tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post8255532599626313618..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Goofus & GallantScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89902146562888930962007-02-22T16:06:00.000-05:002007-02-22T16:06:00.000-05:00Thanks for noticing, Rachelle! Until you've actua...Thanks for noticing, Rachelle! <BR/><BR/>Until you've actually done it, finding and scanning clips into a post seems easy in principle, but in practice it takes quite a bit of elbow grease!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-86623568716819681312007-02-22T08:19:00.000-05:002007-02-22T08:19:00.000-05:00HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-41167722061602371122007-02-22T01:36:00.000-05:002007-02-22T01:36:00.000-05:00I can't help feeling that having his parents name ...<I>I can't help feeling that having his parents name him Goofus is the root of a lot of his maladjustment.</I><BR/><BR/>Probably, but it's a better name than "Aqualad."Tom Mulherinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03604638408240064614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-55738222852343163082007-02-21T22:26:00.000-05:002007-02-21T22:26:00.000-05:00This is an amazing post. It must have taken foreve...This is an amazing post. It must have taken forever. Awesome.rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180614738344530538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-31218642238317570432007-02-21T17:12:00.000-05:002007-02-21T17:12:00.000-05:00I can't help feeling that having his parents name ...I can't help feeling that having his parents name him Goofus is the root of a lot of his maladjustment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-15212684662835115782007-02-21T16:54:00.000-05:002007-02-21T16:54:00.000-05:00Goofus is mean and selfish, and Gallant is indecis...Goofus is mean and selfish, and Gallant is indecisive and fluffy like a Care Bear. <BR/><BR/>In the selected panels Robin is clever and strong, and Aqualad is weak and whiny. I'm not seeing the comparison here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1533705095965898512007-02-21T10:21:00.000-05:002007-02-21T10:21:00.000-05:00As I said above, I never read Highlights magazine ...As I said above, I never read Highlights magazine as a kid. But I have to wonder about Goofus and Gallant. This strip has been running for close on 60 years now? Just how many of those little moralistic object lessons can they come up with? Do they just rerun the same ones over and over and over again (which they can probably get away with, as the magazine's audience reboots every five years or so)? Or do they try to come up with new ones, perhaps situational stories appropriate to a modern audience?<BR/><BR/>"Goofus wastes his parents' cell phone minutes on unimportant conversations. Gallant uses the cell phone only in case of emergency."<BR/><BR/>"Goofus gets the smart kid from school to disable the V-chip his parents put in the TV. Gallant only watches Noggin and ABC Family."<BR/><BR/>"Goofus uses GOOGLE to find pictures on the internet that make him feel all funny inside. Gallant does too; hey, the kid is human!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-84844084395846452542007-02-20T09:43:00.000-05:002007-02-20T09:43:00.000-05:00Wow. I hadn't thought of those guys in years. I wa...Wow. I hadn't thought of those guys in years. I was one of those kids who grabbed that mag in any doctor's office and turned right to Goofus and Gallant. Since I didn't like either of them, I attribute this to a congenital predisposition to enjoying being slightly irritated. <BR/><BR/>Goofus was never bad enough for me--and too stupid to get away with anything. And I just wanted to pound Gallant in the head. <BR/><BR/>I agree with the analogy, and although he's indisputably cooler and more worthwhile than Aqualad, I still sorta want to pound Robin in the head, too.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087525094694077687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-27704316552645010782007-02-19T19:46:00.000-05:002007-02-19T19:46:00.000-05:00Well, actually, Ms. Wylde, I just stumbled across ...Well, actually, Ms. Wylde, I just stumbled across it one day while searching for stuff on the Legion; I'm afraid I don't have any links I could send you. If you do some search for the legionnaires in combination with some of their female opponents, I think something to your liking might turn up.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-37499943050008338592007-02-19T17:49:00.000-05:002007-02-19T17:49:00.000-05:00Not all gaily dressed young sidekicks are created ...Not all gaily dressed young sidekicks are created equal.Jon the Intergalactic Gladiatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13758095794354686723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-3520659403042975252007-02-19T17:35:00.000-05:002007-02-19T17:35:00.000-05:00Good insights on Blackfire, Scipio! I saw your nam...Good insights on Blackfire, Scipio! I saw your name while searching for other stuff on google, and you mentioned that you had a good source for lesbian fanfic. Can you help a girl out?