History CowboyBebopAtHisComputer / ComicBooks

* [[http://reviewfix.com/2012/01/avatar-the-last-airbender-the-promise-review-the-series-continues/ This]] review of Issue One of ''AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise'' makes it sound like the reviewer has never actually seen an episode of [=A:TLA=]. ''The first paragraph'' mentions "the people of the Water, Earth, Fire and Wind nations"[[hottip:*:For those not familiar with [=A:TLA=] - that's the Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation and AIR Nomads - who are all dead except for Aang (hence the name of the show)]] and "...Water benders in the sibling duo of Katara and her brother Sokka."[[hottip:*:Sokka is not a water bender. A fact established from the first scene of the first episode onward.]]

* On an interview on the Larry King Show, legendary Marvel Comics writer Stan Lee was discussing the merits of comics. He said that besides great art a lot of them have good dialogue. King scoffed "Good dialogue? What like 'Zap!' 'Pow!' That's good dialogue?" Stan corrected him that those were '''sound effects'''. Lee was nice about it and playfully calling him a "Silly person"... There wa a whole lot of old in the room.

** ClarkesThirdLaw?

** And somewhere, Kyle Rayner, Alexandra [=DeWitt=], Peter Parker, Mary-Jane Parker... er, Watson, and Gwen Stacy all threw up their hands and said "Wait, what?" So not only did they manage to confuse the fate of a woman that was dating a different character entirely, they managed to somehow confuse the company's universe they're working in? Wow, man.

* A Swedish TV guide showed a picture of a person they called Magneto. "Magneto" had adamantium claws and freaky hair.

* A British newspaper once featured a picture of CaptainAmerica, captioned as ''CaptainPlanet'', apparently [[http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/14/do-you-think-this-a-on-my-head-stands-for-planet/ failing to spot the colossal A on his helmet and American flag shield]].
** FridgeBrilliance comes into play if you view this mistake as a subtle dig at [[{{Eagleland}} America's presence on the world stage]], although this is probably giving those responsible too much credit.

*** When she was killed by the most awesome revocation of comic book physics ever, too...

* On an interview on the Larry King Show, legendary Marvel Comics writer Stan Lee was discussing the merits of comics. He said that besides great art a lot of them have good dialogue. King scoffed "Good dialogue? What like 'Zap!' 'Pow!' That's good dialogue?" Stan corrected him that those were '''sound effects'''. Lee was nice about it and playfully calling him a "Silly person."
** The old in the room was enormous.
* An article about upcoming summer movies in Time magazine talked of Green Lantern and his magic ring.
** Not ''too'' bad. There is ''a'' Green Lantern with a magic ring, just not the one the movie was about.

* After an article by USA Today about the new Ultimate Spider-man had the quote “Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal.” Several news organizations such as the Daily Mail and the Drudge Report automatically assumed that Mike Morales "could be gay".

* [[http://reviewfix.com/2012/01/avatar-the-last-airbender-the-promise-review-the-series-continues/ This]] review of Issue One of ''AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise'' makes it sound like the reviewer has never actually seen an episode of [=A:TLA=]. ''The first paragraph'' mentions "the people of the Water, Earth, Fire and Wind nations"[[hottip:*:For those not familiar with [=A:TLA=] - that's the Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation and AIR Nomads - who are all dead except for Aang (hence the name of the show)]] and "...Water benders in the sibling duo of Katara and her brother Sokka."[[hottip*:Sokka is not a water bender. A fact established from the first scene of the first episode onward.]]

** "Guy Fawkes Day" is used fairly often, as shown by a quick Google search. This seems to have become a casual term for the holiday - this troper's British grandparents have referred to "Guy Fawkes Day".

** "Guy Fawkes Day" fairly often, as shown by a quick Google search. This seems to have become a casual term for the holiday - this troper's British grandparents have referred to "Guy Fawkes Day".

* A recent article in the LA Times on the use of VForVendetta Guy Fawkes masks by the Occupy protestors somehow managed to claim that the comic and film were about Guy Fawkes rather than the [[CriticalResearchFailure Titular Character.]] The article also managed to invent a semi-fictitious British celebration called Guy Fawkes ''Day'' (in reality the 5th of November is generally referred to as Bonfire Night, and the older name Guy Fawkes ''Night'' has begun to fall out of use).

* An issue of ''Latina'' had immigrant workers (showing that they were true heroes, performing thankless tasks) dressed in various costumes. Two were dressed as the Fantastic Four, according to the caption. [[spoiler:They were ''really'' dressed as the Wonder Twins.

