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§ March 10th, 2004 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on

Okay, it’s time for the first JLA by Claremont and Byrne update, as per this post of mine:

1. No “friends of yours, Bats” crack was made, and…

2. No heroine turned evil and suddenly started wearing lingerie.

Yet.

However, “Bats” did show up in dialogue.

Okay, that said…I did enjoy the first issue of this storyline. It sure looks nice (the Byrne/Ordway combo is a winner), and the writing is…well, it sure looks nice. Ah, that’s not fair…it’s standard superhero adventure-type writing, which does its job. At least you feel like stuff is happening and a plot is moving forward, which is more than a lot of superhero comics nowadays.

Also, I did pick up Street Angel from Slave Labor…mostly because several other comics webloggers, starting with Alan David Doane, kept going on about it, and I was curious. No chance to read it yet (I’m typing this instead, you lucky people), but it looks like a lot of fun. I’m reminded of My Monkey’s Name Is Jennifer for no good reason. It sorta has a similar feel at first glance. Heck, there’s no justifying that comparison. Just get your own copy and read it yourself.

Oh, and JSA was good, too. God bless Geoff Johns for bringing back Per Degaton.

§ March 10th, 2004 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on

Re: Cerebus #300 – well, I’m not entirely sure that resolved anything.

Also, I noticed that Veronica #150 from Archie Comics came out today…I wonder if she’ll die in issue #300?

The many and varied crimes of Cicero Pig.

§ March 10th, 2004 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on The many and varied crimes of Cicero Pig.

I first began to suspect something was up here on the back cover of Bugs Bunny Trick or Treat Halloween Fun Giant #4 (Dell Comics 1955):







Now, I was willing to give Cicero Pig, the nephew of Porky Pig, the benefit of a doubt. That hot dog he’s cooking isn’t necessarily made from pork products…it could very well be a turkey dog, or even some kind of soy dog.

But then I saw this:







Cicero’s innocent expression seems to imply that he was merely trying to scale a hill like his uncle but misaimed his pick, but look closely…there’s no rock face anywhere near where Cicero plunged his weapon. If that pick was jammed into Porky’s pack, it could only have been put there on purpose. Look at Porky’s expression…even he looks worried that Cicero has designs on his life.

Now, granted, Cicero is nowhere to be found at this next crime scene:







However, I don’t care how heavy Porky supposedly is…it’s something of a coincidence that both ropes were to split at more or less the same position at the same time. Almost as if they were…cut.

Darn you, Cicero Pig! Darn you and your murderous ways!

§ March 9th, 2004 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on

Unless it’s another one of those “cunning plans” to throw off the rumormongers, John Byrne’s “Title Withheld” is indeed Doom Patrol.

Can’t wait to see what he does with the Brotherhood of Dada and Crazy Jane! (Okay, okay, I’m just kidding.) Actually, I don’t have any problem with this…I’ve said before that I enjoy Byrne’s superhero comics, so I’m pretty sure this should be fun.

§ March 9th, 2004 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on

1. Here, in this link totally stolen from Mark Evanier, you can find a chronological history of National Periodical Publications, AKA DC Comics, as well as related events. There’s plenty of good information at this site…the start page is here.

2. The official page of “everyone’s favorite stick figure hero” (bet Cynicalman would have something to say about that) – Stikman! There’s naughty language, so avert your eyes if you’re the sensitive sort.

3. A parody of the comic strip stamps issued by the United States Post Office several years ago. Yeah, I know, I’m really timely with this link.

§ March 8th, 2004 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on

Yikes! A drunk driver slammed into the Slave Labor Graphics offices, causing much property carnage but no personal injury, thank goodness. Take a look at the photos here.

§ March 8th, 2004 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on

If you ever wanted to read a pulse-pounding comic book about Social Security, then get yourself over to the Social Security Administration website to read “John’s First Job” (from 1956).

There’s a lot more here (scroll down).

§ March 7th, 2004 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on

I stand corrected…there is a new “Giant-Size Man-Thing” joke to be found, per the title on this post from Franklin Harris.

§ March 7th, 2004 § Filed under swamp thing Comments Off on

Here are a few DC characters (and a Marvel character) done in the Batman/Superman/Justice League animated style. The Swamp Thing seems a little light on the details (which is realistic, if it were to actually be animated), and the very existence of an animated-style King Mob hurts my head. The other pages on this site have some nice convention sketches as well. Look for the Swamp Thing sketch by Mark Millar!

Also, Swamp Things are apparently endangered.

Pa Kent isn’t the most observant person in the world.

§ March 6th, 2004 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on Pa Kent isn’t the most observant person in the world.

(Alternate title: “Pa Kent is as dumb as a load of bricks.”)




from Adventure Comics #311 (August 1963) by Jerry Siegel, Curt Swan and George Klein



Okay, so Pa Kent looks up at the flying baby, the one that looks pretty much like baby Clark, wearing the same blue and red clothes that Superbaby is always wearing, the very same clothes made out of the Kryptonian cloth that Ma Kent had to get baby Clark to use his heat vision to cut, and he’s not 100% sure that the flying baby is really his son or not…presumably because of the green cake frosting. Because, you know, the sky above Smallville was so filled with flying babies that you never knew whose kid was whose.

On the other hand, Pa Kent not being able to recognize his son through the frosting does establish the precedent that people in the Superman universe are easily bamboozled by really stupid disguises – like, oh, say, a pair of glasses or something.

While we’re sorta on the subject, now that the Smallville TV series has established in its most recent episode that time travel is theoretically possible in its particular milieu, we are now one step closer to getting this on a future show:




from Adventure Comics #321 (June 1964) by Edmond Hamilton, John Forte, and Sheldon Moldoff

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