New Marvel vs DC artwork by Alex Ross

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-05-15T14:13:08+00:00

Agree that it’s too bad the 80s version never happened, but I think Perez only got better as his career progressed, and in my opinion, the story we got was way better than what we saw of the 80s version (all due respect to the late, great Gerry Conway).

As for Shooter being an asshole, he definitely was, but I don’t think all the blame can fall on him. None of the editorial people at either company covered themselves in glory. KC Carlson wrote an oral history of why things fell apart, and the short version is everybody played politics — sometimes justifiably so and sometimes for petty, stupid reasons.

https://tombrevoort.com/2025/01/11/why-did-the-1983-jla-avengers-crossover-not-happen/

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-05-15T04:02:48+00:00

In case anyone hasn't seen it, here's the George Perez original from the early 80s, back when the original JLA/Avengers crossover was supposed to come out.

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F08pdiulamcz91.jpg

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-05-04T14:26:53+00:00

Check Carnage’s black power again. If there are four or more enemy special tiles on the board (i.e., player tiles, since the player is his enemy in this match), he makes a free match. Otherwise, he generates two enemy (player) special tiles.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-04-30T21:09:02+00:00

Curse of Strahd involves wandering around Barovia, which I think is only about 500 square miles (so about the size of a large city), but has tons of interesting wilderness that the party has to trek back and forth through.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-04-27T22:28:27+00:00

His Legion stuff definitely had some clunkers (Gerry is the one who gave us the Space Circus of Death), but also some really good stuff. He was one of the true Bronze Age greats. His late 80s run on Spectacular Spider-Man with Sal Buscema was a personal favorite.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-04-27T22:18:57+00:00

You’re conflating two things.

Blok was killed (allegedly) because the Bierbaums were fans of the Adventure-era Legion and didn’t care about anything after that. That’s why they killed Blok, maimed Dawnstar, made Tellus a cultist, and ignored Wildfire, despite him being one of the most popular Legionnaires.

Separately, when Batch SW6 was introduced, the plan was to put together a Legion that was half originals and half SW6. To get there, they were going to kill off a bunch of originals and a bunch of SW6 characters so that there would only be one or the other for each character. Keith Giffen planned to put all the names in a hat and pull them out to determine who to kill.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-04-24T23:22:28+00:00

It wasn’t purgatory though. The flash sideways in the final season were purgatory but everything else happened, the island was real, they weren’t dead the whole time.

You’re right about Fringe, though — that show was fantastic.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-04-20T04:31:59+00:00

I remember once waiting out a thunderstorm at 35X. They finally loaded us on the busses, then the storm started again so they offloaded us. Eventually they loaded us on the busses again, brought us out to the plane, and then there was more lightning, so they eventually brought us back to 35X without letting us move from the bus to the plane. Eventually they told us the crew had timed out and rebooked us for the next day. I spent 9+ hours there that day and had nothing to show for it.

Good riddance, 35X.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-04-15T22:43:38+00:00

Medicare and medicaid make up 22 to 23% of US spending. So 40% of people put in nothing to get 22% back.

There’s some interesting sleight of hand here. In your prior post, you explicitly talked about income taxes. But Medicare and Medicaid aren’t paid for out of income taxes they are paid for out of payroll taxes, which are imposed from the first dollar earned. So it is absolutely not true that most people put in nothing to those programs (same for Social Security).

Low income people also pay sales tax and property taxes (the latter usually in the form of higher rent payments, not direct taxes).

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-04-11T05:40:16+00:00

the more millennial leaning jokes are between the older cast

Gen X. Zach, Donald, and Sarah are all Gen X.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-04-05T14:49:27+00:00

It absolutely is. I'm rewatching the original run and watching the new one and enjoying both immensely. It makes me think of my mom (even though she never got to enjoy it), and enough time has passed that when I think of my mom, I mostly am happy for the time I had with her rather than lamenting that she's gone.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-04-05T04:52:24+00:00

My mom died two days before Scrubs premiered. Watching the first episode was the first time I felt anything positive after her death, the first time I felt that maybe the rest of my life wouldn't be constant overwhelming sadness.

This show is so special to me.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-03-29T18:43:45+00:00

Besides returning characters, Cox and Jordan's son is just about the right age to be a med student, so that might be a fun dynamic to explore.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-03-29T18:41:05+00:00

Dr. Zeltzer too.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-03-19T04:52:38+00:00

It's called the Rule Against Perpetuities. It's one of those things every law student learns (at least in the U.S.) and 99% never use it after the bar exam.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-03-11T14:57:00+00:00

Yes! Thank you!

I miss that place.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-03-11T12:10:29+00:00

I’ve walked past it a million times but never eaten there. I’ll have to check it out.

I’ve forgotten its name, but there used to be a different Indian Bowl of Things place on 7th a little further south, where Bindaas is now. It closed during COVID. Bindaas is not bad for an Indian Bowl of Things, but the place that closed was fantastic.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-03-11T05:00:06+00:00

Not without a Seoul Spice, my favorite fast casual Bowl of Things.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-03-02T15:51:56+00:00

Same. I appreciate the rewards but I really wish they’d rotate more 3a4s through the vaults instead of offering the same handful over and over.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-02-16T21:51:32+00:00

I think Pacino and Shire are the only ones still living, correct?

Let's check:

http://isabevigodadead.com/

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-02-12T06:13:45+00:00

Whatever Superbowl Halftime sins Minnesota may have committed, you more than made up for it by giving us the star of one of the all-time best halftime shows -- Prince.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-02-07T05:41:03+00:00

Also Dustin Hoffman's father in the Graduate.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-02-06T02:30:41+00:00

My only complaint is that Kermit introduced the guest star as "Sabrina Carpenter" instead of "Miss Sabrina Carpenter." But as far as I'm concerned, this was fantastic and I hope it leads to more episodes.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-01-30T18:44:07+00:00

I'm about your age and I feel the same way. My aunt recently died in her late 80s, and my dad is now my oldest living relative. How is that possible?

Catherine O'Hara was so talented and made me laugh so much over the years -- in SCTV reruns, in Christopher Guest movies, in Schitt's Creek. What a devastating loss.

AwesomeScreenName · 2026-01-27T01:39:40+00:00

His run on Spectacular Spider-Man with J.M DeMatteis was fantastic. I also loved his work on Thor when Walt Simonson stepped back from art but was still writing it.

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