tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post111440142823179832..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: DC Needs: Water BallsScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1163338568283292602006-11-12T08:36:00.000-05:002006-11-12T08:36:00.000-05:00Thanks, Guildenstern;just wait; I predict we will ...Thanks, Guildenstern;<BR/><BR/>just wait; I predict we will see in the comics themselves next year, and once that happens, there will be no going back.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1114642344681015012005-04-27T17:52:00.000-05:002005-04-27T17:52:00.000-05:00When the new editor suddenly wanted to revamp ever...When the new editor suddenly wanted to revamp every series, including #6 book Aquaman, even though it had just been revamped, Veitch quickly combined two of his storylines at once, jamming all his ideas together. I liked it up until that point. But the dialogue was awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1114542040473435902005-04-26T14:00:00.000-05:002005-04-26T14:00:00.000-05:00Excellent suggestion. Much as I thought the PAD r...Excellent suggestion. Much as I thought the PAD run to be marked by a repetitive and uninteresting characterization, and much as I winced every time I saw Aquaman in his grizzled one-handed prospector mode, it was an arresting visual.<BR/><BR/>The look fit the "ARRRRthur!" one-note characterization. So you could almost argue for it. Um. ARRRRRgue for it.<BR/><BR/>You could show an image of PAD Aquaman to a nongeek, and they'd at least want to know what his deal was. (Granted, as soon as you muttered, "Um... pirahna gobbled his hand?" they'd roll their eyes, but at least it stood for SOMETHING.)<BR/><BR/>Now, the water hand is just a remnant of a run which was (I will someday prove in a trenchant, exhaustively annotated thesis paper) an extended, 12-issue practical joke on the part of the writer. <BR/><BR/>Aquaman's current look is a harkening back to simpler times, but the hand simply doesn't fit. From a purely visual perspective, it doesn't mean anything. <BR/><BR/>If it could be used to hurl those fondly remembered hardwater projectiles, it would 1. mean something and 2. neatly tapdance around the gag-inducing "never stike another in anger" New Age folderol foisted upon the character by Veitch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1114486730268556382005-04-25T22:38:00.000-05:002005-04-25T22:38:00.000-05:00Hi-larious.Hi-larious.Hate Filled Posterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00965492342916144479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1114404065852484082005-04-24T23:41:00.000-05:002005-04-24T23:41:00.000-05:00I'm behind you 100% on this one Scipio. It sure be...I'm behind you 100% on this one Scipio. It sure beats the heck out of magic water hands and hook hands. And let's throw Filmation's Manta Men into the package too.<BR/><BR/>HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com