tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post1092016579520824210..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Thank Goodness for Whores and Crazy People!Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-90153104874974695562009-01-19T10:17:00.000-05:002009-01-19T10:17:00.000-05:00The "last comic" that did that is actually Captain...The "last comic" that did that is actually Captain America's death, no? Or maybe that wasn't quite "droves".Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-82788682867094336732009-01-17T09:23:00.000-05:002009-01-17T09:23:00.000-05:00OK, so the story in Marvel Team-Up: Spider-Man and...OK, so the story in <I>Marvel Team-Up: Spider-Man and Obama</I> wasn't very good or original. But at least there was an attempt at a coherent story, which was more than can be said for the last comic book that brought droves of people into the comic book shops who wouldn't normally enter them. I speak, of course, of the issue where Superman "died", which was nothing more or less than a 17-page fight scene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-50281337189288234792009-01-15T19:27:00.000-05:002009-01-15T19:27:00.000-05:00"OK, so that makes two times in my memory that the..."OK, so that makes two times in my memory that the amazing Spider-Man has teamed up with "real world" people. The first was the original cast of Saturday Night Live, including John Belushi and Gilda Radner. And now this."<BR/><BR/>My God... that was... 30-odd years ago! How will we ever reconcile the continuity??Michael Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695972107679935809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-17112003570388634402009-01-15T17:06:00.000-05:002009-01-15T17:06:00.000-05:00"Why aren't people reading Blue Marvel, PistolFist..."Why aren't people reading Blue Marvel, PistolFist, and Invincible? "<BR/><BR/>Limited resources of money, time, money, interest, money, patience, money, and money, mostly.<BR/><BR/>"Almost as if Stan Lee has stumbled across the anti-life equation scrawled on the back of an old manuscript he stolen from Jack Kirby, and used to simply compel people to buy it."<BR/><BR/>I'm still pretty sure David Astroturf Axelrod DID do that. <BR/><BR/>Billy: "it was the character "Stephen Colbert" and not the real person Stephen Colbert"<BR/><BR/>No such "real person" exists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-67466254615347578912009-01-15T16:32:00.000-05:002009-01-15T16:32:00.000-05:00and that can't be any different than Spider-man te...and that can't be any different than Spider-man teaming up with the SNL persona of "John Belushi" rather than the real John Belushi.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12018099285669735809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-49410295937150023722009-01-15T16:31:00.000-05:002009-01-15T16:31:00.000-05:00totaltoyz, just a few months ago he teamed up with...totaltoyz, <BR/><BR/>just a few months ago he teamed up with Stephen Colbert. Granted, it was the character "Stephen Colbert" and not the real person Stephen Colbert, but it was still Stephen Colbert's likeness in the book.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12018099285669735809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-88261798524348891012009-01-15T15:40:00.000-05:002009-01-15T15:40:00.000-05:00OK, so that makes two times in my memory that the ...OK, so that makes two times in my memory that the amazing Spider-Man has teamed up with "real world" people. The first was the original cast of Saturday Night Live, including John Belushi and Gilda Radner. And now this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-74136542367287814902009-01-15T12:33:00.000-05:002009-01-15T12:33:00.000-05:00Yes, they did a good job of making Booster Gold wo...Yes, they did a good job of making Booster Gold work in the context of Enemy Ace; no easy task.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-27234550734329218412009-01-15T11:36:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:36:00.000-05:00Meh. I haven't been buying Amazing Spider-Man for...Meh. I haven't been buying Amazing Spider-Man for quite some time, and I saw no reason to change my mind,so I passed up the chance to pick up the Obama cover, and I'm now feeling pretty darn smug about it.<BR/><BR/>But I DID buy Booster Gold, and enjoyed the heck out of it.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-40407363782297907692009-01-15T09:50:00.000-05:002009-01-15T09:50:00.000-05:00Y'know, I didn't like the story much either, but I...Y'know, I didn't like the story much either, but I still damn sure bought it. Spider-Man is awesome and Obama is awesome and a Spider-Man/Obama teamup has enough inherent awesome to carry the weaksauce story across the finish line.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458868992743869978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-25586942225038802562009-01-15T09:19:00.000-05:002009-01-15T09:19:00.000-05:00"There are plenty of good Marvel comics to be read..."There are plenty of good Marvel comics to be reading." <BR/>- Scipio Garling, 1/14/09<BR/><BR/>As if we needed more proof that Anti-Life has rewritten the world in its own, twisted image.Tegan O'Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815842488966694944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-74017590457126621442009-01-15T02:38:00.000-05:002009-01-15T02:38:00.000-05:00The havoc at comic shops today can only be explain...The havoc at comic shops today can only be explained by one phenomenon...and that's an infestation of magical imps from the 5th Dimension.<BR/><BR/>Three words: Mopee is back.<BR/><BR/>When you get a chance to read your weekly books, you'll know I'm right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-17523204886596490142009-01-14T21:24:00.000-05:002009-01-14T21:24:00.000-05:00Almost as if Stan Lee has stumbled across the anti...<I>Almost as if Stan Lee has stumbled across the anti-life equation scrawled on the back of an old manuscript he stolen from Jack Kirby, and used to simply compel people to buy it.</I><BR/><BR/>Scipio. Sometimes you are so good it's scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com