Supergirl and Her Weird Seat Belt Safety Comic
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I love PSA comics. They often have a good message but the people hired to make them seem to give a half-hearted effort. In 1984, people refused to do one simple thing that science proved would keep them and others safer - wear a seat belt. DC teamed up with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to release a comic book where Supergirl tried to get her boyfriend to wear a seat belt. Good message but a bad comic book with 4 credited writers and another 4 consultants. Let's break down why it didn't quite work.
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Slipping into a coma every time I do something I regret is tempting though.
If only that Steve guy had eaten a Hostess Fruit Pie. Then he would've been receptive to putting on a seat belt!
But unlike Lex Luthor Steve never stole 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens and that's terrible.
Literally half the reason to be a vintage comic collector is to read the hostess fruit pie ads they are genuinely hilarious sometimes
@@Xehanort10 But Steve washes his hands...cuz he's not evil.
"The Drunk Driver survived the Crash without a scratch...now the Story is starting to get Weird"
It really happens. There's a phenomenon where drunks survive wrecks unscathed because they're totally relaxed.
@@nknighton70 Drunk driving saves lives!
@@AesculapiusPiranha That's why people were so mad about DUIs when I was a kid. A drunk driver would get in a major wreck and everyone would die except the drunk driver. I worked with this lady who started the local MADD chapter because her son was killed by a drunk driver on graduation night. She would treat me like her son. I guess I reminded her of him. She cried when I quit.
@@AesculapiusPiranha COMA!
@@nknighton70 yep . One of the most morally unjust things in life is drunk driving accidents .The drunken shitters kill but often times survive the crash and get away with bearly a scratch and spend little time in jail
One of the Craziest PSA’s I’ve heard about was actually from Daredevil when he told people about the dangers of gasoline vapors I’d DAREDEVIL VS. VAPORA especially since it shocked me to learn that people used gasoline as a CLEANING SOLVENT.
No problem, it dries quickl*WHOOOOOMMM!!*
ScreamingScallop
Whew, cleaning this stained carpet with gasoline is exhausting *checks the time* oooo it’s time for my coffee and cigarette break.
*WHOOOOSH*
It actually is a pretty good cleaning solvent, but I'm guessing we're not talking about the same thing here.
I know zippo fuel is way better at removing something like sticker residue than goo gone.
In the film noir scene Supergirl could be wearing her seatbelt. Rear seats at the time generally only had lap belts, not shoulder straps.
And seatbelts for the rear seat was considered less important.
In my country it became mandatory to wear seatbelts in 1976, but only for those sitting in the front. It took until 1990 before the back seat passengers were included. Many cars didn't have seatbelts in the back at all.
They had to change the back seat belts to shoulder ones too when they belatedly figured out that a lap-only belt has a chance of snapping your spine in a crash.
@@WildBluntHickok It must be like quite the punch in the gut under the best of circumstances.
27 writers. But a plot that makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t even support its own message. Wtf
Remember that scene in Robocop 2 where a whole committee gets together to give Robocop prime directives and they make him go crazy?
There's an old saying: "a camel is a horse designed by a committee".
Hey, look man, I think we're all willing to cut you some slack about putting out less episodes when you're able to book big-name stars like Vin Diesel. Dealing with publicists and celebrity schedules takes time, and we all understand that.
I cannot believe you got THE VIN DIESEL! The channel is blowing up!!!
I never knew he was the guy behind diesel trucks! You live, you learn... but still, I feel bad about my willful ignorance on this subject...
COMA!!!
Initially, I thought so too, but if you look closely, it is actually a cardboard cutout with a thin slit on the mouth.
Some guy is mimicking Vin from behind, then quickly runs off screen.
@@soumen_pradhan that's like the 5th time I've fallen for that
The comic I remember most as a kid was a Teen Titans that was against drug use. We received it in elementary school, and I was just getting into comics, so I was blown away. "FREE COMIC!!!" It was really kind of dark and a bit too mature for my little brain at the time.
I got that one in school as well.
Yeah I can't forget that one, it was really dark.
