![]() ![]() ![]() Rock's long history in print), it's supremely fitting that when remaking Grampa as a gruff and capable wartime man-of-action they would find a well-spring of inspiration in the work of legendary artist Joe Kubert. The Flying Hellfish made notable reappearances in July 2008's Simpsons Comics #144, and in 2021's episode "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." Subtler than many of The Simpsons' comic book call-backs (and relatively obscure, despite Sgt. The dramatic upheaval to the relationship between Grampa and Burns was referenced once more in 2005's "Simpsons Christmas Stories" (although the newly revealed backstory provides an interesting wrinkle to their prior and future interactions). Although this sequence is the most filmic in the episode, the "camera" work and placement throughout the entire episode set it apart from the average Simpsons outing. The underwater segment in the episode's third act is the most obvious example of this, with its pre-digital "water ripple" and lighting effects. Lynch noted in the DVD commentary that his unusually open schedule allowed him to devote more time to the episode and greater opportunities for cinematic staging and effects work. The prolific and versatile Kubert's artwork would inform director Lynch's staging and design - several specific shots are called out in the DVD commentary as such - with equal credit for the episode's film serial/pulp visual style going to influential comic book creator Will Eisner, a favorite of Lynch and The Simpsons executive consultant, Brad Bird. Frank Rock became a staple in the anthology title, eventually seeing it renamed for him in 1977 through its 1988 cancellation. Rock for an episode recounting the exploits of Sgt. Rock By George Morrow Published The Simpsons found inspiration in DC Comics' Sgt. Created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert in 1959's Our Army At War #83, Sgt. TV Features The Simpsons Once Turned Grampa Simpson into Sgt. Rock, the leader of his own rag-tag World War II infantry unit, Easy Company. Simpson were influenced DC Comics character Sgt. Said unit were the Flying Hellfish, who, as Grampa put it, were "the fightingest squad in the fightingest company in the third-fightingest battalion in the Army." At the urging of Private Burns, priceless art uncovered during a raid on a German castle saw the Hellfish enter into a pact with the final surviving member of the group reaping the benefits of their spoils. Skeptical on several levels, not simply at the prospect of his enfeebled grandfather leading raids on Nazi strongholds and leaping on mortar shells to protect his men, but also ordering around Burns - the wealthiest man in Springfield, then a private in his unit. ![]()
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