tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post276409376525395815..comments2024-03-29T08:31:38.748+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Who sez komics arnt edyoucayshonal?Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-33865896903568380712014-01-08T09:27:34.716+00:002014-01-08T09:27:34.716+00:00Anonymous, I too learned the word, "invulnera...Anonymous, I too learned the word, "invulnerable," from reading comics.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-9794913118751629182014-01-08T02:46:08.370+00:002014-01-08T02:46:08.370+00:00"Clod", "cretin", "lackey..."Clod", "cretin", "lackey", and "dolt". Also good words to impress family members with, and they come in quite handy at reunions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-47405528658005228172014-01-08T02:17:06.250+00:002014-01-08T02:17:06.250+00:00"Achilles heel," "vulnerable,"..."Achilles heel," "vulnerable," and "invulnerable." In fact, I got an A+ in a Mythology course in my senior year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-73695521664501656612014-01-08T01:07:22.943+00:002014-01-08T01:07:22.943+00:00"Face front, "hang loose", and &quo..."Face front, "hang loose", and "laughing boy" come to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-82498016427141063532014-01-07T22:58:40.482+00:002014-01-07T22:58:40.482+00:00If All-Star Squadron was still being published, th...If All-Star Squadron was still being published, they would probably be up to the Fall of Berlin by now.Hoosier Xhttp://mushtown.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-77802046958338658312014-01-07T22:55:44.805+00:002014-01-07T22:55:44.805+00:00What about all that history you learned from "...What about all that history you learned from "The All-Star Squadron"? Every issue was a day-to-day chronology of World War II (for Americans anyway).<br /><br />(Too bad it took five years to get from December 1941 to Spring 1942.)Hoosier Xhttp://mushtown.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-2341847374254658332014-01-07T22:05:23.277+00:002014-01-07T22:05:23.277+00:00Thanks for the praise, Mark. :)Thanks for the praise, Mark. :)Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-21662938745627536482014-01-07T20:01:47.212+00:002014-01-07T20:01:47.212+00:00When playing a trivia game or in general discussio...When playing a trivia game or in general discussion, my family members often look at me in surprise and ask "How do you know that?!?". After many many decades, they now just look at each other and say "comics".<br /><br />I really like your blog!Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-70016551498352107692014-01-07T19:34:15.920+00:002014-01-07T19:34:15.920+00:00Even the art of creating comic books has its own, ...Even the art of creating comic books has its own, arcane terminology:<br />Panelology<br />Feathering<br />Zip-A-Tone<br />Breakdowns<br />Full Bleed<br />Flexographic,Mando and BaxterSimon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-41244934838748371262014-01-07T01:52:07.169+00:002014-01-07T01:52:07.169+00:00Doom has let fly so many good words in his time. ...Doom has let fly so many good words in his time. I find myself using "craven poltroon" all the time.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-12507562590701424882014-01-06T22:45:26.368+00:002014-01-06T22:45:26.368+00:00"Goldbrick."
"Holy Hannah!"
..."Goldbrick."<br /><br />"Holy Hannah!"<br /><br />"Geosynchronous orbit 22,600 miles above the earth's surface."<br /><br />"Distaff (member of the Fantastic Four)"<br /><br />Plus the name of that thing Ditko used to do in Amazing Spider-Man, where he drew Peter Parker with half of a Spider-Man mask ... assuming there WAS a name for that, which of course I cannot recall!<br /><br /><br />Longbox Graveyardhttp://www.longboxgraveyard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-35137447974594529472014-01-06T22:09:00.530+00:002014-01-06T22:09:00.530+00:00Best mark I ever got in a Uni essay was on the sub...Best mark I ever got in a Uni essay was on the subject of the treatment of Japanese Americans during WW2. Based or at least inspired by Roy Thomas' work in Young All-Stars.<br /><br />Oh and I did provide full references to the comics in the footnotes.Aggynoreply@blogger.com