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RyuujinBlueZ posted:I don't know, I think "TARDIS!" is a fantastic sound effect for a time traveler to use. Though I like to think his beam doesn't make a sound that sounds like the word "TARDIS!" but rather makes the TARDIS noise.  The TARDIS goes VWORRP VWORRP in comics.
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Majuju posted:EIGHT MONTHS LATER Also people are calling him "Doc Green" now.  I think if you have to qualify your cover this much you've made some mistakes in business.
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"THIS IS NOT IMAGINARY!!! THIS IS NOT SYMBOLIC!!! "IT IS METAPHORICAL!!! THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!!!"
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I am sure it turns out that Batman and Superman are just participating in some sort of performance art, and immediately after that panel it pans to a series of serious-looking critics evaluating their piece.
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"Nor a symbolic picture"? What the hell does that mean? Am I supposed to be looking for the deeper meaning in Batman and Superman wrasslin' to the death like a political cartoon?
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Bucnasti posted:Years and years ago I saw Peter David talk at comicon, and the only thing I remember was how proud he was about using "Rack of Lamb" as a sound effect. I can't find the issue, but I know there was an early PAD Hulk comic where he used CAHUENGA! and SEPULVEDA! as sound effects.
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TwoPair posted:"Nor a symbolic picture"? What the hell does that mean? Am I supposed to be looking for the deeper meaning in Batman and Superman wrasslin' to the death like a political cartoon? Old comics had a lot of cop out covers, as it alludes to. Either they didn't give you all the context for the scene, or the cover was just a symbolic representation of the story, like the Joker totem pole.
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:I don't know, I think "TARDIS!" is a fantastic sound effect for a time traveler to use. Though I like to think his beam doesn't make a sound that sounds like the word "TARDIS!" but rather makes the TARDIS noise. "What noise would a time traveler's ship make?" gently caress it, Doctor Who. "How do you use onomatopoeia to represent the distinctive sound of the TARDIS?" gently caress it, just literally write TARDIS there. Senior Woodchuck posted:Funny story, Peter David forgot to show Rick Jones getting off that ship before it exploded. When the editor pointed this out, he quickly wrote a scene where Hulk and Betty, watching the ship explode, go "Oh no, Rick!", only to have him parachute down. He explains that, with all the weird stuff he's been through since he started hanging around with superheroes, he just carries a parachute with him everywhere now. When Hulk says that's ridiculous, Rick replies, "Why? I needed it, didn't I?" 
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muscles like this? posted:I think if you have to qualify your cover this much you've made some mistakes in business. PS, that cover's a cop-out. That's actually a defective Superman robot, and in the scene where they fight, it's not a death match. The robot starts strangling Batman and is immediately ordered to stop by the main bad guy.
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It makes sense for comics to have qualifiers like that. Spider-man 100 (where he ends the issue with 6 arms) had a bunch of "This isn't a dream or hallucination or imagination it's an actual reveal" not because Spider-man was so bad that it had to do that, but because the medium does that silliness so often.
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And with Superman, Imaginary Stories were a very regular thing, a way for the writers to cut loose and do whatever they wanted for an issue. Like split Superman into red and blue Supermen, or marry him to Lori Lemaris, or kill him off. Even Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? ends with a nod to Imaginary Stories.
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Keromaru5 posted:And with Superman, Imaginary Stories were a very regular thing, a way for the writers to cut loose and do whatever they wanted for an issue. Like split Superman into red and blue Supermen, or marry him to Lori Lemaris, or kill him off. Wasn't the deal that they were simply milling out covers that would get people to buy then telling writers to write based on the cover art?
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Stepford Sisters. I can't be the only one to have noticed this, right?  
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I mean that's a pretty common trope:
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Yeah, blonde/brunette/redhead is just A Thing.
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CapnAndy posted:Yeah, blonde/brunette/redhead is just A Thing. It's 3 out of the 5 colors of Voltron.
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The Taint Reaper posted:It's 3 out of the 5 colors of Voltron. Well, there *were* originally five Cuckoos...
