2015-08-09
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laughing_tree2015-08-09 03:19 pmEntry tags:
Injection #3
'There's only so many times I can say "folklore is the operating system of culture" before people start expecting me to conclude my talks by turning into a flock of crows and flapping out the nearest window, in any case.' -- Warren Ellis
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alicemacher2015-08-09 05:17 pmBatman B&W: Batsman!
Now for something on a lighter note: "Batsman: Swarming Scourge of the Underworld," published as new material in Batman Black and White Volume Two (2002). 2 pages of 8.
( 'Howza bout our little kiss, heh?' )
laughing_tree2015-08-09 06:42 pmEntry tags:
Darth Vader #7-8: "Shadows and Secrets," Parts I and II
'Put it like this: who doesn’t love “The Godfather”? My model for the series is “House of Cards.” A man in a position of power who is slighted and turns to tactics that he wouldn't have really considered before.' -- Kieron Gillen
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espanolbot2015-08-09 06:44 pmCreeptastic Moments in Superheroism: When Steph Became Robin
The 2000s weren't a great time for Batman. True, there were a lot of good stories and creators with a lot of good work at the time, some of which is still influencing work to this day (such as Gotham Central and the Brubaker/Stewart/Cooke Catwoman run), but as for the character himself? ...Well you know how a lot of the bullying behaviour from Silver Age Superman stories can apparently be traced back to one particularly unpleasant editor or something? Same goes for Batman's behaviour in a lot of these stories.
( Where the personal taste of the creators throw everyone under the bus )
( Where the personal taste of the creators throw everyone under the bus )
alschroeder32015-08-09 10:35 pmPortrait of the Writer as a Young Kryptonian...
In the latest Superman #42, Lois, after finding out Clark is Supes, demands why.
Superman-Clark says, "Keeping my identity secret was the only way I could be normal. Or at least normal-ish."
"You're Superman! Why would you want to be normal?!"
"... I just do."
Bingo. Superman doesn't fantasize about being Superman, or being even more powerful. He's already at the top of the super-power pyramid. Superman pretends to be Clark Kent, and fantasizes about being...
David Guthrie.
Who?
Read on...
Literally. For the post-Crisis, pre-Nu52 Clark Kent was a newspaper columnist--and an author of fiction novels. 20-21 pages out of 63 pages of UNDER A YELLOW SUN, published in 1994, before Clark revealed his ID to Lois and married her.
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