FFF Results Post #462—Objects Of Art

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Real-World Objects From The History Of Comics That Could Be Mystic Totems, The Equivalent Of Wonder Woman's Lasso Or Captain America's Shield." This is how they responded.

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Ryan Sands

1. Osamu Tezuka's glasses
2. Jordan Crane's screenprinting squeegee
3. Michael DeForge's baseball cap
4. Kazuo Umezu's red & white striped tee
5. Rebecca Sugar's ukulele

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Justin Colussy-Estes

1. Hal Foster's bicycle
2. Jim Woodring's Giant Nib
3. Legendary walls of the New Yorker office with sketches by the likes of Thurber and Addams
4. Ali Ferzat's cast
5. Tippy the Turtle (can you draw this turtle?)

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Jim Woodring's Giant Nib Pen
2. Jack Kirby's Drawing Table
3. Chris Ware's Circular Quimby's Sign
4. Kim Thompson's Rolodex
5. Any Vintage Hey, Kids! Comics! Spinner Rack

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Buzz Dixon

1. Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work
2. Al Capp's wooden leg
3. Vaughn Bode's Hugo award, where he replaced the rocket with one of his lizards
4. Windsor McCay's prop pumpkin that he'd "feed" to Gertie the Dinosaur in his vaudeville / movie act
5. a long box

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Bryan Munn

1. Joe Matt's Pee Jar
2. Wally Wood's pistol
3. Herriman's Hat
4. Ting's Luke Worm sculpture
5. a Reuben award

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Patrick O. Watson

1. Stan Lee's toupe.
2. Any Big Boy restaurant comic with a paper cover.
3. Squadron Supreme tradepaperbacks containing Mark Gruenwald ashes.
4. Osamu Tezuka's beret.
5. Adrian Tomine's eyeglasses.

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Tom Mason

1. Stan Lee's toupee
2. Steranko's signature
3. The Batmobile from the 1966 Batman TV series
4. The Avengers' shawarma
5. Jerry Robinson's original Joker card

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Mário Filipe

1. Alan Moore's snake walking cane
2. Steve Oliff's IBM 286 computer from 1987
3. Art Spiegelman's tape recorder
4. Robert Crumb's baby stroller
5. Kevin Eastman's tank

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Marc Arsenault gave up, but his only answer of "Bob Sidebottom's Comic Collector's Shop sign" made me laugh.

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Sean Kleefeld

1. Jack Kirby's very last cigar butt
2. Stan Lee's ocarina
3. Joe Maneely's glasses
4. The "last tag" Bill Gaines' wife placed on him after he died
5. A 1930s era newsstand with comics hanging from bulldog clips out front

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Don MacPherson

1) R. Crumb's glasses
2) One of George Perez's custom Hawaiian shirts
3) One of James Sime's suits
4) A long box
5) The Spider-Man balloon from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade

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Steve Harrick

1. Effigy of Jim Shooter
2. Art Spiegelman's recorded interviews with his father
3. Papier-mâché sculpture of King Kong in William Gaines's office window
4. Superman statue in Metropolis, Illinois
5. Marvel No-Prize

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Chris Duffy

1. Charles Schulz's dog's Spike's collar
2. Wally Wood's crossbow.
3. Seth's first fedora!
4. Mike Carlin's"Death of Superman" poster board chart, created at early '90s DC summit.
5. The turtleneck shirt Denny O'Neil wore in his Shazam awards portrait.

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