Slog - Comments on Oh Dear http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear Stephen Colbert is guest-starring in an issue of Spider-Man. It's always awkward when real people show up in a comic book. Case in point: the Hulk went on a rampage a few years ago because he was jealous of Freddie Prinze, Jr.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:00:00 -0800 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:17:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Ben I seem to remember a Stephen Colbert proxy showing up in Spider-man at some point already. Some scene in a book store, as I recall.

I don't know, I gave up on ASM after OMD.

]]> Ben http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152890 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152890 Books Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:20:30 -0800 Comment by laterite Ah, yes, the Hulk meltdown in The Ultimates. That reference was stale even when I first read the series in 2002; a big glaring boner (in the classic sense) in an otherwise superior reboot of the Avengers franchise. Re-reading the TPB, there are other references that fall flat now, like mentions of Playstation 2 and eBay, not to mention the now self-fulfilling prophecy of Samuel Jackson playing Nick Fury.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152891 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152891 Books Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:21:22 -0800 Comment by Gitai I liked the Freddie Prinze, Jr. reference. The Ultimates moves in real time, and characters age, politicians are in and out of office, and so on, so I'm okay with it.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152896 Books Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:26:07 -0800 Comment by laterite Oh yeah, and it wasn't enough to just *talk* about Freddie Prinze, they had to actually show him on a date with Betty Ross, and get rescued by the Avengers when they evacuated lower Manhatten. Barf.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152897 Books Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:26:14 -0800 Comment by Hernandez One thing I keep noticing in Marvel Comics is that they've apparently decided to perpetuate Colbert's 2008 presidential bid in the Marvel universe. I keep on seeing all these "Colbert '08 (and so can you!)" signs in the backgrounds.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152898 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152898 Books Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:26:46 -0800 Comment by max solomon colbert looks like he's in a sling about to be fucked.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152899 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152899 Books Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:27:13 -0800 Comment by elenchos You call that ass-crack shading? Young man, are you sure you want to draw for Spider-Man comics? I suggest if you intend to work another day for Marvel, you spend some long hours studying a muscular male ass-crack, from a low, frontal angle. For some titles, maybe the ass-crack doesn't play a major role, but if Spider-Man's ass crack is shaded unrealistically, it undermines the ENTIRE book, mister. The entire book.

Now get cracking.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152904 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1152904 Books Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:30:10 -0800 Comment by db Jump the shark, Steven!

]]> db http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1153063 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_dear#c1153063 Books Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:17:52 -0800