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Post by the4thpip on Jul 12, 2014 3:53:40 GMT -5
I like it. It makes sense to me that a commissioner's daughter and a librarian, let alone a former victim of sexual assault, would have a less sexualized outfit.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Jul 12, 2014 4:16:04 GMT -5
That sucks. Do you know the name of the son? I'm trying to remember which episode you're referencing. His name was Bob Kenkel. Are you sure that was the show? I can't remember that episode and didn't find anything online cross referencing that name with Unsolved Mysteries. Perhaps it was a different show? Sorry to keep talking about this. I was just curious because I couldn't remember.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 9:08:28 GMT -5
I like it. It makes sense to me that a commissioner's daughter and a librarian, let alone a former victim of sexual assault, would have a less sexualized outfit. Is that background still in place with the New 52 (though I gather the Batman universe might've been less disrupted than that of other characters with the relaunch)? I assume so, but I honestly have no idea.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 9:25:29 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Goo Dreads. The site not the hair. I've been reading a lot more prose than comics the last few years. As have I (though last night I actually read a handful of comics from my last couple of Lone Star orders), but damn if I ever, ever, ever remember to hit Goodreads to record what I've read. I see from my email, though, that the redoubtable Cei-U! is now a Goodreads friend (as are a few others here, you included, I believe), so perhaps that awesome responsibility will spur me to be more vigilant.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 9:33:03 GMT -5
Possums ! God they're horrible. I've seen some as big as dogs. They completely freak me out. Ugh ! I now find myself wondering if any horror comics or movies have ever featured possums (or, I suppose, whether any superhero comics have featured a possum-based villain). Can't think of any. The one I encountered last week was about the size of, I guess, a small dog. Looked like a really big white rat, to some extent. That's the third one (or maybe it was the same creature?) I've encountered here over the past decade or so. I suppose they're mostly nocturnal. The first time, my black Lab (RIP, Dickens) was barking & barking at something in the backyard, & when I went out to see what the heck had gotten into him, I found he was taking umbrage at the presence of a possum perched on top of the chain-link fence at the back. The second time was like the third one, with the possum helping him/herself to the contents of one of the food bowls on the carport. The only other non-cats I've ever encountered in the yard, I think, are squirrels in & around the dogwood in the front yard & a small rabbit who used to hang around the side of the house. Those are long gone, no doubt because of the cats, though the latter are so lazy & spoiled that I've seen them watch uninterestedly as pigeons peck at their food a few feet away. The couple of birds I've come across dead in the yard must've died from boredom or killed themselves over some sort of avian fit of ennui.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 12, 2014 10:51:33 GMT -5
Is that background still in place with the New 52 (though I gather the Batman universe might've been less disrupted than that of other characters with the relaunch)? I assume so, but I honestly have no idea. The Killing Joke is still canon and Babs dealing with PTSD was a major issue that she dealt with throughout Gail's run. It's actually the most accurate portrayal of someone with PTSD that I've read in a superhero comic. Unfortunately it left little room for fun which has now been confirmed as editorial interference.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 11:22:34 GMT -5
Possums ! God they're horrible. I've seen some as big as dogs. They completely freak me out. Ugh ! I now find myself wondering if any horror comics or movies have ever featured possums (or, I suppose, whether any superhero comics have featured a possum-based villain). Can't think of any. The one I encountered last week was about the size of, I guess, a small dog. Looked like a really big white rat, to some extent. That's the third one (or maybe it was the same creature?) I've encountered here over the past decade or so. I suppose they're mostly nocturnal. The first time, my black Lab (RIP, Dickens) was barking & barking at something in the backyard, & when I went out to see what the heck had gotten into him, I found he was taking umbrage at the presence of a possum perched on top of the chain-link fence at the back. The second time was like the third one, with the possum helping him/herself to the contents of one of the food bowls on the carport. The only other non-cats I've ever encountered in the yard, I think, are squirrels in & around the dogwood in the front yard & a small rabbit who used to hang around the side of the house. Those are long gone, no doubt because of the cats, though the latter are so lazy & spoiled that I've seen them watch uninterestedly as pigeons peck at their food a few feet away. The couple of birds I've come across dead in the yard must've died from boredom or killed themselves over some sort of avian fit of ennui. We have a lot of possums here too, leading to two of the funnier stories of being a homeowner and dog owner in Ohio that I have. The first was what we call Awesome Possum Saturday. My wife and I were home late on a Saturday evening, let the dogs out and Daisy, the more active of the two came back in the house, with a present, a possum in her mouth, all excited to give it to us. She walks up and just drops it in front of Amy. We were both a little taken aback and not sure if it was dead or just well, playing possum. I ran to grab a bag to put it in to take it back outside, and just as I reached down to brush it into the bag with a broom, it twitched.I screamed to high heaven in surprise, but managed to get it into the bag, outside, and into a trashcan. Needless to say, the trashcan was empty in the morning, the possum was gone bag and all. A couple of weeks later, I was mowing the lawn. I mowed the front lawn on a Saturday but was going to mow the back on Sunday. I left the mower out in the back yard overnight. Sunday morning I go out to mow, and the pull cord on the mower is very resistant. It's hard to pull to get the mower started. So, I just yanked it real hard to try to clear what was jamming it, and the mower kicks in and I hear a squeal of pain as possum bits start flying out of my mower and all over the yard. Apparently a small possum had curled up under the mower to sleep when it got light out and was blocking the blade from spinning when I first tried to pull the cord, but when the mower started, goodbye possum. I decided to wait on mowing that day, and about an hour later I had a murder of crows in the backyard feasting on the possum buffet. There's an alternate set of lyrics to I'm looking over a 4 leaf clover form a bad 80's spoof movie (I think Kentucky Fried Movie or some such and it may be Chevy Chase who sings it) that goes something like I'm looking over my dead dog rover, that I hit with a power mower, one leg is missing, the other is gone,a third one is scattered all over the lawn...well it got altered again to have the possum replace the dog to commemorate the event. So yeah, the only possum I tolerate is Pogo. If I never have another encounter with a real possum, I'd be fine with it. -M
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 12:29:19 GMT -5
That's ... the mower story ... I ... well, let's just say that it's a good thing I was finishing off my pimento-cheese-&-tomato sandwich. Lord.
