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bobkatt013 posted:Jack Kirby was on the Kirby dots. Is "Kirby Dots" trademarked, because if not, I'm about to fly out to the nearest con and make a goddamn fortune selling repackaged skittles. Even better. Some unholy amalgam of skittles and pop rocks. I mean really, edible Kirby Dots should be something that pops and crackles and fizzles and should come in bright primary colors.
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It's Kirby Krackle. It's Ditko Dots when it's misattributed to Steve Ditko.
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Sep 29, 2014 19:55
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Only heard them referred to as Kirby Dots, chief. Rolls off the tongue better too, not all alliteration is catchy.
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Is there a Batman arc where some shady businessman establishes 24/7 daylight in Gotham? I think it might have had something to do with crystals.
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Small Frozen Thing posted:Only heard them referred to as Kirby Dots, chief. Rolls off the tongue better too, not all alliteration is catchy. Heard both, but Krackle is so prevalent that there's a band by that name: 
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Sep 30, 2014 01:17
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Inkspot posted:Is there a Batman arc where some shady businessman establishes 24/7 daylight in Gotham? I think it might have had something to do with crystals. Are you mixing up Batman with Dr Dinosaur?
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Inkspot posted:Is there a Batman arc where some shady businessman establishes 24/7 daylight in Gotham? I think it might have had something to do with crystals. Doesn't sound familiar but there's been at least one Donald Duck story like that. (Well, Duckburg, not Gotham.)
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Sep 30, 2014 01:50
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Small Frozen Thing posted:Only heard them referred to as Kirby Dots, chief. Rolls off the tongue better too, not all alliteration is catchy.
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Sep 30, 2014 01:53
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Gaz-L posted:Are you mixing up Batman with Dr Dinosaur? I think the idea was that all these newly-installed lights absorbed sunlight during the day and then emitted it at night to keep Gotham perpetually bright and, theoretically, lead to less crime. Dr. Dinosaur's obsession with crystals is what made me hesitant to include that detail, especially since the whole thing might be some kind of fever dream, but I'm almost entirely certain it's real. Jerry Cotton posted:Doesn't sound familiar but there's been at least one Donald Duck story like that. (Well, Duckburg, not Gotham.) Go on, ...
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redbackground posted:Kirby Krackle is definitely the preferred nomenclature. Preferred by bad indie bands, maybe.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Doesn't sound familiar but there's been at least one Donald Duck story like that. (Well, Duckburg, not Gotham.) You'd think some enterprising villain would set that up in St. Canard, not in Duckburg.
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Sep 30, 2014 02:49
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Small Frozen Thing posted:Preferred by bad indie bands, maybe. I like it because the oldest Kirby panel that can really be said to use the technique actually describes the energy as crackling.  Blue Bolt #5, 1940
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I remember reading a series for the original New Universe called Justice. It was about a guy who was an alien cop who somehow (?) incarnated in a human form. He had these powers where he could yell "shield!" and a shield would form on his hand, and if he wanted to wreck fools he could shout "sword!" and he'd have some kind of energy attack. Both of them were really square and Simonson-esque. From what I recall he was rooting out shape-shifting aliens (dire wraiths?) and all the attendant confusion and persecution that entails. If I recall correctly he was then retconned into something else completely by the end of the series. Anyway, long explanation, but was it ever collected anywhere? I kind of want to see if I remember it like it was originally presented.
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Scaramouche posted:I remember reading a series for the original New Universe called Justice. It was about a guy who was an alien cop who somehow (?) incarnated in a human form. He had these powers where he could yell "shield!" and a shield would form on his hand, and if he wanted to wreck fools he could shout "sword!" and he'd have some kind of energy attack. Both of them were really square and Simonson-esque. From what I recall he was rooting out shape-shifting aliens (dire wraiths?) and all the attendant confusion and persecution that entails. If I recall correctly he was then retconned into something else completely by the end of the series. Anyway, long explanation, but was it ever collected anywhere? I kind of want to see if I remember it like it was originally presented. Never collected, but when the New Universe imploded after a year, they dumped the book onto this jerk from the sales department who kept begging for the chance to write a book. I think you'd be a bit surprised at what he did with it. The jerk being Peter David and he essentially Anatomy Lesson-ed Justice to say he was just suffering under a delusion.
