but there must be info about where one can send pix/scans.

[Jake]

email to freelancepolice at samandmax.net , but replace the " at " with an @ etc etc

[Azuka]

Just e-mailed 5 scans:

 

August 97 cover of FOX KIDS

 

Action Figure Surgury

 

"Shelftalker" - ad for the game

 

The 2 page centerfold from FOX KIDS

 

The Key to "Something's Not Right Here" - detailing what is 'not right' in the centerfold.

 

Sorry about the size but I wanted to send good quality scans...feel free to size to your needs.

[Canine_Shamus]

Just a couple days ago I got my first Sam & Max comic, it was "Bad Day on the Moon", I just asked my local comic book store about anything Sam & Max and they said the could just put a vague order on it. (Sorta like "If anything comes in, we'll send it here.") I payed $3.50 CAD for it, I thought that was a pretty good price. It was in excellent shape too, only a couple of crease marks around the spine. I'm still hoping they find more. I also got the tapes off of the videoflicks website as well, good stuff those tapes.

[Azuka]

Congrats on your score Pork.

 

Where did you find the tapes? I've looked at http://www.videoflicks.com but they always had the tapes listed as "not available."

 

I have some episodes I taped when they aired on FOX but I'm missing some...some on the tapes and some not.

[Canine_Shamus]

I'm sorry dude, I ordered them a while ago when they were still available, I got them in a 3 pack. What you can try is looking on eBAY. Other then that, just call videoflicks or something. I guess you waited to long. *shrug*

[Azuka]

Thanks for the info.

 

I've been a Sam and Max fan for a long time but until recently I didn't know some of the TV show episodes had been released commercially. I just finished converting my old taped-from-television episodes to DVD which reminded me I was missing some episodes.

 

They did some funny things when they originally aired the S&M here...showed some, then mixed some repeats in with a few new ones then stopped. I'm not sure they aired all of the series in the area I live in.

 

I'll keep looking, thanks.

[I am speed]

I got the Sam & Max Freelance Police Special from Square Deal Online , and it looks like they still have at least one copy left! If you want it, check it out..... it'll only set you back 8.98 with shipping. (the condition is listed as fine)

[Samnmax221]

I'v been screwed every time surfin the highway comes up on ebay it gets pumped up past 40 $ and my mom won't let me waste my money!

 

I geuse I'm stuck with Bad day on the moon for good!

[Azuka]

Still no posting of those scans I sent in March. Hmmmmm.....

[Jake]

Hm I should update the site sometime...

[Jester]

Let's not be rash.

[SyntheticGerbil]

Report. Destroy the site. I dare you.

[Scummbuddy]

That dirty jerkoff batroy snuck in at the last seconds of bidding on eBay to steal "The Collected SAM & MAX Surfin' the Highway --MINT NR" from me.

 

You can check out the bid war that happened in the last 18 seconds, as he had to pay in the 70's to top my highest bid.

 

The only thing that makes me okay, is that he payed over 40 bucks higher than what it was going for, for most of the time.

 

I'm still really pissed, though. I wanted it so badly.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6533275370&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&rd=1

[Scummbuddy]

Update: if anyone cares.... the bidder that one-up'd me the other day was unable to pay, so it came back to me as a "second chance" to pay my highest bid, right away. So I took it.

 

Apparently the seller was non other than Steve Purcell, himself. I became a giddy little school boy when he wrote me about the book. And he said for me paying so much, I got this also...