ClarkKent_DC replied to Emerkeith Davyjack's discussion All-purpose newspaper strips discussion
"I am remiss in not pointing out that The Washington Post started running its daily (Monday through Saturday) comics in color last month. It did so by dedicating the back cover and inside back cover of the daily Style section to the comics. Prior to…"
Oct 21
ClarkKent_DC replied to PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod's discussion Anything, Everything, or Nothing At All
"From ComicBook.com: "Marvel and DC Just Lost the Super Hero Trademark: Here's What That Means"
"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has shaken things up in the world of comics today, as a long-held trademark by Marvel Comics and DC Comics has now…"
Sep 29
ClarkKent_DC replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion Round Table Meet-Up Thread
"Hey there,.friends! Rob and I did meet up at the Baltimore Comic-Con on Saturday:

 
And I also bumped into cosplayer extraordinaire Bill Johnson, a childhood friend, in the guise of Gemini the Partyman! (from Prince's soundtrack for Batman '89).

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Sep 23
ClarkKent_DC replied to Captain Comics's discussion The DC Comics "All In" and "Absolute" discussion
"Well, we never see Dagwood's parents (and I don't believe they've been shown since they disowned him). And Blondie's maiden name, "Boopadoop," always made me wonder if she was a cousin to Betty Boop."
Sep 13
ClarkKent_DC replied to Captain Comics's discussion The DC Comics "All In" and "Absolute" discussion
"The Baron said:
Prediction:  This Absolutultimate stuff will last maybe a couple of years, then it will burn down, fall over and sink into the swamp. The most successful bits of it will then somehow be folded into the mainstream DCU.

Isn't that…"
Sep 13
ClarkKent_DC replied to Captain Comics's discussion The DC Comics "All In" and "Absolute" discussion
"Coming to this  late (what else is new), I follow the out DC gave us all a long time ago: Hypertime. 
I may be alone in this, but I refuse to believe that any given comics universe is gone, dead, destroyed and ain't never coming back not never no…"
Sep 12
ClarkKent_DC replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion Round Table Meet-Up Thread
"Yes, I will go to the Baltimore Comic-Con. Send me a message so we can figure out how to connect while we are both there.
As for crabs ... I do eat them but haven't in a long while."
Sep 12
ClarkKent_DC replied to Steve W's discussion Comical Comic Cuts
"The Parils Olympics gave us a similar "best and worst pole vault":
"Watch Painful Moment Olympic Pole Vaulter's 'Pole' (ahem) Knocks Him Out of the Competition"
In fairness, competitor Anthony Ammirati from France didn't lose because of hitting the…"
Sep 8
ClarkKent_DC replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Planetary
"Somewhere along the way, I acquired Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life. I was intrigued by the concept of the Wold Newton Universe (that some meteor fell somewhere in England and its radiations somehow affected numerous pulp heroes, their associates…"
Sep 6
ClarkKent_DC replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion Absolute Power
"I found myself up at 4 in the morning and re-read Absolute Power: Origins #1 and #2 ... and find I was off-base in half the stuff I wrote. Waller DID go from A: "My family was killed by a drug lord" to B: "All superheroes are bad." I think I let my…"
Sep 6
ClarkKent_DC replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion Absolute Power
"Captain Comics said:
She presents herself as ultra-rational ……

Richard Willis said:
Just because she presents herself that way doesn’t make it true.

That's just what I was going to say.
 
Captain Comics said:
But then, her actions have been…"
Sep 5
ClarkKent_DC replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion Absolute Power
"I'm not reading the entirety of Absolute Power, mostly because my bad memories of The New Guardians and Secret Wars II killed my interest in grand overarching miniseries that require ancillary purchases of other tites and specials to get the whole…"
Sep 3
ClarkKent_DC replied to Commander Benson's discussion You're Wearing That?
"All this talk about tan suits made me want to wear mine yesterday."
Sep 2
ClarkKent_DC replied to Commander Benson's discussion You're Wearing That?
"Commander Benson said:
I don't recall ever reading commentary on what Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, or both Bushes wore.

Jeff of Earth-J said:
I do recall, however, comments on what all their First Ladies wore on public occasions.…"
Aug 31
ClarkKent_DC replied to Commander Benson's discussion You're Wearing That?
"Jeff of Earth-J said:Speaking of Presidential attire, it was George W. Bush who popularized wearing an America flag lapel pin. Barack Oboma didn't (at least not at first), which caused his political opponents to question his "patriotism." I thought…"
Aug 31
ClarkKent_DC replied to Commander Benson's discussion You're Wearing That?
"Commander Benson said:
The pundits who criticise the colour of a President's (or a Presidential candidate's) suit is teapot-tempest stuff.  And such criticisms are a current thing (reflecting the acromony in our politics of late).  I don't recall…"
Aug 31
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