tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post236923559087324887..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Mr. Moth Week 2: Three O'Flock!Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-19483578873577006482015-09-04T05:46:13.201-05:002015-09-04T05:46:13.201-05:00Mr. Moth can have a moth-shaped helicopter designe...Mr. Moth can have a moth-shaped helicopter designed and built, and he's reduced to stealing radium?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10586436696772038834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-12468179584228644602015-09-03T21:59:35.502-05:002015-09-03T21:59:35.502-05:00"(Honestly, the book I've always wanted t..."(Honestly, the book I've always wanted to see from DC is stories of the normal folks who don't know from Darkseid, but need to deal with shifting continuity in their lives, super-science threatening their jobs, alien invasions that aren't big enough to warrant superhero intervention, and the tax ramifications of being resurrected.)"<br /><br />So...Astro City. You're looking for Astro City.Chad Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03714201690840864468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-70821105812318803802015-09-03T10:55:22.203-05:002015-09-03T10:55:22.203-05:00$10,000 worth of pure radium??
At today's pri...$10,000 worth of pure radium??<br /><br />At today's prices that's about 1/10 of gram.r duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-54610149877787110152015-09-03T09:22:45.236-05:002015-09-03T09:22:45.236-05:00Apexians sure do lead exciting lives! But serious...Apexians sure do lead exciting lives! But seriously, thar copter is supposed to look like a Moth? On what planet?SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-28396700133774683812015-09-03T05:58:22.062-05:002015-09-03T05:58:22.062-05:00Either that or Mr. Moth hasn't figured it out,...Either that or Mr. Moth hasn't figured it out, yet, and a blinding radioactive wall clock that has to weigh at <i>least</i> five or six pounds is going to get thrown into the crowd. Figure that, statistically, between the radiation and injured bystanders, that's going to create something like half a dozen lame supervillains. An ounce of prevention...Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-14698306516703000192015-09-02T19:05:54.233-05:002015-09-02T19:05:54.233-05:00Actually, the officers can relax, and make their l...Actually, the officers can relax, and make their leisurely way to the roof. Mr. Moth's "special device," when fully erect (heh), prevents the blades of his Moth copter from rotating. So he's trapped until his "special device" ... ummm ... loses its erection. Bryan Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-8409600669827126562015-09-02T16:27:48.657-05:002015-09-02T16:27:48.657-05:00This is true. I assume that his matte black tie c...This is true. I assume that his matte black tie collection must have been destroyed in a meteor strike and this is just a temporary clip-on until they come back in stock. Or they're all at the dry cleaner after ice cream cones just materialized in his closet, as will happen.<br /><br />Or maybe the striped tie is <i>attacking</i> him, in a completely unrelated story, hence what seems to be a disproportionate response to a helicopter stealing a clock. It has devoured his actual tie and is crawling into his collar to do unspeakable things, which would also explain why the tie isn't long enough to reach his belt. (Honestly, the book I've always wanted to see from DC is stories of the normal folks who don't know from Darkseid, but need to deal with shifting continuity in their lives, super-science threatening their jobs, alien invasions that aren't big enough to warrant superhero intervention, and the tax ramifications of being resurrected.)<br /><br />But now I'm more weirded out by the buildings. Even if there are real-world examples, the idea that Barry Allen can build bigger pillow forts in his den than an entire clock factory. Granted, you probably can't drive your police vehicle across the street (through a pedestrian flock) to the pillow fort being victimized.<br /><br />Hey, I just noticed: The "special device" has already been used across town. Did none of the flocking witnesses bother to mention to the police, "oh, and the guy who did it was flying a helicopter with a crane on the nose"? Or was that too minor a crime for the police to bother checking out, when there was gussying up to do for the big (socially speaking) office building opening downtown?Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-38389236809995896822015-09-02T12:00:36.997-05:002015-09-02T12:00:36.997-05:00"there's Benny Bluesuit"
Well, you ..."there's Benny Bluesuit"<br /><br />Well, you tell he's a nervous nellie type. I mean... he's wearing a STRIPED tie, for pete's sake. NO one does that in Apex City.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-48936263957941644602015-09-02T11:58:23.591-05:002015-09-02T11:58:23.591-05:00" Because all the skyscrapers are to the same..." Because all the skyscrapers are to the same scale, making them about the size of a residential house with no yard. Who works in places like that?"<br /><br />Washingtonians.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-47619232284887777072015-09-02T11:47:01.566-05:002015-09-02T11:47:01.566-05:00I think Officer Exposition is probably OK. Figure...I think Officer Exposition is probably OK. Figure that Mr. Moth's arm spans about a quarter of the rooftop, so it's maybe twenty-five feet across. It looks like the building is only about three times its square base, tops. Seeing through the moth-wing might be problematic, but the distance isn't much at all. (Sign that I <i>might</i> be looking at this too deeply: I have the Sea Stallion's Wikipedia entry open looking for length...)<br /><br />But here's the big question: Is this a prop city on someone's rooftop or the actual city? Because all the skyscrapers are to the same scale, making them about the size of a residential house with no yard. Who works in places like that? And who puts a glowing clock on it expecting it to be a tourist attraction? I have to assume that this is the rooftop of Apex City City Construction, which has a model of Apex City on it, within which is a model of Ace Time Company's clock. And probably a model of Apex City City Construction down the model street, with a model of Apex City on the roof where pets flock...<br /><br />Unrelated, cripes, the Apshai ("Apexian" is too unwieldy and the Apshai video games were semi-fun) are a dramatic lot, aren't they? They stand there like movie extras in one scene, then mug for the artist in cartoonish fear the moment any old moth-themed criminal steals their precious miniature-giant-clock with a helicopter-mounted crane like it's a big deal. I mean, there's Benny Bluesuit whose reflexes can only have been developed after getting crushed by one too many meteors, but check Shadow Fedora, gaping in panic right into the camera.<br /><br />And is that Larry Tate from <i>Bewitched</i> behind Bluesuit...? I bet he thought he was getting away from the weirdness back home.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-9208346220885220282015-09-02T10:28:40.391-05:002015-09-02T10:28:40.391-05:00I'm a Fall, so orange is a great color on me f...I'm a Fall, so orange is a great color on me for rampant flocking.<br /><br />Also, now I want to move to Apex City. CobraMisfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254323816960257073noreply@blogger.com