Comments on: Easter Sunday Brunch: 4/12/09

By: FiestaHendersonNV

FiestaHendersonNV — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:26:58 +0000

I agree with you Graeme Burk

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:41:13 +0000

Aside from the nostalgia aspect, one of the bigger aspects of DC for me has always been about the legacy aspect – the JSA to the JLA to (one day) the Teen Titans, Jay to Barry to Wally, Hal to Jon / Guy to Kyle. Whenever DC goes back in those chains, it just seems as though they’re taking backward steps rather than moving forward. I mean, I wasn’t fond of Bart as the Flash, but at least that matched up with everything else.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:44:30 +0000

Based on their past performances, I am quite optimistic.

For me, however, based on their past performances, I run screaming into the night.

By: Sallyp

Sallyp — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:24:59 +0000

I must be the only person who actually likes Barry. I like Wally too of course, although my actual favorite Flash, is Jay. But I don’t mind Barry coming back, so long as Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver manage to make a good story out of it. Based on their past performances, I am quite optimistic.

By: D. Eric

D. Eric — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:02:36 +0000

Actually, I’d disagree a bit on the Flash/Barry Allen issue…

Although the concept was explored before during Waid’s run, the piece I still find interesting is how the current characters react to the return of the idolized hero. Wally always had the ‘do I measure up’ problem, but eventually resolved it during that earlier run.

The other aspect which could be intriguing is to have the character have to live up to his golden reputation. He’s regarded as THE epitome of heroism, and now he has to actually come back and live up to that.

There are some nuggets to explore, but I don’t disagree that it was probably better with him dead.

By: Graeme Burk

Graeme Burk — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:30:55 +0000

I am 38, read the Barry Allen Flash with vigor in the late 70’s/early 80’s, and have the Archive Editions. I am a Fan. And yet, I feel like the presence of the Rebirth comic is another trip back into the well of nostalgia for ever diminishing returns.

I’m a year older than you but that pretty much sums up my feelings as well. Barry Allen’s Flash was my favourite superhero as a kid and the idea of bringing him back from the dead leaves me totally cold.

By: Da Fug

Da Fug — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:30:38 +0000

Let’s hope Herbie bops the competition. Cheers to Dark Horse for reprinting those gems. And thanks to you, Bill, for mentioning Herbie in 365 Reasons. Those are some fun comics!

The Batman designs are fun but none of the honorable mentions or winners work for me entirely. But if I could mix and match elements of several designs or get adjustments from the artist on a few them, there would be definite possibilities for awesome.

By: Patrick Joseph

Patrick Joseph — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:09:07 +0000

Hats off to Tim O’Neil. I am 38, read the Barry Allen Flash with vigor in the late 70′s/early 80′s, and have the Archive Editions. I am a Fan. And yet, I feel like the presence of the Rebirth comic is another trip back into the well of nostalgia for ever diminishing returns.

No interest in it at all. In fact, undoing Crisis #8 infuriates me due to an argument I had with my abusive step-father in 1985 about how long the Flash would stay dead. Apparently I just lost to the bastard. The beatings weren’t enough?

By: Ian A.

Ian A. — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:50:29 +0000

Fin Fang Fear needs to see the light of day.

What can we do to ensure this happens?

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:51:15 +0000

Andy Rooney is old, you see.

By: Graeme Burk

Graeme Burk — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:13:09 +0000

I wasn’t a huge fan about the Dark Knight Strikes Again, but I did like that posting about it, so thanks for the link. The bit you quoted is quite true: my favourite scene in the whole damn thing is the Ray Palmer fighting the monster that turns out to be bacteria in a Petri Dish. That was the total excitement of the Silver Age using a Silver Age character.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:14:07 +0000

That Andy Rooney review did a perfect job of capturing his style.

By: Nitz the Bloody

Nitz the Bloody — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:06:03 +0000

All the Project Rooftop Batman 2.0 Honorable Mention designs are excellent in different ways, but my favorites are Andrew Good’s Bat-Trenchcoat design ( more than a little similar to the Midnighter, minus the S&M vibe ) and Patricio Oliver’s black-and-yellow design with the Batman Beyond themes. Either would be a vast improvement in this day and age over the default Batsuit.

By: scooby

scooby — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:08:41 +0000

The writer in your first link (Factualopinion.com) writes like a 15-year-old. Are there people on the internet who think dropping fuck and bullshit in every other sentence is funny or adult or anything any more?