I don't know if it's good news or bad news to inform you that this Rorschach-in-training is not my child, but MY GRANDKID.
Ordinarily Araya Sunshine is a normal little two-year-old who enjoys playing with blocks or, along with her cousin, exploting new avenues of mass transit.
But in times of trouble, the gloves go on, and a new persona takes over....
You don't want to make her angy.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Part the First
In 1967 I was eleven years old and
a dyed-in-the-wool DC Comics kid. One of
the dozens of comics kicking around our house at the time was Action #350, with
this stupendous cover by Curt Swan.
Looking back on this cover now, I
notice that the writer of this cover’s blurb was playing a little fast and
loose with history, since according to knowledge of the time cave men were
around tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago, but not a megaannum (look it up) ago! The “lived and died a million years ago” is a
little bit of an exaggeration.
Now, I know that Boring is considered a great
Superman artist -- I personally LOVE the way he portrays the lovely ladies of
DC -- but in my opinion Boring’s art is wa-a-a-y, t-o-o, cartoony. Compare Curt Swan’s depiction of the skull to
Boring’s:
Anyway, I remember this comic specifically because of an
argument it sparked between me and my sister Sue, who would have been 17 at the
time.
Until next time, don't forget to watch The Rat Patrol on ABC on Monday nights!
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