Comments on: A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 113

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:04:53 +0000

And yeah, Cliff Chiang does some great stuff.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:04:04 +0000

So was that the last page? I liked it, but didn’t quite get the ending…I mean, if that’s the last page, then yeah, I think I got it. So technically, we did kill off most of them, right?

By: Max Bialy

Max Bialy — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:32:54 +0000

I stopped reading after “Vaughan’s work is too”, life is too short.

By: AERose

AERose — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:47:04 +0000

“Beautiful art! I’d like to see Chiang draw a creator owned series written by Brian K Vaughan.”

That’s would be a terrible mix. Vaughan’s work, as a rule, is too melodramatic and too self conscious. He only uses humor as a balance, not as an end in itself. Chiang’s work would probably just be stifled.

Chiang and Grant Morrison, though? Sold.

By: Cliff Chiang

Cliff Chiang — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:10:35 +0000

Thanks fro writing about this, Brian — brings a smile to my face!

@Mike Loughlin: Yeah, there are a bunch of homage panels where I try to reference iconic comic images throughout the story. That one’s a combo of Art Adams and Paul Smith, with Traci 13 in the Golden Age Wonder Woman running pose. There’s another one with Traci 13 that recalls Peter Parker tied up by the Goblin from ASM #39. I forget the others.
@Dan Felty: and it’s shaped like the old Phantom Zone projector, too.
@Ricardo: Yeah, I did 5 of the first 6 issues. The amazing Mike Norton’s done everything since then.

By: Dan Felty

Dan Felty — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:17:44 +0000

I like how 13 leans on a “plot device.”

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:31:32 +0000

Chiang did much less, just 4 issues or so. Norton did most of it.

By: The Rear

The Rear — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:07:29 +0000

Well, Chiang did do the first 8 (?) or so issues of Green Arrow/Black Canary, which was kinda big at the time because of the wedding thing.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:55:30 +0000

Chiang is so good!

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:12:06 +0000

The moment is when Doctor 13 passes the grieving heroes a tissue.

By: Ian A.

Ian A. — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:12:56 +0000

The bit where he walks through the fire is Van Peebles levels of badassssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

I should really buy this comic.

You really should, Bill. It’s fan-damn-tastic.

It’s great from start to finish, and Chiang is excellent throughout. Why he hasn’t landed a huge, high profile gig yet is a complete mystery.

By: Jack Harkness

Jack Harkness — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:44:06 +0000

“Johns actually made a couple of references to this story (some stuff in the background in Booster Gold, and a comment about how Infectious Lass got thrown into the time stream during his first LOSH arc) and it feels like he made a vague attempt to sort of tie it in with the rest of DC.”

Geoff Johns: Missing the frakking point since he broke into comics.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:27:06 +0000

The bit where he walks through the fire is Van Peebles levels of badassssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

I should really buy this comic.

By: Filrouge

Filrouge — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:13:25 +0000

The ending is definitely THE moment.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:12:32 +0000

This is the kind of book I wish to see DC going further into. But they are far and far between. Like Green Lantern: Mosaic, who begs for a Cool Comic Book Moment.

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:50:24 +0000

In the “We musd save Fear!” panel, the vampire is posed like one of Art Adams’ oft-reprinted Wolverine pictures. He even has claws. That panel’s a parody of a super-team rushing off to the mission (with the other characters in other familiar poses), so it works. I wonder if the similar pose is deliberate.

By: chad

chad — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:37:44 +0000

loved how doc 13 starts to have a meltdown over the issue if their future exists then panics when they rest of the group go off in thier own star wars parody to rescue their teammate. only to have 13 freak out more. cool momemnt

By: Thok

Thok — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:14:04 +0000

“The story was fun too – though very Morrison-esque. Yeah, the final panel is the one that does it for me. Christopher Priest (the real one) did a similar thing in his excellent novel, The Affirmation.”

To be fair, the last panel also recalls the classic Sesame Street book “The Monster at the end of this Book”.

Strangely, after Traci (who is a Blue Beetle/Teen Titans regular), the character with the next most appearances in recent times is Anthro (who appears in both Final Crisis and Booster Gold, where the latter involves Anthro time traveling.) Johns actually made a couple of references to this story (some stuff in the background in Booster Gold, and a comment about how Infectious Lass got thrown into the time stream during his first LOSH arc) and it feels like he made a vague attempt to sort of tie it in with the rest of DC.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:05:33 +0000

“Ged to the schoona!” Heh.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:10:27 +0000

Fantastic art. He reminds me of Steve Rude and Mike Allred.

The story was fun too – though very Morrison-esque. Yeah, the final panel is the one that does it for me. Christopher Priest (the real one) did a similar thing in his excellent novel, The Affirmation.