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Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#76: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:16:37 PM

Pouches.

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
AtomJames I need a drink Since: Apr, 2010
I need a drink
#77: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:17:11 PM

Yes. Pouches. Lots and Lots of Pouches

Theres sex and death and human grime in monochrome for one thin dime and at least the trains all run on time but they dont go anywhere.
Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#78: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:18:05 PM

Parody.

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#79: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:21:24 PM

Okay, that 1st example threw me off and made me think you were talking about the legs...

Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#80: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:22:36 PM

Oh yeah...there's a bottom portion to that image. My eyes were completely focused on the pouches and I found that to be the most drawing portion of the image. Pouches.

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
AtomJames I need a drink Since: Apr, 2010
I need a drink
#81: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:24:53 PM

Bloodpouch, the bloodiest hero of them all...

Theres sex and death and human grime in monochrome for one thin dime and at least the trains all run on time but they dont go anywhere.
Jackerel SURPRISE from ur sentry Since: Feb, 2011
SURPRISE
#82: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:36:35 PM

Holy fuck, he made Obama even more awesome

Was Jack Mackerel. | i rite gud
DrFurball Since: Jan, 2001
#83: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:36:38 PM

Back on-topic, I'm tired of explaining that Stan Lee isn't known for drawing comics. He's known for writing them. Then I have to explain who Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko are (I never get tired of gushing over Ditko's art, though).

edited 2nd Mar '11 7:37:12 PM by DrFurball

AtomJames I need a drink Since: Apr, 2010
I need a drink
#84: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:37:47 PM

Do you have to then explain how important Jack Kirby was?

Theres sex and death and human grime in monochrome for one thin dime and at least the trains all run on time but they dont go anywhere.
TeChameleon Since: Jan, 2001
#85: Mar 3rd 2011 at 5:33:13 AM

I'm not exactly tired of having to explain it, but the very fact that there exists a need to explain who Joe Simon and Bill Finger were... even to fans... makes me twitch a little. At least poor old Jolly Jacob Kurtzberg managed to get his name on the cover of a few of his later works, eesh... (why yes, I did get Jack Kirby's biography not long ago, can you tell? tongue)

... Highly Visible Ninja EDIT- Why are those names redlinked? Why?!?

Well, I guess I have some troping to do when I find the time -_-;

edited 3rd Mar '11 5:34:06 AM by TeChameleon

G.G. Since: Dec, 1969
#86: Mar 13th 2011 at 10:53:20 PM

I had a brief talk with my brother about Aquaman, it didn't end well.

edited 13th Mar '11 10:54:32 PM by G.G.

Gvzbgul from Middle Earth Since: Jul, 2010
#87: Mar 14th 2011 at 2:54:19 AM

I don't get tired of it (mostly because it's not stupid people I tell) but most people aren't aware that comics change. So all the various 'Ages' of comics are unknown. I think it's because, really, most people's knowledge comes from superhero media outside of comics. Animated shows, films, etc, that's what's really driving the public perception of superheroes. So I enjoy telling people how comics are diverse and have developed over the years.

LadyMomus Since: Apr, 2009
#88: Mar 17th 2011 at 11:40:54 AM

No, Wonder Woman does not hate men or believe in female superiority. That was just in All-Star Batman. And in the animated movie . . . Okay, in some continuities, she's like that, but not in the main one.

Scardoll Burn Since: Nov, 2010
Burn
#89: Mar 21st 2011 at 8:23:45 AM

She hated men in the animated movie because the only man she really knew was a dickbag.

She also was just getting to know culture outside of her home. She was confused as hell as to why the women didn't work "hard enough" either. The end of the movie seemed to indicate she got better on the first point, at least.

edited 21st Mar '11 8:24:41 AM by Scardoll

Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.
ArchiveDigger Explodin' Cyanide Kitty from AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE Since: Nov, 2010
Explodin' Cyanide Kitty
#90: Mar 21st 2011 at 9:04:08 AM

I hate telling people(especially my parents) that not all comics are gory bloodfests slapped with an R rating.

"BAMF!Behold my awesomeness!I am your worst fear COMING TO LIFE. I am...a kitty with a TIE." -ARCHIVEDIGGER
DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#91: Mar 21st 2011 at 1:23:07 PM

[up]Which unfortunately is the result of people thinking that was the best way to shed the "kiddie" image of comics, which also happened to video game.

I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
Seamus Another Perfect Day from the Quantum Savanna Since: Jul, 2009
Another Perfect Day
#92: Mar 21st 2011 at 5:25:50 PM

No, Wonder Woman does not hate men or believe in female superiority. That was just in All-Star Batman. And in the animated movie . . . Okay, in some continuities, she's like that, but not in the main one.
Successfully explaining the idea of different continuities is something I haven't been able to do.

I've got two guns pointed west and a broken compass.
Jackerel SURPRISE from ur sentry Since: Feb, 2011
SURPRISE
#93: Mar 21st 2011 at 6:48:48 PM

Garth Ennis really isn't helping that image, Digger.

Was Jack Mackerel. | i rite gud
KingZeal Since: Oct, 2009
#94: Mar 22nd 2011 at 6:50:58 AM

[up][up] Essentially, tell them it's like different "tellings" of myths, fables, or reprintings of the Bible.

It's worked for me thus far.

RedneckRocker First Loyalty: Yourself from None Of Your Business Since: Jan, 2001
First Loyalty: Yourself
#95: Mar 22nd 2011 at 7:56:01 AM

[up] [up] [up] I usually ask them if they know about the idea of alternate realities. If they say no, I ask, "Ever see Sliders?" If they say yes, I simply respond "Same idea."

Embroiled in slave rebellion, I escaped crucifixion simply by declaring 'I am Vito', everyone else apparently being called 'Spartacus'.
NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#96: Mar 22nd 2011 at 9:14:45 AM

[up]What if they say no? I tried to explain continuity to a friend once, I don't think it stuck.

RedneckRocker First Loyalty: Yourself from None Of Your Business Since: Jan, 2001
First Loyalty: Yourself
#97: Mar 22nd 2011 at 9:21:11 AM

That's because your friend is an idiot.

Sorry; I don't know the friend in question, so I shouldn't have said that.

Anyhow, if they don't know about the idea of alternate realities (or Sliders), I just simply recite the concept that's been mentioned in countless TV shows/movies/comics/sci-fi/etc.

Embroiled in slave rebellion, I escaped crucifixion simply by declaring 'I am Vito', everyone else apparently being called 'Spartacus'.
NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#98: Mar 22nd 2011 at 9:29:01 AM

[up]She's way smarter than metongue

I think I was wording my explanation poorly to her though.

I think I was trying to explain how the Spider-man movies have nothing to do with the comics even though they have a lot of the same things.

KingZeal Since: Oct, 2009
#99: Mar 22nd 2011 at 9:29:27 AM

The trouble I've had with the Sliders analogy are the "retellings" of classic stories in a different medium. For example, the retelling of "For The Man Who Has Everything" in Justice League. It's pretty much the exact same story as the one in the comics, but with no Robin. Or, for another example, the many different version of the "first meeting" between Batman and The Joker. Most of them happen in the same universe, under the same "continuity", but with different events. Telling people it's all alternate worlds only confuses them more.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#100: Mar 22nd 2011 at 9:30:18 AM

Speaking of alt-continuities, it tends to get annoying telling people time and time again that the continuity from the recent popular movie doesn't necessarily apply anywhere else.

No, Joker didn't kill Batman's parents. No, Wolverine and Sabertooth are not half-brothers. No, Joker doesn't have scars in the comics (well, that one was eventually changed).

People are starting to believe this less, though.


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