tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post5495080029138781013..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Wolverine #47Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-83185847172284223052016-04-21T09:18:12.528-05:002016-04-21T09:18:12.528-05:00Shouldn't it be "rabid"? You say &q...Shouldn't it be "rabid"? You say "rapid" three times! :)<br /><br />Larry Hama has mentioned somewhere about his own dog being killed .... I wonder if that had happened recently when he wrote this issue?<br /><br />I actually enjoy his quiet script here but I hated that it halted the momentum of the run from issues 34-46. (PAD's fill-in notwithstanding.)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-87411181083101701562016-04-19T11:07:04.617-05:002016-04-19T11:07:04.617-05:00I missed the Sandy reference - now that you mentio...I missed the Sandy reference - now that you mention it, it's of course obvious, but it flew past me when I was reading the issue. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-59504987431687631262016-04-19T11:06:22.389-05:002016-04-19T11:06:22.389-05:00Good point on the reintroduction of Silver Fox - I...Good point on the reintroduction of Silver Fox - I hadn't considered that. <br /><br />Could be this was designed as a breather relative to the other titles, but at the same time, when has Marvel ever intentionally let up the gas, sales-wise? Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-3454548082706909172016-04-19T11:04:58.093-05:002016-04-19T11:04:58.093-05:00It's definitely representative of the typical ...It's definitely representative of the typical one-off fill-in issue of WOLVERINE, of which there are many...Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-86327463126189669822016-04-19T11:04:16.244-05:002016-04-19T11:04:16.244-05:00Like the rest of issues in this stretch, this take...Like the rest of issues in this stretch, this takes place before X-MEN #1; if we assume X-FORCE #1 is roughly concurrent (probably just before), then Black Tom's WTC bombing can reasonably be placed right after this. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-16636468507547921682016-04-17T07:56:26.033-05:002016-04-17T07:56:26.033-05:00// Who did the cover? //
The “KJ” is Kirk Jarvin...<br><i>// Who did the cover? //</i><br /><br /> The “KJ” is Kirk Jarvinen; Brad Vancata inked — a pairing later seen on Peter David’s <i>Aquaman: Time and Tide</i> at DC.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-4574285091526485992016-04-17T07:54:32.515-05:002016-04-17T07:54:32.515-05:00// The cop trying to ticket him says the [bike] is...<br><i>// The cop trying to ticket him says the [bike] is registered to "NFN Logan" //</i><br /><br />I did assume that stood for “No First Name” but would like to think it’s an abbreviation of what Logan gives to whomever’s persistent in asking and the “F” stands for something else.<br /><br /><i>// Art comes from Gerald Decaire, whose work and name I don't recognize. //</i><br /><br />Me neither. I always feel bad dinging somebody who got a professional break in comics and especially someone who clearly puts in the work drawing street clothes and houses and vehicles but, man, Decaire’s perspective isn’t great and his people are ugly and inconsistent. <br /><br />I don’t know if this is was so negligible, or the source so bygone, that you missed it or was so obvious you didn’t bother remarking on it, but the cop’s kids’ dog is named Sandy and goes “Arf!” like the title character’s dog Sandy famously did in <i>Little Orphan Annie</i>.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-19762068485710657572016-04-16T04:43:17.750-05:002016-04-16T04:43:17.750-05:00Wolverine actually verbally checks the "need ...Wolverine actually verbally checks the "need to run free" in #43 in a panel that <i>very</i> much reminiscens of the pin-uppy first page in #44, but then he goes to think about a ocean cruise he took upon gazing an unseen pond on that one instead.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-54810024521541152002016-04-16T04:19:31.300-05:002016-04-16T04:19:31.300-05:00I'm getting quite convinced that they had to u...I'm getting quite convinced that they had to use this story at this particular point. The next issues will be tight package and the dog memory gets referenced in it so it needs to be put out there before if they're gonna at all. I'm starting to think this issue was a pre-planned fill-in to be put out after #40 at some point (maybe when Silvesti wouldn't manage the twice a month shipping schelude) so that they can pace the double-sided finale into #50, but the moment never came.<br /><br />Or maybe <i>this</i> issue didn't make it in time so it could be used for #44, and they had to go with the PAD one that was ready a couple of issues early. Or they couldn't get anyone to draw a pin-up of Wolverine seeing a dog in the Central Park for the framing device.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-11319486743933573752016-04-16T03:06:27.017-05:002016-04-16T03:06:27.017-05:00I wonder if this issue was more relaxed than the o...I wonder if this issue was more relaxed than the other titles being published on purpose or if it just happened that way by accident? If nothing else, it is a nice breather before things really pick up next issue.<br /><br />And if nothing else, having a flashback with Silverfox is a nice reminder of her and Wolverine's "history" up till now, before they dive back into things. If nothing else, any newer readers might now be aware that Wolverine was in a relationship with someone called Silverfox, as opposed to wondering who Silverfox was and why she matters had we jumped right into the Weapon X story. <br /><br />Who did the cover? It certainly has an Art Adams feel, even if the signature says it isn't him. wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-62635604988360856752016-04-15T16:08:48.124-05:002016-04-15T16:08:48.124-05:00I bought this issue that month as well and to be f...I bought this issue that month as well and to be frank I had completely forgotten about until I saw the cover here. I do remember the handle bars in the grill vividly but that's about it. Needless to say, I thought this was representative of a typical Wolverine issue and since it bored 9 year old me, I stayed away from the series for a long time.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447265712189987074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-40208066130626569432016-04-15T13:27:32.809-05:002016-04-15T13:27:32.809-05:00Maybe they told Hama to take it easy this month, a...Maybe they told Hama to take it easy this month, among all the other stuff the kids got five X-Men #1s to buy.<br /><br />I enjoyed immensely of the scene at WTC, though I was kind of expecting: "Maybe I don't wanna ticket you. Maybe I wanna put you in jail." But, shouldn't there be a three days long hostage situation going on there? Teemunoreply@blogger.com