tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3728527780841058354..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Multiversal Geography: Earths 0-10Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-91635991426786904862014-08-06T17:55:12.067-03:002014-08-06T17:55:12.067-03:00I looked REALLY closely at Earth-9 and was pretty ...I looked REALLY closely at Earth-9 and was pretty disappointed that Florida clearly still existed there, whick would mean it isn't Tangent verseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15438253684711321317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-22996353332640770862014-08-06T00:09:59.728-03:002014-08-06T00:09:59.728-03:00I was at the Multiversity panel at Comic Con and w...I was at the Multiversity panel at Comic Con and we all got a large print of this map. I can't wait to get mine framed and hung on the wall (much to my wife's chagrin!)<br /><br />And the pink skinned Green Lantern - Morrison said he is Abin Sur. He explained that the reason Abin Sur never appeared to humans even though he was our sector's Green Lantern for years before Hal got the ring, is because he looks a bit like Satan, so he kept himself out of the limelight.Bubbashelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304403353153855498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-37370866796473319532014-08-01T14:07:52.593-03:002014-08-01T14:07:52.593-03:00Earth-2 was changed a great deal, so it's not ...Earth-2 was changed a great deal, so it's not just Prime/1.<br /><br />Which doesn't mean 50 isn't still a stand-alone Wildstorm.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-7907792838849718062014-08-01T13:12:11.655-03:002014-08-01T13:12:11.655-03:00Loving the snark directed at the New52. Just the r...Loving the snark directed at the New52. Just the right amount to not turn me off of the whole thing. :)<br /><br />But it makes me wonder...did Flushpoint remake the entire multiverse, or just Earth-0? (ie, maybe Wildstorm 'verse is still on Earth-50...?)abchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072453557833944614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-330894098553590682014-07-31T19:50:38.017-03:002014-07-31T19:50:38.017-03:00Awesome work on this Siskoid! Thanks...really help...Awesome work on this Siskoid! Thanks...really helps get my mental gears going!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412102788735931123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-2061143322440386022014-07-31T10:47:22.373-03:002014-07-31T10:47:22.373-03:00I've read somewhere Millar's Swamp Thing w...I've read somewhere Millar's Swamp Thing was practically ghost-written by Morrison, even after Morrison's name was off the credits. I don't want to get into the Morrison-Millar feud, who's right or who's wrong, but the tenor of the work almost bears this out.<br /><br />Like you, I did enjoy Red Son, and Millar did some good all-ages work (if you can believe in) on DC's animated universe line. The rest is the pits, from Civil War on, and I'll gladly include whatever he says in the media in that statement. He's one of the industry's most outspoken jerks.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-37834032216775193572014-07-31T10:31:45.876-03:002014-07-31T10:31:45.876-03:00It's definitely a dark story, but I believe qu...It's definitely a dark story, but I believe quite strongly it's also nuanced, and not grim for the sake of being grim. Alongside his early 90s Swamp Thing run it's actually pretty sophisticated compared to modern Millar, and it's genuinely one of my favourite Superman stories simply by the way it illuminates what's so great about OUR Superman by way of contrast to such a different version.<br /><br />As for Mark Millar, I cannot stand anything he wrote after Red Son. I find his work wholly devoid of compassion, from the Authority onwards notably different in attitude from his early work. Maybe his own attitude towards his work changed, maybe it's a result of the end of his collaborations with Morrison, or maybe he just cynically noticed that the colder and more distasteful his work, the more is sold. Either way, I love Red Son and can't stick almost everything else.Madeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-89944943468503500752014-07-31T10:11:19.619-03:002014-07-31T10:11:19.619-03:00Madeley: Perhaps. I haven't read it in a while...Madeley: Perhaps. I haven't read it in a while; it may be that I just think of all of Mark Millar's work as corrosively dreary.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-8204211156912733802014-07-31T09:52:42.449-03:002014-07-31T09:52:42.449-03:00I'm thinking the closest he's come would b...I'm thinking the closest he's come would be The Human Race in the Flash, or Animal Man's lighter, but still thoughtful, elements.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-81997816586009418992014-07-31T09:51:53.927-03:002014-07-31T09:51:53.927-03:00Re. Red Son being on the light side, as I recall i...Re. Red Son being on the light side, as I recall isn't it only the US that ends up as a dystopia in the story? Issues of politics aside, from that perpective, Superman solving the problems of every other country in the world makes it a "light" side utopia, perhaps?Madeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-59396568139691994302014-07-31T09:41:28.216-03:002014-07-31T09:41:28.216-03:00I just looked at some Thunderworld drawings on dis...I just looked at some Thunderworld drawings on display at that Multiversity panel. Looks promising, though the big question is, CAN Morrison do a fun comic that is simply fun? I certainly can't accuse the guy of a lack of talent, but I also know he's at his happiest when he's being clever.<br /><br />Then again, I bet he can come up with some gloriously goofy villains that challenge Captain Marvel, so maybe he's not such a bad pick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-83264713098324896822014-07-31T09:06:25.947-03:002014-07-31T09:06:25.947-03:00Methinks Earth-Prime should sit all the way deep i...Methinks Earth-Prime should sit all the way deep into the dark side then! ;-)<br /><br />It does help my theory on Earth-8, if nothing else, but I'm also surprised to see Red Son Earth on the light side, albeit farthest from New Genesis which may or may not the ultimate lightness. It's all very D&D, isn't it?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-56774311184704317942014-07-31T08:43:11.753-03:002014-07-31T08:43:11.753-03:00Great post, as always, Siskoid. Don't know if...Great post, as always, Siskoid. Don't know if you've read this or not, but it is a good overview of the worlds with info from past interviews w/Morrison. Interesting dynamic dealing with "opposites" and whether a world is closer to the dark side of the map vs the light.<br />http://www.newsarama.com/21741-grant-morrison-on-multiversity-it-s-going-to-f-people-up.htmlkgbUNChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020673508333238928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-90690701879950780422014-07-31T08:32:45.286-03:002014-07-31T08:32:45.286-03:00I like that interpretation of Captain Marvel, thou...I like that interpretation of Captain Marvel, though it's really all just semantics. Have you seen the cover art for the Thunderworld book? Looks like it'll be the Captain Marvel we used to love.<br /><br />I've seen McNinja, sure, and I like a lot of comics that are exactly like that. It's incredible how much I prefer comics designed for "all-ages" as opposed to "Teen+".Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-53116420965885976292014-07-31T07:24:53.155-03:002014-07-31T07:24:53.155-03:00Back in Infinite Crisis, Earth 8 was identifed as ...Back in Infinite Crisis, Earth 8 was identifed as the the earth on which Kyle Rayner was supposed to become Green Lantern, Helena Bertinelli was supposed to become the Huntress, and so on. Which is not to say that it will necessarily still be that way, but Morrison does love tradition.<br /><br />I think the big problem with Captain Marvel (you can't make me call him "Shazam") is that he's not a comic book character, not by modern standards. Comic book characters have complicated personal lives. Comic book characters have issues. Comic book characters have arcs that put them through hell and yet somehow return them to their status quo.<br /><br />Captain Marvel doesn't work when they try to make him a comic book character. So what is he then? He is a comic STRIP character. Different set of expectations, where all anyone is asking of Captain Marvel is to go on adventures and fight weirdos.<br /><br />Ever read the "Dr Mcninja" Web comic? It's all about fun and action, with ninjas, pirates, dinosaurs, gorillas, banditos, vampires, and the like. It keeps from getting bogged down by normal superhero tropes, and that's the only way to do Captain Marvel right. This, I opine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com