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Choosing comics to buy based on this thread has been working pretty great so far (though only 2 out of 2). Been going through Superior Foes, and I gotta say Captain rear end in a top hat is a real boomerang. 
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Gavok posted:Yup. And Batman is the lady from Birdemic. Lois is Mandy Moore
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mind the walrus posted:So Tippy-Toe is just being drawn as though he's in shadow? I thought it was a reference to the fact that a lot of squirrels up north are black and she had a local on her shoulder: As a Canadian, I have never seen a black squirrel, and was entirely unaware of their status as "a Canadian thing." They must not like the prairies.
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So you're saying black squirrels congregate around urban centers roaming the streets?
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I live about 10 miles from Boston and I've seen black squirrels around here over recent years, though it's mostly grays.mind the walrus posted:So you're saying black squirrels congregate around urban centers roaming the streets? Suburbanite black squirrels. Then again I've seen groups of wild turkeys about... three times? In the past couple years after having never seen a live turkey in my life. So what the gently caress animals just do whatever they want I guess.
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Chaos Hippy posted:As a Canadian, I have never seen a black squirrel, and was entirely unaware of their status as "a Canadian thing." They must not like the prairies. From what I can tell online they don't really live west of Ontario. In Toronto at least, black squirrels are by far the largest segment of the squirrel population 
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mind the walrus posted:So you're saying black squirrels congregate around urban centers roaming the streets? There are cities in the prairies. Not many of them, but they exist, devoid of black squirrels. Based on what techknight said, it must be an Eastern thing. I didn't see any when I was in the vicinity of Lake Superior in May, so it might be a Northeastern thing.
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techknight posted:From what I can tell online they don't really live west of Ontario. In Toronto at least, black squirrels are by far the largest segment of the squirrel population And any downtown Torontonian will tell you about the iconic and rare white squirrel! 
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Oct 20, 2016 23:10
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We have black squirrels here in D.C. that we got from Canada. They're the same species as the grey ones, they just have a recessive gene that turns them black. They're somewhere between 10 and 25% of the population here. The species is really only in the eastern portion of the continent, so if you're in western Canada, you probably don't see them. Content:  Mockingbird #8
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Endless Mike posted:There are, in fact, many Canadian black squirrels in the issue, but that is Tippy-Toe who is neither black nor Canadian. I think the coloring is just a bit off in that panel. There are black squirrels in Michigan as well, although I can count the number I've seen on one hand.
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Endless Mike posted:We have black squirrels here in D.C. that we got from Canada. They're the same species as the grey ones, they just have a recessive gene that turns them black. They're somewhere between 10 and 25% of the population here. The species is really only in the eastern portion of the continent, so if you're in western Canada, you probably don't see them. Are those... superhero LARPers???
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Yes. Mockingbird is doing a mission on a cruise ship where a nerd convention is happening and they fight ninjas and skeleton pirates and it is amazing and this book got cancelled because every really good book loving does
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Who What Now posted:There are black squirrels in Michigan as well, although I can count the number I've seen on one hand. Town in Michigan I grew up in, nothing but black squirrels. Town I live in now, just twenty miles away, none to be seen.
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Oct 21, 2016 02:57
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How is BENDIS spoiling the end of his own event comic? Like... how does that happen? (Oh please, like the Tony AI isn't because he's braindead or dead-dead.)
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Having a Tony AI backup was used on Superior Iron Man a bit ago and I'm guessing that's not even the first or even second time that's happened.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Having a Tony AI backup was used on Superior Iron Man a bit ago and I'm guessing that's not even the first or even second time that's happened. Iron Man: Hypervelocity is mini-series by Adam Warren centered around a prototype Iron Man suit with a copy of Tony's personality in it that gets framed for the attempted murder of Tony Stark.
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Why can't he just be Dr. Victorious or w/e instead of having to take up the name of another dude that he never really interacted with prior to Secret Wars anyhow?
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mind the walrus posted:Yes. Mockingbird is doing a mission on a cruise ship where a nerd convention is happening and they fight ninjas and skeleton pirates and it is amazing and this book got cancelled because every really good book loving does
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Because Johnny Storm will sue the poo poo out of him if he calls himself Mr. Fantastic.
