[Andrew999]

Other than Double Egg and Chips, one of my guilty pleasures over the years has been the BD Natacha - about a super-sweet sexy-smart air steward who transcends life's problems with a wink and a smile - and a little bit of know-how.

I'm pretty sure she's never been translated into English - and I really don't understand why.

What are your guilty pleasures?

This year marks her fiftieth birthday - yet, Natacha still looks half that age - remarkable. There's more info:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=natacha+bd&client=opera&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZyb3vqIjqAhW-UBUIHSJdBocQ_AUoAXoECBEQAw&biw=1821&bih=853

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natacha_(comics)

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natacha_(bande_dessin

[The Australian Panther]

Well first, having a very good and fast computer, I have just discovered that Natacha [of whom I know little] has been translated into English.
Publisher Marsu Productions  at least 18 Albums 1971-1998. And thank you for pointing them out to me.
And second, guilty pleasures? I wouldn't know where to start. [ie, too many] How do you define that?
The British cartoon, Jane? Really trashy movies? Robert Crumb? Actually the first thing that came to mind was Saturday Morning TV cartoons, in particular the Banana Splits show. Utterly stupid and ridiculous but so stupid and ridiculous that you couldn't look away. And I was in my 20s when it was on TV, so that made it a very guilty pleasure.
I've also watched a few episodes of Wacky Races on YouTube, and have come to appreciate that. Avoided it back in the day. 

Update: It appears that only one of the Natacha albums has been translated into English. The First one.
Guess I'm going to have to learn french.       

[paw broon]

I have a couple.    Monster movies - Gamera; Godzilla; and those machine and invasion SF Japanese films like The Mysterions; Atragon; Battle in Outer Space.  Really cheesy and great fun.
Shetland Black Pudding on a roll.
Those awful  - so awful they're good - Turkish superhero films.
Any other confessions?

[Robb_K]

I guess reading little children's "funny animal" comics at mid '70s age is a "guilty pleasure", and would seem embarrassing to some people- especially enjoying reading the awful, storywriting and seeing the terrible artwork of the Fox, Ace, FourStar/Star/Farrell, Novelty, Timely, MLJ, Iger, Orbit, Rural Home, and Croydon early '40s funny animal stories.

[Mr. Magnificent]

My guilty pleasure is pulp art, preferably with a girl, which they usually include. That includes pulp magazines (science fiction, Weird Tales, crime and spicy), Golden Age comic covers (science fiction, horror, jungle and crime), Good Girl art, and vintage sleazy paperback covers.

[Fulcrum29SMT]

I must admit that pulp comics are a guilty pleasure of mine as well! But come on, Natacha isn't a guilty pleasure, I've read her stories along with many others in the Spirou magazines my Belgian mother brought from home when I was a kid and teen (and whenever I visit her with my family every now and then, of course).

[Florian R. Guillon]

Ah, Natacha! I fondly remember that 5 years ago, I was signing just next to her creator Fran

[The Australian Panther]

Florian, you just triggered a memory - of the series of Superman comics that were written by Scott McCloud.
Here he is talking about them. I can thoroughly recommend them.
http://www.scottmccloud.com/2-print/older/superman/index.html

Cheers! 

[Andrew999]

For those who don't know, Florian, president of Arcadia Graphics, is the co-writer of Barry Kuda, a revived Golden Age submarine hero, with a new gallic lightness of touch, whose adventures take place in the underwater kingdom of Merma:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Barry-version-couleur-Florian-Guillon/dp/0244430365

And also, a contributor to The Forgotten Generation, a delightful pastiche of Golden Age heroes.

Don't be shy, Florian - advertise your stuff on the Shameless Self-Promotion section of the website!

