LNH/META: Sarcastic Lad in a DC Comic?!
Tom Russell
the gamut from great to good to craptastic, often within the span of a
single issue-- but in the most recent issue, Sarcastic Lad gets
namedropped.
Wonder if Meltzer reads RACC. :-)
==Tom
Tarq
> I don't know if anyone's reading Justice League of America-- it runs
> the gamut from great to good to craptastic, often within the span of a
> single issue--
> but in the most recent issue, Sarcastic Lad gets
> namedropped.
That is incredibly epic. Which issue number is it? I need to see this.
I believe the appropriate terminology for these sort of situations, as
defined by the internet-faring community, is "omg omg omg omg omg
awsum lol". And truly can no other statement possibly express my
immediate reaction to such news.
Squee.
> ==Tom
~Mitchell
Tom Russell
> On May 25, 8:54 am, Tom Russell <milos_par...@yahoo.com> wrote:> I don't know if anyone's reading Justice League of America-- it runs
> > the gamut from great to good to craptastic, often within the span of a
> > single issue--
>
> Of course. It *is* DC. Pfft.
Not that Marvel is much better, you crazy Marvel Zombie you. :-)
>
> > but in the most recent issue, Sarcastic Lad gets
> > namedropped.
>
> That is incredibly epic. Which issue number is it?
I _think_ it's number nine.
Martin Phipps
It is number nine. Page 19 to be exact.
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Martin
Lalo Martins
From the context, it *may* be an LNH reference, but I wouldn't guarantee.
For those not reading the current arc: the JLA and JSA are working
together to retrieve 7 "lost" members of the Legion of Super-Heroes;
that's the pre-Zero-Hour version, maybe even pre-Crisis judging from
Superman's references.
In this scene, Red Arrow, Power Girl and the Hawks are in Thanagar
looking for Dawnstar. Red Arrow says what's on every reader's mind:
"Oh, then she's practically a sore thumb. Girl with wings..." (looks up
to the Thanagar sky, full of flying people) "Never seen that before."
Then Hawkgirl says: "Relax, Sarcastic Lad." He mutters: "Sarcastic Lad?
They don't have humor in Thanagar either?"
So it was a joke with the Legion's naming pattern. I guess we'll only
know if it was an LNH reference or not, if Meltzer eventually mentions it
in an interview, or if he throws in a more clear reference later on :-)
best,
Lalo Martins
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Tom Russell
> Also spracht Tom Russell (Thu, 24 May 2007 22:54:45 +0000):
> > Wonder if Meltzer reads RACC. :-)
> So it was a joke with the Legion's naming pattern.
I know that; hence the smiley. :-)
Nice to see you around these parts again, Lalo, btw.
==Tom
Arthur Spitzer
Not the first time it's happened. I seem to remember someone pointing
out a long time ago ('95) a comic that had two heroes named Sarcastic
Lad and Frat Boy (some Milestone comic... anyone remember?)
Also remember someone pointing out a blurb in Heroes Magazine (i think)
about rec.arts.comics.creative... Anyone remember the issue number?
Can't seem to find this info using google news... but pretty sure that
someone did post something to this effect... I think maybe Peter 'Tick'
Milan...
Of course if Meltzer googled the name Sarcastic Lad he'd find a bunch of
LNH links...
Arthur "RACC's glory days" Spitzer
Arthur Spitzer
After a little bit of searching I did find, which issue the
Hero blurb was...
From Peter Milan's DD & VG #14:
************************************************************
Before we get on with the passion and pathos of this new
storyline, Vigilante Guy has a few words of import he'd like
to share.
"Howdy! Vigilante Guy here, with a proud salute for the
fine men and women of Hero Illustrated! For those of you
who don't know, Hero was kind enough to run a little blurb
in the In The Works section of their September 1994 issue-
-only $3.95 cover price and worth every penny. Ahem. I
quote...
"`One last tip-off before we go this month:comics fans
with access to Internet are missing out if they don't read
rec.arts.comics.creative. This newsgroup contains some
terrific comic book parodies, in addition to some
interesting new stories to peruse. Who knows? There may
come a day when an Internet surfer turns up in the HERO Top
9...'
"Well, I just wanna say thumbs up to Hero! God, you can't
believe how long I've wanted to say that! How much love I
hold in my hearts for those great Hero guys and gals! Where
would we be today without Hero Illustrated?"
"Uh...Vig?"
"Sssh! Hero Illustrated has done so much for the comics
community, to list them all would take...well, longer than
an expanded Stephen King novel! I bow down and worship
everyone who works on Hero Illustrated!"
"Vig."
"Be quiet! Their reporting is comprehensive. Nowhere else
will you learn more comics news. Their ever-controversial
`Final Word' column gives comics professionals everywhere a
chance to have their say!"
"Vig!"
"Shut up! And that Frank Kurtz! What a cutie!"
"VIG!!!!"
"WHAT?!"
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Er...um...my partner, Decibel Dude, everyone! Let's have
a big hand for him!"
"Answer the question, Vig. What are you doing?"
"Why, I'm...er...I'm just offering a salute to all my
good pals at Hero Illustrated! God, I love 'em!"
"No you're not! You're scheming to get into the Hero Top
9, aren't you?"
"Well...I mean, if the nice, nice people at Hero decide
to put our writer in the Top 9 because of my little
tribute, I wouldn't be ungrateful..."
"Why, you little publicity whore. Folks, here's the deal.
Hero's a good magazine. I dig it. In fact, this entire
diatribe may end up in Psycho Letter of the Month. But the
fact is, the only way the writer of this book is going to
en dup in the Hero Top 9 is if he gets a real job. Vig, you
should know better that to suck up to comics journalists!"
"I sorry."
"You should be sucking up to comics editors! Hey Carlin!
Bobbie Chase! Denny O'Neill! Check this stuff out! Like it?
Give this monkey a job on one of your books, willya? He
needs the work! He can write real superheroes! Give him a
call! His E-mail address' at the end of the story!"
"You slug."
"Sssh. This could be our ticket to the big time!"
This ugly little scene was brought to you by the writer's
ego. By the way, if this does end up in Psycho Letter of
the Month, the writer's T-shirt size is XXL, as he has been
eating too many Fritos lately. Also, he has begun referring
to himself in the third person, so we really ought to get
on with the story now.
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Arthur "Damn. I miss that series..." Spitzer
Saxon Brenton
wrote in reply to Tom Russell:
[...]
>Not the first time it's happened. I seem to remember someone pointing out
>a long time ago ('95) a comic that had two heroes named Sarcastic Lad and
>Frat Boy (some Milestone comic... anyone remember?)
The concluding issue of the 'Worlds Collide' crossover between DC
and Milestone comics in 1994 was _Static_ #14. In it the world
was recreated as a parody version of the 1950s-60s version of the
Legion of Superheroes, complete with a mission monitor board.
On said board where the names and statuses of various League
of Superteens members, including Frat Boy and Procrastination Lad,
who as Mystic Mongoose pointed out in _Retcon Hour Omega_
were LNH characters. (It also included Fan Boy, but IIRC Jamas
hadn't started writing _Fan.Boy_ for the LNH at that point, so we
won't dwell on that.) Mystic Mongoose jokingly retaliated by
having wReamicus Maximus take the name of wRift (after Rift,
the big bad for Worlds Collide) at the conclusion of Retcon Hour.
I further jokingly retaliated by rippling off the name Very Big Boy
for one of my characters introduced in _L-ALad_ #50. I never got
around to introducing the character of Super Nazi-Fighter Lad :-(
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Saxon Brenton Uni of Technology, city library, Sydney Australia
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