Comments on: 2/16 – Declarative Rabbit Says… http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:12:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brian Cronin http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54434 Brian Cronin Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:39:48 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54434 Oh yeah, while a joke post, the goateed Spectre IS goofy-looking and lame, as I have pointed out in the past gazillion Judging Books By Their Covers. Oh yeah, while a joke post, the goateed Spectre IS goofy-looking and lame, as I have pointed out in the past gazillion Judging Books By Their Covers.

]]> By: DanCJ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54394 DanCJ Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:31:33 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54394 Obviously I can't type today... Obviously I can’t type today…

]]> By: DanCJ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54393 DanCJ Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:31:08 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54393 My lst posts came out completely wron - it was supposted to be <blockquote>“There’s nowt wrong with goatees. I used to sport one myself and occasionally consider growing it back” Your first and second statements are contradictory. Ha. </blockquote> :P My lst posts came out completely wron – it was supposted to be

“There’s nowt wrong with goatees. I used to sport one myself and occasionally consider growing it back”

Your first and second statements are contradictory.

Ha.

:P

]]> By: Omar Karindu http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54374 Omar Karindu Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:35:33 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54374 It's a funny joke post, yes, but I really don't like the goatee. It'd work if the cloak changed to black, at the cost of emphasizing the Spectre-as-death motif in a potentially cliche fashion. What I dislike about it is that the duotone costume of the classic and, yes, even Jordan designs retaisn a hint of the Spectre's Manichean morality. Well, that and my sense that goofy or fantastic clothing on a spirit is tolerable, but something as earthly as contemporary-style facial hair really isn't. An analogy: The watered-down leprechauns we get in pop culture may look silly, but a leprechaun with dreads or an iPod is going to look far sillier still. It’s a funny joke post, yes, but I really don’t like the goatee. It’d work if the cloak changed to black, at the cost of emphasizing the Spectre-as-death motif in a potentially cliche fashion. What I dislike about it is that the duotone costume of the classic and, yes, even Jordan designs retaisn a hint of the Spectre’s Manichean morality.

Well, that and my sense that goofy or fantastic clothing on a spirit is tolerable, but something as earthly as contemporary-style facial hair really isn’t. An analogy: The watered-down leprechauns we get in pop culture may look silly, but a leprechaun with dreads or an iPod is going to look far sillier still.

]]> By: DanCJ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54340 DanCJ Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:16:53 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54340 <blockquote>Yeah, um, ha ha. Except that unlike the “all indy comics suck” thing, the goateed Spectre really DOES suck! :)<blockquote> :P

Yeah, um, ha ha. Except that unlike the “all indy comics suck” thing, the goateed Spectre really DOES suck! :)

:P

]]> By: Justin Davis http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54182 Justin Davis Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:18:57 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54182 Yes, yes, it's a joke post. It's also something I've had to hear (read) you complain ever since the first goateed image of Spectre was released. Ignoring all the "Spectre takes on a physical form similar its host" comments that others have made, I have some questions for you. Do you complain every time you see God portrayed as having a beard? I have a beard. Are you complaining about me? Because I have a beard, does that make me God? Yes, yes, it’s a joke post. It’s also something I’ve had to hear (read) you complain ever since the first goateed image of Spectre was released. Ignoring all the “Spectre takes on a physical form similar its host” comments that others have made, I have some questions for you.

Do you complain every time you see God portrayed as having a beard?

I have a beard. Are you complaining about me?

Because I have a beard, does that make me God?

]]> By: Bully http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54159 Bully Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:51:04 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54159 That's mighty fine words comin' from a rabbit with whiskers and a fluffy tail. That’s mighty fine words comin’ from a rabbit with whiskers and a fluffy tail.

]]> By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54117 Apodaca Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:27:30 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54117 "There’s nowt wrong with goatees. I used to sport one myself and occasionally consider growing it back" Your first and second statements are contradictory. Ha. “There’s nowt wrong with goatees. I used to sport one myself and occasionally consider growing it back”

Your first and second statements are contradictory.

Ha.

]]> By: Mike McGee http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54082 Mike McGee Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:09:41 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54082 Yeah, um, ha ha. Except that unlike the "all indy comics suck" thing, the goateed Spectre really DOES suck! :) Yeah, um, ha ha. Except that unlike the “all indy comics suck” thing, the goateed Spectre really DOES suck! :)

]]> By: DanCJ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54062 DanCJ Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:34:54 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54062 There's nowt wrong with goatees. I used to sport one myself and occasionally consider growing it back Dan There’s nowt wrong with goatees. I used to sport one myself and occasionally consider growing it back

Dan

]]> By: Brian Cronin http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54012 Brian Cronin Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:25:58 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54012 Nah, it's cool. Like I just posted, that's the danger of jokes like this. It's only funny to the folks who get the reference. But that risk is part of the fun! :) Nah, it’s cool.

Like I just posted, that’s the danger of jokes like this. It’s only funny to the folks who get the reference. But that risk is part of the fun! :)

]]> By: Apathy Boy http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-54002 Apathy Boy Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:08:04 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-54002 Yeah, about an hour after I posted my rage-filled diatribe, I realized this was likely a joke post. I don't get the joke, but I understand that there was one. Which makes me even sadder, but for entirely different reasons. Yeah, about an hour after I posted my rage-filled diatribe, I realized this was likely a joke post. I don’t get the joke, but I understand that there was one.