* An issue of ''Latina'' had immigrant workers (showing that they were true heroes, performing thankless tasks) dressed in various costumes. Two were dressed as the Fantastic Four, according to the caption. [[spoiler:They were ''really'' dressed as the Wonder Twins.]]

* And actually you can pretty much include any mainstream news pieces which focused on the deaths of beloved superhero staples like [[Superman]] back in the 90s, and [[Captain America]] and [[Batman]] in the 00's. They rarely mentioned that superhero deaths are a cyclical process and that their resurrections were pretty much inevitable the moment they were killed off (or in the case of Batman, not pointing out that he was shown to actually not be dead at the end of the very story where he was presumble to have been killed). Of course, these news pieces were usually substantiated by the publicity and hype machine departments of Marvel/DC who also avoided downplaying the overall significance of those deaths lest they damper the sudden interest they were receiving.

* An issue of ''Latina'' had immigrant workers (showing that they were true heroes, performing thankless tasks) dressed in various costumes. Two were dressed as the Fantastic Four, according to the caption. [[spoiler;They were ''really'' dressed as the Wonder Twins.]]

* And actually you can pretty much include any mainstream news pieces which focused on the deaths of beloved superhero staples like [[Superman]] back in the 90s, and [[Captain America]] and [[Batman]] in the 00's. They rarely mentioned that superhero deaths are a cyclical process and that their resurrections were pretty much inevitable the moment they were killed off (or in the case of Batman, not pointing out that he was shown to actually not be dead at the end of the very story where he was presumble to have been killed). Of course, these news pieces were usually substantiated by the publicity and hype machine departments of Marvel/DC who also avoided downplaying the overall significance of those deaths lest they damper the sudden interest they were receiving.

* A Swedish TV guide showed a picture of a person they called Magneto. "Magneto" had adamantium claws and freaky hair.

** After an article by USA Today about the new Ultimate Spider-man had the quote “Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal.” Several news organizations such as the Daily Mail and the Drudge Report automatically assumed that Mike Morales "could be gay".

** After an article by USA Today about the new Ultimate Spider-man had the quote “Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal.” Several news organizations such as the Daily Mail and the Drudge Report automatically assumed that Mike Morales "could be gay".

* An article about upcoming summer movies in Time magazine talked of Green Lantern and his magic ring.

* An article about upcoming summer movies in Time magazine talked of Green Lantern and his magic ring.
** Well.. Some credit is to be had, as the Original Green Lantern, Alan Scott's ring was Magic Based. But chances are, they just called Science Magic out of ignorance.

* An article about upcoming summer movies in Time magazine talked of Green Lantern and his magic ring.

* An article about upcoming summer movies in time magazine talked of Green Lantern and his magic ring.

** The old in the room was enormous.

** And somewhere, Kyle Rayner, Alexandra [=DeWitt=], Peter Parker, Mary-Jane [[strike:Parker]] Watson, and Gwen Stacy all threw up their hands and said "Wait, what?" So not only did they manage to confuse the fate of a woman that was dating a different character entirely, they managed to somehow confuse the company's universe they're working in? Wow, man.

* An Australian newspaper condemned the depiction of women in comic books. They cited one of the earliest examples of poor treatment being Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'s girlfriend Gwen Stacy. So far, correct. Then they wrote about her terrible demise by being [[WomenInRefrigerators killed and stuffed in Spider-Man's fridge]]...

* The media brouhaha surrounding the fact that in-real-life beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown appeared in the [[MarvelComics Marvel Comic]] ''Captain Britain and MI:13'' had several paper's calling him [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023597/Have-fear-Brown-help-save-world--new-comic-book-Captain-Britain.html SuperGordon]] and/or saying he "[[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/SuperGordon-to-help-save-world-in-Captain-Britain-fantasy/318214/ leads a counterattack]]" on the invading Skrulls, making him sound like [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Prime Minister Action]]. In the comic itself, he shows competence and resolve, but doesn't do much; he does give commands, but seems to be a little bit out of the loop when it comes to the world of magic and superheroics.

* The media brouhaha surrounding the fact that in-real-life beleaguered Prime Minster Gordon Brown appeared in the [[MarvelComics Marvel Comic]] ''Captain Britain and MI:13'' had several paper's calling him [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023597/Have-fear-Brown-help-save-world--new-comic-book-Captain-Britain.html SuperGordon]] and/or saying he "[[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/SuperGordon-to-help-save-world-in-Captain-Britain-fantasy/318214/ leads a counterattack]]" on the invading Skrulls, making him sound like [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Prime Minster Action]]. In the comic itself, he shows competence and resolve, but doesn't do much; he does give commands, but seems to be a little bit out of the loop when it comes to the world of magic and superheroics.