tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post4999822031483311057..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Cerealized FictionScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-47627603790551653252009-08-26T11:26:10.536-05:002009-08-26T11:26:10.536-05:00Commenting only Quake/Quisp ads, the "joint&q...Commenting only Quake/Quisp ads, the "joint" advertisements are quite clearly made simply to catch both target groups, girls and boys. Hence, the masculine Quake and the rather more feminine Quisp.spectatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-64673825402998517092009-08-23T16:57:11.286-05:002009-08-23T16:57:11.286-05:00Having magic powers isn't really "brains,...Having magic powers isn't really "brains," is it?Simon (formerly Johnny Sorrow)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08429628635241033885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-72400173283471781832009-08-23T12:46:29.141-05:002009-08-23T12:46:29.141-05:00Well, they weren't the SAME cereal. Quake was ...Well, they weren't the SAME cereal. Quake was formed into heavy, jagged "boulders" that would would rip the living shreds out the roof of your mouth if you weren't careful. Quisp was lighter (read: more injected air), cup-shaped, all all-around easier to eat.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592677359677095493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-46187862023685585532009-08-22T11:56:55.087-05:002009-08-22T11:56:55.087-05:00Quisp and Quake are the dichotomy that symbolizes ...<i>Quisp and Quake are the dichotomy that symbolizes all other dichotomies...Gay and straight....</i><br /><br />Hey, now. Just because Quisp comes from the planet Q, doesn't mean he's gay.farsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1086292176838048682009-08-22T10:33:23.724-05:002009-08-22T10:33:23.724-05:00I voted for Quisp. Cut out the ballot from the bac...I voted for Quisp. Cut out the ballot from the back of the box and mailed it in, even.<br /><br />Yes I'm old.Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-56744533949602399562009-08-22T02:19:02.317-05:002009-08-22T02:19:02.317-05:00@TotalToyz:
Ah, but DC CAN plunder their characte...@TotalToyz:<br /><br />Ah, but DC CAN plunder their characters for formulaic movie cash-grabs, but doesn't. That should count for something.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12531562821381017953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-80592094029942540572009-08-21T23:30:34.290-05:002009-08-21T23:30:34.290-05:00Marvel did not go bankrupt because they gave thems...<i>Marvel did not go bankrupt because they gave themselves over to crass commercialism; I mean, more crass. As in Hollywood.</i><br /><br />Oh, now. Just because DC <i>can't</i> make a blockbuster movie with any of their characters other than Batman, doesn't mean they don't <i>want</i> to.TotalToyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458868361840649001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-33621115323185729282009-08-21T20:10:43.785-05:002009-08-21T20:10:43.785-05:00And speaking of Trix. One day they let the rabbit...And speaking of Trix. One day they let the rabbit eat them. And that's how cocoa puffs came to be.<br /><br />Haw!SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-27410375469534300232009-08-21T16:28:55.535-05:002009-08-21T16:28:55.535-05:00What always puzzled me about children's breakf...What always puzzled me about children's breakfast cereals is that Madison Avenue thinks the best way to market it to children is to depict someone trying to steal it.<br /><br />Remember Jean laFoote, the pirate who was always trying to plunder Cap'n Crunch? He's long gone, but we still have the Trix Rabbit trying to swipe the cereal. Barney Rubble, Fred Flintstone's best friend for nigh on fifty years, is always trying to steal his best buddy's high-sugar breakfast. And Lucky Charms teaches kids to be juvenile delinquents by showing kid gangs running around trying to mug height-challenged Irish-Americans. <br /><br />Why does no one in these commercials ever just <i>buy</i> the tooth-rotting junk? "Silly rabbit, Trix are for anyone who can fork over $4.25!"TotalToyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458868361840649001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-55481243131309326032009-08-21T11:35:58.621-05:002009-08-21T11:35:58.621-05:00omg, I started to wonder if this ad campaign was t...omg, I started to wonder if this ad campaign was the fevered dream of my 7-year old mind. It totally warped my mind when Quake actually vanished. I will use this metphor often now.Brushwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103181968128910654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-51844171800709127832009-08-21T09:07:41.645-05:002009-08-21T09:07:41.645-05:00(Steve visits Big Monkey Comics.)
