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A Strange Aeon posted:
I read that, and my brain was like "oh-ooh, the origin of love."
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Those Indian god comics remind me of Stardust the Space Wizard. Things just happen. There's conflict but then it's immediately cut down because this one guy is a supreme being in the literal sense. Would be extremely boring if it wasn't so bat-poo poo insane. (Goes for both.)
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Those Indian god comics remind me of Stardust the Space Wizard. Things just happen. There's conflict but then it's immediately cut down because this one guy is a supreme being in the literal sense. Would be extremely boring if it wasn't so bat-poo poo insane. (Goes for both.) Yeah, there's definitely a similarity. I wonder how much of that is in the original world literature classic and how much is because they are cutting stuff to tell the story and possibly show interesting art. I did add a Penguin Mahabharata to my wishlist, since I'm curious how the actual work reads; the big battle as depicted in the comic version was page after page of the big players shooting arrows at each other, killing the chariot drivers and horses, and then retreating, with a few really vaguely defined celestial weapons thrown in. If you weren't a big name, and were just a normal soldier, you died effortlessly by the tens of thousands with no fanfare or reflection at all. It's also unclear what some of the motivations are--like, Rama is the incarnation of Vishnu and cannot be defeated. Most everyone seems to know this on some level, just like with Krishna; but there's still some random king or rakshasha who thinks they can be a greedy dick and take whatever they want, ignoring dharma. So when the hero, who effectively can't fail, eventually wins, it seems really undramatic from a modern sensibility, since the outcome wasn't ever in doubt, given Rama was born specifically to do the thing he ends up doing.
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Sorry for double post but this was depicted in the Mahabharata comic but it wasn't convenient to capture; basically, my description of the battle is only mostly true, since there were moments like this as well: "Jayadratha, who was hiding behind Duryodhana, is relieved that he was saved and comes out of the formation to mock Arjuna. Suddenly, the sun is free from the eclipse and Krishna tells Arjuna what he had to do then. He then points at the hiding Jayadratha, telling Arjuna to sever his head and shoot it into the lap of Jayadratha's father. Arjuna quickly shoots the Pashupatastra at Jayadratha, decapitating him. Jayadratha's head is taken with the arrow far from the battlefield, finally landing on the lap of his father, Vridhakshatra.[4] His father had granted him a boon that whosoever will be responsible for his son's severed head falling onto the ground will have his head burst into 100 pieces. Therefore, when Vridhakshatra, horrified at having his son's head in his lap hurriedly got up, it fell to the ground, killing Vridhakshatra at the same moment."
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Apr 11, 2022 22:11
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Well that ending is better than Stardust but not better than, say, a hundred Hanna Barbera comics.
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Apr 11, 2022 22:19
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Stardust needs a show, Nick Cage needs a Superman role
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Junkie Disease posted:Stardust needs a show, Nick Cage needs a Superman role It's a Gary Busey role.
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Apr 12, 2022 06:44
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I think that would actually be TOO scary.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:It's a Gary Busey role. Nicolas Cage is Stardust, and Gary Busey is Fletcher Hanks.
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Ponsonby Britt posted:Nicolas Cage is Stardust, and Gary Busey is Fletcher Hanks. OK but
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X-Men Green continues to amuse (#30).
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Apr 12, 2022 17:33
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Darthemed posted:
This reminds me that the famous "Papa spank!" panel was Batman saying it to Catwoman and while he never did, Alfred of all people ended up spanking her. I read the issue the other night. It was done off-panel or I would have posted it.
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Elfface posted:All who know fear burn at the touch. It's the fear of commitment that dooms Man-Thing to a solitary existence...
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Darthemed posted:
 Hulk being dragged into kitchen duty apparently happens a lot more than you would think.
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Apr 14, 2022 20:56
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Medenmath posted:Vintage Valiant (Oct. 01, 1950)
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Darthemed posted:
Ok I'll bite: What possible reason do the Kents have for dressing their baby up as a Superhero already, especially since they don't want him growing up entitled? The spanking machine I get. Overly complicated solutions to dumb problems are a staple of the genre after all.
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evilmiera posted:Ok I'll bite: What possible reason do the Kents have for dressing their baby up as a Superhero already, especially since they don't want him growing up entitled? Punishing baby Superman was a common topic in the old books, I remember reading a few different stories about it in my dads old comics.
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Gotta make sure you don't swap your Superbaby with another Superbaby.
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<Neighbor comes over and sees the giant spanking machine in the kitchen> You uh, having issues with the wife Jonathan?
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Kalli posted:<Neighbor comes over and sees the giant spanking machine in the kitchen> You uh, having issues with the wife Jonathan? "Jesus, Jonathan. Just punish your wife by withholding water from both her and Aquaman like normal people."
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Apr 15, 2022 23:49
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You gotta respect the craftsmanship, though, carved hands and all! This machine spanks
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evilmiera posted:Ok I'll bite: What possible reason do the Kents have for dressing their baby up as a Superhero already, especially since they don't want him growing up entitled? How are you supposed to know he’s superbaby if he’s not in the costume
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Kalli posted:<Neighbor comes over and sees the giant spanking machine in the kitchen> You uh, having issues with the wife Jonathan? "What? No! Heavens no! Quite the opposite, in fact."
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evilmiera posted:Ok I'll bite: What possible reason do the Kents have for dressing their baby up as a Superhero already, especially since they don't want him growing up entitled? Without the suit it just looks like plain old child abuse.
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Drakyn posted:"I fear not the man who would show his rear end in a top hat if it meant winning; I fear the man who would show his rear end in a top hat no matter what." -Bruce Lee. "Fear not the man who would who you ten thousand assholes one time; fear the man who would show you his rear end in a top hat ten thousand times." - also Bruce Lee
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These forums always come back, one way or another, to a man showing people his rear end in a top hat.
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https://twitter.com/danmaynardii/status/1515426222255357957?s=21&t=Tf0HKflSpBK11vv_UuO6AQ
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Darthemed posted:
This sounds like it removes your epidermis, not your hair.
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Apr 17, 2022 13:56
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Darthemed posted:
4 for $36 but 10 for $120? 
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Kwyndig posted:This sounds like it removes your epidermis, not your hair. 
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Boy, people really don't know Canadian geography. From Last Flight Out #6. I guess maybe they're extremely fast horses?
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Maybe they're at Blue Mountain and the artist just exaggerated a teensy bit?
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