tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3998255566037530301..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Time Capsule: Here's to the Losers Part ISiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-9868730765626720532009-12-15T03:50:29.609-04:002009-12-15T03:50:29.609-04:00"Is it sexist if I say I'd like to see mo..."Is it sexist if I say I'd like to see more women wear their hair this way?"<br /><br />Do you mean "oddly tucked into the halter-y bra-like contraption holding their boobs"?<br /><br />Because I don't know if it's sexist, but it does seem a tad over-specialized...Jack Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347116217773724467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-45615453837036759272009-12-14T21:03:46.156-04:002009-12-14T21:03:46.156-04:00"Arak" was like the History Channel for ..."Arak" was like the History Channel for the young adolescent nerd crowd. I dug it, but man, there has never been a writer as uneven as Roy Thomas.<br /><br />My introduction to "Arak" was #7, the first issue in Rome with the Wandering Jew. Everything about that comic rocked, down to the choice of ending the issue with Arak threatening the bad guy (rather than the traditional hero-surprised-with-jaw-agape reveal). Then the issue after that was absolutely craptacular, devoted mostly to Arak fighting gladiators.<br /><br />I guess the good issues of "Arak" were a lot like the HBO series "Rome": they created a remote time and place without seeming forced. Then the other half of the stories, Carmine Infantino would draw the midget pickpocket hopping around like a ninja (because, if D&D taught us nerds back then anything, it's that that surgeon-like manual dexterity and acrobatic talent are inextricably interwtined).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-55043710318952913402009-12-14T16:13:32.232-04:002009-12-14T16:13:32.232-04:00Hmm...I might have to check this out as well. I li...Hmm...I might have to check this out as well. I like the sound of the premise. Plus, you know...Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-60719233825046427032009-12-14T10:07:45.485-04:002009-12-14T10:07:45.485-04:00Hahaha. And no Valda yet either... she was scrumpt...Hahaha. And no Valda yet either... she was scrumptious.<br /><br />Quarter bin is right. Arak gets no respect.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-86641182285427275722009-12-14T09:19:25.023-04:002009-12-14T09:19:25.023-04:00In the immortal words of George Takei: "Oh my...In the immortal words of George Takei: "Oh my!"<br /><br />I'll have to dig through the quarter bins and give Arak a second look. My adolescent self thanks you, sir.Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132196355430345167noreply@blogger.com