The Arcadians #2

Sooo . . . last page I have drawn.

Uh-oh.

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Saturday is headache day.

I always seem to get a headache on Saturday. Kind of like a viral hot knife through butter. Know what I mean?

I hope not, 'cause I sure don't.

I should mention that Dani's, "EEEEEEEEEE", was the hardest line that I've ever had to write! She's a headstrong, competent young woman. I just can't see her letting loose with a stereotypically girly, "EEEEEEEEEE!!!" But "AAAAAAHHHHHH" didn't seem right. And she just snapped out of a groggy faint, so it just didn't seem likely for her to formulate, "Foresooth! What strange sight sets before my eyes?" Maybe, "WHAT THE F@#$!?!" But, is that really sitting on her lips as she can barely focus her eyes? If anyone's still reading, maybe you can give me some feedback?

Yeah, sure. Like anybody's still reading!

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Can't seem to crop these right, dangit!

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So at this special time of year, thoughts naturally turn to the important questions in life . . .

Why am I here?

What is it all about?

What is the meaning of life?

Who's stretchier, Stretch Armstrong or Plastic Man? Which is a stupid question . . . I mean, yeah, Mr. Fantastic is both stretchy AND smart, and Elongated Man tries his best, and Elastiboy actually joined the Legion of Super-Heroes, but, clearly, there is and can only be one answer to who is stretchiest:

Plastic Man. Because Batman said so!

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Slowing down. Must be old age.

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So, I've been reading DC's new universe . . . wait! Wasn't the New Universe Marvel? Hunh!

Anyway, I've been reading DC's new universe, and I was upset about Superman not being married to Lois Lane anymore. See, Superman being married to Lois Lane makes him even more unique. A married superhero . . . and, yes, there are others . . . is very rare. And generally, their story was told very well. "Lois and Clark" was believable. "Lolark". And Dan Didio decided that wasn't good enough. Blasphemy!

But then last night I changed my mind. You see, it's true that the "icon" is Lois trying to prove that Clark is Superman. Superman is an icon, and as well as "Lois and Clark" works, the icon is Lois trying to prove Clark is Superman. So, if Spider-man can not be married all of a sudden, then Superman can no longer be married.

HOWEVER . . . this brought me back to Spider-man. Spider-man is Peter Parker. And Peter Parker is the Charlie Brown of the superhero world. Peter Parker always loses. THAT is the Spider-man icon. Peter Parker never wins, just like the poor geeky little kid that came home from the grocery store after buying the last issue of Spider-man with the money he hid in his sock so the bully wouldn't get it at 3:00 in the playground. And in spite of all the crap that Peter Parker goes through, in spite of the dead parents and the missed burglars and the sick aunts and the broken cameras and the beratings by J. Jonah Jameson and the beatings by Flash Thompson and the firings from the pizza delivery jobs and the best friends losing their minds . . . Peter Parker won ONCE. He got Mary Jane. He got the super-hot, super-smart, funny, loving, fun, compassionate, wild, nutty supermodel. And the icon said, "You! Kid! . . . hang in there! It just takes once!"

So YOU Joe Quesada. YOU are on my list.

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Doh-dee-o-doh-doh . . .