tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post51114759838394543..comments2024-03-29T08:31:38.748+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Forty years ago today - May 1981.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-73734047434861065152021-05-19T16:11:02.628+01:002021-05-19T16:11:02.628+01:00FB, it's madness. What were Marvel thinking of...FB, it's madness. What were Marvel thinking of? Regardless, thanks for pointing it out. You definitely get a coveted Steve Does Comics No-Prize. :)Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-70632679168236541882021-05-19T12:24:08.424+01:002021-05-19T12:24:08.424+01:00Steve (and the gang):
Don't blink or you'...Steve (and the gang):<br /><br />Don't blink or you'll miss it, but the name is *BLACK-Lash* not Backlash. It's not a typo either as I had several comics where he appeared and that name always bugged me.<br /><br />Even Phillip missed that one! ;)<br /><br />-F.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-56828091868834425832021-05-11T15:18:41.171+01:002021-05-11T15:18:41.171+01:00Dangermash, thanks for that explanation. I've ...Dangermash, thanks for that explanation. I've read about "Hawking radiation" but I didn't know enough about the subject to mention it in my previous comment!<br /><br />Stephen Hawking was undoubtedly a brilliant scientist but he had some wacky ideas about the future of humanity. He was convinced that Earth is doomed and we must flee to another planet. Where this other Earth-like world is to be found and how we'll get there was never actually explained though. Colin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564469551279026689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-15199971079102383842021-05-11T14:13:35.738+01:002021-05-11T14:13:35.738+01:00MP/Colin - black holes evaporate slowly if left lo...MP/Colin - black holes evaporate slowly if left long enough. Empty space isn't empty but is constantly crackling like a bowl of rice crispies as particle and antiparticle pairs randomly appear out of nowhere, then cancel each other out just as quickly. When this happens just outside the black hole, it's possible that one half of the pair can disappear into the hole while the other half escapes, so they don't cancel each other out. Those bits that escape end up as "Hawking radiation" that looks like it's being emitted from the hole. And by conservation of mass and energy, it means the mass of the black hole must get smaller.<br /><br />That's the closest I can get to an explanation. I know it's weird that the black hole gets smaller even though I'm saying it's absorbing particles. This is just one of those bonkers things where at tiny quantum mechanical scales, things just don't behave according to the sort of physics we learnt at school.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-90533386094939350442021-05-11T13:53:14.418+01:002021-05-11T13:53:14.418+01:00Colin - Yes, Radio 4 has some stupid commentators....Colin - Yes, Radio 4 has some stupid commentators. I remember a woman commentator asking why people find it so hard to name 2 contemporary poets, saying she herself could just about manage it. One of the 'contemporary' poets she named - to sound clever - was Walt Whitman! He was around during the US Civil War! I can't remember her second choice, but it was also crap.<br /><br />Even Melvin Bragg comes out with rubbish, sometimes, on 'In Our Time.' <br /><br />I always associate Handel more with Oratorios. <br /><br /> PhillipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-77468563001072924632021-05-11T13:35:33.831+01:002021-05-11T13:35:33.831+01:00MP, I'm no expert on the subject but I think s...MP, I'm no expert on the subject but I think stuff that gets sucked into a black hole just stays there and is compressed by the massive gravitational force of the black hole. It was thought that a black hole would last forever but it's now believed that black holes do lose their matter slowly over trillions of trillions of trillions of years.<br /><br />Phil, I'm glad BBC radio knows that Bob Marley is actually dead - about 15 years ago I heard that a BBC researcher tried to get an interview with Bob Marley for an intended documentary!! There are some real idiots on the BBC - I was once listening to a radio programme and the presenter thought that the author Evelyn Waugh was a woman and Jenni Murray (formerly of Woman's Hour) didn't know that Handel wrote any operas.Colin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564469551279026689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-89680898681353749032021-05-11T12:18:58.660+01:002021-05-11T12:18:58.660+01:00M.P. - Yeah - maybe that adder was the descendant ...M.P. - Yeah - maybe that adder was the descendant of one of the snakes St. Pat kicked out of Ireland!<br /><br />Remember how, in the Warlock story with Star Thief, Adam went through a black hole, ending up exiting through a white hole, on the other side? That's major invulnerability! This idea/ thought experiment seems taken from Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos', yet 'Cosmos' was on tv after Warlock (at least in the UK) ?