Closest (not very, thank god) I've ever come to that was when I bent over to start the mower when I was in high school & my Siamese mix, John, came hurtling out of the chute. I don't think I'd pulled the cord, & he was just reacting to my jostling the machine. Otherwise, I'm sure I'd be traumatized to this day.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 12:32:44 GMT -5
Is that background still in place with the New 52 (though I gather the Batman universe might've been less disrupted than that of other characters with the relaunch)? I assume so, but I honestly have no idea. The Killing Joke is still canon and Babs dealing with PTSD was a major issue that she dealt with throughout Gail's run. It's actually the most accurate portrayal of someone with PTSD that I've read in a superhero comic. Unfortunately it left little room for fun which has now been confirmed as editorial interference. Except, I presume, for the paralysis & wheelchair business (unless she underwent a near-miraculous rehab_ ... though was that situation actually fleshed out in KJ or afterward? (I'm assuming the latter.) KJ is one of only a bare handful of Batman stories I've read since the Silver Age, so again I paid no attention after that. Not really a fan of that story in any way -- it's almost like Moore, who of course is capable of far better, decided to give the thoroughly detestable Frank Miller a run for his ill-gotten money.
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Post by the4thpip on Jul 12, 2014 12:37:41 GMT -5
The Killing Joke is still canon and Babs dealing with PTSD was a major issue that she dealt with throughout Gail's run. It's actually the most accurate portrayal of someone with PTSD that I've read in a superhero comic. Unfortunately it left little room for fun which has now been confirmed as editorial interference. Except, I presume, for the paralysis & wheelchair business ... though was that situation actually drawun up in KJ or afterward? (I'm assuming the latter.) KJ is one of only the handful of Batman stories I've read since the Silver Age, so again I paid no attention after that. Not really a fan of that story in any way -- it's almost like Moore, who's capable of much better, decided to give the detestable Frank Miller a run for his ill-gotten money. No, that is still canon, too. From what I read, she was supposedly cured briefly before from where the latest Batgirl series started. With some kind of suspense element like "if she is not careful while fighting crime, she could end up back in the chair."
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Post by Jesse on Jul 12, 2014 12:37:51 GMT -5
Except, I presume, for the paralysis & wheelchair business (though were those actually set up in KJ or afterward )? KJ is one of only the handful of Batman stories I've read since the Silver Age, so again I paid no attention after that. Not really a fan of that story in any way.She still spent time in a wheelchair but in the new 52 it was far briefer than in the previous continuity. She never become Oracle in the new 52 instead she returned to being Batgirl after her rehabilitation.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 12, 2014 12:52:31 GMT -5
Three things that while reading a Bukowski novel or poem get me wanting ... alcohol, sex and cigars. Not that it is all thst his writing boils down to, but it is his favorite three things. Actually what I get from most of his writing is accepting who you are despite your flaws but apologizing to no not many for your behavior. Not sure if that's a good thing but it's certainly not anything I've been able to do. I find it nearly impossible to be selfish or take what I want. And I'm probably spending just as equal time fightingy addiction as I am giving into it, instead of (whether good or bad) accepting it and just trying to minimize it. I dunno if Bulowski writing is teaching me good things (which is in no way the intention of the writer as I understand the little big I've learned of him outside his fiction) but I certainly feel that I am at a loss of enjoyment in life by always yielding to the expectations of society instead of my own desires.
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 12, 2014 15:45:27 GMT -5
Did I miss an announcement somewhere? What is the CCF Featured Content Team? You did not miss an announcement. Patience grasshopper. To quote on of my favorite comics writer's standard answer to everything...wait and see. You'll at least need to wait 'til Shax is back from vacation. -M To quote one of history's great philosophers when told that the fryer could flash fry a buffalo in 40 seconds, "but I want it now!"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 15:54:27 GMT -5
I like it. It makes sense to me that a commissioner's daughter and a librarian, let alone a former victim of sexual assault, would have a less sexualized outfit. I simply cannot take a comic seriously when women are depicted like this. Just can't read it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 12, 2014 18:17:16 GMT -5
I like it. It makes sense to me that a commissioner's daughter and a librarian, let alone a former victim of sexual assault, would have a less sexualized outfit. I simply cannot take a comic seriously when women are depicted like this. Just can't read it. Yikes!
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