tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618879740460069575.post8281972770411389669..comments2024-02-22T02:31:34.108+00:00Comments on Too Busy Thinking About My Comics: He Even Took His Socks Off! Why We Long To Be The Hero Revealed, And Yet Not The Hero.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618879740460069575.post-52290100245007971942010-04-07T19:42:03.714+01:002010-04-07T19:42:03.714+01:00Smitty. That Blog. Now. By the order of some total...Smitty. That Blog. Now. By the order of some totally mythical, bogus authority, I demand it. (Last time I'll mention it, but at least I'm trying.)<br /><br />But now I shall head off to my All Star Superman hardbacks and hunt down that scene. Because I read things in trade these days, I often don't absorb as much as I did when I was reading issues one at a time, and re-reading them as I waited for the next cab off the rank. And anything as cool as that which you've described deserves to be burnt into my memory.Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246781681702128600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618879740460069575.post-79985598303966078692010-04-07T19:41:28.710+01:002010-04-07T19:41:28.710+01:00Smitty. That Blog. Now. By the order of some total...Smitty. That Blog. Now. By the order of some totally mythical, bogus authority, I demand it. (Last time I'll mention it, but at least I'm trying.)<br /><br />But now I shall head off to my All Star Superman hardbacks and hunt down that scene. Because I read things in trade these days, I often don't absorb as much as I did when I was reading issues one at a time, and repreading them as I waited for the next cab off the rank. And anything as cool as that which you've described deserves to be burnt into my memory.Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246781681702128600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618879740460069575.post-89701427335870331232010-04-07T13:10:55.826+01:002010-04-07T13:10:55.826+01:00The ability to crystalize and hold that quicksilve...The ability to crystalize and hold that quicksilver moment forever in our hands is what makes comics so compelling and joyous. <br /><br />Opening All Star Superman to the double page spread of a young Clark eulogizing his father with his future self (AND the squad of superheroes he would inspire to take up his mantle) in the audience is my current favorite of this type.Smittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618879740460069575.post-24628012376942896992010-03-18T22:45:44.671+00:002010-03-18T22:45:44.671+00:00Hi Duncan. I'd be glad to answer why I put tha...Hi Duncan. I'd be glad to answer why I put that last paragraph there, but I'd be fascinated to know why you think I did so before I do. Would you mind? What do YOU think it's doing there? An odd question perhaps, but in truth I'm just as -if not actually far more - interested in your thoughts here as mine.Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246781681702128600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618879740460069575.post-69234986652396044882010-03-18T22:21:23.704+00:002010-03-18T22:21:23.704+00:00Is the last paragraph a metaphor?Is the last paragraph a metaphor?Duncanhttp://mindlessones.comnoreply@blogger.com