Hec, I think you'd really like House of Sugar. It was published in the local weekly and is soon coming out in book form. The author is often talks about music and 40s movies: [link]
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Everybody'd probably like it, but it often made me think of Hec.
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
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Sue - Oct 26, 2006 5:15:23 am PDT #9861 of 10000
hip deep in pie
DavidS - Oct 26, 2006 6:05:48 am PDT #9862 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, I think you'd really like House of Sugar. It was published int he local weekly and is soon coming out in book form. The author is often talks about music and 40s movies: [link]
Thanks, Sue! That's a great strip. Reminded me of early Lynda Barry, but with a very distinct slant. I have to say I concur with her wistfulness about 40s hairstyles and rats.
Sue - Oct 26, 2006 6:16:12 am PDT #9863 of 10000
hip deep in pie
Yeah, it definitely reminds me of Lynda Barry, but more with wistful than dark turns.
Tom Scola - Oct 28, 2006 1:13:23 pm PDT #9864 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Marvel Comics stamps in 2007.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2006 4:30:00 pm PDT #9865 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Namor gets a stamp? And it's old school Wolverine?
DavidS - Oct 28, 2006 4:35:18 pm PDT #9866 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Namor gets a stamp? And it's old school Wolverine?
I'm unsurprised about Namor, since he and Captain American and the Human Torch were the core original three Marvel characters revived from the 40s. But I'm boggled that Spider-Woman gets one, and that Elektra gets two. I mean, Elektra's worthy, but where the hell is Ororo? She's the nearest thing Marvel's got to Wonder Woman.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2006 4:38:10 pm PDT #9867 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Torch has a history longer than the Fantastic Four?
And as for Namor...who likes him? He still has a comic? Pfft. Homewrecker.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2006 4:42:44 pm PDT #9868 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Torch has a history longer than the Fantastic Four?
Oh yeah. That's why they used his body for the Vision. Or something. I can't keep track of the continuity, but he dates back to the forties. I mean, Johnny Storm is a different Human Torch, but there was one way back when and he was recycled into the Marvel continuity.
And as for Namor...who likes him?
Well, he's always been a dick.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2006 5:06:03 pm PDT #9869 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Johnny Storm is a different Human Torch, but there was one way back when and he was recycled into the Marvel continuity
Okay, so Johnny is a different torch, how was the old one recycled in? Is that the Vision thing? I need a nap.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2006 5:15:43 pm PDT #9870 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
how was the old one recycled in? Is that the Vision thing? I need a nap.
The original Human Torch was an android. His body was used for The Vision (at one point in continuity - who knows now). The Vision (who was a cheap comics knock off of Mr. Spock, incidentally) got his body from the Human Torch and his "brain patterns" from some guy called Wonder Man. I'm sure that's all been overwritten since.
Here's the wikipedia on the continuity, which has been plowed under several times since my explanation.