tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post2746588091029418913..comments2023-09-05T09:06:09.136-05:00Comments on Atop the Fourth Wall: The Wild #1Lewis Lovhaughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-84140250268859233992015-01-12T16:22:37.097-06:002015-01-12T16:22:37.097-06:00"Linkara, your review is very funny, however ..."Linkara, your review is very funny, however I don't understand the "So that's what happened to Blake" comment when the bull is saying "Raj? Forgive me..."<br /><br />What is this a reference to?"<br /><br />It's a reference of Roj Blake from the sci-fi show "Blake's 7."Lewis Lovhaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-58421704151683513012015-01-12T16:21:17.450-06:002015-01-12T16:21:17.450-06:00Linkara, your review is very funny, however I don&...Linkara, your review is very funny, however I don't understand the "So that's what happened to Blake" comment when the bull is saying "Raj? Forgive me..."<br /><br />What is this a reference to?Gaucelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766526318195031628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-1341770005258642402014-03-25T03:06:02.876-05:002014-03-25T03:06:02.876-05:00My response to the Duck Empire:
"Well, maybe ...My response to the Duck Empire:<br />"Well, maybe if you people paid attention to "The Mighty Ducks" trilogy and the animated TV show from the 90's, you wouldn't be having this problem!"<br /><br />Seriously though, great review and a very interesting concept.Rueschnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-6201686170902494462014-03-21T01:34:24.603-05:002014-03-21T01:34:24.603-05:00You know, that fire-thumb thing seems familiar...
...You know, that fire-thumb thing seems familiar...<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2185154024396" rel="nofollow">Aha.</a> (Check at about 5:30)<br />Guess it IS supposed to be wabbit-season-duck-season!Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117625402619470834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-42305109918287264482014-03-21T01:32:22.249-05:002014-03-21T01:32:22.249-05:00Actually, it seems like a lot of things in this co...Actually, it seems like a lot of things in this comic--the duck villains and rabbit protagonist--DO actually reflect the Looney Tunes. <br /><br />Biggest/oddest giveaway: I still remember one episode where Bugs Bunny outdid Merlin by lighting his thumb like a lighter. (It's called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2185154024396" rel="nofollow">Knight-Mare Hare.</a><br />Skip ahead to about 5:30)<br /><br />Weird, huh?Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117625402619470834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-3452668518981075712014-03-19T23:44:37.081-05:002014-03-19T23:44:37.081-05:00In the nineties, even the Nesquick Bunny wasn'...In the nineties, even the Nesquick Bunny wasn't safe from gritty reboots.TimeTravelerJessicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-59943788646196519892014-03-19T15:08:44.949-05:002014-03-19T15:08:44.949-05:00@ 02:21 - Bunnies! Bunnies! It must be bunnies! …...@ 02:21 - Bunnies! Bunnies! It must be bunnies! …Or maybe midgets<br /><br />@ 02:44 – At least it’s a sign of creativity<br /><br />@ 03:32 – Lol<br /><br />@ 03:48 – This comic predicted duck dynasty! What other information do you have oh wise comic book. <br /><br />@ 05:22 – Your counter is off already. There was the typo on the cover you pointed out which makes it 3. <br /><br />@ 07:00 – Why is it that anthropomorphic ducks never seem to have wings? Bothersome. <br /><br />@ 07:50 – because they have the power of “fear quack”<br /><br />@ 09:00 – Are you kidding? That scene established the villains! And it helped establish their world. We know that the protagonists of this story are going someplace and are therefore on a quest and that the characters we are to invest in are dispensable and not complete morons. They know when they are out classed and retreat. It also leads the reader to believe, based on the character names so far, that the animals are still simpler beings than humans. Could it have been told better, probably. <br /><br />@ 12:44 – Your apparent obsession with Hanson continues…<br />Rowan Lefeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-19097512340260651152014-03-17T04:23:34.238-05:002014-03-17T04:23:34.238-05:00You know, I never heard of The Wild or Unleashed C...You know, I never heard of The Wild or Unleashed Comics until you mentioned it on AT4W. There are so many errors all over (probably just as many if not more than Bimbos in Time) but this comic actually had a decent setup for epic silliness and cheesy action.