i was gonna write 'in before sic' but juuuuuuust missed it
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 1 January 2018 21:32 (six years ago) link
It's only weird if you ignore his entire publishing career, where he perpetually makes decisions based on the principle that he would prefer to assume he is dealing with honorable people who won't fuck him over
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Monday, 1 January 2018 21:21
Still very strange that he was willing to assume this.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 1 January 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
not even sure why I postulate or google search instead of calling the sic hotline tbh
― mh, Monday, 1 January 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
Still very strange that he was willing to assume this.maybe if you finish reading the sentence it will explain it
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Monday, 1 January 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link
Still very strange
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 1 January 2018 23:02 (six years ago) link
‘taste’s very strange!’
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 January 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
you may have noticed that alan moore is strange
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 1 January 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
Sometimes it's hard to tell if he's being fucked over, or being a spanner, or hoping he'll get screwed so he can say "I told you so" afterwards, or all of the above.
Which is to say, I think it's amazing that he's so uncompromising, but I'm not always sure he's telling the truth, based on my experience with less-talented male blowhards of a similar age.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 1 January 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
e.g. There's a really long-winded interview here where Moore keeps talking about wanting to be called up and "thanked for the money" by Dave Gibbons, which made me a little leery of him, at least with regards to his personal relationships with artists.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link
Doomsday Clock is bad
― mh, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 00:42 (six years ago) link
It is an indefensible work of terrible art, but I'm enjoying it.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
i think DC made some good strides in 2017, generally
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 09:31 (six years ago) link
finally firing eddie berganza for example
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 10:53 (six years ago) link
Why comics stunk in the ‘90s, Pt. XXIXXIV: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DrlRzS-8AbI/Wldo-Epfo7I/AAAAAAABUCw/vjjNz4vREM4GFCbmJVJE7csteApw1FIvACLcBGAs/s1600/superboy45-1.jpg
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 14 January 2018 03:07 (six years ago) link
because Rebirth hadn't started yet, obv
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Sunday, 14 January 2018 07:08 (six years ago) link
can't believe I'd never heard of Dr Mid-Nite's owl sidekick 'Hooty' before
https://i.imgur.com/a6dKRtF.jpg
― soref, Monday, 15 January 2018 01:17 (six years ago) link
can't get over how much this looks like a pixelated boat cartoon
― soref, Monday, 15 January 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link
I can’t stop thinking of the Sesame Street character Hoots, now
― mh, Monday, 15 January 2018 02:18 (six years ago) link
Where the Blowfish at, amirite?
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 15 January 2018 04:28 (six years ago) link
i don't remember Hooty making it the early 2000s JSA run
― Nhex, Monday, 15 January 2018 04:29 (six years ago) link
someone get geoff johns on the line, time for a grim-n-gritty hooty reboot
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
and there's my new screen name
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgLFKWy04eE
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 15 January 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bagheera_san/2764318/60652/60652_original.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 15 January 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
whaaaaaaat
― Nhex, Monday, 15 January 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
please tell me that they really did the cheesy "i shall become.. a bat!" thing in the original comics
― Nhex, Monday, 15 January 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
it sounds like roy thomas retconning but it's apparently the real deal
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 15 January 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
AND THUS A LEGEND IS BORN
http://www.writeups.org/wp-content/uploads/Doctor-Midnite-DC-Comics-McNider-h1.jpg
― soref, Monday, 15 January 2018 17:06 (six years ago) link
i just pulled the whole page so here go:http://i.imgur.com/sHd7gVI.png
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 15 January 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
bonus hooty:http://i.imgur.com/2npjCXm.png http://i.imgur.com/Y6wIdfA.png
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 15 January 2018 17:08 (six years ago) link
wonder is anyone ever worked out that Dr Mid-Nite, the superhero with an owl for a pet, is actually the alter-ego of "Dr McNider", the identical looking man with an owl for a pet
― soref, Monday, 15 January 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
http://www.science20.com/files/images/clark_kent_and_superman.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 15 January 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
I have to say that golden age hooty is very expressive for an owl who doesn't say anything apart from variations on "whoo", i.e that heavy lidded look of disdain he's giving Dr Mid-Nite on the penultimate panel of the origin story, the question mark in the previous panel that indicates he's hooting in a quizzical fashion etc
― soref, Monday, 15 January 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
love the loopy lateral thinking which leads dr mcnider to only barely rename himself after owl-based inspiration strikes rather than, y'know, calling himself owl-man
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
Dr. Mid-Nite is a much cooler name tbf
― Nhex, Monday, 15 January 2018 20:00 (six years ago) link
Who's that guy saying, "Gosh, Mid-Nite. I really identify with that"? That dialogue's so funny to me...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
It's Professor Dark-Ness, who had a startlingly-similar 'I once was blind but now I see through the eyes of a little birdie friend' origin story.
Or I might be totally lying.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
Rebirth got really good after all I see
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
that’s dr mid-nite’s sidekick señor day-glo iirc
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
You guys!
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
Criminals are a cowardly lot... I shall become that which they fear... an owlhttp://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4919816496_01f54106ea.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
In all seriousness, I believe he's speaking to Hourman, whose power is basically getting really hopped up on homemade bennies, so the intense identification he's relating to Dr. Mid-Nite is a side-effect of what's commonly known as 'tweaking' (which might have been made clearer if Hourman were also sweating profusely and uncontrollably sniffing).
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:53 (six years ago) link
Many bad things here
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/01/21/looks-like-dc-comics-didnt-tell-chris-sprouse-tom-strong-appearing-terrifics-either/
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 22 January 2018 11:48 (six years ago) link
oofdc really just dgaf do they
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 January 2018 11:50 (six years ago) link
I don't really get why they're doing this, unless it's just company policy to troll Alan Moore or anyone who's worked with him. Even if the original creators came back, these would be niche properties. Now they're just a subset of a niche.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 22 January 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link
I think you pretty much nailed their motives.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Monday, 22 January 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link
it can only be deliberate trolling or gross incompetence, really
either way, not a great look for dc
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 January 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link
particularly since either way it's hard not to interpret as evidence of creative bankruptcy - being reduced to resurrecting old properties created by someone who absolutely despises you and, as chuck says, were not exactly blockbuster successes in the first place should be mortally embarrassing for everyone involved
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 January 2018 13:16 (six years ago) link
it's just bizarre to take promethea, a character developed explicitly so moore could explore esoteric magical interpretations of the qabalah, and graft her into a justice league
like what is this character gonna bring that, say, doctor fate wouldn't? it's not energised new readers desperate to read the further adventures of promethea, that's for sure
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 January 2018 13:19 (six years ago) link
that was the one character I figured they'd leave alone, but you know... DC
― mh, Monday, 22 January 2018 15:12 (six years ago) link