tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post113347606922567192..comments2024-02-21T12:40:49.323-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: What "Green Lantern" is MissingScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-61420026316077547142008-02-24T19:47:00.000-05:002008-02-24T19:47:00.000-05:00IT WASN'T A PAT OF BUTTER...IT WAS A YELLOW BANANA...IT WASN'T A PAT OF BUTTER...IT WAS A YELLOW BANANA SKIN!<BR/><BR/>PAUL K. S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133597710048918742005-12-03T03:15:00.000-05:002005-12-03T03:15:00.000-05:00"Geoff Johns made the Flash's Rogues' Gallery into..."Geoff Johns made the Flash's Rogues' Gallery into the villains they ALWAYS should have been. He finally gave them depth, respect, and some serious oomph.<BR/><BR/>For that, he has my eternal gratitude."<BR/><BR/>Yeah, but Cary Bates did it first. <BR/><BR/>(Which is my general problem with Geoff Johns. I always have this beeeen there, doooone that, bought the T Shirt, fought the Super-Gorilla <BR/>feeling after reading his work.)<BR/><BR/>Although I'm liking his recent stuff better. His dialouge, previously often rip-my-hair-out-and-bash-my-head-on-the-window in PAIN terrible has gotten much, much better in Infinite Crisis 'n <BR/>the last Flash trade than it was in, say, the first few JSA books.MarkAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956940483406724174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133589776306393522005-12-03T01:02:00.000-05:002005-12-03T01:02:00.000-05:00Well it's not like you don't have a plethora of ot...Well it's not like you don't have a plethora of other things to choose from. Getting knocked out by a lamp, the 84 billion times he's taken out by guys who can't even shoot well, or how all the aliens who aren't green lantern look like they defected from the Rannian army, or how he almost lost to a guy because he was wearing a yellow shirt.<BR/><BR/>And thats just the first half of showcase...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133579932686353712005-12-02T22:18:00.000-05:002005-12-02T22:18:00.000-05:00Geoff Johns made the Flash's Rogues' Gallery into ...Geoff Johns made the Flash's Rogues' Gallery into the villains they ALWAYS should have been. He finally gave them depth, respect, and some serious oomph.<BR/><BR/>For that, he has my eternal gratitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133554703771491952005-12-02T15:18:00.000-05:002005-12-02T15:18:00.000-05:00Tim: Shhhh!!!Tim: Shhhh!!!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133550627214546142005-12-02T14:10:00.000-05:002005-12-02T14:10:00.000-05:00His run on The Flash was damn good for a while. H...His run on <I>The Flash</I> was damn good for a while. He got too entangled in the minutia of continuity and ended his time with the slurry of nonsense that was "Rogue War," but man, those first arcs were good.<BR/><BR/>Besides, he was the first person to give Keystone City any damn character. I love when writers make the fictional cities unique. Keystone is now a blue-collar manufacturing town big on hockey? Nice. And it matches the character of the Flash himself. <BR/><BR/>Bitchin', yo.Harvey Jerkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118848012122050416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133547049474217252005-12-02T13:10:00.001-05:002005-12-02T13:10:00.001-05:00Geoff Johns has written bad stuff. Red Zone in Ave...Geoff Johns <I>has</I> written bad stuff. <I>Red Zone</I> in <B>Avengers</B>, for example.<BR/><BR/>But generally, he's just a really dull writer. And it's not that I don't like old-fashioned superheroics, because I like Busiek's writing a lot.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133547013872083952005-12-02T13:10:00.000-05:002005-12-02T13:10:00.000-05:00Um I hate to be a hate to be a stick in the mud, b...Um I hate to be a hate to be a stick in the mud, but that isn't Hal Jordan slipping. It's the evil fake green lantern, they even un-mask in the next page. On the plus side it shows how fickle Carol is, because when she see's how ugly he is she dosn't like him any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133545582745250032005-12-02T12:46:00.000-05:002005-12-02T12:46:00.000-05:00Nice one, Daniel; VERY nice.Nice one, Daniel; VERY nice.