 So for this next book, what we're gonna do is have a read through Creatures of the Id. And this book is the first appearance of Madman. The guy's name is, the character name is Frank Einstein, which is a mix of Frank Sinatra and Albert Einstein. The reason being, because he's, well, he's pretty cool and he's a genius. He's super smart. He's super fast. He's got clairvoyance. He's got diviner powers. He's got superhuman agility. And this guy, Madman, was created by Mike Alred in 1990 and this book is from 1990. And as far as I know, the print run for this book is pretty low. I think last time I checked, I think it was around 3,000 copies, but you know, don't take my word for it. It might be more. I don't think it's any less. That's pretty low print run. And it's one of the, it's a very cool character and it's been around since 1990. And Mike Alred and others, I believe others have done stories with Madman. He did a crossover with Superman comic ones. So I'm pretty sure someone else wrote him or could have been Mike Alred. And this is basically his first appearance. And we're gonna have a read through it, flip through the books. Got a couple other stories in there as well, but we're just gonna basically read the Madman story. Because it's one of my favorite characters from the 1990s and it's an independent character. And it's still around. And they still keep on producing stories with Mike, from Mike Alred and others writing it. And this is the most recent one that I picked up. It's a 3D Madman comic. What does it say here? It says, in your face 3D specials starring Frank Einstein. And it's got glasses in it. So let me crack this open. And we're not gonna, we're not gonna read through this. I just want to show you how intricate the comic books have gotten. Serious. I mean, take a look at this thing. This thing is a thick book. It's 3D. It was pretty expensive. The price tag on this thing was $9, 10 bucks. Right? $10. But it's a lot of bang for your buck considering it. It's got 3D glasses in there that you can push out from here. You can just push out, right? And grab it and read it. It's got his Madman logo on there with his face, right? And it's a 3D comic. And she's sort of creators on this color by Laura Alred. I believe that's Mike Alred's wife. And created, written, illustrated by Mike Alred. So it is Mike Alred doing the whole thing. I haven't read through this one yet. It looks super cool. I mean, I'm not sure if it's pretty coming up pretty good actually on the camera and looking at it without the 3D glasses. Even with the 3D glasses, it looks pretty cool. And I mean, look at that. It's trippy and it's really zany. And he's got a lot of cool toys. Like he uses yo-yos and he's super agile. And he's super smart. He's got, again, he's got super fast reflexes. And these are pin-ups. Looking forward to going through this actually. Look at these pin-ups. Beautiful work. Absolutely beautiful. So what we're going to do, and right now we're in 2014. So this thing came out at the end of 2014. So what we're going to do is go back 20, 24 years and have her read through creatures of the it. The first appearance of Madman. And it's black and white. And I believe that was the only appearance of Madman as black and white. I'm not 100% sure on that actually. His, I believe, his second appearance was in graphic music. Graphic music. And this one is in color. And let me just flip through this one too and just show you what the next progression was from creatures of the it. And then we'll take a look at creatures of the it. And so this is music, graphic music. And it's done my mic already again. And this is a pretty nice, it's a pretty nice copy. As far as grading goes, I've agreed this is, it's around the eight. Okay. And it's color. All the stories. Just a progression. Oh, nakedness. And it's got really, really interesting and weird, the villains and what really defines comic books or superheroes in general is who their adversaries are, who the supervillains are. Like Batman, you know, he's cool and stuff like this. But what's really interesting about Batman is all the villains he faces, they really define who Batman is. For Madman, it's a little different. Madman is, he's got zany characters, he's got zany villains, fighting zany villains, but he is actually very unique. And he's a very interesting character and fun to read. Always taking me on a little ride. So let's crack this one open. Read through creatures of the it. So this book, it's got a little bit of, you know, spots on it, creases on it. It's not bad shape, it's medium high grade. I'll probably give this a seven or so. As far as grading goes, still appealing. Good enough. And it's been read, you can tell. It's got a little bit, flipped it. And it's, it's good. Nice collectible for me. It's the only issue I have of this. Again, we'll take a look at the fine print. What does a fine print say? Creatures of the It, number one published by Calibre Press. And it's got their address and their Plymouth, Minnesota, I guess, MI. And this has got three different stories and the trains of thought stories. 