― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link
And the good Eisner-written stories from the Spirit totally pwn everything he did post-retirement obv.
― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 5 May 2006 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amadeo (Amadeo G.), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 03:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 03:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Maybe tomorrow, though...
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 10 August 2006 08:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 10 August 2006 08:10 (eighteen years ago) link
You're pretty much right -- this would have been circa '42-'45, when Eisner diverted his attentions from comic books to beating the Nazis, albeit using comic books to do it, using them as instruction manuals for GIs. Still, Lou Fine was drawing El Spirito, and since he was one of the three best Golden Age artists, that's no bad thing.
David
― David Simpson (David Simpson), Thursday, 10 August 2006 10:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 10 August 2006 10:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Thursday, 10 August 2006 12:23 (eighteen years ago) link
23. Heathcliff (Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats)
(4,602 points)
http://www.shoutfactory.com/img/detail/heathcliff.jpg
Imagine Garfield -- but funnier!
― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
22. Juggernaut/Cain Marko (X-Men)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Juggernaut.PNG
Greatest Moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV_3cBmAHjA
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:06 (eighteen years ago) link
http://es.geocities.com/beatlescomicsmelgar3/notbrand8b.jpg
He's got a pot. On his HEAD. A pothead, gettit?
Greatest moment: beating the Meatles. Whoops, meeting the Beatles.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Wimpy is probably best know forhis consumption of hamburgers, and anything else if hamburgers are not available. Here is his famous, "I would gladly pay you Tuesdayfor a Hamburger today." line.-- David R
― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
if calvin's dad isn't top 5 there's something wrong somewhere!! -- J.D.
(not to give anything away JD but i sorta kinda address the "calvin's dad" issue in my comments --- albeit in a way that will possibly disappoint you!!) -- mark s
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link
REPENT THE END IS NIGH, FOR WHEN SONIC THEE HEDGEHOGS COMiCS REACH THEE ISSUE 200 THEE END SHALL BE UPON US
-- the eunuchs, Cassim and Mustafa, who guarded Abdur Ali's harem
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
“Ah, I love “Drabble”. The dad’s like an unfunny version of me.” -Homer Simpson
― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/8690/eggfuqc0.gif
"Just a bit of fu"-Tom Ewing
"Mel Gibson was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. He was released later this morning. The investigation was still ongoing, just like it would be with any other person, especially Egg-Fu."-spokesman for the Los Angeles Country Sheriff's Department
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 11 August 2006 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link
23. Superman (Superman, Action, etc)
(111 points)
"Iconic character. Impossible to write good stories about." Pete
http://theages.superman.ws/History/all-star/sitting-on-a-cloud.jpg
Probably the character whose star has risen the most since the voting closed, with Showcase Presents reintroducing the crazy Silver Age tales, All-Star making a strong case for the same spirit in modern comics, and one of the few good One Year Later renovations. I voted for him, mostly on the basis of his appearances in Morrison's JLA: a particular favourite moment was the panel of him wrestling an angel.
"greatest moment: Superman's Return To Krypton! A novel-length epic written by Jerry Siegel, drawn by (I think) Kurt Shaffenburger and screamed at by Mort Weisinger!" Vic Fluro
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 12:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 12:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 13:12 (eighteen years ago) link
If we have unfinished polls, then suck it.
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 13:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ray (Ray), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link
If Superman has gone up, how far DOWN has Batman gone? Aside from the Morrison issues, he's like a giant turd sitting in my drink.
― Vic F (Vic Fluro), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark Co (Markco), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Yay for Andrew!
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Hey, the vagina dentata thread is thattaway!
― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:42 (eighteen years ago) link
But please don't post there, Zillaman might come back.
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link
(113 points)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Magrex1.jpg/403px-Magrex1.jpg
"He's been good and he's been bad but common sense he never had. During the swinging marvel sixties, nobody was more maniacal than Magneto! But he could reform at the drop of a hat to become a sincere, deep, profound, achingly deep man of immense DEPTH. But we secretly like him better when he's a gibbering freak, as Grant Morrison proved." (Vic F)
Excellent example of a villain who's ethos rather than powers makes him a great foil to the hero(es), and the subject of a grebt essay by Tom on the perils of character growth.
Greatest moment: Answering a door – "Who am I? I am power! Men call me – MAGNETO! And now – come in!" (Vic F)
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 7 September 2006 12:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 7 September 2006 13:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Vic F (Vic Fluro), Thursday, 7 September 2006 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link