tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post6570544473973905678..comments2023-09-07T22:24:51.654-05:00Comments on League of Melbotis: Comic Book Make League CryThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-57859442345545626072008-04-03T21:44:00.000-05:002008-04-03T21:44:00.000-05:00I shall most definatly look for it. It's okay to ...I shall most definatly look for it. It's okay to cry when men in tights are involved.Michael Corleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441107947600810769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-39781043182766194862008-04-03T08:39:00.000-05:002008-04-03T08:39:00.000-05:00There's a Joe Kelly storyline in JLA, "Trial by Fi...There's a Joe Kelly storyline in JLA, "Trial by Fire", that has the best Flash moment of the sort you've described that I've ever seen.<BR/><BR/>if you can find the collection, you'll be able to find the moment.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-49540769583189191602008-04-02T18:35:00.000-05:002008-04-02T18:35:00.000-05:00Pretty much any time Superman swoops in and rescue...Pretty much any time Superman swoops in and rescues a child just in time (this also works for the Flash) I get a little teary eyed. Lots of heroes save kids, but there's something about doing it in hyper-time, the idea that it is already too late, no normal human agent will prevent the tragedy. But in the tick of a second hand, Supes or Flash scoops up little Johnny who's about to be impailed by a villian's index claw.<BR/><BR/>That gets me every time.Michael Corleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441107947600810769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-11767086941540272952008-04-02T17:20:00.000-05:002008-04-02T17:20:00.000-05:00Also, I'd point to We3 as a kindred spirit of a st...Also, I'd point to We3 as a kindred spirit of a story to both "Laika" and "First in Space", but from a fictional perspective.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-41899988382502352262008-04-02T17:19:00.000-05:002008-04-02T17:19:00.000-05:00I think you sort of answered your own question reg...I think you sort of answered your own question regarding the "why" of Laika. Was the use of animal necessary? Or maybe the simple tragedy of Laika's only home and care ending in glory for the USSR that she never could have understood, just part of the exploitative system of the Soviet Union. Did we do any better?<BR/><BR/>I find it interesting that two artists worked on "Laika" and "First in Space" simultaneously, and both were released within a calendar year.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes things are so terribly sad and ultimately unrewarding, it is hard to understand the "point" of the story, because the act seems so pointless. I am not sure that means the story is not worth telling, if only as a cautionary tale. In this case, as you mention, the cost of progress. Especially to the innocent.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-45833696473791006262008-04-02T17:06:00.000-05:002008-04-02T17:06:00.000-05:00Yeah, that Laika book? I didn't even want to star...Yeah, that Laika book? I didn't even want to start it, and I can't imagine why someone would decide to choose that for their topic to write a book about. Some kind of message about moving backwards in terms of our humanity while moving forward in terms of technology and science, maybe? Yeah, well anyone who hates the fact that we use laboratory animals is already well acquainted with that idea. (and I'm not absolutely against the use of lab animals, but I hate the fact that we have to use them at all and think we use them way too prevalently- in situations which aren't matters of life and death)J.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03903186469796595837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-24951588757630268952008-04-02T15:03:00.000-05:002008-04-02T15:03:00.000-05:00Waiting for the TPB's on ASSM, but just wanted to ...Waiting for the TPB's on ASSM, but just wanted to chime in and say that We3 is one of the jerkiest tearjerkers that ever jerked, and Quiltey's art is part of it, but the poignant "animal speak" really hit me in the gut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-54909119441068058342008-04-02T12:22:00.000-05:002008-04-02T12:22:00.000-05:00That comment was by Jamie.That comment was by Jamie.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-2168173488177351792008-04-02T12:18:00.000-05:002008-04-02T12:18:00.000-05:00Laika was probably the most depressing book I've e...Laika was probably the most depressing book I've ever (mostly) read. So much so that I couldn't even finish it!The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-16657876650001197802008-04-02T10:16:00.000-05:002008-04-02T10:16:00.000-05:00I can honestly say that I'm loving All Star Superm...I can honestly say that I'm loving All Star Superman. It is totally amazing!<BR/><BR/>This is high praise coming from someone who tried but never enjoyed Superman comics. I could never get past the fact that he was totally invulnerable. There was never any sense of danger when I was reading a Superman comic.Simon MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749383583517044214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-79121957533379661352008-04-02T09:21:00.000-05:002008-04-02T09:21:00.000-05:00Your comments about the post 9-11 issue of Spiderm...Your comments about the post 9-11 issue of Spiderman got me thinking back to the events of 9-11 and how profoundly the entire country was effected by that tradgedy. It really was an event that had an actually genuinely emotional resonance for just about the entire country in a way that I wouldn't have believed possible had I not lived through it (it must have been similar to the feeling that the country had after the attack on Pearl Harbor- other from that I can't draw many parallels). I'm not sure that subsequent generations will understand the impact of that event or the nation's reaction to it (more specifically, the emotional impact that the attack had upon people all across the country, despite the fact that we didn't know the victims, personally) unless they live through some similar event of their own. I remember the late night talk show hosts coming back on the air after taking some days off following the tradgedy, and almost without exception, each of them was choked up and had difficulty putting on their shows. I would have felt the whole thing melodramatic, staged, and probably exploitative if I weren't going through the same emotions myself, at the time. It's good that there's a comic out there that reflects the emotional climate of the nation at that time, even if it's hard for later readers to get their heads around.J.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03903186469796595837noreply@blogger.com