Comments on: Brad Meltzer Promo Juggernaut

By: Nat Gertler

Nat Gertler — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:55:09 +0000

Ach, just saw months later that I was asked a question here; the answer is yes, I wrote some of the Nascar comics line (the Vortex one, not the new one). And yes, I did do the English script for some Japanese Speed Racer stories (although not quite as many as I was credited for), as well as writing a couple issues of the American series for Now.

By: George G.

George G. — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:04:08 +0000

Heh, heh. DC/Time Warner continue to worship at the altar of the most talent-free god since the golden calf. It’s so bad, it’s good. (No–not his work. That’s just so bad it’s bad. I mean the marketing.)

Wouldn’t it be neat if DC someday ran a feature like GQ does from time to time, pulling features from over a decade ago and pointing to them as “our occasional lapses in judgment?”

By: Tommy Raiko

Tommy Raiko — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:55:20 +0000

I knew DC had done some superhero deals…

MAD magazine, too, IIRC. I seem to recall some Spy vs. Spy NASCAR sponsorships a few years back…

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:32:21 +0000

I knew DC had done some superhero deals, but I had no idea that the Flash car won.

Thanks for the insight, Scott. Sounds like the promo value is more in the articles than the actual logo.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:37:18 +0000

I, for one, am proud to be both a comic book and NASCAR afficionado. Remember those great Justice League cars from a few years ago (and the Flash car won, of course). Though I will admit I’m not a particular Metzler fan…

Still, that’s tiny decal that will only be legible in a close-up of the hood — which would only be seen in a wreck — which most likely would destory the hood in the first place.

By: David Oakes

David Oakes — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:41:55 +0000

Is it wrong to hope that someone gets up under him and puts him in the wall?

(I know it’s wrong to even know that phrase, but what can you do. CMT is right next to SciFi on COX cable…)

By: Dan Coyle

Dan Coyle — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:15:12 +0000

And even if Gertler didn’t, he adapted Speed Racer so that’s close enough!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:48:53 +0000

And someone who WROTE Nascar comics would know!

(I did remember that right, Nat?)

By: Nat Gertler

Nat Gertler — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:42:31 +0000

Hey, hey, remember, you can’t judge a book by its hood decal!

By: James Schee

James Schee — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:49:31 +0000

Oooh new promotional tagline for Meltzer’s stories. “His stories are a car wreck waiting to happen!”

“See how (or who) he crashes and burns next!”