tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post3008678376460160773..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1856: The Heck you say...Pappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-72843498594933405292016-02-19T07:58:53.602-08:002016-02-19T07:58:53.602-08:00J D, Ryan, Brian, all good points, so thanks.
It ...J D, Ryan, Brian, all good points, so thanks.<br /><br />It would be really nice to blame one's problems on supernatural forces...but I don't. I am all too capable of making my own mistakes. <br /><br />J D, I don't remember the name of that story, either, although there are many times I feel I am being manipulated. Our whole society is manipulated, either in attitudes, political thinking, or as consumers.<br /><br />Statistically, Brian, I feel some days I am doomed. I read stats on fatal car accidents, and they make me superstitious that the next time I venture out in my car I will meet my doom. I brush it off as best I can, although I do have a nagging fear that someday it will all catch up to me.<br /><br />Ryan, laughing at a guy getting pushed into the street! Shame on you, although actually that is pretty funny. As long as you aren't the guy getting pushed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-603312609443404712016-02-19T07:01:48.632-08:002016-02-19T07:01:48.632-08:00The whole silly (spoilers!) "their master was...The whole silly (spoilers!) "their master was death" was one of the most unnecessary added story elements I've seen in a long time!<br /><br />Stories about some external force causing all accidents seems to be a pretty well-worn script in horror comics, I've seen a number of them. Humans have the real love for blaming outside forces (gods, devils, gremlins) for their misfortunes and so I think it's a story that resonates.<br /><br />Though I'm not sure how statistics is going to lead you to that conclusion, allow you to see the invisible gnomes, or if they really transported safes like they were in a Popeye cartoon!Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-7944988705042109932016-02-19T05:51:03.784-08:002016-02-19T05:51:03.784-08:00Oh, well. It started out really funny--I laughed o...Oh, well. It started out really funny--I laughed out loud when the gnome pushed that poor guy into the street--but then it just degraded to plain dumb. If the writer had maintained the humor level, he might've really had something!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389353987133860660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-38401678681400805092016-02-19T00:39:24.818-08:002016-02-19T00:39:24.818-08:00Nice story, mostly because of the art.
This seems ...Nice story, mostly because of the art.<br />This seems to be a recurring theme, I remember another story where humans are depicted like "puppets", and only one man has the ability to see those who literally pull the strings. It won't do him no good, though.<br /><br />I said I remember it, but I really couldn't tell you the name of it, nor the artist.<br />Either I'm getting old, or those puppeteers have erased that record.<br /><br />And of course this is the main point of "The Invaders", a series that was very fiftyish, though it ran a decade later.J_D_La_Rue_67https://www.blogger.com/profile/13620923188907903146noreply@blogger.com