Steve: I'm...(Steve visits Big Monkey Comics.)<br /><br />Steve: I'm shocked, shocked to find that Marvel bashing is going on in here!<br /><br />(The store owner hands Steve a pile of comics.)<br /><br />Scipio: Your complete run of Strange Sports Stories, sir.<br /><br />Steve: (sotto voce) Oh, thank you very much.steve mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-19260781170790674802009-08-21T01:35:07.575-05:002009-08-21T01:35:07.575-05:00I feel inspired to quote J'onn J'onnz from...I feel inspired to quote J'onn J'onnz from "American Secrets" after reading your post, as he asked a store clerk about American culture:<br /><br />"Why are there two of everything here?"<br /><br />To which the clerk responds, "Competition, buddy. The American Way."<br /><br />And then J'onn leaves the store, a little peeved that he had to settle for an Oreo's inferior counterpart, Hydrox cookies.<br /><br />So there you have it. DC=Oreo's: wonderful chocately goodness (which, like DC, has had its formula messed with over the years) and Hydrox=Marvel, the never-can-be-quite-as-good-despite-a-loyal-following chocolate sandwich cookie. (Not that I'm biased or anything. Not only do I bleed DC forever but I also bleed white frosting and chocolate runs through my veins.)<br /><br />**<br /><br />Oh, and I like how cereal commercials in the 60's could use sugar as an actual selling point. Those must've been great times....if I was a child of the 60's I probably would've picked Quisp because he was an alien and all. Can't beat that for coolness.LissBirdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059648604602469375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-25500228364157350702009-08-20T21:48:28.572-05:002009-08-20T21:48:28.572-05:00Null-A, anyone?Null-A, anyone?steve mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-9044575253715014002009-08-20T20:37:08.181-05:002009-08-20T20:37:08.181-05:00"Blame Aristotle."
I'm always doing...<i>"Blame Aristotle."</i><br /><br />I'm always doing that. I blame that guy for <i>everything</i>. If I burn my dinner or stub my toe or anything else like that the first thing I do is blame Aristotle.<br /><br />Somebody's got to be held accountable.Diamondrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489418142341597119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-4154029596611399952009-08-20T18:22:20.546-05:002009-08-20T18:22:20.546-05:00"Well, instead of' "Either/Or",..."Well, instead of' "Either/Or", how about "Both/And"?<br /><br />Not an option. Don't blame me. Blame Aristotle.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-26829659371256574512009-08-20T15:42:18.019-05:002009-08-20T15:42:18.019-05:00Well, I'm flummoxed. I was a kid then, and alt...Well, I'm flummoxed. I was a kid then, and although I vaguely remember Quisp, I don't remember Quake AT ALL! But gosharootie, I sure do miss Rocky and Bullwinkle.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-25826128733635073202009-08-20T15:39:13.889-05:002009-08-20T15:39:13.889-05:00Oh, I recall the arguments with my misguided broth...Oh, I recall the arguments with my misguided brother wherein he sang the praises of Quake. Quisp was a better cereal because of the coolness Quisp exuded, an ingredient that buffoon Quake sorely lacked.<br /><br />A local grocery store actually carried Quisp on the shelves a few years ago. You bet I got it and ate it. Sadly, one day it disappeared from the shelf and never returned. Probably an evil scheme by Quake.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000149843730163562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-15911538322424908652009-08-20T15:29:03.027-05:002009-08-20T15:29:03.027-05:00Lightning rods are good.
When I was contracting t...Lightning rods are good.<br /><br />When I was contracting there, I once heard a joke that Lexis-Nexis(*) had invested in nearby trailer parks in order to draw tornados away from the data center.<br /><br />Kinda like the roles of DC and Marvel.<br /><br />(*)(legal and journalism text database company based outside Dayton, OH)Jon Hendrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-3126452038253228562009-08-20T09:00:28.114-05:002009-08-20T09:00:28.114-05:00Always with the dualism and the dichotomies! And ...Always with the dualism and the dichotomies! And always colored in lurid Manichaen tints!<br /><br />Well, instead of "Either/Or", how about "Both/And"? As in, "I find things to like in both DC AND Marvel Comics."<br /><br />At least I do. When I read my new comics for the week, I like to alternate, a DC Comic followed by a Marvel, followed by a DC, followed by a DC, etc. Gives me a nice dialectical buzz.<br /><br />DC hit rock bottom for me recently with Final Crisis, and my DC buying went way down. But here at mid-year, I'm following Batman Reborn and Blackest Night and more of the regular titles, and my DC buying is now slightly edging my Marvel buying on a weekly basis.<br /><br />Dark Reign was fun at first, but it has dragged on too long. But to my surprise, I'm reading Spider-Man again for the first time in about two decades and actually enjoying it.<br /><br />Long live DC, and Marvel, and IDW and Boom and Dark Horse and Avatar and Diamond and Image and all the other companies working to make the comic market exciting and diverse.steve mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-23298102706537721292009-08-20T08:10:37.939-05:002009-08-20T08:10:37.939-05:00You sound like a man who would enjoy "Breakfa...You sound like a man who would enjoy "Breakfast of the Gods":<br /><br />http://www.webcomicsnation.com/poyorick/botgpromo/series.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com