BLADE RUNNER themed RuBrats Sunday 08-15-1999!
Artists: Gary Fields (Penciller) , Willie Blyberg (Inker)
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DescriptionLadies and gentlemen, collectors, art aficionados, and connoisseurs of true genius. I present to you what may very well be the single greatest discovery in the history of comic art. No, scratch that. The history of ART ITSELF. Move aside, Rembrandt. Step back, Michelangelo. Even the grandiose works of Caravaggio, da Vinci, and Bernini cower in the presence of this celestial masterpiece.What you see before you is no ordinary comic strip. No, this is a one-of-a-kind, impossibly rare, RuBrats Sunday strip from August 15, 1999. One of the most fabled and sought after comic strips in existence. A piece so legendary, so steeped in historical significance, that for decades it was believed lost to time. But against all odds, my dear friend Marcus, through a feat of detective work so staggering that it rivals the exploits of Indiana Jones (a character played by a certain other individual whom we shall not name here), tracked down and acquired the original artwork, and, in an act of generosity that defies reason, gifted it to me! But why, you ask, is this particular strip so mythical? What makes it more precious than a Gutenberg Bible or a lost Van Gogh? Because this was the only time in the history of syndicated newspaper comic strips that the writers and artists of RuBrats, visionaries in their field, chose to immortalize one of the most pivotal, world altering events of the modern era: the night I, Rubén DaCollector, watched Blade Runner at Jeff Singh’s house. Yes, it was an event so momentous, so unfathomably significant, that its cultural shockwaves reached the creators of one of the greatest comic strips of the 1990s. They knew. They understood. They grasped the gravity of what had transpired and did the only logical thing: They devoted an entire Sunday strip to commemorating it! You may be suspiciously asking yourselves, "But, didn't Rubén tell us all on a live stream that this event happened just last fall in 2024? How could the event have already been immortalized in a comic strip back in 1999?". Unfortunately,the answer to that riddle is far too complex for most minds to comprehend, so just accept it as I tell it now. Note the unparalleled craftsmanship. The expressive inking. The meticulous attention to detail. But most of all, marvel at the astonishing accuracy with which they captured our struggle: My visceral contempt for Harrison Ford, Jeff’s bemusement at my suffering, and the surreal revelation that, despite the screen being dark, the film played on in my mind, a cruel and endless torment. "This FORD’s my favorite!", a line so rich in irony that scholars will be analyzing its implications for generations to come. For decades, collectors assumed this strip had been lost, either seized by shadowy museum curators or whisked away into a black hole, too powerful for the public to behold. But now, it rests in my possession, where it shall remain forever, the crown jewel of my collection. There is no price one could assign to such a masterpiece. The Mona Lisa? A mere footnote in history compared to the brilliance of this work. I expect the world's leading museums will soon be making their bids, but alas, this piece will remain in the private collection of its rightful owner, me, forever enshrined in the halls of my personal gallery, a testament to the power of friendship, artistic innovation, and the eternal struggle against Harrison Ford’s filmography. Some will call it fate. Others, destiny. I call it history. Or more accurately, mystory. Now, BOW before its magnificence! Social/Sharing |
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Ruben DaCollector 
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
John C wrote:
We're not worthy.
You're DEFINITELY not, but I figured I'd share it with you anyway.
John C
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Ruben DaCollector wrote:
You're DEFINITELY not, but I figured I'd share it with you anyway.
Canadians are so rude.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
John C wrote:
Canadians are so rude.
I know, right? Why can't they be more polite, like most Americans are known to be?!? And the French! Let's not forget the French! Especially how polite the French are towards American tourists. In Paris in particular. Oh, how they LOVE Americans there!
F M
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Quite quite fun (the art, I meant ^^).
But hey, it's NOT fate, destiny nor history if this does not lead to a movie and you can then flip it for an insane amount of money, is it?
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
F M wrote:
Quite quite fun (the art, I meant ^^).
But hey, it's NOT fate, destiny nor history if this does not lead to a movie and you can then flip it for an insane amount of money, is it?
I have to admit, as the single most valuable piece of art (of ANY kind!) in the entire world, it IS every tempting to sell it. After all, as long as everyone lives an average lifestyle as I do, the money would surely take care of all my heirs for hundreds if generations! But, I have to remind myself that Marcus sacrificed that same ability to financially take care of HIS heirs for eternity in order to gift this to me, so this has to remain in my possession forever.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
James S wrote:
This cracks me up!
