I can't walk into the comics shop without bitching about Ware's pernicious influence on Clowes.
Heh. That's an amazingly specific form of Tourette's!
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
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Strega - Jun 07, 2010 7:16:26 am PDT #2985 of 5059
DavidS - Jun 07, 2010 7:18:40 am PDT #2986 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's an amazingly specific form of Tourette's!
Practically OCD since I almost always say it exactly like that, "Goddamit, look at the pernicious influence of Chris Ware on Clowes' work!"
Tom Scola - Jun 07, 2010 7:23:51 am PDT #2987 of 5059
hwæt
Well, Chris Ware has been perniciously influenced by Clowes' cynicism (nsm with the humor), so it all balances out.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2010 7:25:42 am PDT #2988 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Really? I always thought Ware was pretty bleak to start with.
Tom Scola - Jun 07, 2010 7:28:54 am PDT #2989 of 5059
hwæt
He was, but somewhere along the line, he started getting mean.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2010 7:31:36 am PDT #2990 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
he started getting mean.
Heh, I can't blame that on Clowes when life itself is capable of making you bitter as you get older.
Miracleman - Jun 07, 2010 6:24:16 pm PDT #2991 of 5059
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
M is for Martian Manhunter or Metamorpho or Miracleman
Thank you, Plei.
He-LLO?! I mean...He-LLO?!?!
P.M. Marc - Jun 07, 2010 6:57:27 pm PDT #2992 of 5059
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I KNOW, RIGHT? YOU WERE STANDING RIGHT THERE!
Miracleman - Jun 08, 2010 10:01:18 am PDT #2993 of 5059
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Exactly! I was RIGHT EXACTLY STANDING RIGHT HERE!!
§ ita § - Jun 10, 2010 7:25:53 pm PDT #2994 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Willingham continues to be a douche:
"I wanted to gun down those girls who kept asking about the (Steph's) memorial case."
They're your public. You're a wordsmith. Smith.