tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post4991413683825216578..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: The Haf-and-Haf ControversyScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-15436057735524489182023-03-12T17:59:06.538-05:002023-03-12T17:59:06.538-05:00As discussed, ten years ago:
https://absorbascon....As discussed, ten years ago:<br /><br />https://absorbascon.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-post-penguin-world.htmlScipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-21816952001630204292023-03-12T00:27:41.363-05:002023-03-12T00:27:41.363-05:00The Penguin might have been inspired by Dick Tracy...The Penguin might have been inspired by Dick Tracy's Broadway Bates. In fact, a recent DT strip hints the two are brothersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-80217071347323055292019-05-26T08:04:30.343-05:002019-05-26T08:04:30.343-05:00If that's what Gwen Stacy looked like, I don&#...If that's what Gwen Stacy looked like, I don't think Peter Parker would have been so attracted to her!Brontodonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12312284177840706027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-53073654887890273262019-04-29T13:41:56.952-05:002019-04-29T13:41:56.952-05:00Just to note it somewhere, I hope Scipio gets back...Just to note it somewhere, I hope Scipio gets back to columns on DC's golden age characters soon.cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-21097208193759689222019-03-20T08:25:40.752-05:002019-03-20T08:25:40.752-05:00Wait, we don't get the story behind the confro...Wait, we don't get the story behind the confrontation of Dick Tracy and young Mr. Moto in the first panel there? RIPOFF.<br /><br />;-)cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89210333748798365772019-03-05T02:12:40.765-05:002019-03-05T02:12:40.765-05:00"I know Mr. Garling is still absent"
He..."I know Mr. Garling is still absent"<br /><br />He has a last name? I thought he was just "Scipio," like a rock star or a pope. Yeah, that's it, I thought he was a pope, that's the ticket. I'm kidding, of course. :-)cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-16540055087540711992019-03-05T02:04:10.801-05:002019-03-05T02:04:10.801-05:00Dear Anonymous:
Sorry, but I don't think Scip...Dear Anonymous:<br /><br />Sorry, but I don't think Scipio takes requests.<br /><br /><br />cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-81346453512557516332019-03-05T02:03:55.155-05:002019-03-05T02:03:55.155-05:00Hey, is that Gwen Stacy in the newspaper photo in ...Hey, is that Gwen Stacy in the newspaper photo in the "those years, lost" sequence?<br /><br />cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-36767450092466512242019-02-25T16:05:59.394-05:002019-02-25T16:05:59.394-05:00I know Mr. Garling is still absent, but at least t...I know Mr. Garling is still absent, but at least this post got me reading Dick Tracy again...Redforcenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-87297366892622859072019-02-03T10:56:48.469-05:002019-02-03T10:56:48.469-05:00Scipio please answer question above.Scipio please answer question above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-44534161992633646192019-02-01T12:32:17.756-05:002019-02-01T12:32:17.756-05:00Off-top: did you ever read Sideways Annual with Su...Off-top: did you ever read Sideways Annual with Superman? What do you think? What do you think about overall direction for Supes in comics so far (considering nu52,Rebirth,Bendis) ? <br /><br />Also can you make post about old Superman comics and their weird obsession with shrink/grow size-changing stories?<br />Also can you make post about all Superman stories written by Jerry Siegel and character's change-evolution (via because of writter Or editor) in them?<br />Please. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-58902712755899158732019-01-01T02:01:11.299-05:002019-01-01T02:01:11.299-05:00"What do YOU think?"
1. By a coincidenc..."What do YOU think?"<br /><br />1. By a coincidence I just finished reading Gould's introduction to a hardback collection, "The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy," and yeah, he came off as having some very strong & very nutty opinions. On the Moon plots, he was sure we'd shortly have easy moon travel, just as soon as as those stupid scientists got their act together and stopped fiddling around with antiquated rockets and 'cross your fingers' calculations.<br /><br />2. I'm glad you're starting to write here more often. I always enjoy your insights.Audiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014886402102923551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-80679407037751904332018-12-31T11:52:35.556-05:002018-12-31T11:52:35.556-05:00Yet once again, a very insightful analysis of comi...Yet once again, a very insightful analysis of comic literary pop culture by the esteemed Scipio Garling.Redforcenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-24873390694173707282018-12-29T21:57:52.118-05:002018-12-29T21:57:52.118-05:00Can we at least agree that Haf-and-Haf was voiced ...Can we at least agree that Haf-and-Haf was voiced by Larry Storch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-85064199478385169482018-12-29T18:42:56.687-05:002018-12-29T18:42:56.687-05:00Maybe Gould simply didn't expect readers to ca...Maybe Gould simply didn't expect readers to care. Sometimes writers don't realize how important details can be to fans.cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-68520507581065791372018-12-29T06:32:56.052-05:002018-12-29T06:32:56.052-05:00"Dick Tracy, who historical fought gangsters ..."Dick Tracy, who historical fought gangsters like Big Boy and Flattop, was now flying around in air car and his son was marrying "Moon Maid" one of the humanoid creatures who lived in Moon Valley."<br /><br />So, not unlike the phase Batman and Robin themselves went through during this timeframe, then.cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-67094114579113042302018-12-28T11:13:00.890-05:002018-12-28T11:13:00.890-05:00I'm just glad somebody's putting Two-Face ...I'm just glad <i>somebody's</i> putting Two-Face to good use.<br /><br />-- Jack of SpadesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-39986969297950830052018-12-28T08:03:18.959-05:002018-12-28T08:03:18.959-05:00By my count, that origin's two parts Two-Face,...By my count, that origin's two parts Two-Face, one part Joker, a smidgen of Robin, <i>and</i> Zelda? Yeah, dumping cream on Froot Loops definitely sounds like the most likely inspiration. Sure. I hear that's basically how we got most enduring literary works, after all...<br /><br />Of course, it's not like Batman doesn't draw fairly directly from many sources, with entire panels of early stories known to be almost identical to Tarzan comic strip panels. And the "weird adventure fiction" settings are generally packed full of pastiches and knock-offs. So, even if it was all deliberate adaptation, I'm OK with that.John Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-68710963708932298392018-12-28T07:45:56.404-05:002018-12-28T07:45:56.404-05:00Ah, yes..you knew that and your comment was a joke...Ah, yes..you knew that and your comment was a joke. Sorry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828538984906511190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-75637955676503997642018-12-28T06:57:48.034-05:002018-12-28T06:57:48.034-05:00I always read the name as Tulsa Tucson. Route 66 ...I always read the name as Tulsa Tucson. Route 66 is where he crashed, right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828538984906511190noreply@blogger.com