Which makes me even sadder, but for entirely different reasons.

]]> By: Brian Cronin http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-53986 Brian Cronin Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:02:18 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-53986 <blockquote>Hahahahahahah!</blockquote> That's the danger of the in-joke. Folks who don't get the reference won't get the humor, but I like that danger aspect! Like when Jennifer de Guzman missed the "Most indy comics are bad" joke. The risk is part of the fun!

Hahahahahahah!

That’s the danger of the in-joke. Folks who don’t get the reference won’t get the humor, but I like that danger aspect!

Like when Jennifer de Guzman missed the “Most indy comics are bad” joke.

The risk is part of the fun!

]]> By: Mike McGee http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-53942 Mike McGee Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:20:16 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-53942 The Hal Spectre was pretty lame-looking, too. The Spectre's a classic character design, and adding the goat to it is sticking a Calvin Pissing emblem to the back of your 1940 Rolls Royce. If they really wanted to update the look of the character, they should have just redesigned him altogether. The Hal Spectre was pretty lame-looking, too. The Spectre’s a classic character design, and adding the goat to it is sticking a Calvin Pissing emblem to the back of your 1940 Rolls Royce. If they really wanted to update the look of the character, they should have just redesigned him altogether.

]]> By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-53832 Apodaca Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:04:58 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-53832 "The goatee looks fine, and those who’re saying that goatees in real life are lame don’t know from cool." No, that's all opposite and wrong. The goatee is a blight upon the facially haired. It makes you look perpetually underage, and is the personal badge of those without a chin. GQ called for an end to the goatee a few years ago. If only folks had listened. “The goatee looks fine, and those who’re saying that goatees in real life are lame don’t know from cool.”

No, that’s all opposite and wrong. The goatee is a blight upon the facially haired. It makes you look perpetually underage, and is the personal badge of those without a chin.

GQ called for an end to the goatee a few years ago. If only folks had listened.

]]> By: mattcomics http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-53790 mattcomics Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:43:12 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-53790 The goatee is not an improvement. Know what would be an improvement? Jim Corrigan. DC needs to stop using the Spectre as some sort of mystic hand-me-down. The goatee is not an improvement. Know what would be an improvement?

Jim Corrigan.

DC needs to stop using the Spectre as some sort of mystic hand-me-down.

]]> By: David C http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-53778 David C Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:16:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-53778 I don't really *care* that much one way or the other, but what *is* funny as hell to me is seeing how much the *artists* seem to hate the goatee, or at least go out of their way to avoid drawing it! I don’t really *care* that much one way or the other, but what *is* funny as hell to me is seeing how much the *artists* seem to hate the goatee, or at least go out of their way to avoid drawing it!

]]> By: david brothers http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-53763 david brothers Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:18:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-53763 The goatee looks fine, and those who're saying that goatees in real life are lame don't know from cool. The goatee looks fine, and those who’re saying that goatees in real life are lame don’t know from cool.

]]> By: The Indestructible Man http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-53727 The Indestructible Man Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:03:46 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-53727 Peronally, I LIKE the goatee. Of course, as a bearded man who's had multiple goatee phases in the past decade and change, I don't see the fault in the Vengeance of God having one -- I still say it's the pixie boots that need to be dealt with... :) Peronally, I LIKE the goatee. Of course, as a bearded man who’s had multiple goatee phases in the past decade and change, I don’t see the fault in the Vengeance of God having one — I still say it’s the pixie boots that need to be dealt with… :)

]]> By: Apathy Boy http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/comment-page-1/#comment-53697 Apathy Boy Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:52:47 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/16/216-declarative-rabbit-says/#comment-53697 Geez, this post makes me sad. I don't mind the goatee myself, but I can see why others wouldn't. But I also can't see why people would be so offended by the facial hair that it'd be worth complaining about ad nauseum like this (and by "this," I mean the constant sniping that's taken place every time the Spectre's made an appearance in the last year). It's veering on stalkerish obsession at this point, the kind of fanboyish rhetoric you used to see around Chuck Austen. I expect better from this blog. FYI, the one time the Spectre took off his hood in Ostrander and Mandrake's brilliant series, we saw that it was just a pasty-looking Jim Corrigan under the hood, hair and all. The Spectre's appearance changes both according to how his host looks and how assimilated the host is with the Spectre-force. (During the SWAMP THING days, Corrigan was belabouring under the assumption he and Spec were different people.) Geez, this post makes me sad. I don’t mind the goatee myself, but I can see why others wouldn’t. But I also can’t see why people would be so offended by the facial hair that it’d be worth complaining about ad nauseum like this (and by “this,” I mean the constant sniping that’s taken place every time the Spectre’s made an appearance in the last year). It’s veering on stalkerish obsession at this point, the kind of fanboyish rhetoric you used to see around Chuck Austen. I expect better from this blog.

FYI, the one time the Spectre took off his hood in Ostrander and Mandrake’s brilliant series, we saw that it was just a pasty-looking Jim Corrigan under the hood, hair and all. The Spectre’s appearance changes both according to how his host looks and how assimilated the host is with the Spectre-force. (During the SWAMP THING days, Corrigan was belabouring under the assumption he and Spec were different people.)

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