YOU crack me up. I forgot to mention that the only thing that could possibly make this piece even more valuable than it already is, are dem titties! Unfortunately, this strip doesn't come with any of those....
James S
Member Since 2017
Posted on 4/1/2025
Ruben DaCollector wrote:
YOU crack me up. I forgot to mention that the only thing that could possibly make this piece even more valuable than it already is, are dem titties! Unfortunately, this strip doesn't come with any of those....
You can always add some!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
James S wrote:
You can always add some!
OMG, that's true! But, this is a priceless original. I could never sully it be having it modified!
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
a Sunday strip about 2 Fools watching Blade Runner, gifted by the biggest Fool our hobby has to offer....April Fools!...really brave of you to share this on CAF as it was written (don't forget Roberts, his scribe is second to only Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman...whoops I meant, Master Neil!..Gaiman is cancelled!) and illustrated by the greatest creative team in the history of narrative art (Fields and Blyberg are second only to ULAN and MANIX of course). I look forward to seeing this with an entire corner display dedicated to it at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts in 2026, with champagne glasses in our hands, while discussing our newfound love of cover recreations! HUGE CONGRATS!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Kavi H wrote:
a Sunday strip about 2 Fools watching Blade Runner, gifted by the biggest Fool our hobby has to offer....April Fools!...really brave of you to share this on CAF as it was written (don't forget Roberts, his scribe is second to only Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman...whoops I meant, Master Neil!..Gaiman is cancelled!) and illustrated by the greatest creative team in the history of narrative art (Fields and Blyberg are second only to ULAN and MANIX of course). I look forward to seeing this with an entire corner display dedicated to it at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts in 2026, with champagne glasses in our hands, while discussing our newfound love of cover recreations! HUGE CONGRATS!
Hah ha, awesome opening line! You know what's funny though? Until I read your comment, I didn't even realize that today is April Fool's Day! I simply posted it today because I always prefer posting on Tuesdays whenever possible!
By the way, how did YOU know that Lucas and I are in negotiations to do just what you revealed?!? Does having admin privileges on my YouTube channel also give you access to my email account?!?! Either way, now that you've spoiled the surprise, yes, I look forward to that day brimming with champagne wishes and caviar dreams, as we regale one another with tales of all our cover recreation acquisitions!
Ian Saint
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
The Ark of the Covenant has been found! I am frozen with admiration.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/1/2025
Ian Saint wrote:
The Ark of the Covenant has been found! I am frozen with admiration.
Yes it has indeed! Behold, young squire, and gaze upon its magnificence!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
The THRILLS!! The ACTION!! The SUSPENSE!! From the "P.U." to the prophetic "Flipped", this is a Sunday strip for the Sunday show guy to be enjoyed over root beer floats. Looking forward to the puce colored mat for the frame.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Marcus Wai wrote:
The THRILLS!! The ACTION!! The SUSPENSE!! From the "P.U." to the prophetic "Flipped", this is a Sunday strip for the Sunday show guy to be enjoyed over root beer floats. Looking forward to the puce colored mat for the frame.
I am forever in your debt, my friend. I shall indeed raise a frosty glass with root beer float in your honor! But, are you sure it should be a puce colored mat, or did you mean to say a pubes colored mat?
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/1/2025
Jeff Singh wrote:
I had more hair back then!
Well yes, but keep in mind that while it was drawn in 1999, the events depicted happened in 2024, when you DIDN'T. Miki explains how that's possible down in his comment below.
Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
If it was not April 1st I might just believe this.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Peter Sullivan wrote:
If it was not April 1st I might just believe this.
Peter, as I mentioned to Kavi up above, until I read his comment, I didn't even realize today was April Fool's Day. Purely coincidence, I assure you.
Miki Annamanthadoo
Member Since 2003
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
" this event happened just last fall in 2024? How could the event have already been immortalized in a comic strip back in 1999?"
They obviously took a trip through the quantumverse!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/1/2025
Miki Annamanthadoo wrote:
" this event happened just last fall in 2024? How could the event have already been immortalized in a comic strip back in 1999?"
They obviously took a trip through the quantumverse!
EXACTLY! Thanks, Miki, I've referred a couple of people who commented up above to this post explaining the timeline.
