tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18850930560581575152023-11-16T02:46:55.159-08:00"F's Kitchen"A blog dedicated to Daredevil, the Man Without Fear, created in 1964 by Stan Lee and Bill Everett for Marvel Comics.Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-14840569397499807952010-02-16T14:27:00.000-08:002010-02-17T13:45:32.939-08:00"Ass" ...Kitchen<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZjeGUkpXDcrsyp4o6Pr_KhVQ502UHHHhl6za46ua6-a_Zjpx0cPhAeIjxAyK-TocKyiA_3aYwjCMzDQy3e7TRiCV9-ACdDjshKXVTmLl8Fnpc82O9VuHbitle7oZnqZ0dKvkS83UNgc/s1600-h/BIGBANNER.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZjeGUkpXDcrsyp4o6Pr_KhVQ502UHHHhl6za46ua6-a_Zjpx0cPhAeIjxAyK-TocKyiA_3aYwjCMzDQy3e7TRiCV9-ACdDjshKXVTmLl8Fnpc82O9VuHbitle7oZnqZ0dKvkS83UNgc/s400/BIGBANNER.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438978286278946834" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">So, in the end, what managed to awake this blog from lethargy was not a sudden burst of dedication, or the request of friends, or a renewed passion for hornhead, but, more trivially...<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />"El Culo".<br /></div><br />That's right. Today is again the "Big Culo Day". El gran dìa de culo comiquero promoted by fellow spanish-speaking blogger <a href="http://jotacedt.blogspot.com/">Jotace</a>. A special thank you goes to my friend Gloria for reminding me of this important event.<br /><br />Without further ado, here are the images "backed" this year by <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">F's kitchen</span> (all rigourously belonging to DD-related characters, and all from female characters since this blogger is a straight guy). We start with the newest player in DD's current stories, Lady Bullseye (by Michael Lark):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI7GmNWdHid7zphoJStlo0ueptU1n1XvcAns_LPdt0z8QNe5rJVqJY-vICyf0sY2Hn453gi8mKhTJQUX6SwwgfEZlKLSn6wIMM165Jo_KX5lRjOS9GImqHaXtLaaknNWynr04R3SIj0A/s1600-h/bcd1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 363px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI7GmNWdHid7zphoJStlo0ueptU1n1XvcAns_LPdt0z8QNe5rJVqJY-vICyf0sY2Hn453gi8mKhTJQUX6SwwgfEZlKLSn6wIMM165Jo_KX5lRjOS9GImqHaXtLaaknNWynr04R3SIj0A/s400/bcd1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438977099475859218" border="0" /></a><br />Nice costume. Kudos to Marko Djurdjevic for having created it. Next, a piece from the virtuoso of comic book female buttocks, Alex Maleev, again with his Black Widow:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0Sy6CaH74P3wEiTwqAZCBWnoAkFARRfq8bxprrZ2WDZpWAnR0ZTqaMJYZwnQ48bdbOMUEsYpdkgDg6hYeGG8PUy5NYgm3rt4-Wo_2y6God2ZZa5JbirgmwsfyEFO71gTHJ79fFLVmUs/s1600-h/bcd2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 364px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0Sy6CaH74P3wEiTwqAZCBWnoAkFARRfq8bxprrZ2WDZpWAnR0ZTqaMJYZwnQ48bdbOMUEsYpdkgDg6hYeGG8PUy5NYgm3rt4-Wo_2y6God2ZZa5JbirgmwsfyEFO71gTHJ79fFLVmUs/s400/bcd2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438977104321918018" border="0" /></a><br />And last but not least, the recently "back-from-being-a-skrull" - and as accessoriated as ever - Elektra, showing off a gluteus maximus so solid that it almost appears to be made of marble (art from Dark Reign Elektra #5, by the ever formidable Clay Mann) as she finishes off her opponent:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3P6pmZ7j1lqqwmCIIPWs6MQIy_gOL3Yp1nMf9HvDjyRWPSGO9GL0gzDlO_1Jg1W6HSzxiODDWIjodVqk7R3O4XwSwZRnbBuPup9ySpTcLHC6ogd1H6x_Cht-kA6dMy2FHc2Xbrpu8Iw/s1600-h/bcd3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3P6pmZ7j1lqqwmCIIPWs6MQIy_gOL3Yp1nMf9HvDjyRWPSGO9GL0gzDlO_1Jg1W6HSzxiODDWIjodVqk7R3O4XwSwZRnbBuPup9ySpTcLHC6ogd1H6x_Cht-kA6dMy2FHc2Xbrpu8Iw/s400/bcd3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438977679574342034" border="0" /></a><br />That's all folks! Happy Big Culo Day to all!<br /><br /></div>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-83475718134491800352009-06-22T13:19:00.001-07:002009-06-22T13:20:53.561-07:00Lol-DD Noir<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTR8qz6ghbEbBxmvgZrwHNiyAxakeyB51DNEMaZNPWIGTeOjeT0GfW0K7dFjbp90xgusNtRoU2_wu0TEE7a2PofQgL-hlB2CiWxTffDi0ZcF5MKQX4r81m1EpjTfwn5LRx3nC18NLhSIc/s1600-h/lolddnoir.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTR8qz6ghbEbBxmvgZrwHNiyAxakeyB51DNEMaZNPWIGTeOjeT0GfW0K7dFjbp90xgusNtRoU2_wu0TEE7a2PofQgL-hlB2CiWxTffDi0ZcF5MKQX4r81m1EpjTfwn5LRx3nC18NLhSIc/s400/lolddnoir.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350249431484769506" border="0" /></a>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-71277941432704606102009-05-29T02:47:00.000-07:002009-05-29T02:54:44.175-07:00Word Baloon challange!Christine at <a href="http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Other Murdock Papers</span></a> has launched a word baloon contest with panels ripped from Daredevil issues.<br />Obviously I couldn't back off from this, especially not when I have my old pal Lol-DD at my side :p.<br /><br />So... here is my contribution:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnJ2auakhm-gcTxB5vbE32sXP5lfwDP9cvU0YipqteVz9zwRNKAdLdu_6OBN3GoEQYD3Q-jMATbrdygGKv805JyixbpJgMCNX7tUu9RR1iuCYvQ9EU3vIec_d4nEWylHksAJaRq4MaPg/s1600-h/blanket+over+head+DD5+copia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieFEP6J97tLK-cSJ3yDa-bVgsj45VM4hN9OdFN8i6UPh3NVHoFOIIDfBdj_8PHQzqerJEJFe-4VRI7fB8Aw8LQln88883Qg2JvdEsc52g3g4D14OUCP1ED55FlPz8FEX2od4panUb1dE/s400/Elektras+coffin+DD182+copia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341181724545437650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MYUAcakdtzA0O-5Gfj4Pyrw-J9Yur47ojOXeTZ3vXatE7yYyiuBe6CcHIFMrdWzVpn_LZMdoDz6Ju8cSfcv2Qwp3dNvriDA4-T88I2C9B4SNHMefkKKWwGGg3W7Qteq-lKQwTtBSCFA/s1600-h/DD+vol2+no2,+baby+copia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MYUAcakdtzA0O-5Gfj4Pyrw-J9Yur47ojOXeTZ3vXatE7yYyiuBe6CcHIFMrdWzVpn_LZMdoDz6Ju8cSfcv2Qwp3dNvriDA4-T88I2C9B4SNHMefkKKWwGGg3W7Qteq-lKQwTtBSCFA/s400/DD+vol2+no2,+baby+copia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341181721212966530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh667rr4GiRZsLupyJyQSTHbxwRuYgeJqmOPlKAHRFh_mdSmxAnOwuiCv-zVZy4S5RoypGtnXXL60Vlf7zUDjNLpYOEDM5rIzhFCmlwMErFgYgO0-r3ZVWXBZyw3znDt0NNI6hYxUkVqD0/s1600-h/DD+62+vol+2+Jigsaw+copia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh667rr4GiRZsLupyJyQSTHbxwRuYgeJqmOPlKAHRFh_mdSmxAnOwuiCv-zVZy4S5RoypGtnXXL60Vlf7zUDjNLpYOEDM5rIzhFCmlwMErFgYgO0-r3ZVWXBZyw3znDt0NNI6hYxUkVqD0/s400/DD+62+vol+2+Jigsaw+copia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341181719216553650" border="0" /></a>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-2046148297127201802009-05-11T15:22:00.000-07:002009-05-11T15:38:52.924-07:00Ambush Fail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuxxs4iv5ffPB47nG8DFMiJ-quXOuJcXR5upqOn57c5TdHi9BdZ-xFXvXpqMtDpafwDShW85PnNLIwMTI_GDx9jicxcurlI6O58LOqzFTlPlTFaHSnnC6LtLUc4wdt1tl6QTpWBG4RvM/s1600-h/ta1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuxxs4iv5ffPB47nG8DFMiJ-quXOuJcXR5upqOn57c5TdHi9BdZ-xFXvXpqMtDpafwDShW85PnNLIwMTI_GDx9jicxcurlI6O58LOqzFTlPlTFaHSnnC6LtLUc4wdt1tl6QTpWBG4RvM/s400/ta1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334695600643081602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOjzMgVE-8Hd2lO5gAi6SYo1qWwnSRHjSJQ8T2YT9JeG6AlW2-w6mWXuQhp_IOqSoZa_MtOeWL2pUIjjJsxi2iTnwiuQipY8ScAwO7BDZXaYlOmmeJGBK0G1y1Px3G0yBZmxykeTPWrc/s1600-h/ta2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOjzMgVE-8Hd2lO5gAi6SYo1qWwnSRHjSJQ8T2YT9JeG6AlW2-w6mWXuQhp_IOqSoZa_MtOeWL2pUIjjJsxi2iTnwiuQipY8ScAwO7BDZXaYlOmmeJGBK0G1y1Px3G0yBZmxykeTPWrc/s400/ta2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334695604012730002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ninja fact #322: when attempting to blindside someone, or take him by surprise anyhow, <span style="font-weight: bold;">you shouldn't yell at the top of your lungs</span>.