tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post116044977803002187..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Poetry PanelScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160688834310664422006-10-12T16:33:00.000-05:002006-10-12T16:33:00.000-05:00Is there a finer turn of superhero poetry than the...Is there a finer turn of superhero poetry than the classic line of quartus paeon dimeter:<BR/><BR/>"You know my <B>name</B>, now meet my <B>fists</B>!"<BR/><BR/>I'd be hard pressed to think of one. Gets you all tingly, doesn't it?<BR/><BR/>Mamet-manque dialogue has had its day. Stan Lee-esque breathless hyperbole is played. A more superhero-friendly diction with poetic undertones would be a fine thing.Harvey Jerkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118848012122050416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160603070353834902006-10-11T16:44:00.000-05:002006-10-11T16:44:00.000-05:00Doug,Better times are ahead for Aquaman.I guarante...Doug,<BR/><BR/>Better times are ahead for Aquaman.<BR/><BR/>I guarantee it.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160581893178867062006-10-11T10:51:00.000-05:002006-10-11T10:51:00.000-05:00All of these Aquaman posts have prodded me to re-a...All of these Aquaman posts have prodded me to re-add the book to my pull list, even though the book's art of late has made me feel like I need a new eyeglass prescription, and the story has been nothing but a good substitute for counting sheep at night. I don't know whether I ought to thank you for that or not.Maybe I'll just kick myself instead. We'll see, I guess.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609971299773817212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160541217153734972006-10-10T23:33:00.000-05:002006-10-10T23:33:00.000-05:00"In brightest day, In blackest night, No evil shal..."In brightest day, In blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight!<BR/>Let those who worship evil's might<BR/>beware my power,<BR/>Green Lantern's light!"<BR/><BR/>Back in the 60's this was one of the first poems I memorized!<BR/><BR/>MUCH more uplifting than <BR/>A. E. "Death" Housman!<BR/><BR/>Don't forget Heroclix at Big Monkey Comics in Georgetown, Saturday, Oct 21st! <BR/>TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160524081668838172006-10-10T18:48:00.000-05:002006-10-10T18:48:00.000-05:00Nothing can ever replace "Seize them!" as the perf...<I>Nothing can ever replace "Seize them!" as the perfect command from a villain. No one actually ever says anything like it, but it's just the sound and flow of the phrase.</I><BR/><BR/>So many great words and phrases from classic comics should be brought into modern usage. "Rue the day" is another sadly missed phrase you don't hear anymore. Who hasn't wanted to shake thier fist in the air and shout something like <B>"You'll rue the day you raised my internet rates!"</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160510962006625542006-10-10T15:09:00.000-05:002006-10-10T15:09:00.000-05:00I wear orange and green in public. Almost daily. S...I wear orange and green in public. Almost daily. So does everyone else down here in Florida.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160510227754916452006-10-10T14:57:00.000-05:002006-10-10T14:57:00.000-05:00Sorry, but I have to disagreeback when I was a kid...Sorry, but I have to disagree<BR/>back when I was a kid it was precisely this (that and Superfriends) that kept me away from comics<BR/>I don't care for Bendis' style, but this isn't my cup of tea eitherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160506640060721792006-10-10T13:57:00.000-05:002006-10-10T13:57:00.000-05:00Bendis said, "...the hell,"As Scipio yelled, "Have...Bendis said, "...the hell,"<BR/>As Scipio yelled, "Have at thee!"<BR/>Off rolled Bendis' head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160505582162764932006-10-10T13:39:00.000-05:002006-10-10T13:39:00.000-05:00"I have a non-poetic, headline-writer dislike of b..."I have a non-poetic, headline-writer dislike of breaking up prepositional phrases. "<BR/><BR/>The verticals line are just markers to denote metrical feet, Halben; they aren't pauses and don't effect pronunciation. I think we would speak the lines the same as each other.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160498913809607702006-10-10T11:48:00.000-05:002006-10-10T11:48:00.000-05:00I was with you right up until you claimed people d...I was with you right up until you claimed people don't really say "hrm" there. That's pretty much my standard "nonplussed" response. Then again, I also use the "BWA-ha-ha-ha-HA!" maniacal laugh pretty often, so I may be atypical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160494837822882682006-10-10T10:40:00.000-05:002006-10-10T10:40:00.000-05:00Ah, a gentleman AND a scholar. A deadly combinati...Ah, a gentleman AND a scholar. A deadly combination, sir.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160491609680113462006-10-10T09:46:00.000-05:002006-10-10T09:46:00.000-05:00"TERriFYing JUGgerNAUT of JUSTice! "If you're pron..."TERriFYing JUGgerNAUT of JUSTice! "<BR/><BR/>If you're pronouncing it that way, then our difference seems to be not one of scansion but native language.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160491266075189182006-10-10T09:41:00.000-05:002006-10-10T09:41:00.000-05:00I hate to nitpick, Scipio, but you're applying you...I hate to nitpick, Scipio, but you're applying your knowledge of classical meter inappropriately. English verse isn't measured in long and short syllables, but in stresses and unaccented syllables. The stresses in that first line actually run more like this:<BR/><BR/>FORTH from the WAVES BURSTS a TERriFYing JUGgerNAUT of JUSTice! <BR/><BR/>The line's mostly trochaic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160454748098796952006-10-09T23:32:00.000-05:002006-10-09T23:32:00.000-05:00Nothing can ever replace "Seize them!" as the perf...<B>Nothing</B> can ever replace "Seize them!" as the perfect command from a villain. No one actually ever says anything like it, but it's just the sound and flow of the phrase. Not to mention recognizability.Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160452328611733422006-10-09T22:52:00.000-05:002006-10-09T22:52:00.000-05:00I use the sound "Hnnn..." and the word "Villian!" ...I use the sound "Hnnn..." and the word "Villian!" in regular conversation almost everyday. So I think modern sound types can attach to old school to make it sound great. "Hnnn, Starman has escaped again! Thought-robots! Seize them!"<BR/><BR/>Also your right about the Aquaman panel but it's stuck in my head right next the "I'm sorry, my esophagus extends when I eat." panel from Agents of Atlas #3 and <A HREF="http://zombiemallet.blogspot.com/2006/10/mmmm.html" REL="nofollow">this.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160451926074307682006-10-09T22:45:00.000-05:002006-10-09T22:45:00.000-05:00There has been some poetry in comics, although I d...There has been some poetry in comics, although I don't know what level of quality to credit it with. There's Etrigan, of course (check the issue(s?) of 'Blue Devil' he showed up in!), and, in Groo, there was the Minstrel, and all the poems they had on the splash pages. I enjoyed it, anyway.Matthew Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01007497367844755093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1160450790617626572006-10-09T22:26:00.000-05:002006-10-09T22:26:00.000-05:00I've actually always wanted to use Golden Age spea...I've actually always wanted to use Golden Age speak in conversation. Announce all of my actions as I perform them, even if I'm alone, and laugh like golden age batman does. 'Ha! ha!'. But I've just never found the right time.<BR/><BR/> I imagine very few people can pull it off.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04279131827560250011noreply@blogger.com