LNH/META: Sarcastic Lad in a DC Comic?!
Arthur Spitzer
arspitzer at earthlink.net
Thu May 31 22:09:48 PDT 2007
Arthur Spitzer wrote:
> Tom Russell wrote:
>
>> I don't know if anyone's reading Justice League of America-- it runs
>> the gamut from great to good to craptastic, often within the span of a
>> single issue-- but in the most recent issue, Sarcastic Lad gets
>> namedropped.
>>
>> Wonder if Meltzer reads RACC. :-)
>>
>> ==Tom
>
>
>
> Not the first time it's happened. I seem to remember someone pointing
> out a long time ago ('95) a comic that had two heroes named Sarcastic
> Lad and Frat Boy (some Milestone comic... anyone remember?)
>
> Also remember someone pointing out a blurb in Heroes Magazine (i think)
> about rec.arts.comics.creative... Anyone remember the issue number?
>
> Can't seem to find this info using google news... but pretty sure that
> someone did post something to this effect... I think maybe Peter 'Tick'
> Milan...
>
> Of course if Meltzer googled the name Sarcastic Lad he'd find a bunch of
> LNH links...
>
> Arthur "RACC's glory days" Spitzer
After a little bit of searching I did find, which issue the
Hero blurb was...
From Peter Milan's DD & VG #14:
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Before we get on with the passion and pathos of this new
storyline, Vigilante Guy has a few words of import he'd like
to share.
"Howdy! Vigilante Guy here, with a proud salute for the
fine men and women of Hero Illustrated! For those of you
who don't know, Hero was kind enough to run a little blurb
in the In The Works section of their September 1994 issue-
-only $3.95 cover price and worth every penny. Ahem. I
quote...
"`One last tip-off before we go this month:comics fans
with access to Internet are missing out if they don't read
rec.arts.comics.creative. This newsgroup contains some
terrific comic book parodies, in addition to some
interesting new stories to peruse. Who knows? There may
come a day when an Internet surfer turns up in the HERO Top
9...'
"Well, I just wanna say thumbs up to Hero! God, you can't
believe how long I've wanted to say that! How much love I
hold in my hearts for those great Hero guys and gals! Where
would we be today without Hero Illustrated?"
"Uh...Vig?"
"Sssh! Hero Illustrated has done so much for the comics
community, to list them all would take...well, longer than
an expanded Stephen King novel! I bow down and worship
everyone who works on Hero Illustrated!"
"Vig."
"Be quiet! Their reporting is comprehensive. Nowhere else
will you learn more comics news. Their ever-controversial
`Final Word' column gives comics professionals everywhere a
chance to have their say!"
"Vig!"
"Shut up! And that Frank Kurtz! What a cutie!"
"VIG!!!!"
"WHAT?!"
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Er...um...my partner, Decibel Dude, everyone! Let's have
a big hand for him!"
"Answer the question, Vig. What are you doing?"
"Why, I'm...er...I'm just offering a salute to all my
good pals at Hero Illustrated! God, I love 'em!"
"No you're not! You're scheming to get into the Hero Top
9, aren't you?"
"Well...I mean, if the nice, nice people at Hero decide
to put our writer in the Top 9 because of my little
tribute, I wouldn't be ungrateful..."
"Why, you little publicity whore. Folks, here's the deal.
Hero's a good magazine. I dig it. In fact, this entire
diatribe may end up in Psycho Letter of the Month. But the
fact is, the only way the writer of this book is going to
en dup in the Hero Top 9 is if he gets a real job. Vig, you
should know better that to suck up to comics journalists!"
"I sorry."
"You should be sucking up to comics editors! Hey Carlin!
Bobbie Chase! Denny O'Neill! Check this stuff out! Like it?
Give this monkey a job on one of your books, willya? He
needs the work! He can write real superheroes! Give him a
call! His E-mail address' at the end of the story!"
"You slug."
"Sssh. This could be our ticket to the big time!"
This ugly little scene was brought to you by the writer's
ego. By the way, if this does end up in Psycho Letter of
the Month, the writer's T-shirt size is XXL, as he has been
eating too many Fritos lately. Also, he has begun referring
to himself in the third person, so we really ought to get
on with the story now.
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Arthur "Damn. I miss that series..." Spitzer
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