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Sunday, September 19, 2004
Favorite moments in comics
Well, the nice thing about memes is that it’s a lot easier than actually having to think of content from scratch. This has been picked up from Will Pfeifer’s blog as well as a TCJ board discussion, Dave Fiore’s post and John at Commonplacebook. Pfeifer’s and Fiore’s lists should be of note in this case because there is some overlap between their lists and mine.
This isn’t done best to least, but I will single out one part as my all-time favorite. That would have to be the whole flashback scene in Jimmy Corrigan with Jimmy’s grandfather and the events in his life gearing up to the Chicago Word’s Fair. This is going to sound stupid, but it was so painful and yet so truthful (yes, I really wrote that) that I knew I was reading something very special.
Monsieur Mallah and The Brain declare their love for each other in Doom Patrol #34.
During the Galactus/Silver Surfer arc in Fantastic Four #48-50 when Johnny Storm comes back from space and declares “we’re ants…we’re just like ants…” or something like that (I don’t have the book in front of me).
Enid revealing how she lost her virginity in Ghost World.
The Saint of Killers emerges from the mushroom cloud of an atom bomb in Preacher only to mutter “not enough gun.”
In Howard the Duck #10 Howard is having his breakdown and hallucinates seeing Spider-Man and Spidey says “you know me-your friendly neighborhood piano?”
Gull hallucinates himself into the 20th Century in From Hell (I’m a sucker for hallucinations aren’t I?).
Second Alan Moore part, when Ozymandias says “I’m not a Republic Serial villain. Do you think I’d explain my masterstroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.”
Maggie’s inner voice when she sits next to Speedy in Death of Speedy. “I think I better get the Hell outta here before I rape you.”
From In the Valley of the Polar Bears (also collected in the Death of Speedy trade), Maggie’s eyes moving when here aunt is on TV screaming all her pro-wrestling stuff.
The “phone booth blowjob” in Hate during the storyline when Buddy was managing a grunge band.
Mr. Crows exclamation of “hop la” in Sock Monkey.
Ivan Brunetti’s conversation with Jesus in Schizo #2 gets so bad that one word balloon pretty much takes up an entire comic page. It’s a glimpse into what goes on in my head everyday.
When Dr. Strange meets Eternity in Strange Tales #138. Thanks to Dave Fiore for reminding me of that one.
That’s all I can think of right now. Weird, there should be Howard Chaykin, Walt Simonson, Evan Dorkin, Frank Miller and others on the list. I’m sure if you asked me a different day I’d give you a totally different list.
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