Commander Benson replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day

Superman #10. This was for little boys who didn't think "girls" knew how to open parachutes.

 
They can't open them when when the 'chute is defective.  Note, in the falling girl's right hand is the ripcord.  The ripcord broke off without…"
Oct 15
Commander Benson replied to PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod's discussion Anything, Everything, or Nothing At All

You aren't the only one, my friend, to have been embarrassed by a long-time mispronunciation.
When I was a youngster, there was an Italian actor just coming into American movies---Cesare Danova.

 
He was handsome, elegant, and had an innate…"
Oct 3
Commander Benson replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day

I'm not 100% sure that [honorary member/stand-by member are] not the same thing, at least as the JLA sees it. 
 
Oh, the Justice League certainly recognises some difference between the two statuses.  Most notably, Metamorpho (stand-by member) did…"
Oct 2
Commander Benson replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day

Metamorpho and Sargon were honorary [JLA] members.
 
True enough that Sargon the Sorcerer was an honorary JLAer.  JLA # 99 (Jun., 1972) noted the awarding of his honorary status with the team.
However, Metamorpho was not an honorary member of the…"
Oct 1
Commander Benson replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone

Late it might be, Mr. WIllis, but it's a very helpful contribution.  I think the best way to avoid that potential disaster is to go ahead and let the GMB set up a back-up site of my own presently, rather than wait until I'm done restoring.
Much…"
Sep 28
Richard Willis replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone
"The good news:  I'm a little over half finished restoring the art to the columns that lost it.  As I said, it's an easy fix (except for the bad news part below), just time consuming. 
My (late) contribution is to make sure that the restored JPGs…"
Sep 28
Commander Benson replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone

It's good news/bad news time, gang.
The good news:  I'm a little over half finished restoring the art to the columns that lost it.  As I said, it's an easy fix (except for the bad news part below), just time consuming.  And the work does give me a…"
Sep 28
Captain Comics replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone
"Today's response:
"It seems they are still working on this. But we sent a request for updates and notify the Technical Team of the level of priority of the issue.




"We do apologize for keeping you waiting""
Sep 12
Commander Benson replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone

I genuinely appreciate the trouble to which you're going to get this fixed, Cap.  Particularly, as I'm probably the one most ill-affected by this development.
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Sep 11
Commander Benson replied to The Baron's discussion RIP James Earl Jones

There is no understating of his incredible talent, but, to me, the worst thing about the loss of Mr. Jones is that he always struck me as a warm, genial, decent man who would be fun to know.  I can easily see him and me sitting on the backyard…"
Sep 11
Captain Comics replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone
"2) If this turns out to be something in the coding automatically removing images older than a certain date, are we in danger of losing all the 2021 images?
Why yes, that's what I expect. It looks automatic. And if we don't complain and at least stop…"
Sep 10
Commander Benson replied to PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod's discussion Anything, Everything, or Nothing At All

I've seen his father, Alan Hale Sr, in several movies recently. Too bad Jr didn't inherit his acting skills.
You might be selling Alan Hale, Jr. a little short, Mr. Willis.  Granted, he was no Anthony Hopkins, but I've seen Mr. Hale, Jr. in a…"
Sep 9
Richard Willis replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone
"Two things:
1) I now see that the photo of Peter David has disappeared from the “Peter David suffers a series of strokes” thread. It says that Cap created the thread on December 1, 2022. Was the photo copied from something dated before 2021?
2) If…"
Sep 8
Richard Willis replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone
"I took this photo in 2014, when my then kitten (now 10) was standing on my keyboard. Is this the logo you are trying to find?"
Sep 8
Commander Benson replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone

You all know the bromide about clouds and silver linings.  Well, it turns out that there is a left-handed benefit to having to replace the art in all my old columns.  Over the last few years, I've learnt a few tricks about art sizing and placement…"
Sep 8
Peter Wrexham replied to Commander Benson's discussion My Column Art is Gone
"Yes, the missing images are ones that I copied from 2019 posts on the "Cover a Day" thread.  That is to say, I just highlighted the image on the original post, and did a copy-and-paste (Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V) into the "Add reply" box on the new thread.  So…"
Sep 7
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