Ha! I take it all back!

If you look at the large version of Sally Jupiter's poster, in the background there's a bookshelf, and you can see that there's a volume of Juvenal on the shelf.

Juvenal's Satire VI is where "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" comes from. (Which translates to "Who will watch the watchmen?")

And THAT level of detail? KICKS ALL ASS.

Yes, although I keep thinking he's Iron Man Robert Downey Jr.

Funnily enough, someone else thought that after seeing the trailer. It's that shot with the flamethrower that does it.

As soon as Pete's done with his re-read, natch. (As he has our copy.)

I'm done. Jilli's nearly done. It was interesting to note the coloring and how over saturated the darker colors were. I saw a more recent version of the collected version and they'd balanced the colors better. Of course, the oversized Absolute Watchmen that came out last year had completely new color work. There's apparently a new hardback version releasing soon and if it has the brand new coloring I will probably pick it up.

Ah, buffistas. Where geekiness and obsessiveness coalesce into one beautiful package.

It's that shot with the flamethrower that does it.

Yup.

(Relatedly, Iron Man is at the second-run theater now; maybe I can get The Boy to go see it [again] tonight.)

And in other comics news, I'm so ready to break up with DC. Blue Beetle is about the only title that I consistently like any more. (Although they just sent Power Girl back to Earth-2 in the JSA Annual, which seems interesting. Though I don't hold much hope that they won't fuck it up.)

Oh my god, those posters are *stunning*.

If you look at the large version of Sally Jupiter's poster, in the background there's a bookshelf, and you can see that there's a volume of Juvenal on the shelf.

Damn, good catch! That's fantastic.

It was interesting to note the coloring and how over saturated the darker colors were.

I noticed in my reread last week that a lot of the colors bled over their outlines -- is that what you're talking about? I'll have to check out a newer edition now and see how different it looks to my untrained eye.

Juvenal's Satire VI is where "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"

Wow, that is seriously impressive.

Ah, buffistas. Where geekiness and obsessiveness coalesce into one beautiful package.

Damn, good catch! That's fantastic.

Wow, that is seriously impressive.

Well, I have to 'fess up: I *did* see the volume of Juvenal on the shelf in the poster, but I didn't know that was where "Who watches the watchmen?" came from. (That was wikipedia; I was looking up general stuff on the Watchmen comic. And wikipedia mentioned Juvenal, and I thought, "Buh? Silk Spectre had a volume of Juvenal....DAMN, baby!")

So obsessive, yes; observant, yes; and geeky only in the sense that I'm willing to look shit up, yes. But I didn't just *know* that "Who watches the watchmen" came from Juvenal.

If you look at the large version of Sally Jupiter's poster, in the background there's a bookshelf, and you can see that there's a volume of Juvenal on the shelf.

Juvenal's Satire VI is where "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" comes from. (Which translates to "Who will watch the watchmen?")

And THAT level of detail? KICKS ALL ASS.

I am speechless. Almost, I am reduced to emoticons.

Almost.

;)

So obsessive, yes; observant, yes; and geeky only in the sense that I'm willing to look shit up, yes.

I'm just glad I'm not alone in this. I've found myself losing hours just by clicking through Wikipedia when I've intended to look one thing up.

geeky only in the sense that I'm willing to look shit up

I'm pretty sure that's a core part of the definition.