<br /><br />Last night I woke up at 03.25am (not unusual), and ended up listening to BBC World Service, followed by Radio 4. Turns out they're commemorating 40 years since Bob Marley's passing.<br /><br /> Phillip Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-39182494648722545952021-05-11T04:53:48.978+01:002021-05-11T04:53:48.978+01:00My Peter Parker/Elektra theory aside, this month&#...My Peter Parker/Elektra theory aside, this month's Daredevil was the start of a brilliantly consistent run, where Kingpin loomed large over the continuing storyline, and Miller barely missed a beat until the end of his original run (#191) and then a few years later through 'Born Again' (loosely #227 to #232). I also really liked Cockrum's return to X-men, although these issues probably haven't aged as well as the Byrne run. This was a great time to transition from UK weeklies to US monthlies, as my thirteen year old self did.<br /><br />DW Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-90922020659534904952021-05-11T03:58:21.261+01:002021-05-11T03:58:21.261+01:00Phil, didn't St. Patrick chase all the dogs ou...Phil, didn't St. Patrick chase all the dogs outta Wales?<br />No, waitaminnit. I got it mixed up. It was St. Bernard that did that. <br />That's how he got the name!<br />Those big-ass dogs were ravaging the countryside and eating Christians. <br /><br />Colin, nobody has ever explains to my satisfaction in a way my limited intellect can understand, is WHAT HAPPENS TO STUFF THAT GETS SUCKED INTO A BLACK HOLE. Does it go somewhere? Does it, like, spill out? Does it just, like, stay there?<br />It's gotta go someplace, is what I'm saying. Matter can neither be created or destroyed. <br />That's in the Bible, I think! Maybe Ecclesiastes, I dunno. <br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-16689685297235445532021-05-10T19:00:07.786+01:002021-05-10T19:00:07.786+01:00Yes, Charlie - And Paul became part of the Asher h...Yes, Charlie - And Paul became part of the Asher household, with his own room with the family!<br />Don't overdose on 7up!<br /><br /> Phillip<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-76486131808444007772021-05-10T18:55:00.061+01:002021-05-10T18:55:00.061+01:00Philip, Sean, Colin
Didn't one of you send m...Philip, Sean, Colin<br /><br /><br />Didn't one of you send me a really cool link to a BBC show a few months ago wherein the reporter discusses touring around the Asher house which is where Paul McCartney lived there when he was in London. (It's where he and John wrote "I Want To Hold Your Hand?") <br /><br />I guess you can walk around the house but not inside since it is inhabited, not a museum.<br /><br />OK gents, it's lunch time and the larger and juicier Un-Charlie is going out to get some lunch... and perhaps kick some Midget Magus in the backside for some good fun.<br /><br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-58571829257713517612021-05-10T17:51:16.736+01:002021-05-10T17:51:16.736+01:00Didn’t Storm also have a bit of a crush on Dracula...Didn’t Storm also have a bit of a crush on Dracula a year or two later? Maybe Claremont read a lot of Gothic Romances in his formative years. His lady heroes did have a tendency to be attracted to hyper-masculine, controlling ‘Dark Dad’ types. Fortunately, the ladies would always come to their senses at some point, but still, the trope was always a little cringe-y. The on-the-nose word balloons didn’t help. ‘Against my better judgement, I find myself .... ATTRACTED to this man.’ Etc. <br /><br />Yeah, i dutifully kept buying X-MEN after Byrne’s departure, but the immediate drop-off in quality was pretty obvious. I think Cockrum was a pretty terrific artist (and excellent costume designer) but this second run on the title lacked the fire of his first. I seem to remember that in order to meet the monthly deadline, he was only able to provide loose ‘layout’ type pencils on this second-go-round, which left him somewhat at the mercy of his inkers. But whatever the case, it all felt a little un-inspired, a bit ‘been there, done that’. I think Byrne certainly brought more exciting plot and storytelling elements to the book. <br /><br />When Paul Smith took over the pencilling duties, the book was more fun to look at for a few months, but even then the stories felt kinda tired and warmed-over. Ah well. Nothing lasts forever....<br /><br /> b.t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-77510230630475613292021-05-10T16:54:18.583+01:002021-05-10T16:54:18.583+01:00As the guy's name is Thomas Jones, let's g...As the guy's name is Thomas Jones, let's get all the predictable jokes like, "It's not unusual" to be startled by an adder - or, "baby it must have been cold outside" for a snake in those days, out of the way!<br /><br /> PhillipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-88161539847119161652021-05-10T16:48:31.988+01:002021-05-10T16:48:31.988+01:00Charlie - Yes! - The Man with the Golden Gun!
