tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post2442250434320536792..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Reading by the Light of the Human FlameScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-63285811643482463042008-06-03T17:06:00.000-05:002008-06-03T17:06:00.000-05:00Hi, Scipio --If you're serious about collaborating...Hi, Scipio --<BR/><BR/>If you're serious about collaborating on things somewhere down the line, buzz me via my Web site. No sweat either way (didn't want to leave you hanging).<BR/><BR/>PH<BR/><BR/>ps Digging those HeroClix maps.Our Man Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280282557085301585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-49407893989511209202008-06-02T12:11:00.000-05:002008-06-02T12:11:00.000-05:00Blindingly obvious. Heh. Heh heh.Heh. Heh-heh.--h...<I>Blindingly obvious. Heh. Heh heh.</I><BR/><BR/>Heh. Heh-heh.<BR/><BR/>--hzaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-28005812534754635642008-05-31T17:51:00.000-05:002008-05-31T17:51:00.000-05:00No, it wasn't. I believe that McDuffie consciousl...No, it wasn't. I believe that McDuffie consciously make his choices with full knowledge of the true history of the Human Flame (to which he has easy access) and that there are reasons for his choices.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-26012873653542798082008-05-31T14:58:00.000-05:002008-05-31T14:58:00.000-05:00was this post a roundabout and clever way of sayin...was this post a roundabout and clever way of saying this issue of JLA was mindless garbage? I hope so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-47206270242677374292008-05-29T23:02:00.000-05:002008-05-29T23:02:00.000-05:00TM Maple? The man does have a Wikipedia entry, yo...TM Maple? The man <B>does</B> have a Wikipedia entry, you know...!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-80764465623737989862008-05-29T16:49:00.000-05:002008-05-29T16:49:00.000-05:00This was wonderful on many many levels. But it was...This was wonderful on many many levels. But it was the T.M. Maple reference that put it over the top for me. <BR/><BR/>I have NEVER seen a T.M. Maple reference, which made me wonder if I had made him up in some comics induced fever dream, I had almost come to believe that he was a figment of my oh so very lonely imagination. <BR/><BR/>So I truly appreciate your setting me straight.<BR/><BR/>Again, you blog, your commentary on this medium we a love, awesome as always.vidsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06504934405337786460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-53766288742644966152008-05-29T10:25:00.000-05:002008-05-29T10:25:00.000-05:00A police response time of 8 minutes... in Baltimor...<I>A police response time of 8 minutes... in Baltimore?! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! Perhaps if there's a police station next door and there's no reruns of the Wire showing on the tube.</I><BR/><BR/>What you are evidently missing is the implicit commentary regarding racism in America.<BR/><BR/>The "8 minute response time" is taken by averaging the two-minute average response time in White neighborhoods with the 14-minute average response time in minority neighborhoods.<BR/><BR/>The bank at question is in a White neighborhood, rendering the 8-minute average response time meaningless, which is why the cops are waiting for him when he leaves.Ragtimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763066980980022901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-2167392338754170082008-05-29T09:51:00.000-05:002008-05-29T09:51:00.000-05:00Oh yeah, and the reference to T.M. Maple!! Freaki...Oh yeah, and the reference to T.M. Maple!! Freaking awesome!!!dannyagogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17362183322192362844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-27755860898512238192008-05-29T09:50:00.000-05:002008-05-29T09:50:00.000-05:00Scipio, I read your blog while at work and this on...Scipio, I read your blog while at work and this one totally made me laugh. Good thing no one was around!!<BR/><BR/>Strangely enough, I read this same issue last evening and asked myself the same continuity questions you did: "alien warlord"?, no wings=no flight?, Mike's rotundness, bieng in the "big league"?,...<BR/><BR/>My sister used to live in Baltimore so I loved your "inside scoops" regarding that city.