<br /><br />This makes you wonder how Lord Hirochi (seen here attacking Master Izo, in DD II #115) managed to climb the ladder to become leader of one of the Hand's most prominent factions, if he's so incompetent. I'd blame it on the usual favoritisms.<br /><br /><br /></div>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-12059437401638531282009-05-03T06:44:00.001-07:002009-05-03T06:46:50.381-07:00The ambush.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfhtM8eBUqHNdXoFcOTLIeNmP93XyukQp46TTV1mReOsyZhOJbH6EmF0KTuJ_N1kc-lhqQlGsK1RseilqfqrCmFcLbjVyw29BXlq3iB7o0GMfZtk78gk6Yw5Ou20AFEVZdfpvGPDUUA4/s1600-h/hsd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfhtM8eBUqHNdXoFcOTLIeNmP93XyukQp46TTV1mReOsyZhOJbH6EmF0KTuJ_N1kc-lhqQlGsK1RseilqfqrCmFcLbjVyw29BXlq3iB7o0GMfZtk78gk6Yw5Ou20AFEVZdfpvGPDUUA4/s400/hsd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331593378079096786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-25986429994773536622009-04-30T09:06:00.000-07:002009-05-02T07:15:04.161-07:00Lady Bullseye's Powers and Abilities.<div style="text-align: justify;">According to the statistics of trusty Sitemeter, one of the recurring sets of search keywords that make people reach this blog these days is "Lady Bullseye". More than once, the search tags also include "powers and abilities" and the like.<br />Here's a list of the skills this new character has been shown to have so far:<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >- Peak physical condition</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> -</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6K_3r3YqfMAnoGGpn3Blh79u4RDUOppqBXq77MRS7hT71vRoFLgGH5IymjQ901fARLR2DltIPtYDlgr2tcrTvPmYrWUa3eGIfeCJGI1JqQyJVKsu2XNfYqMICM-K1VaSt-r6XALhc64/s1600-h/lbpaa6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6K_3r3YqfMAnoGGpn3Blh79u4RDUOppqBXq77MRS7hT71vRoFLgGH5IymjQ901fARLR2DltIPtYDlgr2tcrTvPmYrWUa3eGIfeCJGI1JqQyJVKsu2XNfYqMICM-K1VaSt-r6XALhc64/s400/lbpaa6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330911076906118658" border="0" /></a><br />From the very first panels in which she appeared - featuring her leaping across the rooftops of New York City with seemingly effortless grace - it was evident that Lady Bullseye is extremely agile and acrobatic.<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >- Hand-to-hand combat expert -</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR83DpT18rRooS7-t1CyxI-R23AMcS1B__d3Cg0dpchb0JF5bFMyO-IDYZVoC-K2QFeTHMpqaiSQO-LDoi4CSbt-2jF-3EfDeoHPHiyrjOjHEOPjTVux38JCAvaeRlmGTfh0GDh8JxdOc/s1600-h/lbpaa3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR83DpT18rRooS7-t1CyxI-R23AMcS1B__d3Cg0dpchb0JF5bFMyO-IDYZVoC-K2QFeTHMpqaiSQO-LDoi4CSbt-2jF-3EfDeoHPHiyrjOjHEOPjTVux38JCAvaeRlmGTfh0GDh8JxdOc/s400/lbpaa3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330910905044256194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The above sequence shows the first encounter between Daredevil and the new villainess. She is clearly more than a match for our hero, in close combat. Her fighting style appears to be mostly agility-based.<br />An interesting note is that she's capable of going toe to toe with a fighter like Daredevil while maintaining a completely relaxed state, with her pulse rate remaining constant. Our hero even comments on how, rather than fighting, it seemed like she was performing a Yoga routine.<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >- Uncanny aim -</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaz7Z25HZakhKOVjU5w5XLX27h2HkU9JxEaYqsQO69AMgsykUWjCJ1Wkl1NvfUsR_GRHo-f134M0qtdA5A6sQ3zu7WP-jb2rirN9WLpxW1pichpt6CruHaXRfA5TJnC2lg5Nmydx-drk/s1600-h/lbpaa4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaz7Z25HZakhKOVjU5w5XLX27h2HkU9JxEaYqsQO69AMgsykUWjCJ1Wkl1NvfUsR_GRHo-f134M0qtdA5A6sQ3zu7WP-jb2rirN9WLpxW1pichpt6CruHaXRfA5TJnC2lg5Nmydx-drk/s400/lbpaa4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330910905437053074" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Seeing as how she took the name and insignia of Bullseye - the bad guy who never misses - it doesn't come as a surprise that Lady Bullseye would have been good at throwing weapons.<br />Truth to be told, she hasn't been seen using this ability that much, so far, and so it is unclear if she's as good as Bullseye at it. Certainly, if one is capable of nailing a human torso from yards of distance using a weapon not normally used for throwing (as shown in the above panel, in which a ninja is killed by a <span style="font-style: italic;">kodachi</span> thrown by Lady Bullseye, in order to prevent him from spilling too much on the Hand's plans), then his/her aim must be <span style="font-style: italic;">quite good</span>.<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >- Master of disguise - </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPW-d22v8ni5OFgcmJrQuRUZGZV0xv4j6I0ckSvgK_6ScwcW-Vqjr3dGhPlUvSA1UF99ZcuATv0PJwbYRsWOsXChOLxu4X1bOKbX6HqoQGWYEwX_rSB3_9ZQOW8rc4P3uWkdiCRimATk/s1600-h/lbpaa1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPW-d22v8ni5OFgcmJrQuRUZGZV0xv4j6I0ckSvgK_6ScwcW-Vqjr3dGhPlUvSA1UF99ZcuATv0PJwbYRsWOsXChOLxu4X1bOKbX6HqoQGWYEwX_rSB3_9ZQOW8rc4P3uWkdiCRimATk/s400/lbpaa1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330910903200295874" border="0" /></a><br />As part of Lord Hirochi's plan, Lady Bullseye faced Matt Murdock under the guise of legal representative of his parents-in-law (who, behind the scenes, had been instigated to claim the custody of their daughter for themselves).<br />When they met in their civilian clothes for the first time, even with his heightened senses, Matt wasn't certain to be in front of his new adversary. Lady Bullseye's acting capabilities were so good that she was even able to alter her pulse rate.<br />Disguising oneself is in itself a pretty good ability in a ninja's arsenal. But being able to also fool Daredevil's heightened senses with a disguise is something truly remarkable.<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >- Proficient with eastern weapons -</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0Q3bZLaGqsRTOFiNXoL7lXTQjATNJxSTVxb4gIHjOilFXMKsLXjcCm7zmMCRNv5UrTcAiIue97QQNdcB9sDnpTR03-benobkdsl6YRhkGF8NWFcFcgpqQ2UwvKK7EBAsjf2uCURP5rk/s1600-h/lbpaa0.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0Q3bZLaGqsRTOFiNXoL7lXTQjATNJxSTVxb4gIHjOilFXMKsLXjcCm7zmMCRNv5UrTcAiIue97QQNdcB9sDnpTR03-benobkdsl6YRhkGF8NWFcFcgpqQ2UwvKK7EBAsjf2uCURP5rk/s400/lbpaa0.