Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Comic Book Science
Since I'm just playing for the moment, and I don't want to say welcome again, I think I'll say something about the use of science in comic books. There's been more written on this topic then it rightly deserves, but so much of it is just terrible. Science in comic books has nothing to do with good and evil, or cold war anxieties, or even with power fantasies. It's all about the suspension of disbelief. So when some wise guy (henceforth WA) complains to a prominent combic book writer (henceforth, SL), the dialog could go as follows.
WA: You know, I don't really understand how spider man can walk on walls.
SL: Well, then could you enlighten us to how a spider can walk on walls.
WA: Well, they're like sticky and stuff.
SL: That's what I thought, and yet spiders manage to walk on walls very well, even though you don't know how they do it. It's scientific stuff that you don't know how they do it.
WA: Gee, I guess your right.
SL: I'm glad we settled that because Spidey's about to fight a guy with a 12 foot tongue and I wouldn't want you getting caught up on trivial matters.
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WA: You know, I don't really understand how spider man can walk on walls.
SL: Well, then could you enlighten us to how a spider can walk on walls.
WA: Well, they're like sticky and stuff.
SL: That's what I thought, and yet spiders manage to walk on walls very well, even though you don't know how they do it. It's scientific stuff that you don't know how they do it.
WA: Gee, I guess your right.
SL: I'm glad we settled that because Spidey's about to fight a guy with a 12 foot tongue and I wouldn't want you getting caught up on trivial matters.
1 Comments
ok, there we go, now comments are ennabled.
very good
carry on