<BR/><BR/>All in all, I look forward to your updates and really liked this one!!dannyagogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17362183322192362844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1666082683741756022008-05-29T07:32:00.000-05:002008-05-29T07:32:00.000-05:00Well, there is a lesson to be learned here. If you...Well, there is a lesson to be learned here. If you're writing a comic book story and ignoring continuity details from prior stories published decades earlier, make sure your publisher isn't planning to reprint those stories two weeks before your new one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-61532158544606556172008-05-29T07:17:00.000-05:002008-05-29T07:17:00.000-05:00"polyareolar array"Scipio. You kill me.You are the..."polyareolar array"<BR/><BR/>Scipio. You kill me.<BR/><BR/>You are the Shakespeare of comic book blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-20542252922583424622008-05-29T06:48:00.000-05:002008-05-29T06:48:00.000-05:00I never said they were hers...!I never said they were <B>hers</B>...!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-72737838821502201252008-05-29T06:25:00.000-05:002008-05-29T06:25:00.000-05:00Vixen wears panties?And has enough to necessitate ...Vixen wears panties?<BR/><BR/>And has enough to necessitate their own drawer?<BR/><BR/>Who knew?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-40810081185024071742008-05-28T23:58:00.000-05:002008-05-28T23:58:00.000-05:00Well, I got a chuckle today.Well, I got a chuckle today.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-61369698626998581952008-05-28T23:22:00.000-05:002008-05-28T23:22:00.000-05:00Wasn't the Human Flame one of the few villains who...Wasn't the Human Flame one of the few villains whose soul Neron was *not* interested in?<BR/><BR/>It was also interesting how he kept blaming his problems on "the Martian" when his one and only adventure consisted of him explicitly going after the Martian.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689824875959627236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-31077827424021571262008-05-28T23:03:00.000-05:002008-05-28T23:03:00.000-05:00An interesting idea, Paul.Want to do some joint pr...An interesting idea, Paul.<BR/><BR/>Want to do some joint projects on Absorbascon merch...?<BR/><BR/>I <B>really</B> like that Marvel's Manhattan map.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-32907957357547520842008-05-28T22:25:00.000-05:002008-05-28T22:25:00.000-05:00Epic post. You should sell shirts printed with "LI...Epic post. You should sell shirts printed with "LIAR, LIAR, TITS ON FIRE!" Just don't use Comic Sans.Our Man Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280282557085301585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-56537286219410175932008-05-28T21:49:00.000-05:002008-05-28T21:49:00.000-05:00Aren't they all Alien Warlords? But yeah, that do...Aren't they all Alien Warlords? But yeah, that does seem like a leap in logic. Why would an alien warlord adopt a symbol from the Zodiac (presumably created by humans)? Is there even a libra constellation wherever he is from? Maybe its all a coincidence.Patrick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244280974612331889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-77333000410293834902008-05-28T21:10:00.000-05:002008-05-28T21:10:00.000-05:00Hawkgirl and Red Arrow patrolling ... Baltimore? T...<I>Hawkgirl and Red Arrow patrolling ... Baltimore? Too perfect. I can just picture Roy field-testing his sodium bicarbonate arrow against the Citrus Gang from atop the Bromo Seltzer Tower or Kendra hurling her mace through walls at the Geppi Museum</I><BR/><BR/>Or maybe Aquaman and Black Manta duking it out atop the dragon-shaped paddle boats! Or the new Blue Beetle being knocked through the window of the Maryland Science Center to crash into the giant robotic crab! Or Black Adam ripping the giant guitar from the top of the Hard Rock Cafe and going El Kabong on Superman with it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-54022956437963822162008-05-28T21:07:00.000-05:002008-05-28T21:07:00.000-05:00You've never been in a supervillain group in your ...<I>You've never been in a supervillain group in your life, Mike, not even the Secret Society of Supervillains and they took anybody, including Torpedo-Man. </I><BR/><BR/>He wasn't even in the first group of villains to battle the Justice League; a group so ashamed of themselves they didn't even have a collective name; a group that took in losers like Electric Man, Professor Menace, and Clock King. Apex City was instead represented by the Getaway Mastermind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com