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330910898146486818" border="0" /></a><br />Lady Bullseye favors particularly weapons such as <span style="font-style: italic;">kodachi</span> (in the splendid image above she's shown removing - in a brutal yet coreographical way - two of those from Wilson's Fisk brawny figure), <span style="font-style: italic;">katana</span>...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZx-Bx5Os8VFWZjTLPh0anMo_Ec_-NOFInx4MC0mF7-93byn3oZMPFecaTUOOWGd5c2b1EQKnANm6SYIqF3XVlu8E1l0IsW0s495w41RD7Y2KlPwJa-_x5vCgovDjgewgLPHlkntB2jA/s1600-h/lbpaa2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZx-Bx5Os8VFWZjTLPh0anMo_Ec_-NOFInx4MC0mF7-93byn3oZMPFecaTUOOWGd5c2b1EQKnANm6SYIqF3XVlu8E1l0IsW0s495w41RD7Y2KlPwJa-_x5vCgovDjgewgLPHlkntB2jA/s400/lbpaa2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330910902350892034" border="0" /></a><br />... and the traditional throwing stars (<span style="font-style: italic;">shuriken</span>).<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >- Trained assassin -</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AfBkrThC3nHwPNhMBU51wbqfq3jwMjAwU9bRpxnGpPXp5WpJZcOakq5HRPtCfODaLURx3pjxplhtF3kb_pbCA8qlpoxEA50kJTZff58lP-9xLrBhs6V4wOJcddZz6ZdoRGEC_Gn2bh0/s1600-h/lbpaa5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AfBkrThC3nHwPNhMBU51wbqfq3jwMjAwU9bRpxnGpPXp5WpJZcOakq5HRPtCfODaLURx3pjxplhtF3kb_pbCA8qlpoxEA50kJTZff58lP-9xLrBhs6V4wOJcddZz6ZdoRGEC_Gn2bh0/s400/lbpaa5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330911076608257650" border="0" /></a><br />The sequence above is taken from a flashback telling Lady Bullseye's origins. At that time, she was one of many teenage sex slaves, by chance freed by Bullseye in a raid against some Yakuzas. While escaping, she kills a wounded gangster by slashing his throat with a key.<br />The ease with which she killed the unlucky dude with such an ordinary object makes me wonder if her ninja training predates her decision to become Lady Bullseye, or if it's all just natural talent.<br />What is certain is that...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjco4gmWUQv0GqGginnlB3iFZMvq3D03c1mTH0p3orp_UtZQ7PD4kz3M0RIzqTGO14uSfQ_6301AFFyYxZpDNMZKG6QteveLxEwIpxxusf0EOaRFBzBv40gFpWLudDshKMa0J82X16fVMw/s1600-h/lbpaa7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjco4gmWUQv0GqGginnlB3iFZMvq3D03c1mTH0p3orp_UtZQ7PD4kz3M0RIzqTGO14uSfQ_6301AFFyYxZpDNMZKG6QteveLxEwIpxxusf0EOaRFBzBv40gFpWLudDshKMa0J82X16fVMw/s400/lbpaa7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330911084167728898" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">... her ability to slay unlucky dudes as if they were an afterthought didn't diminish with time.<br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">- Professional Lawyer -</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6T7u2gkltbmLNPiHJYWbvoxjcIBi_RH_NLS3HRDURCjf9BxKiXszX_3UWcR3Jsbhs2B_N4oiOKuTj7tp45OrEqRhXj41oMZZe4XjW-cri_KmB3UJX8M5MP5Mje0FqcVFFHfcmUT0LwU/s1600-h/lbpaa8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6T7u2gkltbmLNPiHJYWbvoxjcIBi_RH_NLS3HRDURCjf9BxKiXszX_3UWcR3Jsbhs2B_N4oiOKuTj7tp45OrEqRhXj41oMZZe4XjW-cri_KmB3UJX8M5MP5Mje0FqcVFFHfcmUT0LwU/s400/lbpaa8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330914019083008738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As was anticipated by Ed Brubaker (one of her creators), Lady Bullseye has a civilian identity. In it, she's Maki Matsumoto, lawyer for the Werner and Brock law firm. The fact that she's associate to a legitimate law firm is proof enough to say that she has the curriculum needed to be a professional lawyer.<br /><br /><br /></div>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-35564100528150047492009-04-03T03:48:00.000-07:002009-04-03T08:59:39.934-07:00A little identity crisis</br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgOQpl9zuy1MhyphenhyphenwriQAzLYOFMrK6yEcRxSHw7FHcK1ZEkCRntKc8NY1GchNzTBLu00J7e5PsXJhgh27l3nKuRUZIJDaxxTJ397wMjrBbk91gpkU0qbm2KIHbtS6zReQSW5fjxLobYGwc/s1600-h/ic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgOQpl9zuy1MhyphenhyphenwriQAzLYOFMrK6yEcRxSHw7FHcK1ZEkCRntKc8NY1GchNzTBLu00J7e5PsXJhgh27l3nKuRUZIJDaxxTJ397wMjrBbk91gpkU0qbm2KIHbtS6zReQSW5fjxLobYGwc/s400/ic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320494289730555522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(note: originally, this was to be posted two days ago, with a fake label saying "the adventures of lol-Fist")<br /><br /></span><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-45107500691845379932009-04-02T04:59:00.000-07:002009-04-02T05:07:14.789-07:00For those who missed it...</br><br />...here's how <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">F's Kitchen</span> looked like yesterday:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZ5FtqJqrTIOPJXlgLRTUf0xfAv-4mkrKkuyrWopvP8ylSKhtydhDhKVLbug1UwDP_oXK7qaqU_cU8P5Db-X5XWveHDWx-ScD48KKk7g8EzWr6CeDtoTA0_ewpfpAtHUQV2JAC4MFupA/s1600-h/af0.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZ5FtqJqrTIOPJXlgLRTUf0xfAv-4mkrKkuyrWopvP8ylSKhtydhDhKVLbug1UwDP_oXK7qaqU_cU8P5Db-X5XWveHDWx-ScD48KKk7g8EzWr6CeDtoTA0_ewpfpAtHUQV2JAC4MFupA/s400/af0.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320063532625857170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEc35d99fNvkB4yoamrvLxMH7FB_Ml4WiS4qIxNfIMDEhGSxBwPpsXWaBvukVnWg0gQ4O5zjjmdGWihpAjNVAHO6x2YnHMUHFFS3UzGqkTH9WreVNkWbup47GG8x_F5d4NkFrUaqhJKU4/s1600-h/af1.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEc35d99fNvkB4yoamrvLxMH7FB_Ml4WiS4qIxNfIMDEhGSxBwPpsXWaBvukVnWg0gQ4O5zjjmdGWihpAjNVAHO6x2YnHMUHFFS3UzGqkTH9WreVNkWbup47GG8x_F5d4NkFrUaqhJKU4/s400/af1.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320063536356708018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO11vwHpRtT4qokH8CujZ4Uyuib1NgAAyRnatiJLncyfiEMpRAkHJ57rNj8tfTtBHFnrfJS2zBlBtyakq5ZBEetilD6Q1LYas2Iglrj9Zt-uusAtWguUowNms5EC981mG8Oot_HyOSx4s/s1600-h/af2.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO11vwHpRtT4qokH8CujZ4Uyuib1NgAAyRnatiJLncyfiEMpRAkHJ57rNj8tfTtBHFnrfJS2zBlBtyakq5ZBEetilD6Q1LYas2Iglrj9Zt-uusAtWguUowNms5EC981mG8Oot_HyOSx4s/s400/af2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320063547210769554" border="0" /></a><br />(April fools :p)<br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-66183909025254779502009-04-01T06:40:00.001-07:002009-04-01T07:01:58.426-07:00Iron Fist guest starring outside his bookThe following images are taken from Daredevil vol.2 #60, in which Danny - along with Luke and Spidey - helps out his ally Daredevil to wipe out a gang of Yakuzas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlDGUP2Oj5WjmvWAeMrm_r-wz0xY1YkikSEfzzQHEJixDuouq1Yy8XHSHGlfNkRmUfJzqkspLvFW64YYPuXllS6sDAFdA3V0RMuGyB6AJ7IgiOn8SUhkh80HI2_5VYUxkBVYcciorDp4/s1600-h/if1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlDGUP2Oj5WjmvWAeMrm_r-wz0xY1YkikSEfzzQHEJixDuouq1Yy8XHSHGlfNkRmUfJzqkspLvFW64YYPuXllS6sDAFdA3V0RMuGyB6AJ7IgiOn8SUhkh80HI2_5VYUxkBVYcciorDp4/s400/if1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319718583737871202" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Our hero looks pretty neat here (art is by Alex Maleev), and despite the spotlight obviously belonging to the titular character, he also manages to prove the formidable martial artist he is.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8owjbMyqL61o2tSbaN49tQu5nuH0TK2zy0Skdv2jpyb475wHUl7uDZF8iHW6DXzJJRi8kuPwDKSfowaPxoop_cl1fEdcctX6vKL8MY9AG6Jo2BeF2pbWu4Z-PxQKENvGE4v6F-DHqHI/s1600-h/if0.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8owjbMyqL61o2tSbaN49tQu5nuH0TK2zy0Skdv2jpyb475wHUl7uDZF8iHW6DXzJJRi8kuPwDKSfowaPxoop_cl1fEdcctX6vKL8MY9AG6Jo2BeF2pbWu4Z-PxQKENvGE4v6F-DHqHI/s400/if0.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319718588041876258" border="0" /></a>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-879247739796038262009-03-31T14:24:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:24:56.742-07:00Women. Can't Live Without Them...<div style="text-align: justify;">As I told in the recap of the latest storyarc in my previous entry, Matt and Dakota's fugacious affair has been discovered by Milla's parents, thanks to the machinations of the Hand and to a private eye they hired to keep tabs (not to mention Matt's negligency in not properly closing the curtains of his bedroom windows when it would've been most opportune).<br /><br />Be as it may, right after the deed, Matt was pretty tortured over the fact of having betrayed his wife (who, bears repeating, is currently in an insane asylum after having been driven crazy by one of Matt's enemies). Dakota tried to calm him down, in her own peculiar way:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhASOzC_k1O1QLcODRqvKWvOwsfl-K_e3PCwLg7rsffY9rdg0-rewlJuvFhF-UFfX8em2Hjlw5eCeCNnDjD-J4T4b-e7pOR1VU8OwvM4kl-P_3e04HSn5zbuWrXi4mkf0HHTryeO0H438/s1600-h/dag0.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhASOzC_k1O1QLcODRqvKWvOwsfl-K_e3PCwLg7rsffY9rdg0-rewlJuvFhF-UFfX8em2Hjlw5eCeCNnDjD-J4T4b-e7pOR1VU8OwvM4kl-P_3e04HSn5zbuWrXi4mkf0HHTryeO0H438/s400/dag0.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319468034840634434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So they temporarily resolve to try and forget about it and carry on with their lives. Until the Donovans show up at their office with the photos, that is.<br />At that point, it all became much more complicated to digest for the pretty private eye, who ran away without saying a word, leaving Matt and the others to try and figure out what to do. Here's what I would've said if I were Matt when, later, he tried to call her and got her answering machine:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Disclaimer: the image below has been altered for the purpose of parody)</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RjURQtVzJLHzAqjna2JFlf478ri5-FMGRfZPuRdkw4cQIAdMzDsUHdz2VPbBvQgxzNjKMfDflebD4aYDJKRPIJVhBvQE1T9M9raEwWWC4gk31DDQyTuCttFVEewkYQe7cmDPtool-W4/s1600-h/dag.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RjURQtVzJLHzAqjna2JFlf478ri5-FMGRfZPuRdkw4cQIAdMzDsUHdz2VPbBvQgxzNjKMfDflebD4aYDJKRPIJVhBvQE1T9M9raEwWWC4gk31DDQyTuCttFVEewkYQe7cmDPtool-W4/s400/dag.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319466860948734482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-68582425640853342332009-03-28T16:08:00.000-07:002009-03-30T04:39:39.041-07:00"Lady Bullseye": The Aftermath.<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Man.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvNx4fgjEuNJbp7RRYO8vfDpuSOBtxOx2kvorYB7-X7iY9bb-HS9m8xzjFvpe17h-4KoDA3MnUzdV3kO8dT2JJpO20bDpu4Nyymgm6tj1pS0wX1rncl5LPtCNWpTCpRZ_Tt89zJBBoyw/s1600-h/lba0.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvNx4fgjEuNJbp7RRYO8vfDpuSOBtxOx2kvorYB7-X7iY9bb-HS9m8xzjFvpe17h-4KoDA3MnUzdV3kO8dT2JJpO20bDpu4Nyymgm6tj1pS0wX1rncl5LPtCNWpTCpRZ_Tt89zJBBoyw/s400/lba0.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318380424545741602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">...we didst not see that coming!</span></span><br /></div><br /><br />Confronted with the sudden and unexpected offer of having all of his current problems "solved" (according to the Hand's twisted logic) and becoming one of the Hand's leaders, our boy Matt Murdock refused! And with what a determination!<br />(I wasn't certainly referring to Brubaker's DD being able to land a hit on an A-list Villain again)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >...yet...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUECNn_R3c-Q1q6LbiXhrpZK5bo4Fxwl7rUb14uP0tAHxWQE8utcuayHzNDqOY0Rc5fPyZ8ZJ4UawA-I36zd-28Jdv0lriAIs7L04CHTBncEceWm6YTgo2XBlPuezVBxyfVbt0GcN8TE/s1600-h/lba1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUECNn_R3c-Q1q6LbiXhrpZK5bo4Fxwl7rUb14uP0tAHxWQE8utcuayHzNDqOY0Rc5fPyZ8ZJ4UawA-I36zd-28Jdv0lriAIs7L04CHTBncEceWm6YTgo2XBlPuezVBxyfVbt0GcN8TE/s400/lba1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318380432102503042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Hell hath no fury like a sociopathic asian villainess with eastern martial arts training who gets no as an answer!<br /><br />And so, Lady Bullseye leaves Daredevil with the promise of returning soon and making his life even worse!<br />(which, by the way, shouldn't be that much of a big deal by now for one with a personal history such as that of Matt Murdock, but still...)<br /><br />The ninja organization, led by Lord Hirochi, has in fact temporarily withdrawn their agents, to travel to Europe and enact another part of their as of yet undisclosed plans...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oZCj-u9ZbG-phz2aiJw-iI_dpdlN0uB0MIL0L7al1Cb5r8APftuAXIKV5Y966ywNz9JaXexLieu63vMLEaT75MJHXsTNSNdq56bCKjwXgE73OixLbKu8VbhELomazTMb_FMJlI4nBo8/s1600-h/lba6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oZCj-u9ZbG-phz2aiJw-iI_dpdlN0uB0MIL0L7al1Cb5r8APftuAXIKV5Y966ywNz9JaXexLieu63vMLEaT75MJHXsTNSNdq56bCKjwXgE73OixLbKu8VbhELomazTMb_FMJlI4nBo8/s400/lba6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318736346406255234" border="0" /></a><br />Did I mention that, through their dark rituals, the nefarious Hand have managed to bring on their side the dreaded "Salt & Pepper" duo of Black Tarantula and White Tiger? The two ex allies of Matt are now as evil as they can be, subservient to the perverted will of Hirochi and with totally awesome glowing red eyes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4vKu6uQrpv7jU6nZne9stdenO1oDmrxiR7N9_T_LTBotnWONyIQ2SiflDuBhBd6HV1zxYcdnQQ56vEw3hQuJFlZo4k2jtw2CVWVaGHA1AReniKC3mXPFk8OYeLKO1pddyGXfr4UVpAw/s1600-h/lba2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4vKu6uQrpv7jU6nZne9stdenO1oDmrxiR7N9_T_LTBotnWONyIQ2SiflDuBhBd6HV1zxYcdnQQ56vEw3hQuJFlZo4k2jtw2CVWVaGHA1AReniKC3mXPFk8OYeLKO1pddyGXfr4UVpAw/s400/lba2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318734782626121762" border="0" /></a><br />Plus, they now hate Matt and everything he stands for.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcH0mxzoJO-hM3ou2nL9SoY0iKbkdALhXAnukJOWjb4zKjw4f9aoyXr4xqIxZjn8FvPMpgVeQlTaK1uf77CErP47K47UQGwN515qM0ciNnTlEKFTpsPjDEQHRhyLVfcBxrCf_bq0eBNA/s1600-h/lba3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcH0mxzoJO-hM3ou2nL9SoY0iKbkdALhXAnukJOWjb4zKjw4f9aoyXr4xqIxZjn8FvPMpgVeQlTaK1uf77CErP47K47UQGwN515qM0ciNnTlEKFTpsPjDEQHRhyLVfcBxrCf_bq0eBNA/s400/lba3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318734789403562434" border="0" /></a><br />Not all hope is lost, however! Izo, ancient master of martial arts (and mentor of Matt's mentor), whose ninja-hacking skills are only surpassed by his obnoxiousness and love for anything that contains alcohol, is on the hero's side. His cunning and wisdom will certainly prove to be unvaluable to face the coming onslaught of the Hand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUWy6x3i09pzpwicMF7VLI6Qc64XF5yx9BFxqjWsSlHV87o6Uf-ZxmR0JZvr53cg5f2kFzw8bJDfw4i8NnjQtAJLc3Qrs6aXQiER3Xs84vGNEjJxPDXAsWrcQ-BKMSj5yk5OhNJuIans/s1600-h/lba4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUWy6x3i09pzpwicMF7VLI6Qc64XF5yx9BFxqjWsSlHV87o6Uf-ZxmR0JZvr53cg5f2kFzw8bJDfw4i8NnjQtAJLc3Qrs6aXQiER3Xs84vGNEjJxPDXAsWrcQ-BKMSj5yk5OhNJuIans/s400/lba4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318734788659110338" border="0" /></a><br />At the same time, Matt had to make another suffered resolve. As part of Hand's plan to forcedly remove his problems, his wife's parents threatened to legally request the relieving of Milla's custody from him. Adding weight to this threat, they also revealed Matt they were in possession of compromising photos attesting his one-time tryst with his friend and P.I. Dakota North.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNxGOuilnyZOGQIwqJCybjFDci08oiThwXjDGe2FtUf0N42GdfZGehXvmmoyelgaIhhfOds0hXr-24Xw0RK3ncH7mus_Hww2ZWcgKQfjVnpPCcll3W2TJZsUPqucuI8FDgRzz1kd7AA8/s1600-h/lba7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNxGOuilnyZOGQIwqJCybjFDci08oiThwXjDGe2FtUf0N42GdfZGehXvmmoyelgaIhhfOds0hXr-24Xw0RK3ncH7mus_Hww2ZWcgKQfjVnpPCcll3W2TJZsUPqucuI8FDgRzz1kd7AA8/s400/lba7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318740496153553778" border="0" /></a><br />The decision was hard to make, but in the end Matt resolved to fight in court to maintain the custody of his wife. His trusted friend and associate Foggy Nelson, despite having advised him against this decision (arguing that at this point it could have been the best solution for Milla), will stand by his side on this front of the battle.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TuLtsJs_DM16ufUEyQSNJh5rdLaQWv0DSUL87K9PriwxIGqQPzvYzOSAn7GGA3u-tA87F8KiEmSRB6xS-hScaVu_Fvxv3OIUOY6PQd6mWSbnF6cZOMSYVAqkhnXnY82h7rhnT22ECsE/s1600-h/lba5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TuLtsJs_DM16ufUEyQSNJh5rdLaQWv0DSUL87K9PriwxIGqQPzvYzOSAn7GGA3u-tA87F8KiEmSRB6xS-hScaVu_Fvxv3OIUOY6PQd6mWSbnF6cZOMSYVAqkhnXnY82h7rhnT22ECsE/s400/lba5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318734794492040338" border="0" /></a><br />And so, the chapter introducing Lady Bullseye concludes with an open ending, nothing clearly foreseeable and several questions yet to be answered. The story will continue with the next five -part arc, titled <span style="font-style: italic;">"Return of the King"</span>. It will end with the 500th issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">Daredevil</span> and will feature Wilson Fisk, the once Kingpin, returning to NY from his exile in Europe.<br /><br />The hand is dealt.<br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /></div>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-35418802853647276962009-03-23T07:43:00.000-07:002009-03-23T07:45:06.077-07:00Hindsight is always 20/20...</br><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QignMZa27VwV9EGiqOvUSVdTnRwqOoUxr6Nq9_zOnQVk09MP8Q7LpCJXC-p5-LcfOBQEB6fXu11EsWgMgI7qRRtmGjw1Xtr5ZSaawYGx9HpKjjqxKvAM-zt1NCxA0FMx1eI_yYaiTUY/s1600-h/hiatt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QignMZa27VwV9EGiqOvUSVdTnRwqOoUxr6Nq9_zOnQVk09MP8Q7LpCJXC-p5-LcfOBQEB6fXu11EsWgMgI7qRRtmGjw1Xtr5ZSaawYGx9HpKjjqxKvAM-zt1NCxA0FMx1eI_yYaiTUY/s400/hiatt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316394152083434418" /></a><br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-25397081271626004662009-03-22T16:56:00.000-07:002009-03-22T17:18:12.495-07:00"Looking" At Things.<div style="text-align: justify;">This one would probably fit better as an entry to Christine's "Seeing Things" series (though probably for reasons different from the one I'm going to address), but anyway, the following is a detail from a preview page to the upcoming <span style="font-style: italic;">Wolverine: First Class</span> issue, which is going to feature Daredevil and Elektra as guest stars:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRviKsbtb8QUUn9MdD1BZOLkx_RK1Sw2c7dt2fiF5oqveSOLXDEzjlrUWvikkrQ06T911ITu8BLRqKVg2fZ4VGyiLLGxAgYgqg_C9Cz2Bop09BewKTWVoOWCKC71N6AF0acaNAZuVQCqo/s1600-h/lat.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRviKsbtb8QUUn9MdD1BZOLkx_RK1Sw2c7dt2fiF5oqveSOLXDEzjlrUWvikkrQ06T911ITu8BLRqKVg2fZ4VGyiLLGxAgYgqg_C9Cz2Bop09BewKTWVoOWCKC71N6AF0acaNAZuVQCqo/s400/lat.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316167767188164242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Nice visual representation of Matt's radar sense there, but there's a considerable oddity right in that page. And no, I'm not referring to the abstruse combination of color and design of his sunglasses.<br /><br />...<br /><br />...why on Earth is Matt tilting is head as if he was looking up in the first panel? He cannot "look" at anything, he's totally blind! There's no reason for him to do that.<br />As for how his radar sense can detect ninjas that way... I'm leaving that to someone else to comment :p<br /><br /></div><br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-68895328293113813422009-02-28T09:12:00.000-08:002009-04-30T09:05:23.225-07:00All of it is mine now!</br><br />Previously, in the adventures of Lol-DD...<br /><a href="http://fskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/12/something-totally-random.html">...</a><br /><br />...and so it was when, one night, our hero burst into a typography office in Catalunya...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83FIpiZtGZHiVpjrHEZC4Y99iDd-pTB_NFck1PL6r3QmzOiUUP5CKeGcPUU6jj5Xry0lB12uLmQE3f1SMBpUJDjEvzp4ydrgiUC3s1dMrhEUWSXANjjQNGVgwrZINEr8pwhUN8i2Nv58/s1600-h/loldd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83FIpiZtGZHiVpjrHEZC4Y99iDd-pTB_NFck1PL6r3QmzOiUUP5CKeGcPUU6jj5Xry0lB12uLmQE3f1SMBpUJDjEvzp4ydrgiUC3s1dMrhEUWSXANjjQNGVgwrZINEr8pwhUN8i2Nv58/s400/loldd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315597915664441522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-34028675565589823912009-02-28T09:11:00.000-08:002009-05-18T03:22:35.245-07:00Lol-DD on a black Lamborghini<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjbaxoNpoOa9i2E7XayOz1Nomdx7MhqzWBJctLuZ_1XHWGjg1FvOtGo_8u_QiSUauuVxcmXzMHRfBaw9r5xw0SCLVLlUv9rdNBiEUU-4VBRm3-2AKMmyv7Hd8u6-IKPIn8f8YRXAGIrw/s1600-h/ldoal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjbaxoNpoOa9i2E7XayOz1Nomdx7MhqzWBJctLuZ_1XHWGjg1FvOtGo_8u_QiSUauuVxcmXzMHRfBaw9r5xw0SCLVLlUv9rdNBiEUU-4VBRm3-2AKMmyv7Hd8u6-IKPIn8f8YRXAGIrw/s400/ldoal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307897431300630322" border="0" /></a>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-83234247220093904392009-02-16T10:23:00.000-08:002009-03-01T01:20:34.163-08:00DD - Dangerous Derrières<div style="text-align: justify;">Hola! I'm proud to announce that this year, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">F's Kitchen</span> participates to the great kermesse declared every year this time of the year by Spanish comic book blogger Jotace: <a href="http://jotacedt.blogspot.com/2009/02/feliz-big-culo-day-2009.html">the Big Culo Day</a>!<br /><br />...<br /><br />Which means, the Gran Day of Comic Book cu... no. the Great Dìa of Comic Book Ar.. hmm. no. The Big Ass of comique...<br />Aw, forget about it. Let us speak through images and asses, which are universal languages:<br /><br />There are certain things you just can't go wrong with. One is Ed Benes drawing women's butts. Another is a good "framed between her legs" shot. And so, for starters, we have Daredevil's femme fatale par excellence:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsjR6Jhvj4-85vmHnuzPlJxOQUJ9gk_mIeVw0odpsuaBRwUsDt6fd22AhYTpXYLKpyKKUhlx_PqzKJ1nHN9Awz1ci6VH3CBriBXDH0WssXoSY6Eao0D5XFkR81FCY8EEnvNHYupuvFIo/s1600-h/Elektra.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsjR6Jhvj4-85vmHnuzPlJxOQUJ9gk_mIeVw0odpsuaBRwUsDt6fd22AhYTpXYLKpyKKUhlx_PqzKJ1nHN9Awz1ci6VH3CBriBXDH0WssXoSY6Eao0D5XFkR81FCY8EEnvNHYupuvFIo/s400/Elektra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304278051432382578" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">I wouldn't want to be that ninja. Or maybe yes?<br />In any case, when you manage to take your eyes off such a fine example of Greek gluteus maximus, check out this Russian one, by Alex Maleev:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzi0TfJqzuLWue-1Co-_5jmfvefj0iR7R7JuonNP4f72QxHRAqXZfSSs782yc9ImHsBGFVhPoWteFM6brK8wzZPvH6_Q1f-bmZBbVuc2rk0PHIdwR6bTZfzvk5v7JPsZYJzmt8jt4TaRo/s1600-h/bcdw.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzi0TfJqzuLWue-1Co-_5jmfvefj0iR7R7JuonNP4f72QxHRAqXZfSSs782yc9ImHsBGFVhPoWteFM6brK8wzZPvH6_Q1f-bmZBbVuc2rk0PHIdwR6bTZfzvk5v7JPsZYJzmt8jt4TaRo/s400/bcdw.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304213364194088322" border="0" /></a><br />Black and explosive. Just the way I like it. I can't possibly imagine anything bett-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWwRjZlLyqag5XIvQGavCcn3EPKraklrDeR7lihHSRyUBNaIXFlCLYDtGsvJtt5f06YtVniF67HQWdPuGixbx1QJZ4YzORDtOLw_gsYYhx1TzM98SdrxUNdV_W2Um6UfRqJH9WtBFC54/s1600-h/bcd3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 361px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWwRjZlLyqag5XIvQGavCcn3EPKraklrDeR7lihHSRyUBNaIXFlCLYDtGsvJtt5f06YtVniF67HQWdPuGixbx1QJZ4YzORDtOLw_gsYYhx1TzM98SdrxUNdV_W2Um6UfRqJH9WtBFC54/s400/bcd3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304213767698691106" border="0" /></a><br />(...and the electric tape. All wrapped by it. Wow...)<br /><br />That's all folks. Feliz Big Culo day to all! I hope you all survived through this entry ;) .<br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-23479884576972913092009-02-03T09:49:00.000-08:002009-02-04T15:38:13.852-08:00Thought no one would ever do this, huh?</br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVn-vXU4JoYMR4pmV56ciEnWFJiuCaH8BvZxjcMlYbCxt39UGh7STaROQkAGJHT8mnHeFQb5MeavCEt6Un09_ji4s4D-z_Aha5Uwo-NjRA1RFLwVQ7Lkqn3zQhMm-mN8I8YmCoU70b5pE/s1600-h/bdd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVn-vXU4JoYMR4pmV56ciEnWFJiuCaH8BvZxjcMlYbCxt39UGh7STaROQkAGJHT8mnHeFQb5MeavCEt6Un09_ji4s4D-z_Aha5Uwo-NjRA1RFLwVQ7Lkqn3zQhMm-mN8I8YmCoU70b5pE/s400/bdd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298630062258801554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-32323838093381917702009-01-31T13:30:00.000-08:002009-02-01T15:28:39.389-08:00Daredevil's Centrific Feats #5 - Die Hard<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Some time ago, I was discussing with a friend the movie Spider-Man 2. The one featuring Doctor Octopus as main villain. In particular, we were agreeing on how nice the special effects were on that one, and how good the scenographers have been in conveying the feeling that...<br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYNCN-_CHIfmqJupCnT_gfd75zl8hyVN7jsJ9cKHp6hiweiKkmOIh6s1MJhPFFfE5oCSBgTKVatwZ4yPk2HuRwuvPrep_4mCpTVNo1ivER9gH96mcKPgE34baRSoZX9vPFgOxvBoQ7dM/s1600-h/dh2.GIF"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYNCN-_CHIfmqJupCnT_gfd75zl8hyVN7jsJ9cKHp6hiweiKkmOIh6s1MJhPFFfE5oCSBgTKVatwZ4yPk2HuRwuvPrep_4mCpTVNo1ivER9gH96mcKPgE34baRSoZX9vPFgOxvBoQ7dM/s400/dh2.GIF" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291621240267533538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">... being hit by a flailing metallic tentacle gotta hurt a lot.<br /><br />The above image is taken from DD vol.1 #165, penciled by Frank Miller and written by Miller himself in co-operation with Roger McKenzie. If memory serves, it is also the first issue with Miller as writer. I know this friend of mine really enjoyed this issue.<br />In it, Daredevil, at a pier, bursts into some smugglers, interrupting the operation of unloading of some crates containing adamantium. The thugs (who are the standard Miller-age goons type, i.e.: talkative lowlifes in undershirts, armed with chains and brass knuckles) fight back, but they are no match for Daredevil.<br />Suddenly, Otto Octavius appears. He takes DD by surprise, at the same time getting rid of the last thugs standing. Don't ask me how an overweight professor with long, heavy metallic appendages incorporated on him can possibly sneak up on a superhero who's got heightened senses and a radar working on 360 degrees, but he does.<br />With the intent of claiming that adamantium for himself, he battles DD, and after a brief struggle, he manages to seize him with two of those metallic arms of his. Instead of crushing his foe and calling it a night, he decides to drown him by holding him under the water, so that he can have the chance to go into "egocentric supervillain speech"-mode in the meantime.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnj5uOgmo3c4qNU1rWqKf6OzLWcBmwhm9V3AmYUsgMpHHMU4mYnmTJq82DBY5DOpBIbL6_ve8iI84SYrwBsIvkGiYQqgeADlyx69kw_wRfUKYy-kJQyZjJ7tDKUONfjFitbCNTwVa0-Y/s1600-h/dh3.GIF"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnj5uOgmo3c4qNU1rWqKf6OzLWcBmwhm9V3AmYUsgMpHHMU4mYnmTJq82DBY5DOpBIbL6_ve8iI84SYrwBsIvkGiYQqgeADlyx69kw_wRfUKYy-kJQyZjJ7tDKUONfjFitbCNTwVa0-Y/s400/dh3.GIF" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291621245598745490" border="0" /></a>There seems to be no hope for our hero. Even Spider-man, who has superhuman strength, can't normally break free from the hold of Doc Ock's tentacles.<br />Miller aptly accompanies this claustrophobic scene with a sequence of cluttered panels.<br />Knowing that there's no way to break that hold, our hero goes limp, and rations the oxygen in his lungs.<br /><br />Whole minutes pass. The villain, certain that DD has drowned by then, lets go of his grip and goes away, having eliminated what to him was only a temporary nuisance.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VK2vJXipCzUQe3bmmc9DbSmby2WFKM0z7TcW5OgiCRyD48k0JXGYmMI2vz1TOi9aQtAFr7eqzkxrGX20uce7aOLdXasCAWizx1TK6wUFqcWiiSFN0xsgmh-OwIl1cSAeKirZsiZaaMY/s1600-h/dh4.GIF"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VK2vJXipCzUQe3bmmc9DbSmby2WFKM0z7TcW5OgiCRyD48k0JXGYmMI2vz1TOi9aQtAFr7eqzkxrGX20uce7aOLdXasCAWizx1TK6wUFqcWiiSFN0xsgmh-OwIl1cSAeKirZsiZaaMY/s400/dh4.GIF" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291621244561755154" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Daredevil floats in the cold waters of the river, motionless. Hours later, he's found by a police squad. His body is totally inert. They believe him dead.