1990 again, Jerry Lange. The next story is civilization and it's discontent. And again, Jerry Lange. The third story is for the record. Again, copyright 1990. And it's M. Dalton Allred. That's Mike Allred. And that's the story we're going to read. What we're going to do right now is just sort of flip through it. So you get a feel for what seriously independent 1990 comic book look like and felt like. The paper quality is, you know, it's not as good a quality as what's being printed right now. And this story is mainly images, mainly panels laid out. So we're just gonna flip through this Speedy Gonzales style and just have a look through it and then get to the third story of Madman, Frank Einstein. This is like a Twilight Zone episode. And I believe it was the Star Trek Captain Kirk that was in that Star Trek episode where in the Twilight Zone episode it was Outer Limits, I believe. It was Twilight Zone or Outer Limits where he's riding on a plane and there's a gremlin in a storm ripping the plane wing apart and trying to make the plane crash. And he goes crazy in it. And this sort of is reminiscent of that to me anyway. Look at all the creatures coming in. And here's a civilization and it's discontents. And this was published, Lang, Alred, and so Mike Alred actually worked on this one as well. Actually let's see if Mike Alred worked on this one. Written by Geoffrey Lang, art by Mike Alred and Dalton Alred. So Mike Alred actually did the art for this as well. That's why it's fairly consistent. Look at the eyes and the background. I didn't notice that before. The teeth. The eyes and the teeth instead of the stars. Mike Alred's works brilliant. He's one of the greatest comic book creators of all time really. One of the best anyway. Up there with some of the greats. And he's been very consistent and he stayed true to his form. And the art for this is Mike Alred as well. Don't know the story of this one. I haven't read this one yet. Short story. And here is Frank Einstein in For the Record. And the story of Madman. Frank Einstein is that he got into a car accident and he died and he was resurrected by, well I guess a mad scientist you could say. And the mad scientist you know like this creation and named him after Frank Sinatra and Albert Einstein. Frank Sinatra because I guess he thought he was a cool cat. And Albert Einstein because Madman is a genius. He's very smart and he has superhuman abilities. He's he devines. He can touch objects and feel their history. And he's got a lot of cool toys. And he's got a lot of cool toys. So let's read everything in this issue. By Michael Alred, Bernie M. Marul. Laura Alred. Mike Alred and his wife. Okay. You can take a look at that. So what is the story about? Music world. Sail. People can be so, people can be so mean and he's very emotional. Madman. He's got tears coming down. He's crying. So of course the character was developed after Frankenstein. Right sort of a mix of Frankenstein. He's got the scars and the bolts sticking out of him. So what is this? Music world. People can be so mean, Madman says. I've been to the record store at least twice a month for three months trying to get a record I ordered. It may be my imagination. It may be my imagination. Maybe I'm making something of nothing. But when I ordered it, I looked normal. I hadn't had my accident. Come on pilgrim, the pixies. Okay, no problem. That should only take a week to 10 days. So he orders a record, the pixies. Now when I go in, they say no, not in without even looking. Sometimes they just ignore me since the accident. Nope, excuse me. The accident. So he doesn't look, he's all just scarred up so they're ignoring him. You can see sweat coming off the clerk's face right there. The accident. So here the panel is for the accident. Car goes over a cliff. It looks in. Call takes him to the doctor explaining what's going on. Doctor operates. The scalpel comes up. Blood given. Maybe the the cores are part of the umbilical cord for a newborn. Interesting and all the wires maybe that he's connected to. Ah, he sees the lights. He sees the doctor. We brings the brain. Check this out. He takes his brain out just like Frankenstein. The imagery touching the father. He's operating, sewing him up. That's from the Michelangelo's painting with human being, man reaching out, just casually and God reaching towards them and gives them electricity shock and madman is born. Let's check out the rest of the story. So going back to the present, right? I noticed them make fun of people less perfect than themselves. Now that's what I call but ugly. Oh, they're talking behind them. Ha, look, it's the refrigerator repairman. Oh, they're making fun of the refrigerator repairman. They're cracking his butt. Oh, um, uh, that record you keep asking for. I'm pretty sure we can't get it. Oh, so they're dismissing him. Well, could you please check? Madman says the clerk, look, we don't have it. Look, we don't have. We don't have to check. I know we don't have it. Come back in a few months or maybe some other story can get it for you. Oh, what a bunch of bad people. And here's a record right there with a sticker on them. Special order for F. Einstein, the pixies. Come on, pilgrim. Right there. Man, that pisses me off. It's got to be in by now. If they just check, I'd never come here again. Perfectly, perfectly primped. That creeps me out. Look at him talking about him. What's the problem? Okay, I'm not the best looking guy in the world. Well, he's got serious scars. He's got little bolts sticking out of him. I've got intelligence and heart. Yeah, yeah, whose heart? I've heard a lot of jokes. I've heard all the jokes of compromise. I've got intelligence and heart. Yeah, yeah, whose heart? I've heard, heard all the jokes of compromise. I've tried hats, turtle legs and scarves, not too practical in the summer. And why should I hide anyway? So he's got the hat on, puts on the turtle neck. What is this weather going up? And why should I try to hide anyway? He's right. Why should he try to hide? Yeah, why should I hide? People who are different should be celebrated, not outcast. Beauty is in the, beauty