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I hope Skeevy Namor becomes a recurring feature at CSBG.

Maybe he can review old issues of Supergirl.

I really, really hate that movie now.

what is namor doing looking like his is king of heroin not king of the sea?
is that from a marvel comic or some sort of tom foolery. i am really hoping for tom foolery.

the guy was homeless for a couple decades, randyhate.

Exactly! And that is totally Namor.

Is that Alex Maleev’s work? What happened to the Alex Maleev who did such beautiful work on Daredevil?

Namor is such a butterface. Except the guy version of that.

Again, Dan, if you’re going to endlessly repeat that line, you might want to try backing it up with a little more than your half-memories of 4-decades-old Fantastic Four stories.

Got to agree with Apodaca and his assesment of Namor as the Euro-Trash/Dieter from Sprockets a-hole. That panel suggests “I’m picking up a sixer of Olympia and a pack of Parliaments”

Best laugh I have had all day

Long live Skeev-mor!

“Again, Dan, if you’re going to endlessly repeat that line, you might want to try backing it up with a little more than your half-memories of 4-decades-old Fantastic Four stories.”

Are you for real?

You want supporting arguments for my crack about the fish-man with wings on his ankles?

Come on.

Dan! Do not make fun of fictional douchebags!

oh lord.. after last post I can see it now.. namor as played by frank miller.

No, Bendis with heavy CGI like in Beowulf.

Dear god, that’s creepy.

Joe and Dan manage to miss the bit about ‘endlessly repeat[ing]” the line.

I chuckled the first time I saw it in the other comments thread. The seventh or eighth person who said <I.the exact same thing was annoying. And the guys who’re actually arguing with me about it — Dan Apodaca among them — are, well, actually arguing with me about it.

To add what I’ve said elsewhere: I don’t care if Bendis and Maleev make Namor look stupid, really. But I do think it ends up detracting from the story, just as tiresome and teeth-grindingly repetetive jokes about the whole thing detract from the comments.

“Joe and Dan manage to miss the bit about ‘endlessly repeat[ing]” the line.

I chuckled the first time I saw it in the other comments thread. The seventh or eighth person who said <I.the exact same thing was annoying. And the guys who’re actually arguing with me about it — Dan Apodaca among them — are, well, actually arguing with me about it.”

No, I ignored that bit because I wasn’t going to get into an argument with you about the fact that you took my 3 comments across two posts on the same topic to be “endlessly repeating” a line. And none of them repeated a line.

I’m not arguing with you about it. That’s what you don’t get. I don’t care what you thought about the scene, or if my opinion offended you in some way. If you want to act like you’re suddenly detached and above it all, go ahead. But stop invoking my name like you’re some kind of martyr.

I’ve always thought of Namor as a creep. He’s always trying to sleep with Mr. Fantastic’s wife. Dirt bag.

For someone who doesn’t care how other people take his opinion s, Dan, you certainly waste an enormous amount of time making damn sure everyone can read them.

Let’s face it: if someone’s posting their thoughts online, it’s because they want other people to read them, which would seem to include caring how other people receive said opinions. And hey, look at this — you keep replying to me, which would seem to belie your affected apathy.

I think Dan’s saying he’s not upset by your opinion. I’m not either! I can see that some folks wouldn’t like this version of Namor. I think it’s spot-on. But whatevs, you know? You’re the one writing essays about it. Some of us are just cracking jokes and having a grand old time.

What the frick is this referring to?

When people do this with minor villains who haven’t appeared in twenty years, it’s funny.

This is also funny. But that’s not saying it should have been done.

I made fun of Namor.

You got angry about it.

I think that’s all that needs to be said, really.

Too bad we can’t pretend he’s a skrull anymore…

I made fun of Namor.

GET OUT!!!

I read the comments. I walked away. I’ve never really liked Namor, and couldn’t understand people caring about it.

But as I washed the dishes, I kept thinking, “That wasn’t Namor. I know who Namor is, and that ain’t him.”

You want to introduce that douchebag as Ultimate Namor? Fine.

You want to make fun of the Marvel Universe in MARSHALL LAW or ASTRO CITY or any other non-Marvel comic, and do a Namor equivalent like that? Fine.

Heck, you want to make fun of Captain Bucky America, and kill Namor and have his cousin Bubba be the New Eurotrash Sub-Mariner? That’s cool, too.

But there’s no good reason for a character who’s been consistently written and drawn for almost 70 years (and I’m talking about his fictional years) to have a personality transfer and suddenly lose his looks.

There’s plenty to make fun of about Namor, starting with his clothes (although he’ll kick your ass if you do it to his face). But this is sloppy, careless, shoddy story-telling.

It could be worse. At least he cut the ponytail.

Don’t worry, soon Namor’s look will revert back to what you’re used to.

Skeevy Namor should be the new mascot. 1 the Dog has been around to long.

(Or we could take Yotsuba, like every other comics blog ever.)

Skeevy Namor would be my favorite mascot ever.

as i did not, nor do i plan on reading this book, can someone tell me why namor started using heroin, of which i assume is the black sea version rather than the more prevalent black tar.

does it at least work for the story, or was the ‘change’ forced and without merit?

Well done Brian.

For those wondering, the dialogue is from the movie Dazed and Confused starring Matthew Mcconaughey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo4kDrWBa6c