Dang I wish my school handed out free teen titans
That one was my favorite.
@@captaintwitch340 If I recall correctly. That one was really well done. Good issue...oddly lol
Those GIANT faces!! I guess you can take the artist out of MAD, but you can't take the MAD out of the artist!
Once you start drawing things only one way you can't stop lol
She used a variation of super-ventriloquism to direct her voice directly into the phone. The cops never heard a thing.
Whoever cuts Chris's hair is probably in a corner crying about now.
The snake-throw counter to the lion-throw had me laughing out loud 🤣
Totally expected the intro to be "Oh hi! You caught me following the rules of the road!"
"Americans were fiercely resistant..."
You're going to have to be more specific, Chris. We're been very historically stupid.
"...to a simple thing that can make them safer."
Oh, I think I know where this is going.
"They argued it infringed on their freedom and was needlessly inconvenient, despite statistics showing us that doing this simple thing would save a lot of lives."
Yep, yep. It's crazy how its already September and we still --
"I'm talking about seatbelts."
_Surprised pikachu face_
Nobody said anything about masks... yet?😲
Supergirl’s not flying there, she’s falling with style.
The Spanish artist Jorge Jiménez is AMAZING. My favorite artist right now.
I remember this comic. Got for free in school for seat belt awareness!
This is one of the first comics I ever owned, my mom gave it to me when I was very young. The cover was torn and is missing for years now, but I still have the comic itself.
I love the animated Kirby Krackle behind the comic panels
Wow!!!! Chris, you are coming up! Vin Diesel?! So glad he realized this is the channel celebrities need. I think you just made his career!
Fast and the Furious WHO??? ComicTropes is where it's at.
Yes! Let’s go! I haven’t paid the water bill in 2020... Coma. That hot book really wasn’t on my pull list, but I am not saying anything... Coma.
I laughed at this comment and forgot to give it a thumbs up... Coma.
I forgot to put on pants when taking my dog for a walk... Coma.
I was confused by this comment because I looked at it before watching the video.... Coma
People refusing to wear something that's proven to keep you safe? Sounds familiar.
It's so great we've progressed beyond choosing personal idiocy over the safety of ourselves and others...
and according to Chris it only took a generation to make it acceptable.
yay!
Condoms
@@GuyFierisShirt Plus they make it impossible to breathe. Clearly way worse than impact trauma!
Breathing in carbon dioxide, drastically lowering the amount of oxygen you intake, surroundung your face with more germs is safe?
I liked, followed, and subscribed...
COMA!
Great video Chris!
Drinking probably DID make him invulnerable. Studies have shown that in drunk driving accidents the drunk people usually fare better. Something about being more relaxed.
Alcohol is a sedative, so your body isn't tense, which allows you to withstand impact better. The people that you hit though - probably not so much.
So glad to see you again, Chris
Are you sure that wasn't the *most* flattering photo of Elizabeth Dole that DC could obtain?
Boy, it must've cost you a fortune to get Vin Diesel on the show. You're really moving up in the world, Chris!
It's so weird seeing a superhero comic drawn in the classic MAD parody style. I love it.
Lots of laugh out loud moments in this one, but for some reason your voice acting on the drunk guy amused me to no end.
Fun fact: being really drunk actually loosens your muscles to the point where it lessens the damage of being thrown around a car like a ragdoll. There have been several documented cases of drunk people coming out relatively unscathed after car crashes because they don't anticipate the impact and tense up. Don't drink and drive, yo
Heat bend metal, that's why bridges have gaps to account for sunny days... Then again, to curb the metal in that way super girl should apply heat to the bottom of the rails and not the top, so the bottom will expand... Comic's logic
One question I have. Why Supergirl? Nothing wrong with the character, I just feel like a character who doesn’t really drive is kind of a strange choice for a seatbelt safety comic.
Fr I feel like they coulda used the batmobile
Aye. I remember when you tweeted you were gonna do this. Unfortunately we still have to deal with people not wearing seatbelts. If you ever seen those click it or ticket commercials. That's always the first thing you should do when in a car. Any 1st grader can tell you that. Anyway I'm in an 80's kick now. And 1984 seemed to be a big year. Like WW84. Keep up the good work.
