tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post6584155043719233788..comments2024-03-18T05:39:56.021-07:00Comments on Dog Food For Chairs: Seriously, DC, I Do Not Have Time for ThisJeff McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17788944317811387240noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-62983946342100507012012-07-16T23:25:10.728-07:002012-07-16T23:25:10.728-07:00Thanx for the link, it's something comic fans ...Thanx for the link, it's something comic fans often forget. Those tiny sections about the comics themselve, for "Silver age" and "bronze age" for example, contain HUGE amounts of variations and sub sets. In fact the Adam West show was based on and then influenced a part of silver age comics, and the Animated series was an attempt to use the recognition of the Burton films and then add in elements from the then modern age comics, but most"regular" people only know the movies and tv shows.Jeff McGinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788944317811387240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-51922625026503411742012-07-15T12:52:48.951-07:002012-07-15T12:52:48.951-07:00I think you might like this link showing 75 years ...I think you might like this link showing 75 years of Batman evolution: <br />http://i.imgur.com/ZPClF.jpgBruce Fieggenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02676126412631174236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-36998536425579619402012-06-12T20:04:19.225-07:002012-06-12T20:04:19.225-07:00Interesting take on that story. I know when I firs...Interesting take on that story. I know when I first read it I took Medphyll's relationship with his mentor to be one of a son to father, but reading it again it could go the other way. It's hard to pinpoint the gender specific roles of a relationship between sentient flora when one is actually a deceased body given life by a disembodied space travelling lost plant element who recently combined much of the population of the planet into a hive minded giant monster. Y'know, the fact that I could even conceive of that sentence, nevermind execute it indicates I probably need professional help. <br /><br />More embarrasing than missing Medphyll's relationship status is the realization that (in that story anyway) he looks far more like a carrot than broccoli...but since broccoli is funnier, I'm sticking with the original.Jeff McGinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788944317811387240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-48851114796792504362012-06-12T10:31:41.177-07:002012-06-12T10:31:41.177-07:00Medphyll the brocolli GL was outed back in Alan Mo...Medphyll the brocolli GL was outed back in Alan Moore's Swamp Thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-12054428345134447642012-06-10T20:27:19.548-07:002012-06-10T20:27:19.548-07:00Many thanx for the comment, the thoughts and the l...Many thanx for the comment, the thoughts and the link. (Good Lord, I had no idea people wrote letters to those Marvel Swimsuit things, I thought they were obvious gags...guess one man's obvious is another's...um...not so obvious [sorry that one got away from me])<br /><br />I honestly dont think changing Alan was an attempt to steal the wedding's thunder. Maybe I'm naive but I'd think it takes longer to plan/write/draw/release a comic than that. I DO believe that having two full press releases ("Who will it be?" and "It's Alan!" ) was totally designed to steal the thunder.<br /><br />Great points about the variety of relationships in comics. Even some "normal" ones (Lois and Clark, Nightwing and Starfire) are interspecies. Then there's the really extreme ones like Abby and Swamp Thing, or Supergirl and Comet (proving once again, it's hard to out crazy the silver age.)<br /><br />thanx again!Jeff McGinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788944317811387240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-68207932477872836432012-06-09T07:44:41.971-07:002012-06-09T07:44:41.971-07:00Three words: Northstar/Kyle Wedding. Marvel wrot...Three words: Northstar/Kyle Wedding. Marvel wrote Northstar as a gay man right from the beginning. I think the new green lantern being written as a gay man may be DC's attempt at stealing some of Marvels thunder given the upcoming nuptials! Northstar was a gay male character. In 1992! the link below cracked me up and it highlights the Marvel Swimsuit Issue...It's great! theres always been an incredibly wide range of characters from the fertile minds of a comic writer, I mean the human sexual preference spectrum of Straight/LGBT/Intersex seems pretty hum-drum when you have characters who are just energy and sentient plants. Open minds abound in the writer's offices.. maybe not so many open minds in the boardroom! It will change...Good stories always change things..Enjoy the link<br /><br />http://www.cracked.com/article_19446_the-6-most-wtf-special-edition-comics-ever-released.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-45629823614746481832012-06-07T22:04:00.902-07:002012-06-07T22:04:00.902-07:00Everyone's entitiled to thier own views, Howe...Everyone's entitiled to thier own views, However, I have to ask, have you read the "Showcase Presents Batman" collections (or actual comics) from just before and during the time of the West show? Some of the plots on the series are taken directly from those comics. And the 1950's stories (that Morrison referenced for his Black Casebook stuff) were even goofier and in some cases borderline insane. The show did get sillier as time passed, but the Batman comics of the day were pretty loopy to begin with.Jeff McGinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788944317811387240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-26211226108858108512012-06-07T21:40:55.957-07:002012-06-07T21:40:55.957-07:00I don't mean to be unkind, but Adam West's...I don't mean to be unkind, but Adam West's Batman was NEVER an accurate representation of the comicbook character. The show was done in an incredibly "tongue in cheek" style, an ongoing joke, and while the comics back then may have had their moments (and influences from the show) the comicbook Batman was always presented in a fairly serious way.Sethnonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-4678734100535716702012-06-05T21:22:15.446-07:002012-06-05T21:22:15.446-07:00What do you know? Turns out I didn't have to ...What do you know? Turns out I didn't have to bother with this complicated explanation. Someone else summed the situation up perfectly... and MUSICALLY!<br /><br />http://absorbascon.blogspot.com/2012/06/sing-along-to-alan-scott-song.htmlJeff McGinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788944317811387240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-75787451689547675402012-06-05T21:15:40.722-07:002012-06-05T21:15:40.722-07:00Thanx, and Glad you enjoyed it. I don't think ...Thanx, and Glad you enjoyed it. I don't think any comic book character can be considered as "sacred" anymore. Changes are costant and rampant. Adam West and Christian Bale can both be said to be accurate representations of comic book Batman. My complaint is the media bothering to make a big deal out of this one. Now Bigfoot is another story, no one would dare reboot him...Where would they get boots that big anyway?Jeff McGinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788944317811387240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690632656143895108.post-85602976825444116412012-06-05T09:43:00.185-07:002012-06-05T09:43:00.185-07:00"Very" Ha Ha and Thinkworthy Jeff,
I..."Very" Ha Ha and Thinkworthy Jeff,<br /><br />I'm sure there are many of us in the Universe that wished that they would leave a Good Thing Alone, especially DC's Green Lantern !<br />what next, will they tarnish the myth of "Bigfoot"?! He's not a comic hero, he "is" real and I "do believe", but really, isn't anything sacred anymore !!!<br /> Great writing again Jeff !!! Joanne D.Joanne D. (cat lady)noreply@blogger.com