tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post116654361152141338..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Blogging in The Holiday SpiritScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166745709619071202006-12-21T19:01:00.000-05:002006-12-21T19:01:00.000-05:00I have a fan!I have a fan!Devon Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223057696498728357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166659710162024452006-12-20T19:08:00.000-05:002006-12-20T19:08:00.000-05:00Per story...?Per story...?Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166629434465381432006-12-20T10:43:00.000-05:002006-12-20T10:43:00.000-05:00Oh Scipio, you can be as snarky as you like. It I...Oh Scipio, you can be as snarky as you like. It IS possible to love a character and still mock them. I love Hal Jordan, but he has to be one of the world's biggest idiots.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166600340741461642006-12-20T02:39:00.000-05:002006-12-20T02:39:00.000-05:00Actually, I'd just be shocked any customers actual...Actually, I'd just be shocked any customers actually read this blog... .Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166587751541974292006-12-19T23:09:00.000-05:002006-12-19T23:09:00.000-05:00I wonder, do you ever worry about pissing off pote...I wonder, do you ever worry about pissing off potential or current Big Monkey customers? Or do you just hope enough Big Monkey customers like Devon?<BR/><BR/>You have every right to express your opinions in whatever public forum you choose, of course. I'm simply curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166577847734315272006-12-19T20:24:00.000-05:002006-12-19T20:24:00.000-05:00"Are these guys really so bitterthey can't make fu..."Are these guys really so bitter<BR/>they can't make fun of things and still profess affection for them without assuming its sarcasm? "<BR/><BR/>Bitter? No. I think the word you need there, Ragnell, is "simple".Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166576007949804302006-12-19T19:53:00.000-05:002006-12-19T19:53:00.000-05:00This is where the "Ironic Age" comment was made:ht...This is where the "Ironic Age" comment was made:<BR/>http://www.whiterose.org/howlingcurmudgeons/archives/010054.html<BR/><BR/>And even though he posts a link for it in the entry, I'll just post the link to the list he's referring to anyway:<BR/><BR/>http://www.popcultureaddict.com/comicbooks/lamestsuperheroes.htmThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806565171767967754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166567153586032052006-12-19T17:25:00.000-05:002006-12-19T17:25:00.000-05:00This sounds like (but isn't) the guy who thought I...This sounds like (but isn't) the guy who thought I hated Daredevil because I poked fun at the inconsistent portrayal of his radar sense.<BR/><BR/>Puh-leeze! Daredevil has horns. I have horns. We're <I>this</I> close. I love that scrappy fighter like a brother.Bullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708103213119467419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166564890765561952006-12-19T16:48:00.000-05:002006-12-19T16:48:00.000-05:00DRAMA!Not Golden Age Starman-level drama though.<B>DRAMA!</B><BR/><BR/>Not Golden Age Starman-level drama though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166562234625418142006-12-19T16:03:00.000-05:002006-12-19T16:03:00.000-05:00That's the one, Jeff. I crack up just thinking abo...That's the one, Jeff. I crack up just thinking about Tim Robbins trying to stamp out his foot on fire.Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07331286524477806963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166561670750350732006-12-19T15:54:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:54:00.000-05:00I hate to call up the memory, but this sounds like...I hate to call up the memory, but this sounds like the same complaint as from that guy from last year about Hal Jordan posts. Remember the one who couldn't tell you liked the character because you kept posting the pictures of them being hit on the head?<BR/>Are these guys really so bitter <BR/>they can't make fun of things and still profess affection for them without assuming its sarcasm? I feel bad for them.<BR/><BR/>At least it puts me in perspective on the bitterness scale. I'm not nearly so bad as I thought.Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166561518249968782006-12-19T15:51:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:51:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166560603305202302006-12-19T15:36:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:36:00.000-05:00Hey, Nothing But Trouble is a stone riot.Can't sta...Hey, <I>Nothing But Trouble</I> is a stone riot.<BR/><BR/>Can't stand up for the rest of the ouvre, though...Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07331286524477806963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166557852526516942006-12-19T14:50:00.000-05:002006-12-19T14:50:00.000-05:00"the same passion and fury I personally reserve fo..."the same passion and fury I personally reserve for genocide and Martin Lawrence movies."<BR/><BR/>BWAHAHAHA!<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Allan.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166554750622430542006-12-19T13:59:00.000-05:002006-12-19T13:59:00.000-05:00My comic book blog bookmark folder is a fairly lim...My comic book blog bookmark folder is a fairly limited collection of links and there is a reason the Asorbascon is inevitably the first one I visit during my daily procrastinations and that is because I find it refreshingly free of irony and so-called snark.<BR/><BR/>Our host, Mr. Garling, strikes me not only as utterly sincere in the causes he chooses to champion, lampoon or openly deride, but it is also to his credit that he is able to do so with a wit that is entirely his own and which makes his blog unique amongst a multitude.<BR/><BR/>The Absorbascon stands out because its general tone indicates that its author actually enjoys and--dare it be said?--loves the comic book medium, which is rare in a forum where much more time is spent in lamentation than celebration. At other blogs I often find myself wondering why that person chooses to write about comics, when it is apparent that they seem to hate them with the same passion and fury I personally reserve for genocide and Martin Lawrence movies.<BR/><BR/>And, as the recent Outsiders week proved, even on those rare occasions when the Absrobascon does go negative, it does so in a literate and thoroughly entertaining way.<BR/><BR/>But that's just me. I actually enjoy reading the bulk of the comics I pick up each week, so I'm clearly an uninformed idiot who has no true appreciation of the medium or the people who labor to document it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166549144511279052006-12-19T12:25:00.000-05:002006-12-19T12:25:00.000-05:00Chris Sims is not being snarky. He's wholly sincer...Chris Sims is not being snarky. He's wholly sincere in his love of crappy comics.<BR/><BR/>And I've never gotten an impression of insincerity in Scipio's likes and dislikes either.<BR/><BR/>But then, I'm often accused of being serious when I'm joking, and of joking when I'm being serious, so I can relate a bit.Dorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754097613320749614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1166546823527342392006-12-19T11:47:00.000-05:002006-12-19T11:47:00.000-05:00For what its worth, I defended your blog and Chris...For what its worth, I defended your blog and Chris Sims' against that snark thing about a month or so ago.<BR/><BR/>It's like that old Simpsons gag, where people are so "ironic" these days that nobody knows if they're sarcastic or not.Marc Burkhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06949686463975572297noreply@blogger.com