Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #151

By: Jedi Knight

Jedi Knight — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:37:35 +0000

Hi,
That's a very nice resource on Ur-Sema Du.
I have been learnt how she has introduced to the SW Universe,
Thanks

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:22:36 +0000

Scrubs rocks btw, at least the first few seasons. I haven't seen it in a while but I have always found it inventive and charming.

By: hasan

hasan — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:09:41 +0000

Jan Duursema's a WOMAN??!! A pretty one too? I had no idea! I've read some of her stuff did some hulk work as i recall, but I just assumed... Well, shows what i know.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:01:28 +0000

I thought Jill Thompson was with Jimmy Palmiotti...

And Neil Gaiman has said that Delirium couldn't have been based on Tori Amos because he created her years before he and Tori met.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:11:52 +0000

Does it really count if you use yourself as a model for a character? I mean, what's the inspiration there?

By: Fig Logan

Fig Logan — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:48:11 +0000

A friend of mine told me the first apperance of Savage Dragon was in a Marvel Comics Presents issue, drawn by Larson, and featuring Wolverine and Spider-Man. Any truth to this?

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Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:34:50 +0000

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By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:31:35 +0000

I believe Jan is married to Tom Mandrake?

Yeah, but I imagine she's probably a bit tired of that coming up every time she's mentioned, so I decided to avoid mentioning it.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:27:49 +0000

I believe Jan is married to Tom Mandrake?

By: Jono11

Jono11 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:54:59 +0000

Possible Urban Legend: Geoff Johns originally had a much different origin in mind for Power Girl than the one she was eventually given in Infinite Crisis.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:52:23 +0000

You're totally right, Ethan! I got the wrong "Re...." book.

By: Ethan Shuster

Ethan Shuster — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:19:09 +0000

By the way, Duursema worked on Star Wars: Republic, not Star Wars: Rebellion. These days she's the artist (and I think even co-creator) of Star Wars: Legacy, which started up a little while after Republic ended.

Oh, and I think Scrubs is funny, since everyone's commenting.

By: Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:27:52 +0000

I think in the picture you have of Fathom, you can see the resemblence to Thompson in her jaw and nose and the way that the hair flows from both of their heads. Willingham may have changed the color of Fathom's hair to put a little more distance between the two.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:23:27 +0000

Unlike Scrubs, Nextwave is supposed to be funny.

Scrubs IS supposed to be funny. I agree that it isn't, but your sentence doesn't make any sense.

By: spike

spike — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:37:39 +0000

Yeah, I think Russell uses Thompson as one of his stable of models for his various adaptations and stories. Don't know if that counts as established comic book characters, though, although I do believe he used her in the Dr. Strange one shot he did about 10 years ago, IIRC.

By: Andrew S

Andrew S — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:59:48 +0000

Jill Thompson was definitely the model for Brunhilde: there are photos of her posing in the back of the Dark Horse Nibelung books. That's not the first time she's posed for Russell either, I believe. He's used her at least once before for another Opera adaptation, but I'm not sure which off the top of my head.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:32:07 +0000

I had no idea that Thompson and Azzarello were married. See, you learn something new every day...

By: Basara

Basara — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:21:41 +0000

While I've never seen scrubs...

T, it isn't a comedy? Then why is every commercial I've ever seen for it in its syndicated run on WGN been engineered SPECIFICALLY to portray it as a comedy?

By: Xenos

Xenos — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:29:40 +0000

Eh. What's with the Scrubs bashing? Anyway, I hadn't heard this crazy rumor before, but I did hear the casting suggestion of McGinley as Dirk Anger. I thought it was spot on. Meanwhile, I kinda get the other comparisons or castings funnily enough. Particularly the Janitor as Machine Man. Of course I want a Nextwave movie yesterday anyway.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:30:08 +0000

Ha! Yeah, Steve - that's a pretty awesome story, too! I think it's among the first Urban Legends installments I did.