Hulk Meets Whale

(You should probably make this one larger to read it.)

I saw this panel from The Defenders #75 (September 1979) in Back Issue #70 recently, and it really struck a chord with me. It's an unusually sensitive and progressive way to get across the Hulk's then-childlike intellect. I am especially taken by the concept of the Hulk seeing his own reflection in the whale's eye. It borders on the profound. Kudos to Ed Hannigan, Herb Trimpe, and Mike Esposito here.

To answer your question, the whale is saved. Because he turns up in a later issue!

(Image borrowed with a tip of the cap from SuperMegaMonkey.)

Eye Poppers

Meet my new pal that I have named "Dollar Bill."

He's very happy to meet you.

"Let It Whip" by Dazz Band

I have never heard of any connection between this song and Devo's "Whip It." I'm not saying there is a connection; I'm just saying there seemed like there should be to me in high school. Maybe it's just a coincidence, like the apparent one that caused the Dazz Band to share their name with a popular hit song by the band Brick. Brick's "Dazz" was "disco jazz", while the Dazz Band adapted the term (prior to that song's release) to mean "danceable jazz."

Terribly interesting, I know. Just enjoy the tune. Oh, and I feel like I should recognize those female models. Anybody got an ID for any of them?

Enter Perisphere

Just because.

ListenLikeURBlind: Epilogue(?)

Perhaps you remember the odyssey with ListenLikeURBlind as chronicled here and here in exhausting detail. You might even notice the comments from November from a concerned anon who had the same thing happen to him/her. The last time I bothered checking on any of this business was December 9th, when I added the last screenshot to this collection. That is, until tonight.

Folks, if you try to click the link for the mysteriously "popular" Facebook page, it's gone. If you try to visit the blog, it is now invitation only. And their Twitter? It's been almost a month since there was a tweet there.

I don't know when all this happened (January, if I had to guess). I don't know why it happened. But ListenLikeURBlind on Facebook appears to be history. So sad.

Lordwormm's Owariverse Hits (Vol. 1)

As promised, here's a selection of multi-OC fan arts by Lordwormm that includes Owariverse characters! And yes, there's more to come!

The Sphinx by Jeff Weigel

We'll file this under "Seriously Belated." But, in fairness, I wanted to make sure this book was available for order when I wrote about it. It is, and there will be a link at the end of this entry.

I wrote about the Sphinx last year, and that entry outlines a lot of why the book works on an artistic level. So, does it work as a collection? Oh, absolutely. It is smartly packaged, with a number of really attractive extras for those who already own the comics. There's even a text piece from some guy named Elam. No idea what that's all about.

The Sphinx is another worthy addition to "The Big Bang Comics Collection" from Pulp 2.0 Press. You can order it from Amazon here. And keep your eyes peeled, because the review of the next book in that collection will not take quite so long to appear.

...I hope.