<br /><br />Unfortunately, they never finished that second issue so I can't say if it would have been just as awesome as Brute Force.<br /><br />Anyway, good review of this incredibly obscure comic.Mingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-89510814913883018212014-03-14T17:24:41.495-05:002014-03-14T17:24:41.495-05:00If the story was told by the point of view of the ...If the story was told by the point of view of the duck empire... it would be called Ducktales 3099?um cara aíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183593741427971872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-45100876926559734232014-03-14T17:09:35.237-05:002014-03-14T17:09:35.237-05:00Naming a pig 'Pig' is nothing all that new...Naming a pig 'Pig' is nothing all that new, but I've never liked that trope, even when I was a kid. Michael Mouse? What were you expecting, a newt? Donald and Daffy Duck? Yeah, of course they're ducks... etc...<br />Then again, I knew a guy whose last name was 'Mann', so there you go. (Not Manfred Mann, but he counts.)<br /><br />I kept expecting the rabbit to say "You stole Deacon's eggs!".<br /><br />When they say 'Move it time's up' and you suggest that Timesup could be a name, it would technically <i>still</i> need that missing comma.<br /><br />Wait, the dogs took over, then the cats? Would that make it... the Year of the Cat?<br />(with thanks to Al Stewart).<br /><br />~ MikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-77382919761492711132014-03-12T22:22:46.594-05:002014-03-12T22:22:46.594-05:00Lewis, would you please comment on the various pro...Lewis, would you please comment on the various problematic aspects of this book, which the creators should apologize? For example, I felt there was offensive cultural appropriation of a 侍 (which was not helped by your heavily accented voicing of the character) Additionally, the whole of this book is problematic to otherkin and their allies through its misrepresentation of such individuals as violent vigilantes.<br /><br />Last, I feel this piece missed the best aspect of Brute Force -- private enterprise. While the book does portray the evils of government, Brute Force succeeds by having capitalism create its heroes to destroy evil collectivism.<br /><br />Remember, only Anarcho-Capitalism can bring equality!N.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-75463811447774478262014-03-12T15:36:31.190-05:002014-03-12T15:36:31.190-05:00In another dimension, another time and space,
A pa...In another dimension, another time and space,<br />A parallel universe was fallin' on its face<br />When out of the chaos, who else could it be<br />But the animal adventurers from s-p-a-c-e?<br /><br />Bucky! Captain Bucky O'Hare!<br />Mutants and aliens and ducks beware!<br />You're looking for adventure? Well, this is it,<br />With Jenny, Deadeye, Blinky, and Willy DuWitt<br /><br />I said Bucky! Captain Bucky O'Hare!<br />"And now, an update on Bucky O'Hare and the Duck Menace!"<br /><br />In the battle of the Aniverse, you don't know what's next,<br />You only know those feathered fiends have made it KOMPLEX!<br />When you check out your scanner and the sound of terror is loud,<br />There's only one course of action: Let's roast some fowls!<br /><br />Bucky! Captain Bucky O'Hare!<br />He goes where no ordinary rabbit would dare!<br />If your Righteous Indignation has suffered a hit<br />And your photon accelerator's broken a bit<br />And you're losing your mind, and you're having a fit<br />Get the funky fresh rabbit who can take care of it!<br /><br />Bucky! Captain Bucky O'Hare!<br />You say Bucky? I said Bucky!<br />Bucky O'Hare!<br />Let's roast some ducks!The Nostalgia Saiyannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-61322471244140299162014-03-12T13:56:40.272-05:002014-03-12T13:56:40.272-05:00The cover art to the Wild strongly resembles the w...The cover art to the Wild strongly resembles the work of John Cleary, who did art for multiple Image books in the 1990s, such as the Savage Dragon spin-off Deadly Duo, and Todd McFarlane's little-known kid-friendly title Boof.