Hmmm... FYI, Here's the Wikipedia overview for 1984:
+ Antarctic Press, Continuity Comics, Deluxe Comics, Matrix Graphic Series, and Renegade Press all enter the arena.
+ Terry Nantier teams up with Chris Beall and Marc Minoustchine to form Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine (NBM Publishing).
+ Gold Key (also known as Whitman Comics), Capital Comics, JC Comics, Pacific Comics, and Spectrum Comics all cease publishing.
+ Marvel Comics imprint Epic Comics releases four new limited series (Six from Sirius, Timespirits, Crash Ryan, Sisterhood of Steel).
+ Marvel Comics introduces Star Comics, licensed titles for young readers, with the limited series The Muppets Take Manhattan.
Mental image of Ralph Nader in a Supergirl costume. I shall now go and pour bleach in my mind's eye.
You know, I gotta appreciate your polite version of scathing commentary on cheesy comics
Thank you, for everything. I needed to do that lest a coma be my only repreve from guilt of not expressing my appreciation.
I chortled with Vin Diesel
Can't help to notice how the artist's caricature style makes their heads huge. Man, the 80's were weird. Thanks for the content, man! Always fun.
Wow. The timing of this video is incredible. I just got contacted to do a PSA job for a local bus company, and create a 10 page comic to "educated the public" about their safety measures dealing with COVID. Needless to say I'm going to be paying careful attention to this video. Luckily there are only 2 writers ;)
"Writing by committee does not help a comic book get better."
Could some one explain to Marvel that this applies crossovers and that maybe we don't need constant badly written events interrupting stories.
Or at least get the event's writers check if a character has been dead for a decade before having them stroll on-set with no explanation. Or alternately check if they were just killed off "for good" 2 months ago.
Oh God, we need to see this van Damme comic.
Great another video! don't overwork yourself and I hope you'll have a good rest.
love these public service episodes. And thank you for not stuffing your videos full of ads
I appreciate the more dynamic format Chris has been doing haha.
The way you shot the coma montage was great!
When I was in China 10 years ago, I saw multiple drivers use a device that fits into the seatbelt female slot just like the regular male piece attached to the belt, but this one was not attached to anything and could be used to disable the seatbelt alarm.
You know it’s a great public service announcement when you walk away not quite sure what you learned.
Thanks on the advice to get my friend completely drunk, taking an Uber, and charging it to their account.
There should be a Wolverine public service comic about only killing when it's absolutely necessary. 😜
But also being the best at what you do!
Which is always
@@billtree52 Being the best or killing people?
@@kenlieck7756 Both is good.
@@theswampus670 I'm reminded of the line in What The...! #2: "I'm the best at what I do and what I do isn't nice... cuz what I do is dress up in women's underwear!"
Cool! Reminds me of the spiderman PSA comic you made a video on
Thanks for another great video
Your show + a hot cup of coffee = a great morning :)
Yes! Finally, a new episode! EDIT: Love the Kirtby Crackle background!
These were the original Karen's and anti maskers. 🤣😂
Masks and seatbelts save lives, so it is closer to an innept attempt to get people to wear masks.
I remember getting this at a Ford exhibition in St. Louis i had forgotten about it until today.
The colors and compositions are actually really pretty here, especially the car wreck stuff.
I don't know today but in the 2000's when I started driving where I lived there was some social disease among teens and young adults in that they believed that wearing a seatbelt was somehow embarrasing. There were 2 comments that always made me want to punch my friends: One was people asking me why was I putting my seatbelt on if we were only driving to the store/friend's house/coffee place and the other was people telling me "It's fine. I trust you" whenever I asked them to put their seatbelts on.
That truck driver was actually Dynamite Thor in disguise.
I give praise to any old school artist that can draw cars (without the references and resources we have today). That shit’s hard.
