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November 7th, 2009
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| So, last time I was here I posted some pages from the 2000 series Marvel Knights, a fun little exercise into street level team-building, featuring Daredevil assembling a team to take down the Punisher and for about fifteen issues, taking on various threats of a superpowered kind. The team was originally just Daredevil, Black Widow, Shang-Chi and Dagger (from Cloak and Dagger), but the group got an expansion in issue #5 with the inclusion of Moon Knight. The latter thought the team needed some organising (y'know, some actual being a team) and in issue #11, he brought in Luke Cage for some reinforcements. This is a response to starwolf oakley's recent post, featuring Cage's interaction with DD in the pages of Bendis' Daredevil. Scans not mine. Written by Chuck Dixon, drawn by Ed Barreto. 7/22.  | ||||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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| so, the Human Defence Corps. Currently the unit General Sam "Wade Eiling 1.1" Lane's in command of, they were created under the Luthor administration to be the one armed gov't group gunning after non-baseline threats that was actually public. ( And they know what they're doing, surprisingly. ) | ||||||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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November 6th, 2009
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November 7th, 2009
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The Karl and Barbara Kesel run on Hawk and Dove was one of my favourite titles back in the 1990's. They oversaw the introduction of Dawn Granger as the second Dove (Who was, to be honest, FAR more interesting than Don Hall had ever been) and created as good a superhero comic as one might hope to find as well. The Kesels are amongst the few people who seems to "get" Jack Kirby characters and concept, Karl in particular used them a lot in things like this title (and Superboy), and in a way that was usually respectful, but expanded on them in ways that Kirby never did, usually because he was already moving on to his NEXT idea. Take the Female Furies, Granny Goodness' elite warriors; Lashina, Stompa, Bernadeth and the marvellously named Mad Harriet. In some way these ladies are a lynchpin of the DCU, an equivalent perhaps to the MU's Wrecking Crew. They're powerful, versatile, each has an awesome visual design, and together form a team which is a good, but not unbeatable, challenge for a new hero team (or single hero if they're powerful enough) to test their mettle and resourcefulness. They also have the advantage of not needing much explanatory motivation "A mission from Darkseid/Granny Goodness" covers a multitude of plot points. And at the same time, they had a static membership for a LOOOONG time. Prior to this story they had only ever added ONE member to the team when John Ostrander introduced the archer Artemiz and her cyber-pack (Technologically enhanced Apokaliptian wolves, NOT exactly cuddly puppies). And then we had this story, from Hawk and Dove 21, with guest art from Steve Erwin, which presents us with a... ( Girls' Night Out ) | ||||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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| I wrote a script this evening that would let anyone, not just admins, backup Scans Daily. After asking myself, "What would Oracle do?" I've decided not to share it with anyone. After all, I wouldn't want to share the ability to backup the SD community until everyone has the ability to back up the SD community. Here's a scan to make this post legal. ( Babs has a boyfriend! ) Peace out, y'all! | ||||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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Rube Goldberg did not invent the corned beef and Swiss cheese sandwich. (Although many would praise him if he had.) Nope, he was a lifelong cartoonists who created a number of strips (he seems to have come with the "wiseguy answers to stupid questions" before WW I, long before Al Jaffee)and many political commentary panels. But he will be remembered for his infernal contraptions which perform a simple mundane task in a remarkably roundabout and inefficient way. You still see this done in movies, TV and cartoons (PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE had a number of these gags), but they owe their inspiration to Rube Goldberg. Click for larger size. | ||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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| Yeah, have a handful of Superdictionary entries! Always appreciated, I know. I went back through the IJcomm, and I'm pretty sure none of these have been seen on it up to this point, so yes. ( Under the cut are fourteen entries. That is as many as one ten plus four. ) | ||||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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November 6th, 2009
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| Chances are that if you owned ANY DC licensed merchandise in the late 70's or early 80's it either featured art by, or based on, work done by Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez and Dick Giordano, two stalwarts of the organisation, who produced acres of top notch, lovely licensing art. The art would be used from notepads to action figures, from t-shirts to underoos, and so had to be both simple and stylish, easily reproduced and instantly recognisable. They could hardly have asked for better! The attached pics are scanned as best I can, and hopefully might bring a little happiness to your desktop should you wish to tweak them that way. ( Sexiness ABOUNDS ) | ||||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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| I've been hot and cold about Brian Michael Bendis' work. But I've decided to take a look at his DAREDEVIL run with Alex Maleev. Matt Murdock has found out two things: the Owl is trying to take over the Kingpin's territory with Mutant Growth Hormone *and* the NYPD are trying to get him on tape as Daredevil. So if Daredevil can't do it...  According to Wikipedia, this takes place after Jessica and Luke had their one night stand but before Jessica realized she was pregnant in ALIAS. ( I'm starting to doubt the man-crush theory. ) | ||||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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| On today's show, we will be baking a gigantic disaster souffle. First, take one genuine hero leader, put him in a situation he/she doesn't understand. Next, add one Deadpool... #17 flavor. Add plenty of munitions and knife sharpeners (can never have too much). Presto! Let explode and bring about raw carnage until done. Make sure you bring plenty of electric fans to cool things off, because the action is hot and the sh*t tends to hit them! CBR has the full preview. | ||||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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| For those of you confused by the subject line, the Celtic Pagan New Year, Samhain, just occurred on Oct 31 :-) I mentioned briefly in another post that the celebrations I attended were lovely - a good gathering of people to renew our friendships and enrich our spirits. Friends Misal and the Pyrate wrote a great ritual for Samhain, with interesting food for thought that I felt was especially thinky for the writers out there; especially considering the time of year it is for us. With NaNo and all the variations inspired by NaNo and with Yuletide and the other holiday fic exchanges looming, this is in a way, the New Years for fan writers. The metaphor they used was seed planting: There were seeds you planted that flourished and produced a good crop --Was that because you were diligent and found the right seed, watered, weeded and checked with your local extension service for advice on pests and diseases? (Or in our terms, researched your source material, kept up with your word counts, ruthlessly edited and took the advice of your betas.) or --Was it because you picked something easy to grow that would come up whether you watched it or not? (or in our terms, did you dash off a flash fic or a PWP that were bound to be crowd pleasers.) There were seeds that were planed and failed. --Was it because you chose something challenging and lost interest? --Was it through no fault of your own and the elements (or real life) worked against you? There were seeds that you did not plant at all --Did you think that there were already too many things to do? It doesn't matter all what the answers are, because another year has past and the harvest is in. No way to improve the word counts for this year. All that's left is to think of what you want the coming year to be like. Namaste! -- | ||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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I've saved a lot of random bits of Jason adventures in 'Tec Comics over the last couple of years and upon reviewing them, there are some interesting points and foreshadowing, so after #571 was put up, I thought I'd put these up as well. Some of them are on the crisis cusp (just before, just after) so be aware of that. Let's start with what Jason's cape was used most often for: ( About 30 scans of varying sizes from varied issues under the cut. ) | ||||||||
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November 6th, 2009
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November 6th, 2009
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November 6th, 2009
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November 6th, 2009
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November 6th, 2009
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