And that’s not even counting the newest “Fallen Angel” trade from IDW. So…whad’ja think?
By the way, just to forestall the inevitable question: An entire dialogue exchange was dropped/changed in XF #16, rendering a reference to a famous film rather obscure. It will be fixed in the trade. Here’s how the bit originally went, picking up midway through page 6 in a scene set just outside a Paris jail:
PANEL C: Same angle as the wall is smashed open, bricks and mortar flying everywhere.
PANEL D: Monet steps through the sizable hole.
PANEL E: Monet stops and looks as a red balloon floats past. Siryn is visible behind her.
MONET 5: Hunh.
SIRYN 6: What?
MONET 7: Just thinking how much I hated that movie.
SIRYN 8: What movie?
PAGE 7
PANEL A: Suddenly the balloon explodes. Monet and Siryn both look startled.
Sfx: BLAAAM
PANEL B: The tattered remains of the balloon flutter to the ground. Monet is looking at the tattered remains; Siryn is looking straight ahead, reacting.
MONET 1: Never mind. It’s moot now.
OFF PANEL 2: Don’t move!
PAD
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Steve Premo, I think that “first two rules” thing is a Fight Club reference: “Rule #1 is: You do not talk about Fight Club. Rule #2 is: You do not talk about Fight Club!“
I instantly got the Red Balloon reference, having sat through it at least once a year from second through sixth grades. Seeing the rest of the dialogue does make the scene work a little better, though.
Dug the Frasier reference in Wonder Man, too, especially given the epilogue to the play at Farpoint.
George Takei on Howard Stern mentioned PAD and his book Captain’s Daughter today.
Ray, that is just…just WEIRD.
No, not that George mentioned Captain’s Daughter. No, what’s weird is, I was thinking about some of the stuff I’ve sent to some of the contests lately, and hw my late Dad always told me to keep working. He (obviously) told me that before he died, but the first time was WAAAAY before he died. Anyway, my dad had surgery to remove two pretty big tumors from his colon a few years back, The surgery took WAAAAAY longer than expected. So, I’m in the waiting room with my Mom, staying calm, staying cool, reading my new book.
Captain’s Daughter, as a matter of fact.
I was thinking about that day all week. That BOOK all week. And then I see this. Small world.
Peter, that book kept me centered. It helped me help my parents. I owe ya one. More than one. Several gross, as a matter of fact.
Thanks.
Wow, this entry got derailed fast on the religious front.
Anyway, PAD, I just wanted to say that X-factor #16 really stuck out this week in comics. It’s my favorite thing by you since Hulk: The End and Hulk 466. You continue to impress me.
I want to also give my support to Andrew’s art on Wonderman. He really fits the series and I love his interpretation of Beast lots.
To tell the truth, the cover for X-FACTOR #16 scared the crap out of me for a moment–but that’s probably because I just finished reading ‘Salem’s Lot. I saw the cover, and the first thing that came to mind was Father Callahan warding off the vampire….but anyway, good stuff as usual, both there and in WONDER MAN.
One kibitz, though. I like the story in the WONDER MAN mini, but I simply can’t stand the Hanna-Barbera depiction of Hank McCoy. Everyone in the book that isn’t blue and furry appears generally realistic–why does Hank have to look like a long-haired Grape (well, maybe closer to “Blueberry”) Ape?
Chuck – Count me in. The way Beast is depicted is simply ludicrous. Even WM looks kind of silly. He used to be if not a ‘captain of industry’, at least a ‘chief stewart of industry’ yet drawn that way he looks as though his IQ is smaller than his shoe size. A charicature, even …
Rob Brown, I’d like to suggest that we not treat Iowa Jim as our “token Christian.”
That’s reasonable. I hadn’t realized that my question could be taken that way when I posted it, but I see now how it could’ve been. You can treat me as the token Canadian if it makes you feel better (if StarWolf doesn’t want the job, which is dirty but must be done by someone).
More later…
The Red Balloon,
that creepy French movie gave me nightmares as a kid.
kudos.
The X-Factor issue made my heart hurt. Moving stuff, and a nice twist from the last issue’s rather sci-fi tinge. I wasn’t too sure aboot the preacher- pulling the gun on Jaime Prime, thought it may have been an easy “cheat” to make him a bad guy, but it ended stronger and unexpected. Great comic booking.
Oh, and the Red Balloon bit, I completely missed the reference, but I somehow think it works better as just “huh.” “What” *Pop* “Nevermind, its moot now” without the reference to the movie because it keeps it really vauge and more of a non-sequitor random moment. Course, that’s just me.
Speaking of movies about Red Balloons, everybody should watch “Billy’s Balloon”, assuming you haven’t seen it already. Its fairly twisted, but pretty funny, and worth it for the final shot: http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=8841621472709863028&q=BILLY%27S+BALLOON
Posted by: Rob Brown at March 6, 2007 03:17 PM
You can treat me as the token Canadian if it makes you feel better (if StarWolf doesn’t want the job, which is dirty but must be done by someone).
Only if I get to be a “token” something, too.
I just wanted to say, this is one of the single best character studies I’ve ever read in a comicbook. So, [APPLAUSE] {Yay! Yay! Bravo!} good job. 😉 And it was uplifting, too. How often do you see that in modern comics? Not very.
I thought it was interesting in Quesada’s news interview, when the anchorwoman asked him, y’know, about Captain America dying, “Aren’t comics supposed to be fun?” X-Factor is fun.