[The Australian Panther]

Florian,

Besides, I'm a sucker for Batman - The Brave And The Bold comics. Not the original ones

Would you then be familiar with the Alan Brennert ones,
The Brave and the Bold #178, 181

[Florian R. Guillon]

For those who don't know, Florian, president of Arcadia Graphics, is the co-writer of Barry Kuda, a revived Golden Age submarine hero, with a new gallic lightness of touch, whose adventures take place in the underwater kingdom of Merma:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Barry-version-couleur-Florian-Guillon/dp/0244430365

And also, a contributor to The Forgotten Generation, a delightful pastiche of Golden Age heroes.

Don't be shy, Florian - advertise your stuff on the Shameless Self-Promotion section of the website!

Well, for starters, I didn't even know that my Barry Kuda book (which I only translated and provided with an illustration) had been available on Amazon this whole time! It's originally available on Lulu.com, along with a few other books I worked on - but the website is broken, and I can't access it anymore. Plus, some of my books there have been removed.

As for Forgotten Generation, well, it's no pastiche, but yeah, I think there's time for another self-promotion on its proper topic.

Would you then be familiar with the Alan Brennert ones,
The Brave and the Bold #178, 181

[SuperScrounge]

I didn't even know that my Barry Kuda book (which I only translated and provided with an illustration) had been available on Amazon this whole time! It's originally available on Lulu.com

Yeah, IIRC if you use Lulu's global reach service, or something like that, it also goes up on Amazon.

It kind of amused me that I could have a steeper discount on Lulu than Amazon and still get a bigger royalty from Lulu.

[The Australian Panther]

I don't think I've ever even seen Alan Brennert's art.

Florian, Alan Brennert is a writer, not an artist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Brennert

Brennert's first work in the comics industry was conducting interviews with A. E. van Vogt, Larry Niven, and Theodore Sturgeon which were published in Marvel Comics' Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction comics magazine.[6] His first comics story was plotting DC Comics' Wonder Woman #231 (May 1977) and #232 (June 1977) which were scripted by Martin Pasko. Brennert and Pasko collaborated again on Star Trek #12 (March 1981) for Marvel.[7] That same month, he and artist Dick Giordano crafted the lead Batman story for Detective Comics #500.[8][9] This story, "To Kill a Legend", was included in DC's "Year's Best Comics Stories" of 1981 collection.[10] Brennert then wrote four issues of The Brave and the Bold featuring Batman team-ups with the Creeper, the Hawk and Dove,[11] the Robin of Earth Two,[12][13] and the Catwoman.[14] Editor Dennis O'Neil had him write Daredevil #192 (March 1983), which followed Frank Miller's run on that title.[15] Due to his television schedule, Brennert did not have the time to write any additional comic books for several years.[16] A Deadman story in Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2 (1989) was his next work in the comics industry, followed by a Black Canary tale in Secret Origins vol. 2 #50 (Aug. 1990).[17] He wrote Batman: Holy Terror, the first DC comic book to feature the Elseworlds logo.[18] His final comics story was a "Batman Black and White" backup feature in Batman: Gotham Knights #10 (Dec. 2000) drawn by Jos

[Robb_K]

I have a couple.    Monster movies - Gamera; Godzilla; and those machine and invasion SF Japanese films like The Mysterions; Atragon; Battle in Outer Space.  Really cheesy and great fun.
Shetland Black Pudding on a roll.
Those awful  - so awful they're good - Turkish superhero films.
Any other confessions?

I forgot to mention that I'm a fan of cheesy, campy old films.  Growing up in the early '50s in Manitoba, we had little in the way of regular TV programmes.  Much of what was aired was old British and American films.  I especially enjoyed the films with hammy actors like Todd Slaughter, George Arliss, Ronald Coleman(hammy but not considered cheesy).  George Arliss and Todd Slaughter were both hammy and cheesy (would have made a good sandwich, eh?)  .  I also liked Canadian actor, Raymond Massey, who was also a bit of a ham.

I should be ashamed of liking all those Todd Slaughter murder movies.  They were absurdly awful.  They were like stage plays from the 1890s, with the mustachioed cackling villain tying the fair maiden to the railroad tracks.  It's interesting that I like those ridiculous films, but don't like superhero comic book stories.