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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 28, 2024 17:40:00 GMT -5
I had the Snake-Eyes/Timber figures! Incidentally, trying to equate fictional dogs with real breeds might be a fool’s errand, but as a fool, I’ll go down that path. Is Krypto meant to be a Labrador (or akin to a Labrador)? He’s not 100% like one. And is Ace the Bat-Hound an Alsatian? Krypto is the Kryptonian equivalent of a terrier (he was actually designed without a specific breed in mind). Ace is a German shepherd.
Cei-U! I summon the super pooper scooper!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 28, 2024 12:20:19 GMT -5
Can't make it today. Having technical issues with my camera and mike. My nephew-in-law will be here later to help troubleshoot.
Cei-U! Have fun!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 28, 2024 12:18:29 GMT -5
I like the idea of Iron Man outfitting a chihuahua with a tiny Iron Dog suit.
Cei-U! I summon the tiny terror!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 28, 2024 12:15:43 GMT -5
All the DD in those FF issues where drawn by Wally Wood. So that is not a good comparison. And beyond the pose, which doesn't look like Kirby to me. The anatomy and musculature is not Kirby's. And the Avengers panel just looks to static to be Kirby, the Wasp's pose is very awkward. And the next panel 3 shot is also unlike Kirby. The DD figures in FF #39 are inked by Wood but pencilled by Kirby; those in FF #40 are Kirby and Colletta. One figure in the latter is nearly identical to the JiM panel. The Avengers figures are also Kirby. Just look at Iron Man's hands in the second panel. I can't think of any reason for Stan to have those panels redrawn. Maybe it's just Colletta's sloppy inks that are throwing you off.
Cei-U! I summon my eye for art!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 27, 2024 18:30:20 GMT -5
This is gold Me:
In the Marvel Universe, who killer Hitler? ChatGPT:In the Marvel Universe, Adolf Hitler was killed by the superhero team known as the Invaders during World War II. The specific issue where this event occurs is "The Invaders" #35, published in 1978. In this story, Hitler is assassinated by a time-traveling superhero named Union Jack, who is a member of the Invaders. This is wrong on so many levels. Anyway, whaddya need chatGPT for when you've got me?
Cei-U! I summon the overconfidence!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 27, 2024 12:04:46 GMT -5
I was experiencing the same thing earlier today. It lasted for about an hour. No clue as to what or why.
Cei-U! I summon the mystery!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 26, 2024 3:51:58 GMT -5
I never could stomach Seinfeld. The characters were all obnoxious and I never found their antics funny. I don't like "cringe" comedy (one of the reasons I loathe The Office) and avoid it as much as I can. I enjoyed the first couple of seasons of Friends but burned out on it after that (I wanted to beat Ross with a nail-studded baseball bat). No matter what genre a given show is (sitcom, police procedural, medical drama, etc), I have to like the characters if I'm going to tune in week after week. Thus I've had no incentive to watch shows like Breaking Bad, Dexter, House of Cards, The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, et al, that wallow in their characters' vices and criminality. I don't have a problem with anyone who does enjoy such shows. They're just not my cuppa.
Cei-U! I summon my quirky TV habits!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 25, 2024 1:15:36 GMT -5
Star Trek's last episode "Turnabout Intruder" thoroughly dispelled any misconceived notion I may have had that this was some sort of culturally enlightened for its time series - a giant F You to anyone who might have even briefly considered the possibility that a woman should have the same rights as men. Turnabout Intruder is a thoroughly awful episode mostly due to Shatner's over-the-top scenery chewing. Ye gods, is he bad!
Cei-U! I summon a clothespin for my nose!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 22, 2024 4:17:06 GMT -5
In a new session.... this is interesting. Action Comics #1? This raises a question for me: Did the controversy over violence in comics only begin after WWII? No. Comics were being called out for violence, sexual innuendo, and "cheap political propaganda" (i.e., anti-Naziism) as early as May 8, 1940, when literary critic Sterling North published a scathing indictment of the industry in a Chicago Daily News editorial that garnered nationwide attention. The war slowed the momentum of the anti-comic book movement, but it was always simmering below the surface. For more details, I refer you to Chapter 1 of my book (American Comic Book Chronicles 1940-44).
Cei-U! I summon the straight skinny!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 21, 2024 15:25:22 GMT -5
I'm about halfway through the episode and finding myself glad I wasn't a participant because I would've been constantly fighting the urge to throttle George. But Jeff and Rob are doing a fine job of defending Roy's status as one of Marvel's greatest EICs despite the handicaps Stan and Cadence imposed on him so I'm content just to listen. But I did want to take a moment to dispel a myth I heard George repeat: Wally Wood did NOT draw all the women in The Cat nude because he was the inker, not the penciller. I wish people would put this tired old story out of its misery.
Cei-U! And now, back to the podcast!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 20, 2024 19:19:08 GMT -5
Roy helped develop the Ghost Rider concept but it was Gary Friedrich and Mike Ploog who worked out the details of his look and origin.
Cei-U! I summon the badass biker with the bonfire bean!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 20, 2024 18:10:01 GMT -5
Anyone have Sgt. Fury #89? I need to verify
In which issue of Sgt. Fury does he team up with Hansi?
ChatGPT
In the Marvel Comics universe, Sgt. Fury teams up with Hansi in "Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos" issue #89, published in October 1971. This issue features the Howling Commandos teaming up with Hansi, a German anti-Nazi resistance fighter, against the Nazi regime during World War II.
Sgt. Fury #89 is a reprint of #27. Needless to say, Hansi is not in either issue.
Cei-U! ChatGPT is stoopid!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 20, 2024 16:02:28 GMT -5
I should've hated the contrived finale of Castle but the series had been crap for the preceding three seasons anyway so I didn't care,
Cei-U! I summon the sorry decline of a once entertaining show!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 20, 2024 14:01:46 GMT -5
My favorite finales tend to be those that wrap up their major plotlines but make it clear the characters will continue on as before except that their exploits are no longer being recorded (see Bones, CSI: New York, NCIS: Los Angeles, Big Bang Theory, etc.). I don't mind series that come to a definite end (i.e., Mary Tyler Moore, Frasier) but I prefer the former.
Cei-U! I summon the satisfactory conclusion!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 18, 2024 15:17:52 GMT -5
Kirby firmly taking over the plotting. No doubt about it. From this point until around Thor #169, this series is pure gold (though inevitably there's a dud or two along the way).
Cei-U! I summon the Kirby Kozmik Klassics!
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