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Q, this brings up another

Richard Day — Sat, 16 May 2015 20:56:50 +0000

In reply to Well, the pic is entitled

Q, this brings up another subject that is dear to my heart.

Why cannot you become verified?

I mean this place verifies me which means that this site will verify anyone for chrissakes.

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Go ahead and get verified.

I mean it is not like joining a political party or anything.

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Well, the pic is entitled

Sat, 16 May 2015 20:18:14 +0000

In reply to Yeah, they took away my snuff

Well, the pic is entitled "Willie Wrestling," so..... y'know.

My parents weren't stupid but

ocean-kat — Sun, 10 May 2015 07:17:44 +0000

In reply to The Age of Marvel

My parents weren't stupid but they were uneducated. My mom, as the oldest daughter, had to drop out of high school to care for the family when her mom got sick and bedridden. They had one mode, Reading good, so anything with the printed word was good. I couldn't afford to buy comics, but Dad was a mechanic for much of my childhood and people were always dropping off stuff at his gas station. Often a stack of used comics. Could be Spiderman, Thor, or Archie comics. When mom got a job at a department store I started to get these erotic novels that were discarded, long before they were age appropriate. I was very introverted and the library was never enough since I spent so much time reading in my room.

I surprised no one has mentioned The Fabulous Ferry Freak Brothers. I went from super hero comics to hippie comics in my late teen years with hardly a pause.

Yeah, they took away my snuff

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 10 May 2015 05:57:44 +0000

In reply to I feel ya, big man.

Yeah, they took away my snuff porn collection*, and I've been pretty bitter ever since. Sexy Sadie was my favorite - perhaps not the best looker but a great vivacious spirit and the rowdiest screams as they put out her lights. But I guess if I hadn't put away my childish things, I would never have had the successful career I've had in cattle stockyard design and chicken factory processing. I count my blessings.

*might have had something to do with filming with my younger sister, but I think they were mostly just uptight prudes - you know the type, Q - always in your shorts over something. Speaking of shorts, that photo above could really be turned into something totally man-style sexilicious - shouldn't those dudes be pursuing a second career for the rough trade? (the ref looks like Emilio Estavez - he could use a career picker-upper I'm sure). Seems like such a waste.

Thank you, barefooted. Now

Michael Maiello — Sun, 10 May 2015 03:46:34 +0000

In reply to There's so much here besides

Thank you, barefooted. Now that I'm a dad, my son is steeped in Marvel and Star Wars but also loves Thomas and Friends. I love how he combines them. There are frequent super villain attacks on the Island of Sodor and when the villains are sent away, the heroes party with the trains.

But my favorite part is this... My son recognizes three modes for these characters -- "good, bad, and complicated." Spider-Man is good. Doctor Octopus is bad. Galactus is complicated. That much, I gave him. On his own, he decided that Dr. Doom and Magneto are also "complicated."

This kid, I tell you.

My hope is to give and not to impose too much.

To stay alive during hard

Michael Maiello — Sun, 10 May 2015 03:42:55 +0000

In reply to I'll have to go see the new

To stay alive during hard times, Marvel optioned a lot of its properties to companies and people. But most of those options have expired. Wesley got to be Blade. Movie T'Challa is coming!

Thanks for this, Q. I don't

Michael Maiello — Sun, 10 May 2015 03:41:36 +0000

In reply to I feel ya, big man.

Thanks for this, Q. I don't write a ton of personal stuff here. Your comment really touches me. You had it even worse in this regard. But you're your own Q.

I didn't find The Watchmen and Sandman until I was an adult. I love sci-fi and fantasy, too and I see very little gap between it and Vonnegut, magic realism and Tom Robbins, a name I haven't heard in too long. It's also attached to David Foster Wallace (big hero to me) and so many others (Max Barry... an often overlooked dude).

Here's Slick Ric making a point to a big man...

I'll have to go see the new

rmrd0000 — Sun, 10 May 2015 00:51:17 +0000

In reply to Also, Power Man of Heroes for

I'll have to go see the new Avengers movie. I thought Wesley Snipes had an option on the Black Panther, but that was eons ago. It may have fallen by the wayside by now.

Marvel also introduced one of the first black super villains, Centurius, in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvels evokes great memories.

I feel ya, big man.

Sun, 10 May 2015 00:47:27 +0000

In reply to The Age of Marvel

I feel ya, big man.

I got shut down on comics, and pretty violently so (my Mum burnt them all) when I was 11. Took me til my 20's before I felt free enough to pick them up again.

What turned the trick, from the comic side, was Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and the grand explosion of the 80's. Swamp Thing, The Watchmen, V for Vendetta and the rest were magic.

But no matter how you spin it, what my Mum did was shitty. Straight up, imagine that your wife, or husband, did that shit to YOUR kid? You'd shut that nonsense down in a hurry. And it was probably only the situation that let your Dad pull that crap off, unscathed.

My advice? Read what you goddamn want. I eventually found that my fave novels were all over on that wing of life anyway, SciFi and Fantasy, but also the whole Magic Realism and Surreal books by Robbins-Rushdie-Ruff-Vonnegut-The South Americans.

You're already a really strong writer MM. And you're busy putting in a solid, working, adult life. Maybe from here on though, reading-wise at least, just... let it rip.

And I can think of a certain wrestler who'd take that same stance as well, eh? ;-)

Also, Power Man of Heroes for

Michael Maiello — Sat, 09 May 2015 23:49:31 +0000

In reply to Marvel was the place to go

Also, Power Man of Heroes for Hire. And, of course, James Rhodes taking over as Iron Man for much of my childhood.

Love the Marvel names where race/demographics are concerned. I am constantly tickled by the idea of Janet van Dyne ("of the Chicago van Dynes") being named "The Wasp."

As for "The Black Panther," -- he's in the new Avenger's movie and I believe there is either a solo movie for him planned or that he'll factor into Captain America 3: Civil War, or both. I suspect that Fox will, sooner or later, react in embarrassing fashion, to the existence of a super hero who shares a name with the Black Panthers.