Comments on: Intentional or Unintentional?

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:04 +0000

The reason only characters from Spider-Man have that strange hair-style is because it was a Ditko thing. As the first artist on the book he was the one that created the look of so many characters, and all subsequent artists have had to follow his lead, even with all his artistic eccentricities. (And that’s a good thing, because it means the major Spidey supporting characters all have distinctive faces, and they don’t all look like the same bland pretty face with different hairstyles added.)

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:02:58 +0000

No, I don’t think it IS funny because it is akward and forced. I think its just kind of sad.

The sand is one thing, and that is stupid enough, but when you bring the stuff with him being in love with his teacher (last name Flint) and chosing the name “Marko” because he wants to leave his Mark… there is some seriously lazy, bad writing going on.
I’m assuming David is doing it as a parody and trying to make it as over the top as possible. Personally, I think its par for the course for him, utterly hysterical to himself a handful of people and just stupid and a waste of time for everyone else.

-Oh, and the Coleen Doran back-up? A story thats been done no less than 3 times before? Thanks for phoning it in Peter, I would have just wasted that $3.99 on gas otherwise.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:30:17 +0000

Awkward? Yes. Forced? Yes. Humor? Really, humor? You thought it was funny?

It’s funny because it was so awkward and forced.

By: yo go re

yo go re — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:53:28 +0000

I really don’t know how to vote on this – how can I vote “intentional” or “unintentional” when I’m not even sure it was humor? It didn’t strike me as funny in the least. Awkward? Yes. Forced? Yes. Humor? Really, humor? You thought it was funny?

He was Bat Mauel in the live action series, he was Die Fledermaus in the cartoon.

Yes, and only one of them was Hispanic, which is how the conversation started.

Well, there you go.
I thought we were talking about canon.
Apparently not.
How silly of me to even think that canonical references would apply.

And how silly of everyone else to think you’d actually read what you’re responding to and thus know what you were talking about. Foolish, foolish Everyone! They should have known better…

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:46:08 +0000

How did it feel to have to type that out?

Because the irony of it had me in tears.

I’ll admit, it was surprising to find myself feeling the need.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:15:05 +0000

Remember, the question is whether it was intentional HUMOR or not, not whether David intentionally made sand references, because that much is obvious, right? You donâ€™t accidentally make nine sand references in the first seven pages of a comic book.

How did it feel to have to type that out?

Because the irony of it had me in tears.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:55:52 +0000

Intentional.

I assume most professional writers know what they’re doing, ya know?

By: PÃ³l Rua

PÃ³l Rua — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:50:23 +0000

Intentional? Yes.
Humour? No.

How does he write with such heavy hands?
O the symbolism!
O the etch-a-skething!

Cornrows are ace!

By: Levantine

Levantine — Thu, 31 May 2007 22:16:08 +0000

“No, der fliedermouse is german. Youâ€™re thinking about Bat Manuel.”

He was Bat Mauel in the live action series, he was Die Fledermaus in the cartoon.

By: kalel666

kalel666 — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:24:59 +0000

Intentional humor. Oh, you meant the sand references? I thought you meant the fact that a kid has a widows peak.

By: Ditko Hands

Ditko Hands — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:06:23 +0000

^^ Very true, Anonymous–the Simpsons, in last season’s episode that was a parody of the “Up” documentary series, did a similar bait and switch with the Sea Captain and Disco Stu. Funny!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:00:02 +0000

this could have been the funniest comic of the year if in the end it turned out the flashback sequences weren’t about Sandman, and were actually about, like, Paste Pot Pete.

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:23:35 +0000

Well, there you go.
I thought we were talking about canon.
Apparently not.
How silly of me to even think that canonical references would apply.

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:09:39 +0000

Unintentional . . .see, when PAD tries to be funny, he fails miserably. It’s only by accident that he succeeds.

By: adam barnett

adam barnett — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:25:34 +0000

I’m sorry, I can’t comment on this because you didn’t mention Comics Make No Sense in the same sentence as What Were They Thinking and Superdickery…

By: J To The AAP

J To The AAP — Thu, 31 May 2007 09:16:03 +0000

Batmanâ€™s parents took him to see the movie, â€œThe Mask Of Zorroâ€.
That is, unless that little tidbit got Superboy-punched out of continuity.

In the comics they did, not in the movie ‘Batman Begins’ which they were talking about.

By: Sean Whitmore

Sean Whitmore — Thu, 31 May 2007 08:49:57 +0000

To crib a line from West Wing:

“If this is a joke, it’s both funny and well-executed, but I think we both know that it’s not.”

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Thu, 31 May 2007 07:15:57 +0000

Oh yeah…
Intentional.
It’s Peter David.
C’mon.

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Thu, 31 May 2007 07:15:31 +0000

Batman’s parents took him to see the movie, “The Mask Of Zorro”.
That is, unless that little tidbit got Superboy-punched out of continuity.

By: Mordechai Luchins

Mordechai Luchins — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:40:33 +0000

MarkAndrew – heh. Thanks, but I can do clueless too.

I’d vote that this is a failed attempt to be “meaningful” or to “foreshadow”.