tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post450585807402451212..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: The Jade Buddha, Part 1: THERE IS AN URGENT CALL ON THE PHONEScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-80326777548119500952021-08-12T14:40:14.783-05:002021-08-12T14:40:14.783-05:00For the curious, Mott and Pell today is home to tw...For the curious, Mott and Pell today is home to two opticians and a Japanese snack shop. Naturally, the Tong have their eyes on you and their fingers in the cookie jar. https://goo.gl/maps/yAuAiEQuAeu58kog9Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519673958383748120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-15068585707055636072021-08-09T13:24:38.550-05:002021-08-09T13:24:38.550-05:00You are always welcome to write your own jokes if ...You are always welcome to write your own jokes if mine don't suffice.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-90354901056189570142021-08-09T12:07:04.601-05:002021-08-09T12:07:04.601-05:00Dammit, at least tell me a party and formal wear i...Dammit, at least tell me a party and formal wear is involved. Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-13943301969119909872021-08-09T11:15:04.549-05:002021-08-09T11:15:04.549-05:00No Daddy Warbucks jokes to follow up on the initia...No Daddy Warbucks jokes to follow up on the initial reference? Oh well.cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-41148589555688030612021-08-09T10:11:24.961-05:002021-08-09T10:11:24.961-05:00Hm, not bad, Bryan, and certainly consistent. He d...Hm, not bad, Bryan, and certainly consistent. He does eventually wind up with a mysterious Tong overlord (because of course he does), but his is a different path...Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-79157230582045989822021-08-09T09:46:54.419-05:002021-08-09T09:46:54.419-05:00It better become a plot point that Speed stole the...It better become a plot point that Speed stole the statue too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1957844821567286172021-08-09T08:29:04.310-05:002021-08-09T08:29:04.310-05:00Well, technically the first step was to consult th...Well, technically the first step was to consult the library, so really we're on the second step here. But why quibble? Speed declares what step we're on, and that's that. <br /><br />So. Regardless of labeling, we're on the next step. And this is Speed Saunders, so the next step is going to be something that is peripherally related to the case, but is also completely out of left field. And it needs to involve formal dress. <br /><br />Speed will attend a party at the Chinese-American embassy, and interrogate the Chinese ambassador, who will point Speed toward a mysterious Tong overlord, who is also attending the same party. Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1959860032855163032021-08-09T07:12:16.092-05:002021-08-09T07:12:16.092-05:00Given the "organic" feel of the comic co...Given the "organic" feel of the comic cover, I'm pretty sure that Speed might actually be reading this specific issue! That would certainly help him skip a few steps. If there was a Speed Saunders in our New York, it's possible that there's another universe were <b>Detective Comics</b> is actually a Sunday comic strip, where its Speed solves every case in three or four panels!<br /><br />You might say that the cover is too vague to be any specific issue, but (a) most covers have more of an abstract layout, and (b) Guardineer's version of Chinese writing is basically "a bunch of scribbles," when he probably could've just caught a subway to Chinatown for lunch and copied something legitimate.<br /><br />What I'm getting out of this is that India somehow expanded to gobble up Cambodia on Earth-2, since the only "Anghor" I can find is actually "Angkor," the empire that Angkor Wat (the "city of temples") is named for. Then, Chinese-American gangsters (tongsters?) raided a temple for the <i>one</i> cursed item, which then killed the one person who definitely didn't steal it, since he explicitly sent servants to do it for him. If so, the first step should probably be to look at a map to make sure that we're not being dismissive of Cambodia...John Chttps://john.colagioia.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-71110491098478344132021-08-08T22:43:57.036-05:002021-08-08T22:43:57.036-05:00It is indeed; but I was saving that joke for late...It is indeed; but I was saving that joke for later :-DScipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-88831852767943185432021-08-08T21:16:16.885-05:002021-08-08T21:16:16.885-05:00"Ming Toy" is also the name of the "..."Ming Toy" is also the name of the "happy little Japanese" in the Kalmar and Ruby song, "So Long, Oolong (How Long You Gonna Be Gone?)"Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.com