tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314Scans_DailyBringing the crack since December 2003Scans Daily2016-01-14T01:59:26Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:5923870alicemacherMother Hubbard vs. baby-eating ogres and those nasty gnomes2016-01-14T01:59:26Z2016-01-14T01:59:26Zpublic18Posted by: <span lj:user='alicemacher' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://alicemacher.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://alicemacher.dreamwidth.org/'><b>alicemacher</b></a></span><br /><br /><em>"The injury to the eye motif is an outstanding example of the brutal attitude cultivated in comic books — the threat or actual infliction of injury to the eyes of a victim, male or female. This detail, occurring in uncounted instances, shows perhaps the true color of crime comics better than anything else. It has no counterpart in any other literature of the world, for children or for adults."</em><br><br />--Fredric Wertham, <strong><em>Seduction of the Innocent</em></strong>, 111<br /><br />Mother Hubbard's final appearance. Warning for child abuse and other disturbing imagery.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/5923870.html#cutid1">'Save me the drumstick'</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=5923870" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:5921486alicemacherMother Hubbard vs. the Lazy Gnomes2016-01-12T23:27:56Z2016-01-12T23:30:18Zpublic9Posted by: <span lj:user='alicemacher' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://alicemacher.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://alicemacher.dreamwidth.org/'><b>alicemacher</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QCcJu3u9SLI/VpWFtvcrhCI/AAAAAAAAF-g/qvn14iiB-9o/s800-Ic42/scoop2_motherhubbard-preview.png" width="215" height="300" /><br><br /><br /><em>"[Mother Hubbard] could also count on her creaking bone and curling hair to alert her to imminent wrong-doing, although for most folks such bothersome symptoms just mean it's going to rain."</em><br />--Jon Morris, <strong><em>The League of Regrettable Superheroes</em></strong>, 89<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/5921486.html#cutid1">'I want to wake up...I don't like this dream'</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=5921486" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:5918362alicemacherMother Hubbard vs. Nazis2016-01-11T23:37:50Z2016-01-12T13:05:38Zpublic13Posted by: <span lj:user='alicemacher' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://alicemacher.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://alicemacher.dreamwidth.org/'><b>alicemacher</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bUJZPry49Ww/VpQ4b20Lk3I/AAAAAAAAF9U/8IfmLvFa8ds/s800-Ic42/scoop1_motherhubbard-preview.png" width="235" height="286" /><br><br /><br />A superhero in the form of a witch who looks like a stereotypical fairy-tale crone, but who uses her powers for good? And starts off by fighting Nazis? Why not; it was the Golden Age.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/5918362.html#cutid1">'Now, my crystal I unseal, to ferret out the crime I feel!'</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=5918362" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments