Howard the Duck 1st Annual 1977

The following are scans (excerpts for my (non-commercial, educational) blog!) from the comic book Howard the Duck from 1977 with a Nights theme.  The ending of the story is a direct lift of/riff on 1944 Thief of Bagdad.  I don't know much about Howard, besides the movie from the 80s is widely panned as being one of the worst films ever made.  Wiki on Howard (the wikipedia page says he's existentialist!):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_duck

Here are my scans, each one a different file, I picked some particularly Nights-esque pages, there is a "view in full screen" button at the bottom of each page that makes it easier to see close up.


Howard Cover

Bag Mom

Underground

Hall

Thief

Mish Alf Layla wa Layla - مش ألف ليله وليله

Last year saw the premiere of the show "Mish Alf Layla wa Layla" ("Not The 1001 Nights"), a serial Egyptian television program.

Many thanks to the anonymous visitor who posted about the show, although, curiously, said visitor shortly after deleted it.


Here are some youtube videos from the show, the first is a sort of serious commercial about it, the second a commercial highlighting the show's humor and the third a commercial featuring the theme song, sung by Abou El Leef.


Glad to see the show's title, finally, something is admitting to "not" being the Nights!

Julie Harris reads Scheherazade

Here's a record I picked up on ebay recently:

From 1001 Nights

some details about it from musicstack.com

Condition: Vg

Label: Caedmon Records TC 1373

Genre: Spoken Word

Release Country: Usa

Release Date: 1957

Artist: JULIE HARRIS Album: THE ARABIAN NIGHTS / STORY OF SCHEHERAZADE Catalog Number: TC 1373 Vinyl Condition: VG  Year Pressed: 1957 Format/Size: 33 - 12" Additional features: 25-P-58

Aziz and Aziza in Arabic

Here is a contemporary rendering of the story "Aziz and Aziza" I found on youtube.  It's in Arabic but it's very simple Arabic, so if you study the language at all it should be easy to follow.

Treasure Comics (1945)

Here's a picture of Treasure Comics #2 from 1945.

From 1001 Nights

Details below from mycomicshop.com:

"Cover Details
Genre Adventure
Pencils H. C. Kiefer (Signed)

Inks H.C. Kiefer (Signed)

10 page Arabian Knight story "The Thief of Bagdad"
Genre Adventure
Pencils H. C. Kiefer
Inks H. C. Kiefer"