Today is Jack Cole's birthday. I wrote a piece on him for Hilobrow.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
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Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!
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DavidS - Dec 14, 2010 7:12:08 am PST #3249 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
DavidS - Dec 14, 2010 7:20:12 am PST #3250 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Relatedly, here's a fantastic blog on Jack Cole's work that has dozens of rare scans.
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2010 6:55:08 pm PST #3251 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh, god DAMN. DC's solicits for Justice League: Generation Lost are teasing that Blue Beetle is going to be killed: [link] >[link]
I could list all the reasons why I don't think it'll happen (DC wouldn't kill off another minority/DC wouldn't kill off another teen hero in a brutal fashion/DC wouldn't have Max Lord shoot ANOTHER Blue Beetle), but really, my reaction is just -- god DAMN.
Or it could be a Jossverse thing akin to S5 of Angel (and how Connor was handwaved into a different life), where Max Lord's ability to alter reality (or perception, or whatever it is he does) will mean that Beetle DOES die, but then it's un-done. Which is exactly the kind of cheap plot move I would expect from DC.
My love for the Jamie Reyes iteration of Blue Beetle is massive, and irrational. I really think if DC kills him off, I'm going to have to break up with comics. Seriously.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2010 7:15:40 pm PST #3252 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder how John Rogers feels about that.
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2010 7:22:22 pm PST #3253 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I've been making flappy hands and aggrieved noises about it for the last 45 minutes. Gah.
Tom Scola - Dec 22, 2010 12:06:01 am PST #3254 of 5059
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2010 3:33:25 am PST #3255 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
(1) Scola, that's the best job listing you've ever posted for me!
(2) I couldn't take the job [because OF COURSE they'd hire me...ha!], because I'd walk around punching people in the head.
(3) I did make flappy hands of glee when I read it, though. That's an actual job opening! Awesome!
Tom Scola - Dec 22, 2010 5:06:34 am PST #3256 of 5059
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I couldn't take the job because I'd walk around punching people in the head.
That's exactly why you SHOULD take the job.
Cashmere - Dec 22, 2010 9:31:10 am PST #3257 of 5059
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think a few selective punches to the head is just what the industry needs.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 22, 2010 10:07:45 am PST #3258 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
They needn't be to the head where Dan DiDio and Joe Quesada are concerned.