Notes to self

[rivkat]

Must write futurefic in which Lois Lane refers to Mercy Graves as "Mossad Barbie." Or perhaps "Special Forces Barbie"?

Blame Sarah T. for She-Hulk: Single Green Female -- bought at the comic store earlier this week; at checkout, guy said, "You've got some good stuff here," specifically mentioning Powers, Y: The Last Man, and Rising Stars -- to

Comments

[mecurtin]

She can only be "Mossad Barbie" if she's Jewish. What I visualize is closer to "Special Forces Barbie", not to mention the subliminal association with GI Joe (who always seemed more like Barbie's type than the obviously gay Ken, anyway).

[rivkat]

How do you know she's not Jewish?

It's always interested me that I grew up thinking, because of the Israelis, that Jews were badasses of the first degree, when Jewish kids in the first half of the century had the wimp image to deal with.

[mecurtin]

Well, maybe she *is* Jewish, I don't know. I just meant that a shiksa can't be Mossad Barbie, but if she's like the Mercy from lanning's Identical series, no problem.

Did you know that, at least up until 1950, Jews of all nations won more Olympic gold medals in fencing than fencers of any one nation did? It was part of this whole "Jews can too kick aristocratic butt!" thing.

[sageness]

All great titles. And She-Hulk is currently the only comedy in Marvel's lineup...which is why she's going on hiatus until May after issue #12. It would be nice if they'd promote it a bit, rather than putting all their resources into the hot titles everyone's *already* reading.

Also, yay Powers! I love that book so. :)

[rivkat]

It turns out she's just not for me. I should have known -- I have very narrow tolerances for comedy. Though it didn't help that the girl on the covers seemed to be a very different green girl from the one in the art inside. I like the girl on the covers -- and the one in your icon -- better.

[teenygozer]

What's that say next to Lex in your icon...? I love that pose of his, it's got a touch of the Scarlett O'Hara to it. "Why, what *evah* do you mean?"

OMIGOD, I just realized that's the same pose Carson Kressely strikes in the opening of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I think "Special Forces Barbie" rolls off the tongue really nicely. "Mossad Barbie" could work, though, should Lois find herself embedded in a platoon in the Mess-O-Potamia area of the planet.

[rivkat]

It's "Alexander the Invincible," and yes, it is the full Drama Queen of the World pose, which is part of why I like it.

Mess-O-Potamia is pretty good, though Jon Stewart's term for Wal-Mart in Mexico -- Conquistastore -- is my current favorite.

[shelbyg]

The She-Hulk unlimited series written by John Byrne was one of my favorite comics. He had Jen as an assitant DA but rarely wrote any stories about her job. When Steve Gerber took over after Byrne he had her get fired and we were thus denied any more "Legal Plots" until Damage Control.

Sigh.

So how is it?

Shelby

[rivkat]

Well, full review will eventually come -- but it didn't work for me. I thought the art was too cartoony, except for the gorgeous covers, and making the law part of the story was a good idea, but they kept pulling punches. So to speak.

[rivkat]

Hey! I know you!

I didn't get it at first -- how are you doing? Obviously, I'm happily ensconced in the DC area, and I saw about your car, which is bad, but other than that are you okay?