is all in the mind. I ought to know since my, I ought to know since my afterlife experience of develop the gift, the talent, a kind of psychic touch. So here's explaining his psychic power, showing his brain, look at all the electricity going around. So this is sort of an origin. Well, I guess you had, this is an origin story as well. So he continues, it's a scurry thing, it's a scurry thing where I can touch people and read or distort their thoughts. The real me is in a boat sailing away, but bodies are just vessels to sail through life in. Unfortunately, more often than not, you're judged on your vessel instead of your crew. That's one of the beauties of comic books. Analyze life, give it to you as it is, right? I shouldn't whine. I don't have it so bad. I saw a man once, his whole nose was missing. He didn't try to hide it. Whoa, guys, nose is missing. Check out the sign. Sign licked oranges, sun licked oranges, 40 cents a pound. And my old friend Charlie, this is an old example, but very important. If he took his family to a restaurant, in some parts they wouldn't get served. They're black, miss, niggers, sick. What's the girl's name? The waitress. Oh, can't read the name. Shallow brain mold heads. With a touch, I could send them on a mind trip. They wouldn't soon forget. Ah, look at what he's thinking. Worms, creatures. Just with the touch, you could do it. Stuck in a vise. And the sign here on the girl says, Miss Perfect. Oh, she's coming over with a knife to cut the tongue off. He says, Madman. No, wait, I know. Something that could really shake them up. Something their narrow minds couldn't take. He's thinking about doing bad things to them. Oh, make them look ugly. The hair falling out. Make him look fat. Make him look diseased. Yes, perfect, Madman says. He wants revenge. Look what's coming back. Call an exterminator. So they're still talking about him. So Madman touches her. Touches her anyway. The clerk. I think that's the first clerk she talked to. Hey, she says, hi, could you please check on a special order for Frank Einstein? Instead of making them look ugly, he made himself look super pretty. She's in love with him now. Oh, he's so dreamy. I never realized what a fox that guy is. Question mark. Yuck. And he gets his record and walks out. Ah, so what? Got my record, didn't I? What? A moral. I'm not sure what that refers to. Is this simple, folks? Be good to each other. If others aren't good to you, maybe you can at least give yourself solace in knowing you've got the character to be your best. Screw them. Awesome. Really, awesome. Some of the greatest stories and some of the greatest human stories really are told in comic books. Fantastic stuff. Then this is the next issue, I guess. Graphic music is a classic act and a delight. Lyrical text, fine, clean art. Wow, this is Neil Gaiman's written this. Check this out. This is a review by Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman is one of the greatest writers in comic books. He's the one that wrote Sandman. He created Revamped Sandman and came out with one of the greatest series ever. The Eternals and stuff. Fantastic. I didn't read this before. So let's read the whole thing. Graphic music, which is what I showed you before. This guy, right? Graphic music. This is issue number one. Graphic music is a classic act and a delight. Lyrical text, fine, clean art, both contributing to M. Dalton Alvarez' mediation on music time and what it means to be human. No one else is doing anything like it. Fantastic, fantastic, really. The comic book that asked the big question, who am I? Why am I me and not you? Where does time begin and space end? What's for dinner? Zany, zany, zany. In stores November, from caliber press in full color, needle version. And this is, I believe, this image. If you're into old movies, this image is from an old black and white movie. I think one of the first sci-fi movies that came out where people are traveling to the moon and they go down to the moon. Oh, he's giving us the most important words. Well, it's not Mad Men actually. It's this character right here and we get to see him in music graphic. So what does he say? Let me give you the most important words of advice I know. Be nice to everyone always. As nice as you can, no matter what, because there's more to gain. Throw, skip it. I'm rambling and there's music playing. There are times when I feel I'd rather not be the one behind the wheel. I got to tell. What is Mad Men saying? I got to tell you this is all a lot to take in. You say this is real life. So he's asking a question. Super cool. Mike Allred. So here's a little bio for Mike Allred. Mike Allred first appeared in the comic scene with his graphic novel Dead Air. Since then he has produced graphic music for slave labor and that's different than this one. Graphic music. The spelling is different and I have some of the issues of this as well. Graphic music for slave labor and they're hard to find for labor graphics and has a series of comical called Jaguar stories. I don't have any of the Jaguar stories. He is also working on One Shot for Epic Comics and with his wife Laura doing the all new color series of graphic music for caliber of press and that's the this one he's talking about. Okay and there's four issues of this and right now I only have three of them. I'm missing one. I'm missing number two so that's why I haven't read this one yet. I'd like to read them all in this all in a row. From caliber of press in December. Here's Mike Allred. Should we open this up so you see the whole flip thing? Sure. Let's open this up. Here it is. Creatures of the end.