C...Charlie - Yes! - The Man with the Golden Gun! <br /><br />Charlie - What's more, Lady Williams is...Jane Asher! So you can watch the clip, and imagine you're Paul McCartney, rescuing Jane from a bad party...in which other band members have over imbibed! Suits you, Sir!<br /><br />The hero of the clip is a late medieval/early Tudor version of the Falcon, but with a Welsh acccent!<br /><br />There's another clip about sheep stealing:<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00kn2wn<br /><br />Didn't dogs exist in Wales? I'll get my cloak! <br /><br /><br /> Phillip<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-53347598372452786632021-05-10T16:01:28.906+01:002021-05-10T16:01:28.906+01:00Charlie was raised on Uncola Nuts. That is why he...Charlie was raised on Uncola Nuts. That is why he is larger and juicier.<br /><br />Gerry Conway was clearly raised on Cola Nuts and hence he did his best to wreck Charlie's life by killing Gwen Stacy and trying to have Reed and Sue divorce. I<br /><br />I suspect Gerry is thus smaller and dryer than Charlie and would NOT be surprised if the Midget Magus was his idea!Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-87312782854413649082021-05-10T15:59:16.430+01:002021-05-10T15:59:16.430+01:00Colin -
The whole Negative Zone thing and black ...Colin - <br /><br />The whole Negative Zone thing and black holes... <br /><br />That's where the FF stories lose their credibility. Until then they are totally realistic and plausible but then Reed, the NZ monsters, Annhilius dance around the event horizon like it's a bright line to include Reed seemingly reaching across it, as the human rubber band, to try and grab Janus before he gets totally sucked in. <br /><br />Actually the NZ's Black Hole is more like an anti-matter zone where matter and anti-matter meet and go "poof." <br /><br />So I guess it's actually what we could refer to as the Positive Zone in the Negative Zone?<br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-69685482527607980262021-05-10T15:57:54.732+01:002021-05-10T15:57:54.732+01:00MP, Philip, Regarding little persons and James Bon...MP, Philip, Regarding little persons and James Bond, was not the little dude who used to say "Boss the plane! The plane!" on some show with Ricardo Montebann (Fantasy Island) a bond villain?<br /><br />Philip - I am looking at the link you sent and Lady Williams is startled by an adder (I assume that is not a cunning mathematician) and Thomas Jones comes to her rescue? That sounds like man's role in the big scheme of things! I'll give it a viewing. SUITS YOU SIR!!!<br /><br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-2217372229807781972021-05-10T15:27:22.183+01:002021-05-10T15:27:22.183+01:00Charlie - Man's role as protector:
https://ww...Charlie - Man's role as protector:<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00kn2tx<br /><br /> PhillipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-26749920214632014842021-05-10T15:16:09.136+01:002021-05-10T15:16:09.136+01:00The words "midget" and "dwarf"...The words "midget" and "dwarf" are considered extremely derogatory nowadays - the preferred modern terms are "little person" or "person of diminished stature" etc.<br /><br />It's interesting that the human black hole's power gets drained away because that is what will happen to real black holes. They will all evaporate eventually but it takes a long, LONG time - the last black holes in the universe will finally evaporate in about one hundred, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion years. Colin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564469551279026689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-18993626427858011062021-05-10T10:56:09.683+01:002021-05-10T10:56:09.683+01:00Regarding Storm's interest in imperious Dr. Do...Regarding Storm's interest in imperious Dr. Doom, Ororo had similar relationships with Arkon & Dracula. The only imperious character missing, for Storm to have the 'set', is Namor! <br /><br />As regards 'vertically challenged villains', there was also that guy in 'The Wild, Wild West'.<br /><br /> PhillipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-80445436594902848032021-05-10T10:22:39.259+01:002021-05-10T10:22:39.259+01:00"Midget magus"? Tsk, tsk, Charlie.
Its ..."Midget magus"? Tsk, tsk, Charlie. <br />Its not 1981 anymore; these days its "Differently sized magus".<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-55516559238818671912021-05-10T06:34:41.262+01:002021-05-10T06:34:41.262+01:00Charlie, I checked that out! That was the guy from...Charlie, I checked that out! That was the guy from Live and Let Die!<br />I dunno if I wanna start drinking 7-Up on the advice of Baron Samedi. It almost sounds like a Faustian bargain, just for the sake of citric-flavored refreshment. It sounds diabolical.<br />Do I gotta show up at the crossroads at midnight under a full moon and sign a piece of parchment with my own blood? For the sake of a fizzy cola?<br />No thanks. M.P. is a skittish cat. I'll stick with Fresca, thank you very much.<br /><br />M.P.<br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-55576832630835754792021-05-10T06:11:35.854+01:002021-05-10T06:11:35.854+01:00Charlie, maybe you're right.
Maybe there's...Charlie, maybe you're right.<br />Maybe there's no good place to put a portal to the Negative Zone.<br />Maybe Florida. I don't think anything could seem strange down there, anymore. <br /><br />M.P.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-54869584486781047392021-05-10T04:49:44.591+01:002021-05-10T04:49:44.591+01:00And like the Uncola Nut, Charlie is "larger a...And like the Uncola Nut, Charlie is "larger and juicier" than the average contributor to SDC. Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-11304389638844614462021-05-10T04:48:12.155+01:002021-05-10T04:48:12.155+01:00MP... let's get serious here and forget that t...MP... let's get serious here and forget that the cover blurb mentions "Toppled by The Midget Magus!" B/c if you are like me, Conan fighting a midget just gives me a raging form of excitement that wants to send me to ebay to find a slabbed copy and frame it on my wall!<br /><br />Anyhow, were else would the Marvel's version of Plastic Man put the door to the Negative Zone? I mean, so he puts it in Gary, Indiana? Then how the hell is he going to get there? Taxi? OK so he takes the Quinn Jet... but then where in the heck is he going to park it? It'd be stolen before you know it.<br /><br />Yes - I am a nut. The Uncola nut veriety though. I'm sure you remember the commercial below? And, like the uncola nut, Charlie brings a certain "je ne sais quoi" to SDC!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXmc7DG4uu8<br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.com