<BR/><BR/>Drop me a line at:<BR/> <BR/>mz_wylde_thang@yahoo.com<BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/><BR/>^_^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-71736443590768098492007-02-19T15:15:00.000-05:002007-02-19T15:15:00.000-05:00Man, why you're not writing for Highlights For Kid...Man, why you're not writing for Highlights For Kids is just amazing! Reading this, I'm inspired to be a better person already.The Iconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548780859304491335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-83189081230131805832007-02-19T13:19:00.000-05:002007-02-19T13:19:00.000-05:00Wait a minute... is Showcase Presents Aquaman OUT?...Wait a minute... is Showcase Presents Aquaman OUT?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-22292509071447104732007-02-19T08:56:00.000-05:002007-02-19T08:56:00.000-05:00*L* That was priceless. And to think that I woul...*L* That was priceless. And to think that I would have cast Speedy as the Goofus, especially given the relentless manwhore he turned out to be.<BR/><BR/>Peace<BR/>And<BR/>Long<BR/>Life<BR/><BR/>Toriach<BR/>(Where's the love? It's at <A HREF="http://www.1geeklove.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Geek Love</A>)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349672344754679659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-59668573588088908002007-02-19T08:48:00.000-05:002007-02-19T08:48:00.000-05:00given that every American child for last 50+ years...<I>given that every American child for last 50+ years has been exposed to them</I><BR/><BR/>Well, not quite every. I never read those magazines in the doctor's office. I always brought my own comic books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-76776074682293710732007-02-19T01:34:00.000-05:002007-02-19T01:34:00.000-05:00Man, looking over all these old Dick Grayson stori...Man, looking over all these old Dick Grayson stories makes me wonder just <I>why</I> Nightwing isn't ten times more of a badass than he's usually portrayed as being.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-65865180737055789692007-02-18T16:50:00.000-05:002007-02-18T16:50:00.000-05:00"Goofus and Gallant seem to be in the air."Now tha..."Goofus and Gallant seem to be in the air."<BR/><BR/>Now that I think of it, given that every American child for last 50+ years has been exposed to them, I surprised they aren't referred to more often...Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-4397308559639870402007-02-18T16:48:00.000-05:002007-02-18T16:48:00.000-05:00Heh, Mallet, I won't deny that these aren't Aquala...Heh, Mallet, I won't deny that these aren't Aqualad's finest moments I've selected, <B>but</B>, I would still maintain that there were seriously differences in how each sidekick was portrayed, right from the start.<BR/><BR/>Aqualad's purpose was to make Aquaman's seem cooler; Robin's but was simply to be cool.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-51181115680585165082007-02-18T12:29:00.000-05:002007-02-18T12:29:00.000-05:00Unfortunately I was drinking soda while reading th...Unfortunately I was drinking soda while reading this.<BR/><BR/>You owe me a new keyboard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-15919840719447718332007-02-17T23:32:00.000-05:002007-02-17T23:32:00.000-05:00I don't remember Goofus and Gallant. I was too bu...I don't remember Goofus and Gallant. I was too busy reading Asterix. <BR/><BR/>I went to the COOL doctor. But yeah, Aqualad does seem to be a bit...whiney.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-57577015214096571902007-02-17T21:52:00.000-05:002007-02-17T21:52:00.000-05:00"You may have blocked it from your memory because ..."You may have blocked it from your memory because you associate it with stabbing needles, screaming pain, and choking on X-ray tabs."<BR/><BR/>Fantastic.<BR/><BR/>By the way,<BR/><BR/>http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=2672<BR/><BR/>Goofus and Gallant seem to be in the air.Tom Mulherinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03604638408240064614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-5112508227361073372007-02-17T21:49:00.000-05:002007-02-17T21:49:00.000-05:00You must be reading a different showcase then I si...You must be reading a different showcase then I sir!<BR/><BR/>That has the Aqualad who decided that Aquaman could go search around for stuff while he took out a sub of pirates by himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com