Steve Lipsky
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
I had to look away lest my eyes melt due to the massive luminescence of this life altering piece of art! In fact, I am not even worthy of commenting, lest I tarnish the brilliance of this historic piece. Thank you, sir, for allowing peasants such as myself to ogle this stunning piece of artistic mastery! And as to the origin of this masterwork: obviously, the artist and writer time traveled to the future to behold this historic showing of Blade Runner! Many congrats!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Steve Lipsky wrote:
I had to look away lest my eyes melt due to the massive luminescence of this life altering piece of art! In fact, I am not even worthy of commenting, lest I tarnish the brilliance of this historic piece. Thank you, sir, for allowing peasants such as myself to ogle this stunning piece of artistic mastery! And as to the origin of this masterwork: obviously, the artist and writer time traveled to the future to behold this historic showing of Blade Runner! Many congrats!
Yes, avert your gaze, peasant, lest your unworthy eyes sully the ineffable purity of this masterpiece, a creation so divine that mere mortals dare not behold it without reverence! (And thanks!)
Jason Ladwig
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Im not sure what's better, the art or the description. Fantastic and glorious pinacle of your collecting years. ALl is complete now. Rest, your work is done!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/1/2025
Jason Ladwig wrote:
Im not sure what's better, the art or the description. Fantastic and glorious pinacle of your collecting years. ALl is complete now. Rest, your work is done!
Thank you, Jason. Indeed, I shall take a respite from my day's work.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Peter Roe wrote:
The best Ford is Hanover Street...
Well, considering that every one of his movie appearances is basically a retinal hazard and an assault on the ears, I’m not sure that’s a huge compliment.
And to be clear, the best Ford is Age of Adeline, only because it's an amazing movie, yet Ford is such an insufferable & forgettable actor that it took someone else to remind me that he was even in it!
Rick W
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
This would be even more impressive viewed while wearing rose-colored glasses ;)
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Rick W wrote:
This would be even more impressive viewed while wearing rose-colored glasses ;)
OMG, can you even imagine what that would be like, Rick?!? I think you'd risk passing out if you even risked THINKING about what that would be like!
Jason Hussa
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
This belongs in a museum!! (And if you think this one's good, you should see the strip where Rubén saw 'The Secret Life of Pets 2' for the first time...)
Hearty congarts (not a misspelling)! The only thing more special than locking down the priceless original is sharing it here with us on AFD (April Fools Day, or "Air Force Dunce", whichever you prefer)!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Jason Hussa wrote:
This belongs in a museum!! (And if you think this one's good, you should see the strip where Rubén saw 'The Secret Life of Pets 2' for the first time...)
Hearty congarts (not a misspelling)! The only thing more special than locking down the priceless original is sharing it here with us on AFD (April Fools Day, or "Air Force Dunce", whichever you prefer)!
No, it definitely belongs in my home. Museums would just lock it away in their basements and not show it to anyone. If you think today being April Fool's Day makes the art more special, then more power to you, I say. But as I told a couple of other guys up above, I posted it today because I usually post on Tuesdays. I didn't realize it was AFD until Kavi mentioned it. Frankly, it's not a fake holiday I ever liked or cared about. I always thought it was stupid, with so many people telling stupid lies and making stupid jokes. So I usually don't realize it's AFD on April 1st until I see someone mention it. To me, all April 1st ever meant was that my dad's birthday was one day away!
Down with Han Solo! Down with Harrison Ford!
Comicart Boston
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
In my view at least, this is the best reverse-reverse-reverse-psychology I have witnessed in a long time - unless Rubén's subconscious did a double-take on him. And I receive the email notification for this artwork together with an email notification from Jeff himself about the sale of artwork. A coincidence? You decide! That having been said - I'm sorry, Rubén, but I don't really care for the artwork - your description is, as always, worth the time I took to read it. And here ends the first non-comment on CAF I have ever written. Please give me a No Prize, Rubén. Excelsior!
Comicart Boston
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Comicart Boston wrote:
In my view at least, this is the best reverse-reverse-reverse-psychology I have witnessed in a long time - unless Rubén's subconscious did a double-take on him. And I receive the email notification for this artwork together with an email notification from Jeff himself about the sale of artwork. A coincidence? You decide! That having been said - I'm sorry, Rubén, but I don't really care for the artwork - your description is, as always, worth the time I took to read it. And here ends the first non-comment on CAF I have ever written. Please give me a No Prize, Rubén. Excelsior!
