Year: 2012

Amalgam contest results, part 1

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digresssmlOriginally published May 9, 1997, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1225

Well, it’s time to announce the results of the little contest we had at “But I Digress,” namely the Super-bizarre fight and amalgam universe contest.

For those who came in late (as they always say in The Phantom), we decided to sponsor a little competition in which people could put forward the sort of match-ups that weren’t especially suited to the famed “Marvel vs. DC.” In addition, you were all invited to submit concepts for particularly odd Amalgams.

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If It Had Been Up to Conservatives

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This country would never have been founded.

The whole point of conservatism is to resist change. If liberal thinking had not prevailed in 1776, then we would still be a British colony, and instead of English we’d be speaking…

Okay. Well, yes, we’d still be speaking English. But we’d all have British accents. And as a result, all our iconic television characters, like…I dunno…Doctor Gregory House, would have to be British. Could you imagine that actor, Hugh Laurie, speaking with a British accent? Of course not.

Avoid the prospect of Hugh Laurie speaking with a British accent. Be a liberal.

PAD

Spaced Out

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digresssmlOriginally published May 2, 1997, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1224

Note from PAD: This is a somewhat unusual entry. Covering the cancellation of Space Cases, my original draft was somewhat more scathing over the opportunities lost thanks to short-sightedness from Nickelodeon. But at the time it didn’t seem politic since we still had hopes of placing the series elsewhere and needed Nick’s cooperation to do so. So the version that saw print was somewhat toned down and more optimistic. Corey, who oversees these reprints, asked which one I wanted to be immortalized online, and I’ve decided to combine the two for the interest and edification of Space Cases fans everywhere.

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I knew Space Cases was in trouble when we went head-to-head with the Super Bowl.

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Well, that’s proof enough for me

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It appears that Trayvon Martin, being stalked by an armed vigilante acting in opposition to direct instructions from a 9-1-1 operator, fought for his life against his attacker and managed to do some damage before his assailant gunned him down. We know this because there’s photographic evidence that his assailant was banged up.

By all means, that’s proof enough for me. Obviously his murderer should be released, because if Martin had really wanted to live, he wouldn’t have put up a fight against an armed stalker who came at him from the darkness. In our current society where common sense has become an oxymoron, who wouldn’t understand that?

PAD

Online Identities, Part 2

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digresssmlOriginally published April 18, 1997, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1222

(Editor’s note: Last week, Peter shared his online run-in with Flash Gordon and Wonder Girl, their online names changed to protect them from further embarrassment. This week: More online anecdotes.)

I was on America Online late one night. It has been a bit easier to get on recently, perhaps because so many people have given up on the service that it’s made some more room.

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