SW10/WWW: Powernaut 1995 #21: Then My Work Here is Done! (tm)

[candycanearter07]

On 1/4/24 13:33, Scott Eiler wrote:
> On 2024-01-03 21:21, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> On 1/3/24 19:56, Scott Eiler wrote:
>>
>>> http://eilertech.com/stories/powernaut/1995b.htm#21
>>>
>>> Bonus Section: 2005 Reprint Commentary from Wyatt Ferguson! Panel by 
>>> Panel!
>>>
>>> People often critique later-period Powernaut Comics as being 
>>> difficult to understand because they're so dense with artistic clues 
>>> instead of explanatory dialogue. So as the episode finally nears its 
>>> end, let's try a strip's worth of commentary - panel by panel!
>>
>> I have to agree with it being confusing, but that could just be from 
>> not following from the beginning.
> 
> No, it's not just you.  My sister was following Powernaut Comics near 
> the beginning, but she now finds them bewildering.  (In fairness, she 
> found the Barbie movie bewildering also. 8{D> )  Among the general 
> public, comic book fans tend to get Powernaut Comics; normal people, not 
> so much.
> 
>>> 2.    Sorting things out.
>>>          Upper: Crusher Joe escorts Megaphone away, almost tenderly. 
>>> Megaphone literally has no place to go except back to Total 
>>> Conversion HQ in the Bahamas.
>>>          Lower: The Powernaut is thinking, "I don't let people get 
>>> hurt - especially not myself!" He's shown a healing touch before, in 
>>> 1987. And Leo reveals the existence of a Time Police force, from 
>>> whose far future Megaphone came from, in search of 1990s adventure. 
>>> Megaphone never admitted *how* far his future is, but it's at least 
>>> well beyond 2005.
>>
>> So wait, was this drawn in 95 or 24? Did the characters travel back to 
>> 95?
> 
> It's even more complicated than you think...  In-universe, it was drawn 
> in and characters come from '95 (and reprinted in '05, hence the reprint 
> commentary).  In the real world, drawn in '23 (hence the copyright 
> notice) and published in '24.

"Oh no I've gone cross-eyed" -Austin Powers

(wait theres a comic series in universe that the characters read and 
also the "actual" comic takes place in 2005? or)

>>> 4.    "Then My Work Here is Done!" TM - It seems Powernaut Comics is 
>>> trying to trademark that phrase from the 1988 comic! Total Conversion 
>>> (the superhero team on premises) is saying Yeesh. But Leo is such a 
>>> fanboy as he starts his career, that he's impressed.
>>
>> I don't think that you can trademark a phrase like that lol
> 
> You can always try!  Mickey Mouse may be public domain now, but he's 
> still under trademark.  And I've seen old Star Wars ads with "May the 
> Force Be With You. (tm)"  8{D>

I really hope it doesn't become trademarked..

>>> 5.    Racer Girl is impatient that the Powernaut has been interfering 
>>> with our mission to rescue the Powernaut. Go figure. The Mad Axeman 
>>> from Shenandoah and I were still waiting there to watch. (Racer Girl 
>>> is from 4-dimensional Hypergaard and has actual color to her skin.)
>>>
>>> 6.    The Powernaut had been recreated from fragments of himself. He 
>>> has sensed that his ladyfriend Paula Page will have to be recreated 
>>> likewise.
>>>
>>> 7.    As the Hypernaut comes back from the flooding platform, Racer 
>>> Girl tells the Powernaut that recreating Paula will not be that easy.
>>
>> Interesting!
> 
> Thanks!
> 

ye
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