January 8 (FLASH: "Chain Lightning" in 30 Seconds)

[Nate the Great]

Who's that guy between Adam Strange and Starfire supposed to be?

[Zeke]

Huh? I didn't draw either of those.

[Nate the Great]

Chris Sims did. In Infinite Crisis in 30 Seconds, the "Meanwhile in Outer Spaaaaace" panel. I was just curious.

[Zeke]

Oh, that's Firestorm. (The new one, Jason Rusch. Ronnie Raymond was killed rather pointlessly in IDENTITY CRISIS.)

Crazy thought here, but does anyone have a comment on what I did?

[Nate the Great]

Uh, yeah. That was...different. Ahem.

"A lot of a bunch of speedsters!" I'd have stuck a plethora joke in there, but then again, I'm the kind of loser that thinks that everything needs to have references to second-tier cult classics.

"Hey, look out for Cobalt Blue!" "Yeah, thanks!" I admit that this was pretty good. Sardonic, deadpan wit is always good.

Was that Time Paradox blue boot supposed to actually be somebody in the comic, or did you invent a personification of a trope?

"I set everything right, but it cost me my life. No, seriously. I mean it this time." Yes, he sounds ever-so convincing.

[Zeke]

The owner of the boot is the Anti-Monitor. The annotations explain what he was doing there. (They're pretty good annotations, IMO.)

I'm actually almost proud of the art. At least compared to my world-renowned photo-manipulation skills.

[Nate the Great]

Almost proud of the art? Well, then I'm almost impressed by it.

(sound of crossbow bolts being drawn back)

Uh, yeah. Hey, look over there! What's that?

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Crazy thought here, but does anyone have a comment on what I did?

Sorry, Zeke. I don't like not getting comments on my stuff either, but I don't follow Flash comics, so I didn't really get the jokes until reading your annotations (except the Zod reference), at which point I got them, but couldn't quote them to let you know I got it since I didn't.

That said, your dialogue is witty, as always, and the art is clear and stylistically done well. I don't really recognize the characters since I don't read the comics, and in fact thought Panel 4's Flash was Jay Garrick. And I thought Bigfoot was a girl with the hair, but I'm sure that's just because I don't read the comics.

[Zeke]

Well, you both made valiant attempts, and I appreciate it. It's fair enough. I can't go around making updates I know full well are really obscure and then complain when nobody gets them.

[Nate the Great]

Hey, anytime.

[mudshark]

Originally Posted by Derek

... but I'm sure that's just because I don't read the comics.

Pretty much my reason for not commenting, as well. (Actually, I used to read comics, 'way back around the dawn of time, but hardly anyone has even seen those.) I simply haven't closely followed anything that's been going on in DC, Marvel, graphic novels, or any of that since about 1970, so a lot will just go right over my head.

Even so, Z., you put something up, and chances are pretty good I'll have a look, just to see what it is.

[Nate the Great]

So in the final summation, I suppose the answer to "has the big Z finally flipped?" is no. Kudos, Zeke!