The truck driver applies the same logic as Homer Simpson avoiding an asteroid strike by driving away from it
2:10 I love those moving Kirby dots in the background while showing a page
Loved thus episode! I love learning about layout and design in your panel by panels
Another entertaining episode, Chris! I received this comic in elementary school, and kept it all these years. Those dream sequences fascinated me as a kid. Also received a couple anti smoking comics, one of them in partnership with Marvel.
If you remember the 80s, seatbelts were only required in the front seats. You weren't required to wear them in the rear.
Thanks Chris!! Great to see you!!
This was hilarious, that coma part had me going. Haven't laughed that hard for a minute, so thanks for that. Always look forward to your content man, hopefully it's more then twice the next month. 😁
I wear my seatbelt. I have never had a coma. Supergirl saved my life. Thanks Supergirl...
You really outdid yourself on this video! Very entertaining and easily one of your best to date.
The REAL S3 has been "Supergirl on Seatbelt Safety" all along!
When I was little, my Nana encouraged me to not wear a seatbelt because her best friend's son had died in a car fire because he couldn't undo his seatbelt. Well one time, we were coming home from Domino's and she spotted a double rainbow and we were looking at it while she gently rear ended the person in front of her. I hit the dash super hard and just crumpled onto the floor, my personal pizza sliding out of its carton next to me. Always wore my seatbelt after that.
Thank you Vin Diesel!
This is probably your funniest video yet :) great work
Another great episode as always! Loved all the little tangents like that bit with the rock, or the coma joke. I hope you're doing okay!
One of your funniest episodes yet, Chris! Loved it!
Damn, idk why i stopped watching this comics, i love the energy and the content even if i disagree on some things, also the channel brings me memories XD
Great social commentary mix! *chef's kiss*
A character who doesn't need to drive telling people to wear seatbelts is a strange choice.
This was a great birthday present, thanks Chris! Excellent video as always. The coma joke was hilarious
I remember a TV commercial with Supergirl and the storybook characters. It played late at night and I only saw it once.
thanks for these occasional week uploads
Great timing on the topic :D
This is the only show on CZcams I watch without delay when it shows up in my feed. Thanks for another great one! Also, those animated Kirby dots are fantastic!
In all seriousness, it’s a real treat to have to episodes in a month. Your content is always well researched and well made!
Great episode Chris.
Yay, I've missed you! Love your uploads.
I love watching you talk about great comics and legendary creators. But I apparently ALSO love you shredding crappy comics apart. One of your best episodes yet.
One of my all-time favorites is Batman, death of innocents for landmine awareness in other countries. The cover alone just sends chills down my spine.
That was fun. Thanks, Chris!
As a former welder, you can absolutely bend metal with heat and even control the direction by applying focused heat. I'd at least say bending the road is plausible in a world where people can fly and have heat vision cause why not.
As I recall this was also notable for the supergirl costume being the first time this variant appeared - even though it is what a modern audience assumes is the standard version and what is in the movie (red skirt, no headband). I remember getting this in elementary school and my Dad being unconvinced exactly as Steve. It was the eventual law changes that changed the culture.
The multiple choice at the end was the best part 🤣
Thanks Chris, can't wait to see that Darwyn Cooke video soon!!
Would love to see you do a rise and fall of Malibu comics. Awesome video as always btw.
I think this would have worked better if it was a fake PSA in an issue of MAD, and the lead character was Stupid-Girl trying to save her idiot boyfriend.
Wait...I had this! Man, I’m old...
Love the editing tricks on this one! Keep it up!
COMA!
Great episode!
Another excellent video, Chris. I continue to enjoy watching these over and over (though this is my first time watching this one). When I first starting watching these, I wasn't sure if you were a latecomer into the medium who did his research by digging up all the issues needed to provide your analyses, or what, though more recently I've noticed you mentioned that you read these decades ago. Your knowledge and your ability to explain your assessments of the trends and patterns ("tropes") you see in them provides engaging viewing whenever I'm at my computer desk or drawing table. Keep them coming!
You can really see the Mad Magazine influence on some of Angelo Torres' panels. It's like he can't help drawing oversized heads and making people look like celebrities.
Great and fun content as always!
I own this comic. Picked it up in a packet of random old comics. You couldn’t pay me to part with it!