<br /><br />And I can think of plenty early Image team books with better art than this. Particularly the WildStorm and Top Cow stuff.John Pannozzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533256044605730722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-28211152876789321532014-03-11T23:23:14.181-05:002014-03-11T23:23:14.181-05:00There's this Australian artist on deviantart c...There's this Australian artist on deviantart called kitfox-crimson, and he's currently working on a comic called Legacy (which currently has 23 pages), and it's basically an Australian version of 'The Wild' but instead of cyber-Ducks, it's hyper advanced ratsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-55766991591363457292014-03-11T16:49:43.878-05:002014-03-11T16:49:43.878-05:00The comic looks like it has potential to be a fun...The comic looks like it has potential to be a fun read. It's got the stupid action hero movie quality mixed with the possibility of telling a still interested, but a bit overused plot of Rebels vs the evil empire . <br />As for the pig's name, I don't mine it. As for the Duck empire thing, at least they didn't use a animal like a crocodile,that could be used as a obvious evil animal ruler.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341608342945334446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-54241745735448162292014-03-11T15:13:42.809-05:002014-03-11T15:13:42.809-05:00I'll join the motion that it's too bad tha...I'll join the motion that it's too bad that there wasn't more than the one issue of this to be found. It looks like there might have been a bit of potential to "The Wild". At the same time, though, I get a sense that if there had been a longer run to it, the whole thing would have crashed and burned by the end of the third issue.<br /><br />Gotta say, too, I'm not sure if the folks behind this one were entirely professional comic book people or just amateurs who managed to get their own independent label when they made this book, but I'm glad to hear that some of them are still getting at least some work. From the looks of things, they were at least proficient enough in what they were doing to make a decent product. A lot of the spelling and grammar errors look like ones I tend to make when I'm rushing to get something done, and I can't help but wonder if some of the odd formatting choices came from being inexperienced with the layout software. I remember making some of those mistakes myself when I took similar classes when I was in school. I'd probably make them all again now, it's been so long since I've even looked at those programs.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693685124142750455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-14516982591210383162014-03-11T12:20:01.107-05:002014-03-11T12:20:01.107-05:00I was trying to think of all the post-apocalypse a...I was trying to think of all the post-apocalypse anthropomorphic animals take over scenarios depicted in fiction (other than this comic), most have already been listed the original Kamandi (which I forgot but have seen depicted in Batman the Brave and the Bold show), Rock and Rule, and Gamma World (which had all kinds of mutant survivors including animals) have all been mentioned. According to a comment by Sychodellica over at tgwtg this comic was actually inspired by a Gamma World campaign.<br /><br />For me the exemplar of this scenario that springs to mind is the After the Bomb an RPG from Palladium books original spun out from their TMNT RPG, natural mutant animals are main inhabitants of that setting.<br /><br />On the obscure side, my comics collection includes a self-published comic Mechalibre (by one Marc B. of Montréal) which has a post-apocalyptic world with raccoon people (lots of humans and giant robots mostly giant robots really), which was kind of fun if a bit crude and I think sadly also only made one issue (the gentleman's website circa 2008 no longer exists).<br /><br />The spacing and centering/positioning of text was bad in The Wild (I mean I think I could have done better in 1995 with MS paint). A point about spacing, writing systems often did not have such luxuries as spaces and other punctuation (as you can see when you see ancient Latin written on the sides of buildings or in some old manuscripts), many of the ones we use were inventions of the medieval period (so don't say they never did anything for civilization). Some writing systems still eschew punctuation and spacing (Chinese?) even if it would make life more convenient. So after reading the Wild I hope you are more thankful for standards of punctuation and spelling.<br /><br />The Wild did seem like a somewhat fun setting even if it had the most generic story imaginable and an absence of such things as character names. Hope you find that replacement for Brute Force, we need more zaniness in our bad comics.Allan Olleyhttp://individual.utoronto.ca/fofoundnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-46441031703492483622014-03-11T10:51:39.605-05:002014-03-11T10:51:39.605-05:00I'm disappointed in you Lewis
