14||0|1510|0|yes 0|0|0|||||DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|VA_Wanderer||17:42:12|01/03/2008|In the category of %22Let%27s really WTF%22%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%2Aspoiler notice%2A%0D%0A%0D%0ALet%27s take the DCU%27s funny-animal universe. %28Earth-C%29%0D%0A%0D%0APut Superman in it%2C who isn%27t changed by the experience. His entry into Earth-C gifts a group of funny-animals with super powers%2C who become %22Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew%22. It didn%27t take itself seriously%2C was a fun read as a kid. Anything with bad guys like Feline Faust or Debil-Dawg doesn%27t%2C y%27know%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThen%2C let%27s take the same funny-animals. We destroy their Earth %28thanks Starro the Conquerer%29%2C hypnotize them into believing they%27re depowered%2C put them %28and some of the C-equivalent %22JLA%22 from their Earth-2%2C Earth C-minus%29 on an ark %28cruise ship%29 filled with refugees.%0D%0A%0D%0AThen we somehow Boom Tube them to the DCU%27s main universe%2C sending the ship into re-entry from space %28%21%29 where they all turn into ordinary animals that are incapable of speech%2C but remain rational...%0D%0A%0D%0A...which leads to Zatanna now having a super-hero rabbit %28who is now a perfectly ordinary-looking rabbit%29 for a show partner as the rest of the team is...well...left sitting there at the ship looking stupid. End of series.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat. The. F%2A%2A%2A. This was a three-part DC mini-series%3F 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|Gryphon||18:06:42|01/03/2008|Well%2C it just goes to show you why we need gas chromatograph mass spectrometers. Left to rely only on my nose%2C I%27d have sworn that was Joe Quesada%27s urine dripping down the face of yet another childhood memory.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 3|2|1|||1||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|Matrix Dragon||18:46:15|01/03/2008|%3EWell%2C it just goes to show you why we need gas chromatograph mass %0D%0A%3Espectrometers. Left to rely only on my nose%2C I%27d have sworn that was %0D%0A%3EJoe Quesada%27s urine dripping down the face of yet another childhood %0D%0A%3Ememory. %0D%0A%0D%0ANo%2C if it was Joe Q%2C he%27d be telling us how there are no good stories to follow on from our childhood memories and you should be glad he was there to piss all over it%2C cause his piss is GENIUS.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|Wedge||18:09:33|01/03/2008|%3E...which leads to Zatanna now having a super-hero rabbit %28who is now a %0D%0A%3Eperfectly ordinary-looking rabbit%29 for a show partner as the rest of %0D%0A%3Ethe team is...well...left sitting there at the ship looking stupid. %0D%0A%3EEnd of series. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWhat. The. F%2A%2A%2A. This was a three-part DC mini-series%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AWow%2C that%27s sideways. The writer%27s buddies with Matt Groening%2C though%2C so. This is the kind of thing Grant Morrison would%27ve done for Vertigo in the 90%27s that I would have held a sick fascination for.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso a little light digging shows that the events of Final Ark take place on Earth-26%2C and it%27s not really clear if that%27s exactly the same continuity as Earth-C-- I%27ve always loved DC for making such a complicated continuity that basically makes every action undoable if you work hard enough for it.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%2C hey%2C he could%27ve done a %2Alot%2A worse than winding up with Zatanna%21 I%27d take that trade. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 4|2|2|||1||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|Gryphon||18:57:04|01/03/2008|%3EAnd%2C hey%2C he could%27ve done a %2Alot%2A worse than winding up with Zatanna%21 %0D%0A%3E I%27d take that trade. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AThere is that.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 5|1|0|||||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|Polychrome||23:13:07|01/03/2008|Dan Didio hates you%2C that%27s why.%0D%0A%0D%0ASeriously%2C are Didio and Quesada having a contest over who can be the biggest asshole%3F I think Didio was winning until One More Day came out. I fear to think how he%27s going to try to top that.