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133540747215700592005-12-02T11:25:00.000-05:002005-12-02T11:25:00.000-05:00Johns's big flaw is predicability. He writes JSA l...Johns's big flaw is predicability. He writes JSA like he writes Teen Titans and like he wrote Avengers. After a while you know to expect that a long-forgotten character will be reintroduced, someone will start talking about their gimmick metaphorically, and how many "is ___ really dead?!" moments there will be. And of course the Goeff Johns Shocking Last Page Reveal.<BR/><BR/>You can set your watch by a Johns plot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133535800911980902005-12-02T10:03:00.000-05:002005-12-02T10:03:00.000-05:00Green Lantern versusthat waxy yellow build-up:Over...Green Lantern versus<BR/>that waxy yellow build-up:<BR/>Over in one panelDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184638921669629752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133527147856797042005-12-02T07:39:00.000-05:002005-12-02T07:39:00.000-05:00The Great Hal JordanEmerald GladiatorNone Can Defe...The Great Hal Jordan<BR/>Emerald Gladiator<BR/>None Can Defeat GroundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133525896066019822005-12-02T07:18:00.000-05:002005-12-02T07:18:00.000-05:00Genius!Though it isn't haiku, there's some poetic ...Genius!<BR/><BR/>Though it isn't haiku, there's some poetic metre in Carol's reaction.<BR/><BR/><I>Oh my, he fell<BR/>slipped on the floor<BR/>knocked himself out</I><BR/><BR/>(Sorry about the comments above, btw. I'd been drinking and some of them look very snide and unpleasant in the cold light of day. Hope I didn't cause any offence.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133511044151961192005-12-02T03:10:00.000-05:002005-12-02T03:10:00.000-05:00Thank you, Scipio!Hal Jordan's head falls,collides...Thank you, Scipio!<BR/><BR/>Hal Jordan's head falls,<BR/>collides with the floor like an<BR/>empty coconut<BR/><BR/>Imagining the sound makes me feel all fuzzy inside.<BR/><BR/>My very first Haiku -- what do you think?Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133499146726724302005-12-01T23:52:00.000-05:002005-12-01T23:52:00.000-05:00He's not Alan Moore, he's not Grant Morrison, he's...<I>He's not Alan Moore, he's not Grant Morrison, he's not even Gardner Fox... and he'd probably be the first to say so.</I><BR/>He's Roy Thomas.<BR/><BR/>And I really <I>liked</I> Roy Thomas.Mark Fossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623615263972844957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133498798850925062005-12-01T23:46:00.000-05:002005-12-01T23:46:00.000-05:00If Hal is constantly getting hit in the noggin by ...If Hal is constantly getting hit in the noggin by ceiling tiles, airplanes, and the floor, why doesn't he use his power ring to create a safety helmet? Even bicyclists wear them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133488399143120742005-12-01T20:53:00.000-05:002005-12-01T20:53:00.000-05:00I always assumed that Sinestro's urine would be a ...I always assumed that Sinestro's urine would be a bright, unearthly shade of pink, thus leaving his micturarial stream vulnerable to a well-placed blast from a GL ring - in yet another terrible twist of Comic Book Irony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133486421845813032005-12-01T20:20:00.000-05:002005-12-01T20:20:00.000-05:00I always thought the perfect trap for Hal would be...I always thought the perfect trap for Hal would be if he was sealed in a glass vat of urine. It would be yellow. And the taste would distract him fatally.<BR/><BR/>Of course, it would only make dramatic sense if the urine had been passed by SINESTRO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133485500419067292005-12-01T20:05:00.000-05:002005-12-01T20:05:00.000-05:00Seems to me that it is really in the insular world...Seems to me that it is really in the insular world of the blogosphere that Johns is polorizing. He is what he is, a solid, workmanlike writer with an appreciation for classic characters and lots of ideas that are finding a receptive audience in Dan Didio. He's not Alan Moore, he's not Grant Morrison, he's not even Gardner Fox... and he'd probably be the first to say so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133485305985239142005-12-01T20:01:00.000-05:002005-12-01T20:01:00.000-05:00I'm actually guessing Hal slipped on a pat of butt...