you had a comic...I'm disappointed in you Lewis<br /><br />you had a comic with ducks on spaceships, and you did not use "Crazy Duck in Space" as you'r themeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-1677942221628753592014-03-11T07:56:26.494-05:002014-03-11T07:56:26.494-05:00A new ad break segment (and it had Pikachu X3), cu...A new ad break segment (and it had Pikachu X3), cute. Will Lil' Petti will ever make an appearance in them?<br /><br />With that being said, on to the review:<br /><br />While the premise of the story seems interesting, it is unfortunate that the readers are just dumped into the story's universe without at least a decent starting point. We know nothing of the heroes or the Duck Empire (were they supposed to be the Fire Nation or Dark Legionnaires of the animal world)? Why did Redhare (or more appropriately, Pinky Bunny) and his entourage go searching for human ruins in the first place? Alas, we will probably never know. <br /><br />I don't mean to be nitpicky but you missed a typo on one of the comic's featured pages (can'nt).<br /><br />Stay awesome!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881676830017749078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-75468198941511008852014-03-11T06:06:04.945-05:002014-03-11T06:06:04.945-05:00Oh cats, that was a hilariously stupid comic! Thou...Oh cats, that was a hilariously stupid comic! Though I'm annoyed by all of those spelling and grammar mistakes made in one comic. I mean, I'll be the first to say that my grammar sucks, but if your grammar is even <i>worse</i> than mine, then that's just terrible. x.|.x<br /><br />. . . And the sad part is that my first name is Daren. >.|.>;;Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492602779467382350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-56266479704956481552014-03-11T03:48:09.515-05:002014-03-11T03:48:09.515-05:00yeah, new "We'll be right back" segm...yeah, new "We'll be right back" segments. I like the old ones, but I definitely would love some more variety now. I hope there's one of the little foam lizard, Dr. Linksano, and ENSIGN MUN...no, wait...LIEUTENANT MUNRO!<br /><br />The comic itself was pretty awesome, but not quite to the same level as Brute Force. I actually expected you to make a joke in regards to the steroid-abusing pink bunny being the Engergizer Bunny. I guess those batteries just couldn't keep him going, and going and going.<br /><br />And Maverick did pull out his lazer-sword. It was on the panel where he was shooting a gun in the 90's style, side-to-side motion (with the shots all coming out in midair) and he held the lazer-sword in his other hand. Although holding it is a lot different than using it, I'm afraid.Rueschnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-49554388682738441162014-03-11T01:02:40.448-05:002014-03-11T01:02:40.448-05:00thanks, now I can't stop listening to MMMBop.thanks, now I can't stop listening to MMMBop.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167767997089774003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-73213496475820953552014-03-11T00:51:20.032-05:002014-03-11T00:51:20.032-05:00Darin Calhoun is actually a pretty solid artist if...Darin Calhoun is actually a pretty solid artist if it's the same one I'm aware of. I don't think he's ever done anything of note, but his stuff all looks great.Corynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-8690200257031552952014-03-10T21:30:12.859-05:002014-03-10T21:30:12.859-05:00I second the mention of the 'Candygram' bi...I second the mention of the 'Candygram' bit from SNL. I was curious if you left it out because you didn't know/didn't think of it or how you like to screw with expectations.<br /><br />The whole concept for this comic sounds like the kinds of conversations one has at conventions. It's 3am, no one wants to go back to their room, everyone is a little slap-happy from the lack of sleep and someone randomly says 'I wonder if ducks could ever rule the world'.<br /><br />@dragons_duskAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09139941818637196445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-44176546762343493582014-03-10T21:16:54.230-05:002014-03-10T21:16:54.230-05:00Waitaminute, four-armed ducks with cyborg implants...Waitaminute, four-armed ducks with cyborg implants. Oh my god, this comic answers a question I never wanted to consider: What would happen if Rob Liefeld was handed the rights to Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars?!Lordofthesuplexnoreply@blogger.com