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Inkspot posted:I think the idea was that all these newly-installed lights absorbed sunlight during the day and then emitted it at night to keep Gotham perpetually bright and, theoretically, lead to less crime. Dr. Dinosaur's obsession with crystals is what made me hesitant to include that detail, especially since the whole thing might be some kind of fever dream, but I'm almost entirely certain it's real. 'Tis no fever dream, it was real. It was called Batman: City of Light. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman:_City_of_Light It's got some pretty bad artwork* and Batman has a mental breakdown after a kid gets hurt while he's stopping crime, so there is litterally one issue that ends with Batman looking at his hands, crying and asking "what's happening to me." About the only reason why I read thte story is because Cassandra Caine is featured prominently in it, and I'm a huge CC mark. Crispus Allen and Montoya are in it too. Now the Batman: City of Crime arc, that's a great storyline. *= Seriously check out the covers to the series, they are hilariously bad. I particularly love issue 6, which features Batman vomiting explosions. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman:_City_of_Light_Vol_1_6
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Inkspot posted:Go on, ... Well that's about it, I can't remember if it used the "Scrooge's scheme ruins everything and he gets his comeuppance and takes it out on Donald/Gyro/whoever gave him the idea" or the "Scrooge's scheme ruins everything but then he redeems himself (monetarily) by implementing it in Foreigncountrystan" template. It's an Italian story and I just put all of the 200 or so books in storage so I don't think I'll be digging it up, sorry. Dr. Hurt posted:You'd think some enterprising villain would set that up in St. Canard, not in Duckburg. When you think about it Scrooge is a villain.
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Random Stranger posted:Never collected, but when the New Universe imploded after a year, they dumped the book onto this jerk from the sales department who kept begging for the chance to write a book. I think you'd be a bit surprised at what he did with it. The idea was that there weren't any extra-dimensional alien types in the New Universe, because it was intended to be "real world plus White Event" and nothing else. So the retcon was actually bringing the story into line with the original plan. 
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Is White Event a generic term for when stuff like this happens in comic books? Rising Stars was also a "real world" plus a cosmic event that created superheroes. And I swear I've read another indie comic in the same vein.
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lifg posted:Is White Event a generic term for when stuff like this happens in comic books? I've only heard of it in relation to the New Universe. Did the Rising Stars event have a formal name? (I read the first two trades of Rising Stars (had to quit, because it was getting depressing), but I don't remember the details.)
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White Events are also in Hickman's Avengers, but that's a direct reference.
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Aphrodite posted:White Events are also in Hickman's Avengers, but that's a direct reference. What, like Frasier fan conventions?
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Well, there's precedent
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Opopanax posted:Well, there's precedent I'm chomping at the bit for the obligatory Willie Lumpkin/Cliff Clavin fight scene.
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Gavok posted:I'm chomping at the bit for the obligatory Willie Lumpkin/Cliff Clavin fight scene. The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Bulldog
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Gavok posted:I'm chomping at the bit for the obligatory Willie Lumpkin/Cliff Clavin fight scene. "Well, y'see, it's a little known fact that the sound we associate with the letter 'S' doesn't exist in Latverian..."
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Gavok posted:I'm chomping at the bit for the obligatory Willie Lumpkin/Cliff Clavin fight scene. This would only be made better by Norm and Ben just sitting at the end of the bar watching the fight, while Reed Richard's stands there stumped by Norm's bar tab.
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Cadavers4Algernon posted:This would only be made better by Norm and Ben just sitting at the end of the bar watching the fight, while Reed Richard's stands there stumped by Norm's bar tab. Or stumped by Diane's pretentiousness.
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Cadavers4Algernon posted:This would only be made better by Norm and Ben just sitting at the end of the bar watching the fight, while Reed Richard's stands there stumped by Norm's bar tab. Afterwards, Dr. Doom and Lilith announce their engagement.
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Gavok posted:Afterwards, Dr. Doom and Lilith announce their engagement. You've made me realize how much I want a Kelsey Grammar Dr. Doom sitcom. Lilith: Brian is a seismologist at MIT. Doom: Doom believes that is perfect; Brian, being a seismologist, and you, having so many faults.
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Only if Niles is played by a Doombot programmed to act like 3-CPO.
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Inkspot posted:Only if Niles is played by a Doombot programmed to act like 3-CPO. Isn't that what we already got? By the way, if I had a daughter, my greatest hope for her would be that she married a KC Royal. 6/10
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Skwirl posted:Isn't that what we already got? What is she a druish princess?
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bobkatt013 posted:What is she a druish princess? I lost a bet about a sports game.
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Anyone know what Rafael Grampá is up to? I've only read Mesmo Delivery years ago and he short Wolverine story in Strange Tales. I've seen covers from him every once in a while, but want to read a full story sometime!
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I think he did a vodka commercial a while back.
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He also did this that popped up after I asked! http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/10...-entertainment/
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I'm sure this has been addressed so what was the Green Lantern who was responsible for Krypton's deal? You would think that letting a planet not blow up would have been on the Green Lantern's to do list.
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Madkal posted:I'm sure this has been addressed so what was the Green Lantern who was responsible for Krypton's deal? You would think that letting a planet not blow up would have been on the Green Lantern's to do list. He was busy. I think Superman forgave him.
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Dan Didio posted:He was busy. I think Superman forgave him. Think of all the terrible performance reviews Hal Jordan must have gotten: he has a whole sector of space to watch out for and spends 90% of his time busting bank robbers on this one planet while there are hundreds of others probably getting burned up by supernovas and frozen by ice ages every week.
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Madkal posted:I'm sure this has been addressed so what was the Green Lantern who was responsible for Krypton's deal? You would think that letting a planet not blow up would have been on the Green Lantern's to do list. It was Tomar Re, the orange dude with the beak.
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