A selection of some of the funniest, most interesting and strangest quotes from the past week:
“All the iPhone is is a retarded Mother Box.”
– artist-writer Paul Pope, on the new iPhone
“We’re counting down to something … [but] we’re not bringing back the Silver Age.”
– Dan DiDio, senior vice president-executive editor of DC Comics, on Countdown
“They’re all standing on Darkseid’s head, which can only mean one thing: one of the younger heroes killed him. Maybe a bunch of them. The Teen Titans killed Darkseid. Why? So when old Flash and old Green Lantern and Wildcat are all ‘Do it our way, because we beat Hitler!’ the kids can respond “F*** off, grandpa, we beat Darkseid. Who the f*** is Hitler?’”
– blogger Chad Nevett, on DC’s latest teaser for Countdown
“Anybody who does this has to have a regular, well-paying job. It ain’t a cheap hobby.”
– cosplayer Paul Lombard, who dons a $1,000 Batman costume for charity events and store appearances
“So, what does it mean, ‘life?’ A stand against abortion? The death penalty? A reference Marvel comic book hero Captain America dying on the steps of a federal courthouse earlier this year?”
– Richard Walker, staff writer for the Orangeburg, S.C., Times and Democrat, pondering the meaning of the graffiti scrawled on the steps of the county courthouse
July 6th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Didio is right about one thing, DC is definitely counting down to something — the complete and utter ruination of its comic book universe. Multiple Earths and obsessive interconnectivity within its titles makes it near impossible for the average reader to be satisfied with any one single book month-in-and-month-out.