Before Watchmen - Dollar Bill
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scans_dailyI confess I can't bring myself to take entire umbrage with the concept of "Before Watchmen", and it's not a subject I'm going to discuss in this posting as it's been explored in depth elsewhere. It's had some good titles and some titles which left me disappointed or cold, but what I don't think anyone can deny is that, for better or worse, it's had some VERY impressive creators.
Case in point
Len Wein and Steve Rude on 'Dollar Bill'
This is tbe background to a throwaway character in the original Watchmen, a corporate spokeman for a bank chain which latched on to the concept of "mystery men" by creating their own...
He's a football star who got a college scholarship, then damaged his knee to the extent he couldn't play again, but even being aware of his own intellectual limits (He only scraped by in college because his friends helped him) isn't going to let that stop him trying to make a name for himself, one way or the other..
Two pages from last weeks preview of the title up at cbr
Those who remember his mention in Watchmen will know how tragically this will end, and that this is someone who the original Nite Owl described as one of the nicest guys he'd ever met, so I suspect this will be more than a tad depressing, but with art like this I still want to check it out.
Case in point
Len Wein and Steve Rude on 'Dollar Bill'
This is tbe background to a throwaway character in the original Watchmen, a corporate spokeman for a bank chain which latched on to the concept of "mystery men" by creating their own...
He's a football star who got a college scholarship, then damaged his knee to the extent he couldn't play again, but even being aware of his own intellectual limits (He only scraped by in college because his friends helped him) isn't going to let that stop him trying to make a name for himself, one way or the other..
Two pages from last weeks preview of the title up at cbr
Those who remember his mention in Watchmen will know how tragically this will end, and that this is someone who the original Nite Owl described as one of the nicest guys he'd ever met, so I suspect this will be more than a tad depressing, but with art like this I still want to check it out.
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Date: 2013-02-04 09:02 pm (UTC)The idea that it's a gay-related term has never actually occurred to me. Maybe it's just a regional difference in slang?
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Date: 2013-02-04 09:05 pm (UTC)because i have heard streaight women use it. and as i said, straight men imitating women or gay men... never really heard a straight main use... seriously... for lack of a better word.
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Date: 2013-02-04 09:21 pm (UTC)(Which doesn't mean they won't show him to be closeted, as homophobia can sometimes rise from repressed urges/self-hatred stuff.)
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Date: 2013-02-04 09:56 pm (UTC)not much is known about dollar bill, other than he was a Really nice guy according to Nightowl
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Date: 2013-02-05 05:15 am (UTC)And also, holy cripes but Jim Lee can make any character look badass.
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