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CapnAndy posted:Yeah, blonde/brunette/redhead is just A Thing. 73 years of Archie comics can't be wrong!
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Jerusalem posted:73 years of Archie comics can't be wrong!  Cheryl was created in the '80s, technically.
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PJOmega posted:Wasn't the deal that they were simply milling out covers that would get people to buy then telling writers to write based on the cover art? Wouldn't surprise me; some of those covers have a bit of a Far Side feel to them. They're so strange and fascinating on their own that you almost don't need the comic. That said, I do recall some actually advertising themselves as Imaginary Stories.
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I'd like to mention Edge of Spider-Man #5 in this thread. Mostly because the issue is essentially (another) Anime/Manga inspired take on Spider-Man. (The suit is piloted by a little girl who operates a Spider-Man mech suit.) Bonus points are awarded to having her classmates in her school be made up of the pilots from Neon Genesis Evangelion. And in one scene where Daredevil and her go to break up a gang, the gang members are clearly modelled on the cops from Ghost in the Shell. Senior Woodchuck posted:Funny story, Peter David forgot to show Rick Jones getting off that ship before it exploded. When the editor pointed this out, he quickly wrote a scene where Hulk and Betty, watching the ship explode, go "Oh no, Rick!", only to have him parachute down. He explains that, with all the weird stuff he's been through since he started hanging around with superheroes, he just carries a parachute with him everywhere now. When Hulk says that's ridiculous, Rick replies, "Why? I needed it, didn't I?" Hudson Hawk: You're supposed to be all cracked up at the bottom of the hill! Tommy Five-Tone: Airbags! Can you loving believe it? Anna: You're supposed to be blown up into fiery chunks of flesh! Tommy Five-Tone: Sprinkler system set up in the back! Can you *loving* believe it? Hudson Hawk: Yeah, that sounds....plausible.
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Hakkesshu posted:I mean that's a pretty common trope: There was a time when I thought Totally Spies was done by Sirkowski of "Miss Dynamite" fame. The art style is eerily similar. Must be a Canadian thing.  Made for some strange crossover ideas in my head too...
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Gaz-L posted:
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Cangelosi posted:There was a time when I thought Totally Spies was done by Sirkowski of "Miss Dynamite" fame. The art style is eerily similar. Must be a Canadian thing. Did that guy ever get arrested for all the cartoon child porn he drew?
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Hakkesshu posted:I mean that's a pretty common trope: CapnAndy posted:Yeah, blonde/brunette/redhead is just A Thing. It's not just the color it's the length, shape, and style. Both Craig McCracken and Genndy Tartakovsky were very influential. I'd honestly be surprised if those weren't both little nods.
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No, no, Joe, they're BEEkeepers. (I assume he's talking about Hydra and AIM grunts?)
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CapnAndy posted:Yeah, blonde/brunette/redhead is just A Thing. Most likely Quentin Quire.
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Ghostlight posted:Hudson Hawk That's my favorite movie and yet you've lost me. I'm rewatching it to figure out the reference I missed right now. Also any excuse to rewatch Hudson Hawk. Didn't something like that happen in The Fifth Element?
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The Question IRL posted:I'd like to mention Edge of Spider-Man #5 in this thread. Mostly because the issue is essentially (another) Anime/Manga inspired take on Spider-Man. (The suit is piloted by a little girl who operates a Spider-Man mech suit.) Also look out for Kaneda and Simon.
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Dr. MonkeyThunder posted:That's my favorite movie and yet you've lost me.
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Loki #7 has everyone's two favorite things! Valeria Richards being awesome:   And the triumphant return of Wacky Uncle Doom:  (Loki: Agent of Asgard #7)
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Yeah, Art Installation Doom was amazing.
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Small Frozen Thing posted:Never expected to see a Homestuck reference from Jack Kirby 
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CapnAndy posted:And the triumphant return of Wacky Uncle Doom: God drat, everyone writing Doom lately has been on fire.
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