<EM>I'm actually guessing Hal slipped on a pat of butter.</EM><BR/><BR/>Butter <EM>is</EM> yellow, after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133485193595532672005-12-01T19:59:00.000-05:002005-12-01T19:59:00.000-05:00By the way, for the record....?This post was for R...By the way, for the record....?<BR/><BR/>This post was for RAGNELL.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133485009889343582005-12-01T19:56:00.000-05:002005-12-01T19:56:00.000-05:00giant yellow space tapewormWhy take the complicate...<I>giant yellow space tapeworm</I><BR/><BR/>Why take the complicated explanation? I'm actually guessing Hal slipped on a pat of butter.Bullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708103213119467419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133484957686529552005-12-01T19:55:00.001-05:002005-12-01T19:55:00.001-05:00"When Leo Quintum reveals himself in issue #12 to ..."When Leo Quintum reveals himself in issue #12 to be an Nth-grade fictioneer sent by Editrons to penetrate the masturbabrane into Superman's worldpanel to perform an emergency plot-o-suction"<BR/><BR/>Oh my god, that is TOTALLY where Morrison must be going with this!<BR/><BR/>How could I have been so blind!!!!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133484909696204072005-12-01T19:55:00.000-05:002005-12-01T19:55:00.000-05:00Ah, Geoff Johns.Every Geoff Johns book I've read h...Ah, Geoff Johns.<BR/><BR/>Every Geoff Johns book I've read has this terrifying flatness to it. It's not as bad as James Robinson - we're not made to feel like bad humans for not appreciating a movie reference from the 1950s - but it's still so lifeless, like a day-old chunk of herring deposited in my martini while I wasn't looking. He's almost readable but not quite, and in a time when Pete Milligan is alive, that's just not good enough.<BR/><BR/>I don't like to beat a dead horse, but Johns is just not zarjaz.<BR/><BR/>That said, nobody who could display a man falling on his arse with such infinite grace could be boring. You're too beautiful for this modern world, that's your trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1133484043476710462005-12-01T19:40:00.000-05:002005-12-01T19:40:00.000-05:00See, Scipio, you want me to think Hal's just a stu...See, Scipio, you want me to think Hal's just a stupid putz for slipping on a waxed floor and knocking himself unconscious, but I happen to know that he slipped on a waxed floor and knocked himself unconscious <EM>because a giant yellow space tapeworm made him do it.</EM><BR/><BR/>Speaking of which...<BR/><BR/><EM>I think Johns has is a polarizing figure in comics because it seems like he writes half the freaking books in DC.</EM><BR/><BR/>That's pretty much it. I can ignore most any other single DC writer, and don't deny that half of them are worse than him, but it's damn hard to get around him these days. He's the Bendis of DC: his stuff is workmanlike, ubiquitous, and is filled with a number of tics that drive me batty. I'd be happy not to read either of them ever again - and I haven't for months, honest - but they both keep <EM>doing stuff</EM> to characters I <EM>do</EM> want to read. I don't want to wish them harm, so here's hoping they both land sweet movie deals and end up writing wildly successful, horribly shitty action flicks.<BR/><BR/>And no, Scip, of course you're not boring, you're just prejudiced against yoctospheres. You realize that's bigotry, don't you - bigotry against yoctospheres - and it's just plain wrong. When Leo Quintum reveals himself in issue #12 to be an Nth-grade fictioneer sent by Editrons to penetrate the masturbabrane into Superman's worldpanel to perform an emergency plot-o-suction, we have to accept that that's just the condition he was born with and it's not for us to judge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com