Got milk, John?Since I've never heard anyone call him "Square John", I can only assume John has no friends. Of course, John's the kind of guy who lets Hal Jordan buy him a vanilla milkshake at a Malt Shoppe and who listens to Abba on his ring. Which, I suppose, explains why he's called "Square John". And why he has no friends.
Yes, truth be told, Hal Jordan used to put on blackface and put on a little show at the El Faro Verde Cafe in Coast City. Eventually, however, Pieface got fed up and sent one of his homies from Eskimotown to put a stop to it:
Didn't even get the chance to spit out a full "UNMNGA". Well, it is a solid steel wrench; even Hal might feel that.
Ya know... I don't think Alan Scott ever got knocked out by wood as much as the Corps most treasured member.
ReplyDeleteI'm becoming more and more sure that Hal getting hit on the head is an intentional, canon part of his character. Which is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteScipio, I have a Hal's Head reference but I have no idea how to send you the jpeg. Any guidance?
ReplyDeleteUNMNGA!
send it to scipio@bigmonkeycomics.com
ReplyDeleteand thanks!
And yet Guy is the one they'll *admit* to having suffered brain damage...
ReplyDeleteI don't know who the guy with the wrench is, but he's the REAL hero.
ReplyDeleteAbba?
ReplyDeleteSay it ain't so, John! I thought you were a Beatles fan!
No, in one issue of GL, John specifically mentions having a ringful of Abba songs....
ReplyDeleteYes, if I were whizzing through space at (I assume) translight speeds, taking in the majesty of all creation and protecting my sector, I definitely want Abba ringing in my ears to complete the effect...
I have to believe that Jonn Jonzz listens to "DANCING QUEEN" when he is alone in the watchtower.
ReplyDeleteThere was something in the air that night/the stars were bright/Amazo
ReplyDelete"A ringful of ABBA songs?" O'Neil said Hal listened to Dixieland jazz. They're not antithetical, I suppose, but still . . .
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly the sort of thing Infinite Crisis will straighten out, I hope.
Erm, from Green Lantern something or other (by Winick)
ReplyDeleteJOHN: ... "Take on Me."
KYLE: A-Ha?
JOHN: What? The black man can't like A-Ha?
I don't know where the ABBA thing came from, but I believe it (about John and J'onn).
FOUND IT!
ReplyDeleteGL 129!
There was something in the air that night/the stars were bright/Amazo
ReplyDeleteI choked on what I was eating and narrowly escaped death thanks to this joke. From here on out, food and the Absorbacon don't mix.
It's a wonder Geoff Johns even bothered to set up that elaborate retcon to excuse Hal from being evil. The guy gets conked on the head so many times... is that not explanation enough? It's the Fred Flinstone effect.
I take this panel at face value. Hal's been bludgeoned so many times that, much like a cartoon character, he continues talking for several seconds before the blow to the head even registers.
ReplyDeleteHe also runs in place in the air for several seconds before taking off...
ReplyDeleteHmm... The lack of a period makes me think that he's not indicating that he's know as "Square" John. If he was saying that his friends call him "Square" John it would be:
ReplyDeleteMy mama named me John Stewart. "Square" John to my friends.
What we get is:
My mama named me John Stewart, "Square" John to my friends.
This leads me to believe that it's supposed to be:
My mama named me John Stewart, "Square." John to my friends.
Which would mean he's calling *Hal* a "square".
And that is totally accurate.
There was a line in Green Lantern: Mosaic where someone asked John if he like James Brown and his answer was something to the effect of "Naw, makes me too hyper."
ReplyDeleteOff-topic: The long awaited Tooth: The Fanfiction chapter seven is up at fanfiction.net.
ReplyDeleteJohn's love of Abba is cannon to.
ReplyDeleteHe mentions having them all napsterized in his ring.
JLA: Rules of engagement (trade) page 10.
John's a man who loves him some Palindromes.
A-Ha?
ReplyDeleteAbba?
The man's gayer than I am.
Or at least whiter.
It's one thing to have stereotypical musical tastes.
ReplyDeleteIt's another thing entirely to have crappy music tastes.
John's favorites song should be retconned to the Mosaic file. The Beatles and old-style love songs. ("My sweet embrace-able you...")
"The man's gayer than I am.
ReplyDeleteOr at least whiter."
It's entirely possible it's both.
But we'd truely have to get in his head to find out.
I demand a mini-series!
There's nothing wrong with somebody liking Abba, or A-Ha for that matter. 'Sun Always Shines on TV' is a work of genius, and 'The Winner Takes It All' is one of the greatest songs of all time. Excu-u-u-u-u-use me if they're not KEWL enough for you HEP CATS.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, when you insist on superheroes having 'good' (ie SOCIALLY MANDATED, you muso-fascists) music tastes, all you get is Babe And The Children Of The Night. It's a dark road that leads nowhere, you Fernando-fearing fools! I applaud 'Square' John and his refreshing taste in illegal downloads.
John needs theme music. Maybe they can get the rights to "Mama Mia" for the JLU cartoon.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny when artists or writers put their own tastes onto their characters. I remember reading a Hulk comic in which Rick Jones sported a Black Flag t-shirt. Uh-huh, sure. Bet he was playing "T.V.
Party" on that harmonica the day the gamma bomb went off.
I can see it ... John and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps flying into a big space battle with Sinestro and the Khunds, to the tune of "Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight."
ReplyDeleteIt makes "Ride of the Valkyries" sound like dog poop.
Abba is great! You have something for all occasions, even if you just stick to one Greatest Hits collection.
ReplyDeleteThe JLU Shayera relationship: "Why, why did I ever let you go..."
followed by
"Take a Chance on Me" (take a chan, take a chan, take a take a chan chan)
followed by
"I do, I do, I do, I do"
Breaking the news to Vixen: "Knowing Me, Knowing you ..."
More generally:
Got in a jam and need backup? "S.O.S."
... and they send Vibe? "Dancing Queen".
Of course, his arrival might drive you to tears, in which case he might ask you: "Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong?"
The help was too late; you're defeated by the bad guy? "Waterloo! I was defeated, you won the war..."
It was Brainiac and he used his shrinking ray on you? "The winner takes it all/The loser's standing small..."
It's the only group a GL needs!
"illegal downloads."
ReplyDeleteNo, no; I'm certain he owns all the albums...
on vinyl.
Black people really love it when white people discuss who's 'black enough' based on their extensive experience. Can't you see how brainless and one dimensional it is to define taste along color lines? So if John Stewart had Malcolm X MP3s on his ring would that make him more 'realistic'? You idiots!
ReplyDeletesincerely,
The Falcon