Just to be clear - it's about reverse-reverse-reverse-psychology that April 1st had nothing to do with the posting of this particular piece of art.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Comicart Boston wrote:
In my view at least, this is the best reverse-reverse-reverse-psychology I have witnessed in a long time - unless Rubén's subconscious did a double-take on him. And I receive the email notification for this artwork together with an email notification from Jeff himself about the sale of artwork. A coincidence? You decide! That having been said - I'm sorry, Rubén, but I don't really care for the artwork - your description is, as always, worth the time I took to read it. And here ends the first non-comment on CAF I have ever written. Please give me a No Prize, Rubén. Excelsior!
"Reverse-reverse-reverse-psychology"? Is that even a thing? I'm not sure exactly what part of my very obviously serious description would ever make you think I was being anything other than serious, CAB, but since you've already admitted that you don't even like this artwork, which by any measure is greater than any other artwork the world has ever seen, then I suppose it doesn't matter. I still thank you profusely for your first ever non-comment and your No-Prize is on its way!
Comicart Boston
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Ruben DaCollector wrote:
"Reverse-reverse-reverse-psychology"? Is that even a thing? I'm not sure exactly what part of my very obviously serious description would ever make you think I was being anything other than serious, CAB, but since you've already admitted that you don't even like this artwork, which by any measure is greater than any other artwork the world has ever seen, then I suppose it doesn't matter. I still thank you profusely for your first ever non-comment and your No-Prize is on its way!
Many thanks, my friend. And a nice try at reverse-reverse-reverse psychology yet again!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Comicart Boston wrote:
Many thanks, my friend. And a nice try at reverse-reverse-reverse psychology yet again!
😅 😂 🤣
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Comicart Boston wrote:
Just to be clear - it's about reverse-reverse-reverse-psychology that April 1st had nothing to do with the posting of this particular piece of art.
Oh, of course not. Absolutely nothing.
Derek Crabbe
Member Since 2020
5 - Posted on 4/1/2025
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Rugrat strips on fire off the shoulder of the EXP. I watched Al Williamson inks glitter in the dark near the OAX Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/1/2025
Derek Crabbe wrote:
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Rugrat strips on fire off the shoulder of the EXP. I watched Al Williamson inks glitter in the dark near the OAX Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
That's what I was thinking!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/2/2025
Sean Clarke wrote:
Is it for all time, this feeling of joy?
Indubitably!
Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 4/2/2025
Sean Clarke wrote:
Is it for all time, this feeling of joy?
Says the guy with a partially covered, hot redhead, as his avatar. I presume that is the joy you're feeling?
Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 4/2/2025
Have to admit, loves 2049.. but failed to like the 1st one..watching a couple of times to see if I would get to like it.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/2/2025
Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan wrote:
Have to admit, loves 2049.. but failed to like the 1st one..watching a couple of times to see if I would get to like it.
AsI keep saying, the cinematography really stood out to me, it was beautiful. But I don't watch movies in hopes of seeing beautiful cinematography, I watch in hopes of being entertained by a good story with good acting. With the cinematography taken out of the equation, it was an okay movie. Average. Not bad by any means, but certainly nothing great, either, let alone the greatest Sci-Fi flick or God forbid, the greatest movie of all time like some people like to convince themselves it is.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/3/2025
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor wrote:
Nice and fun!
Thanks, Nick, it sure is!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/3/2025
Mark V wrote:
So wrong it's right!
Or......so right, it's wrong?
Daniel Evan
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 4/3/2025
The resemblance is spot on. Subject mattee is uncanny. The perspective skewed as always. Harrison Ford simply nails the performance.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/3/2025
Daniel Evan wrote:
The resemblance is spot on. Subject mattee is uncanny. The perspective skewed as always. Harrison Ford simply nails the performance.
If by "nailing the performance" you mean like nailing the coffin shut on good acting, yes, he has definitely been nailing it shut since 1977.
Daniel Evan
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 4/4/2025
Ruben DaCollector wrote:
If by "nailing the performance" you mean like nailing the coffin shut on good acting, yes, he has definitely been nailing it shut since 1977.
Wow...somebody "get to the choppa." lol
Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 4/6/2025
Ruben DaCollector wrote:
If by "nailing the performance" you mean like nailing the coffin shut on good acting, yes, he has definitely been nailing it shut since 1977.
Are you suggesting he is wooden because he was a carpenter?
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/6/2025
Peter Sullivan wrote:
Are you suggesting he is wooden because he was a carpenter?
I wasn't, but now that you mention it....
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