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Pureauthor posted:Why can't he just be Dr. Victorious or w/e instead of having to take up the name of another dude that he never really interacted with prior to Secret Wars anyhow? A lot of people talked about Superior Spider-Man.
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Pureauthor posted:Why can't he just be Dr. Victorious or w/e instead of having to take up the name of another dude that he never really interacted with prior to Secret Wars anyhow? He's been helping and tagging along Tony on the Iron Man series so this has been kinda leading towards this.
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Pureauthor posted:Why can't he just be Dr. Victorious or w/e instead of having to take up the name of another dude that he never really interacted with prior to Secret Wars anyhow? Because that wouldn't be a dick move.
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howe_sam posted:Town in Michigan I grew up in, nothing but black squirrels. Town I live in now, just twenty miles away, none to be seen. Yeah, Michigan is weird. Like, the lawn critters are territorial. In Battle Creek, there's tons of black squirrels, but very little else of that kind of animal. I grew up like, 15 miles west of there, and it's all chipmunks instead.
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Gaz-L posted:How is BENDIS spoiling the end of his own event comic? Like... how does that happen? (Oh please, like the Tony AI isn't because he's braindead or dead-dead.) The issue of CW2 where this happens was supposed to be out weeks ago. I believe the entire series in a full 7 weeks behind schedule and that was before they added an issue. Marvel can not delay their entire publishing schedule because one series is running late. This happened with the original CW and most recently Secret Wars.
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Gaz-L posted:How is BENDIS spoiling the end of his own event comic? Like... how does that happen? (Oh please, like the Tony AI isn't because he's braindead or dead-dead.) Bendis doesn't control the publishing logistics. I assume that they planned for the CW 2 event to be finished before the new books, but the changed it for some reason.
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Decius posted:Bendis doesn't control the publishing logistics. I assume that they planned for the CW 2 event to be finished before the new books, but the changed it for some reason. As I said above, CW2 is running extremely late and they can not delay their planned publishing schedule to avoid spoilers being revealed.
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Wasn't this the exact same case with Secret Wars?
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Fuego Fish posted:Wasn't this the exact same case with Secret Wars? Yup. I also said that above. 
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Yeah but people enjoyed Secret Wars 
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Rhyno posted:Yup. I also said that above. My reading comprehension is poo poo at 5am, I guess! Have some funny panels from Captain America Comics #2.   
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I've said this before but I've always been a little amused about how Hitler in 30s and 40s media is like...this funny buffoon instead of someone who's name is widely regarded as a synonym for "evil".
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Making your enemy look pathetic and laughable is a lot more effective than making them look supremely evil and powerful.
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Also it wasn't until fairly late in the war the Allies realized just how bad the Nazi's really were. We knew about the atrocities, but until they actually started finding the camps it didn't really hit home.
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I know both of those things, I'm just saying, it's kinda funny in retrospect.
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ImpAtom posted:Making your enemy look pathetic and laughable is a lot more effective than making them look supremely evil and powerful. What was it Mel Brooks said? I will ridicule them until their ideas cease to have power. It was like that Lions terrorist movie that showed them as bumbling incompetents. Make those with horrid beliefs and ideas seem laughable. Do not give them the power of being feared and compelling, simply make them as a joke.
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Fuego Fish posted:Wasn't this the exact same case with Secret Wars? If I remember correctly Civil War I had delays that caused Spider-Man books to have put a disclaimer at the front saying "this take place after book we haven't published yet," though in fairness that was because Mark Millar almost died.
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WickedHate posted:I know both of those things, I'm just saying, it's kinda funny in retrospect. The best anti Hitler movie would never have come out if the truth was known. Charlie Chaplin has said "Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis."
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bobkatt013 posted:The best anti Hitler movie would never have come out if the truth was known. Charlie Chaplin has said "Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis." Excuse me sir but I think you'll find it's much more powerful when you lay melodramatic Nolantunes over it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8HdOHrc3OQ
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