We re-watched Pirates of the Caribbean a few nights ago, and noticed that Jack Sparrow also has a compass that doesn’t point north, just like Locke on Lost.
Clearly, Locke’s compass points to the Isla de Muerta! It’s in the wrong ocean, but they were off-course…
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has unveiled the artwork for its 2005 membership card, and it features Will Eisner’s classic character, the Spirit.
The timing is unfortunate, so soon after Eisner’s death, but it serves as a tribute to one of the most influential artists and storytellers in the history of comic books. (If you’ve ever heard of the Eisner awards—one of the most prestigious awards in comics—he’s the Eisner they’re named for, not the Disney guy.)
The CBLDF is dedicated to defending freedom of expression in comics. Artists get sued for parodies, retailers get arrested for for stocking R-rated titles (because everyone knows, comics are only for kids), customs agents confuse satire with piracy, and irate parents complain about Superman as “violent soft porn.” [archive.org] Really. It’s amazing what gets challenged, and the lengths to which some people will go to impose their own views of what’s acceptable on everyone else.
Maybe it was the lack of coffee sleep, but seeing this:
made me think of kids donating their Hot Wheels cars or Tonka trucks, or maybe tricycles, to a worthy cause.
We saw a license plate this morning that read:
NOT KYLE
Okaaay… a Green Lantern fan, perhaps?
Spotted during last month’s Christmas shopping:
In case you can’t read it through the blur, it says “BARGAIN OOKS.” I’m beginning to think the expendable camera is ready to be expended. Ah, well, back to carrying around the good camera.
With Identity Crisis just finished, and news breaking about DC Countdown, Crises are in the news in comics right now. That makes this exchange from The Flash 80-Page Giant #1 (1998) all the more interesting.
The setup: The DCU version of comic book writer Mark Millar is interviewing the Flash to get ideas for his next script. Apparently DC Comics exists in the DCU, but they publish stories about “real world” heroes. As you can see, they don’t know all the details—like their secret identities—and have to fill in the gaps themselves.