%0D%0A%0D%0APolychrome 6|2|5|||1||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|Mephron||15:28:12|01/04/2008|...have you ever noticed that you never see DiDio%2C Quesada%2C and Satan in the same place%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 7|3|6|||1||RE%3A DC|Lime2K||02:27:21|01/05/2008|%3E...have you ever noticed that you never see DiDio%2C Quesada%2C and Satan %0D%0A%3Ein the same place%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AYou almost made me spit chicken ramen all over my keyboard %28and I%27ve already had to replace it once in the last year...%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-------------%0D%0ALime2K%0D%0AThe One True Evil Overlord%0D%0A%5Bi%5DWho knows how much of a pain it is to find replacement Mac keyboards -- the ones that have an eject button on them so I can open my DVD drive%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A 8|1|0|||1||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|E_M_Lurker||17:37:24|01/06/2008|Someone needs to walk up to Didio and Joey the Cheese and tell them%3A %22Are you dense%3F Are you retarded or something%3F We%27re your goddamn fanbase%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--The Evil Midnight Lurker what Lurks at Midnight%0D%0A%22An object at rest--CANNOT BE STOPPED%21%21%21%22 9|2|8|||1||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|Mephron||19:49:17|01/06/2008|The problem is that they think the only way to survive is to do things to insure they have a constant fanbase churn - they can%27t just keep going%2C they need to have it ready for new people to pick up.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo them%2C there is no bad publicity%3B there%27s just things that make people who might not look at a comic go %27I should see what this is about%27.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 10|2|8|||1||RE%3A Cheese Louise|PCHammer||11:20:01|01/09/2008|%3ESomeone needs to walk up to Didio and Joey the Cheese %5B...%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AGreat. Due to random mislinks in my brain%2C I now have the image of a yellowish scribbly-looking character as head of Marvel editorial%2C randomly declaring that Reed Richards %22likes chocolate milk%22%2C Cyclops and Havok are %22brother ladies%22%2C and Lockjaw is a %22moon horsey%22.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen quizzed on the continuity-shattering specifics of the infernal compact between Peter Parker and Mephisto%2C naturally%2C his only response is%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22i pooted.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A- Lord Ilmartello%21%0D%0A%5Bi%5DGOTTA GO GOTTA GO GOTTA GO GOTTA GO GOTTA GO GOTTA GO GOTTA GO GOTTA GO GOTTA GO GOTTA GO%5B%2Fi%5D 11|3|10|||1||RE%3A Cheese Louise|Mephron||12:08:58|01/09/2008|You may be closer than you think to the truth%2C Marty.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 14|3|10|||1||RE%3A Cheese Louise|BlackAeronaut||23:51:00|01/11/2008|My precise reaction%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AO_o%3B%3B%0D%0A%2AHeadesk%2A%0D%0AROTFLMAO%21%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bhr%5D%5Bfont size%3D%222%22 face%3D%22Arial Narrow%22%5D%5Bb%5DBlack Aeronaut Technologies%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0ACreative aerospace solutions for the discerning spacer%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%22To the commissary we should go%2C%22 Yoda declared firmly. %22News of this kind a danish requires.%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 12|2|8|||||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|VA_Wanderer||10:07:24|01/11/2008|%3ESomeone needs to walk up to Didio and Joey the Cheese and tell them%3A %0D%0A%3E%22Are you dense%3F Are you retarded or something%3F We%27re your goddamn %0D%0A%3Efanbase%21%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AAlternatively%2C this.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.applegeeks.com%2Flite%2Findex.php%3Faglitecomic%3D2008-01-11%0D%0A 13|3|12|||||RE%3A DC %22 kills%22 off Captain Carrot and company.|CdrMike||16:58:19|01/11/2008|%3EAlternatively%2C this. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Ehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.applegeeks.com%2Flite%2Findex.php%3Faglitecomic%3D2008-01-11%0D%0A%0D%0AWas %27bout to post this myself%2C but I guess I%27m not the only Applegeeks reader here.%0D%0A