tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post6404000971459626165..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Ten Things About the original Wild DogScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1429333405102597762022-05-26T23:27:24.255-05:002022-05-26T23:27:24.255-05:00It surprised me, too.It surprised me, too.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-75930048665282644052022-05-26T16:57:03.724-05:002022-05-26T16:57:03.724-05:00The most surprising thing is when I found out that...The most surprising thing is when I found out that I was wild dog.MarkAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956940483406724174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-91223929047505363972022-05-18T20:06:25.926-05:002022-05-18T20:06:25.926-05:00That was my feeling at the time, although I doubt ...That was my feeling at the time, although I doubt I would have been able to articulate as well, at the time, as you just did now. However, having read the genesis of how the miniseries actually came to be, I think it was much less calculated than you'd expect.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-87096268673208288862022-05-18T15:26:55.352-05:002022-05-18T15:26:55.352-05:00I remember that era of comics. I remember the full...I remember that era of comics. I remember the full-page adds for Wild Dog that were supposed to entice us. I remember getting a sense from the ads that this was more of DC shaking things up just to shake them up, and not to apply any rhyme or reason. I flipped through issue one at the comic book store and felt that my guesses were confirmed: in the bold new Post Crisis world, everything was to be the opposite of the Pre-Crisis landscape. Heroes didn't previously kill without a very good reason? Well by golly this new hero will kill ESPECIALLY without a good reason. Previous heroes tried to dress such that they might be taken seriously? Well Wild Dog will dress in a goofy shirt just because.<br /><br />If there was an audience for Wild Dog, I sure wasn't it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-69720665859606315772022-05-18T07:23:04.209-05:002022-05-18T07:23:04.209-05:00Why don't THEY have a television show?! Rotati...Why don't THEY have a television show?! Rotating cast of Batman-adjacent mystery-solvers in an anthology show? It writes itself.<br />Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-4782256148418261422022-05-18T03:28:16.631-05:002022-05-18T03:28:16.631-05:00Other than Batman, the only member of the Mystery ...Other than Batman, the only member of the Mystery Analysts anyone remembers is Kaye Daye. I bet even Mark Waid doesn't remember the others.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.com