<br />They are about to call the morgue, when, all of a sudden, he resuscitates. Shocked, an officer sees him getting up and invites him to take it easy, but the scarlet swashbuckler is already rushing away, already on the tracks of his enemy.<br />Running away, billy-club half extracted, ready to swing across the city. As if he had gotten up not from a near-death experience, but from a ten minute-nap.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9LZrP8nKA0L0s9Ai9hTanVsb2hTkoh0tIVF3ffoz8la05PSo4yffS6RQYffAxALlo1tOniSr9fiplXHX541BILOMAwc2qnxX3MNFisTeOkgtKNGo_frVi-uA2y5ZKfpOUd_uLCz4xbs/s1600-h/dh5.GIF"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9LZrP8nKA0L0s9Ai9hTanVsb2hTkoh0tIVF3ffoz8la05PSo4yffS6RQYffAxALlo1tOniSr9fiplXHX541BILOMAwc2qnxX3MNFisTeOkgtKNGo_frVi-uA2y5ZKfpOUd_uLCz4xbs/s400/dh5.GIF" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291621248391978386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At that sight, the astonished police lieutenant can only comment:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">- The underworld calls him Daredevil. Now I know why.</span><br /><br />Elsewhere, Octopus is in his hideout, stirring a cup of coffee (holding cup and teaspoon with his artificial arms, no less. Nice touch by Miller here). He has abducted Matt's then gilfriend, the rich heiress Heather Glenn, and, after having concluded another of his bloated talk-ins, he announces his intention to kill her.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjui8DVK70-sPXgu1Sf8NSjOZQnGnuyDMj4Q0bRuPS7uAFAbuO78edRTbSOa73TTAnIukd2s0dOx43ITh8Zpq2XhmwklvKgOmgUW_OqJ4Myb0oLynxRXDT2JSpOPa6L3k5KxXp2S-FA8/s1600-h/dh6.GIF"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjui8DVK70-sPXgu1Sf8NSjOZQnGnuyDMj4Q0bRuPS7uAFAbuO78edRTbSOa73TTAnIukd2s0dOx43ITh8Zpq2XhmwklvKgOmgUW_OqJ4Myb0oLynxRXDT2JSpOPa6L3k5KxXp2S-FA8/s400/dh6.GIF" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291621252916870178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">His expression changes all of a sudden when the lights go off. Another nuisance to his brilliant plans. Undoubtedly a minor electronic malfunction.<br />Undoubtedly. And yet, what's that silhouette coming down on him?<br /></div><br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-6634312335389817152009-01-15T14:59:00.000-08:002009-01-15T15:19:16.506-08:00"...I hold her some more while she sleeps"<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKHllyDdsn1YnKT4n9QJls5Ow-i3vlZ9_DxpHsMeJ4utogVxSz87AqpMgeZCvjLx66jrcOUrCleRo3tTGe0aX9bQx0agsd_7xkAVoOthugVsMrtH4Z_NYIDv8_eg2WNgunO1yuxJjbRY/s1600-h/kirika.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKHllyDdsn1YnKT4n9QJls5Ow-i3vlZ9_DxpHsMeJ4utogVxSz87AqpMgeZCvjLx66jrcOUrCleRo3tTGe0aX9bQx0agsd_7xkAVoOthugVsMrtH4Z_NYIDv8_eg2WNgunO1yuxJjbRY/s400/kirika.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291661950908057394" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">"And for the first time in a long, long time... I pray."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_D3_C2bcye0exGa0dzmAZbxCxYKXGz27X_E5sBLcV8k88BnRUiPMuF_uZfuww8le2zFpkRRHffHTo9CXoaDzdpqOT26X2uLAQHtERAwZzIjWlswsC7ViuUP1UVN3Mu-ebeL9PnId7XI/s1600-h/kirika1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_D3_C2bcye0exGa0dzmAZbxCxYKXGz27X_E5sBLcV8k88BnRUiPMuF_uZfuww8le2zFpkRRHffHTo9CXoaDzdpqOT26X2uLAQHtERAwZzIjWlswsC7ViuUP1UVN3Mu-ebeL9PnId7XI/s400/kirika1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291662867665413282" border="0" /></a>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-37717618131646323832009-01-12T05:44:00.000-08:002009-01-12T05:50:12.962-08:00Meanwhile, at a bar in Hell's Kitchen...<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iKjyjU5bTQZxXf_oizpK3A9QqYzlBkBmEz6EiBFjtfQ98DFiqZdlmH6eIn3xwJxEqDVE1F-Y8-71yC6skzODKxKrw_cBy4mf3XVUME_RWaRTPVmLQ4pzN1IF84ZUPp7wEgHXL-lvKA8/s1600-h/ildg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iKjyjU5bTQZxXf_oizpK3A9QqYzlBkBmEz6EiBFjtfQ98DFiqZdlmH6eIn3xwJxEqDVE1F-Y8-71yC6skzODKxKrw_cBy4mf3XVUME_RWaRTPVmLQ4pzN1IF84ZUPp7wEgHXL-lvKA8/s400/ildg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290403009683090114" border="0" /></a><br />(I'm being a little busy right now, so I've arranged with lol-DD to keep you company. Thanks to Alice for the inspiration on this one!)<br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-25213348544804005522009-01-06T09:33:00.000-08:002009-01-06T10:23:19.354-08:00He even neglected fastening his seatbelt...</br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TrgyxEBOl7l8REhyphenhyphenmN2iJNvInnTi0UuLSmsNtSwe37V9gJsjapXWZgn3ynm38DKpCRFWNVDvqsa8pmYqwLbazkDqiHZ1aML-r2PZePu844_qhVzgbCHtwIj5HCcgs0_VwC-G95PEw8s/s1600-h/henfts+copia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TrgyxEBOl7l8REhyphenhyphenmN2iJNvInnTi0UuLSmsNtSwe37V9gJsjapXWZgn3ynm38DKpCRFWNVDvqsa8pmYqwLbazkDqiHZ1aML-r2PZePu844_qhVzgbCHtwIj5HCcgs0_VwC-G95PEw8s/s400/henfts+copia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288235460520450578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-6994080093513650862008-12-28T01:56:00.000-08:002008-12-28T07:08:26.878-08:00The Issues of Brubaker's Run Christmas Carol<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br />On the 1st issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOkZlQVPEsVzRpEfhoBR-ymcHC04kepDIMO-UnhaNSBxr5ygMAoZRTvGjxxd5Vb_JPWMDwDb9pOp-YZI6_gPI0FZlZkhavCIxn3h0zm-VVGZmovTAtm1d_xKtpxpwKPdRlun04acRwtU/s1600-h/tiobrcc1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOkZlQVPEsVzRpEfhoBR-ymcHC04kepDIMO-UnhaNSBxr5ygMAoZRTvGjxxd5Vb_JPWMDwDb9pOp-YZI6_gPI0FZlZkhavCIxn3h0zm-VVGZmovTAtm1d_xKtpxpwKPdRlun04acRwtU/s400/tiobrcc1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284855904734923442" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">a Red-clad Vigilante</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 2nd issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx601Q3k3lcxeElNC1KbJGNLL0llcnefUkTfJe7_cFmqr5Z-kAQg63-KMuNMgYofiEc2SiifN4xNtzBxz2lT5TSKw-H1UGsyqTkG-SpRjqmv5W5LJQk0xqbk47YaSLJitlqEAmHPGJ2IM/s1600-h/tiobrcc2.GIF"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx601Q3k3lcxeElNC1KbJGNLL0llcnefUkTfJe7_cFmqr5Z-kAQg63-KMuNMgYofiEc2SiifN4xNtzBxz2lT5TSKw-H1UGsyqTkG-SpRjqmv5W5LJQk0xqbk47YaSLJitlqEAmHPGJ2IM/s400/tiobrcc2.GIF" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284855905787436306" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 8th issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnjNdnxB_iGW5AN5wh7wGMe17xOAw1wOgJgt-37Vb8FztshUV3kzAoJPuwHBGXvQQxy-k8-52cxPxs7spAiSH9EC0iI7vSK7rSWkitbDHb1ynCo2H2A_DYfmMrqPRfMwhBp2WHbZgzpg/s1600-h/tiobrcc3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnjNdnxB_iGW5AN5wh7wGMe17xOAw1wOgJgt-37Vb8FztshUV3kzAoJPuwHBGXvQQxy-k8-52cxPxs7spAiSH9EC0iI7vSK7rSWkitbDHb1ynCo2H2A_DYfmMrqPRfMwhBp2WHbZgzpg/s400/tiobrcc3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284855912777458194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 14th issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLleqPVolQUKQikYxCwBmbOZ7gjVlADMNblcwejy53x1Zdw7-HxFpJOp7ftD0i_a8s5629nBkfE4QhnWz1-CrHJLqhDNfbCEBVF70SL0dd6yMD6PqTD88QxlGh0O6As5ZqKMcl4omhX5I/s1600-h/tiobrcc4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLleqPVolQUKQikYxCwBmbOZ7gjVlADMNblcwejy53x1Zdw7-HxFpJOp7ftD0i_a8s5629nBkfE4QhnWz1-CrHJLqhDNfbCEBVF70SL0dd6yMD6PqTD88QxlGh0O6As5ZqKMcl4omhX5I/s400/tiobrcc4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284855915218985554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Melvin going Nuts</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 18th issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnkCEClh8oO1X0sMcLk_iriSVUXGsC77z_2CuPK19GoaNrKPu5xuO_BBldImdVNbfUR6si8reDbgh2_PPU-gTm_RdWYjFjAFIBMZHL8WhSMdFu9bFzmBP5HHY9YPspxOA5neipAV7h-8/s1600-h/tiobrcc5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnkCEClh8oO1X0sMcLk_iriSVUXGsC77z_2CuPK19GoaNrKPu5xuO_BBldImdVNbfUR6si8reDbgh2_PPU-gTm_RdWYjFjAFIBMZHL8WhSMdFu9bFzmBP5HHY9YPspxOA5neipAV7h-8/s400/tiobrcc5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284855945997334610" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Mister Fear</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Melvin going Nuts</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 19th issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXryfgp80QgUKVohdtue1EYVgpbpcNta0ht35FKowfC11OiTwVVBXLj9O-EGt9M6JWZPqL-SWwOuCEK_LOURlwIqMfynMRNY2fi6s3tpGiSpljMVBY5Xbs1dKNXKQjNNrS9R3BmCo3P0/s1600-h/tiobrcc6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXryfgp80QgUKVohdtue1EYVgpbpcNta0ht35FKowfC11OiTwVVBXLj9O-EGt9M6JWZPqL-SWwOuCEK_LOURlwIqMfynMRNY2fi6s3tpGiSpljMVBY5Xbs1dKNXKQjNNrS9R3BmCo3P0/s400/tiobrcc6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284856482616759362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Many Artists Drawing</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Mister Fear</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Melvin going Nuts</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 21st issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItcWOo9zt790_e3jmdNIwC5E7gfH-oA7_cccW8d7wgP1bKwmcmB5Nf25MIUkQiA2G1mVMEIk9nS6KCxTJcJgXVkgORBzeDnt4-jH5pSvGle_aMn1RZhjtUEIjd-C_q-Tbvp1Rxz0Jz_I/s1600-h/tiobrcc7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItcWOo9zt790_e3jmdNIwC5E7gfH-oA7_cccW8d7wgP1bKwmcmB5Nf25MIUkQiA2G1mVMEIk9nS6KCxTJcJgXVkgORBzeDnt4-jH5pSvGle_aMn1RZhjtUEIjd-C_q-Tbvp1Rxz0Jz_I/s400/tiobrcc7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284856488010756802" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Ox and Wrecker Fighting</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Many Artists Drawing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> Mister Fear</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Melvin going Nuts</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 24th issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eshLTrFxkmVeQeBfMsTnpR49UOFlTRYBvtjHugrirxylVmcnbWIvgZtm650jxJk-7Ixnmuv0203pXsdVBVX23aXFjK97pxdYpkccId0SM1vHMxL-elZFhjJuqvlPiMwBRUNfNTE5d7g/s1600-h/tiobrcc8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eshLTrFxkmVeQeBfMsTnpR49UOFlTRYBvtjHugrirxylVmcnbWIvgZtm650jxJk-7Ixnmuv0203pXsdVBVX23aXFjK97pxdYpkccId0SM1vHMxL-elZFhjJuqvlPiMwBRUNfNTE5d7g/s400/tiobrcc8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284856498000979346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Milla beyond Saving</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Ox and Wrecker Fighting</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Many Artists Drawing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> Mister Fear</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Melvin going Nuts</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 28th issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJ3SgWkNvP8lzNpszBhDGzLXHTkU8YpGpRLU6scUbYbgjo6do3w-zHh3Wg7YtHtkaRey3sle4PYkUMyXHYdk_QwkQfLMUTP4T7QlK8IOgub8DC6CL_gxpzOGYRvjHwoyo8_nhKf3Ibkc/s1600-h/tiobrcc9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJ3SgWkNvP8lzNpszBhDGzLXHTkU8YpGpRLU6scUbYbgjo6do3w-zHh3Wg7YtHtkaRey3sle4PYkUMyXHYdk_QwkQfLMUTP4T7QlK8IOgub8DC6CL_gxpzOGYRvjHwoyo8_nhKf3Ibkc/s400/tiobrcc9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284856507982504082" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Crooked Feds Sniping</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Milla beyond Saving</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Ox and Wrecker Fighting</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Many Artists Drawing</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Mister Fear</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Melvin going Nuts</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 30th issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7XR2Wk1Y2QeT9rpkrrO0lqR6g-BkMRE26BM8RXVU6O3us6Pdp_W4h2n2Ya-GeUOZ9-ziRALXZQssjrVFzNMW9sNSyLtZn7aFRB9XtMJUdfh6kJ1fjMYLuYwominCB1zwmv7LP2qPXtI/s1600-h/tiobrcc10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7XR2Wk1Y2QeT9rpkrrO0lqR6g-BkMRE26BM8RXVU6O3us6Pdp_W4h2n2Ya-GeUOZ9-ziRALXZQssjrVFzNMW9sNSyLtZn7aFRB9XtMJUdfh6kJ1fjMYLuYwominCB1zwmv7LP2qPXtI/s400/tiobrcc10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284856510524990690" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Dakota and Matt #*%ing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> Crooked Feds Sniping</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Milla beyond Saving</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Ox and Wrecker Fighting</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Many Artists Drawing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> Mister Fear</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Melvin going Nuts</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 31st issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFU_iRBWX8_fhy3ADP3GNgSSgiQjMk_N2qghuXyWqwJDa4biZsqG9RLFY1qKVx0lDEYNSs7rXgoaVSUMTVqziwp11cM7eEvALG5vd4nqqcPVZcTCQ78PsI5gzTH_RAoklQ30jAggkuVe4/s1600-h/tiobrcc11.GIF"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFU_iRBWX8_fhy3ADP3GNgSSgiQjMk_N2qghuXyWqwJDa4biZsqG9RLFY1qKVx0lDEYNSs7rXgoaVSUMTVqziwp11cM7eEvALG5vd4nqqcPVZcTCQ78PsI5gzTH_RAoklQ30jAggkuVe4/s400/tiobrcc11.GIF" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284856965161613954" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Master Izo Drinking</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Dakota and Matt #*%ing</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Crooked Feds Sniping</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Milla beyond Saving</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Ox and Wrecker Fighting</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Many Artists Drawing</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Mister Fear</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Melvin going Nuts</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />~~~</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">On the 32nd issue of his run</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />Brubaker sent to me:</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_x3Rfth6jQI-lYbH_ZZGY9xKPiecTYI0OoF-W2Yo1_sJ052elAACd0lx8CRpqtrWijBFBt9rxXxQVBW2LzUJRRJS65mpFZXsvP-KoyEMTaZ2w8_J6iSUoh13D_1kCwe-TxbbtsoRXQgg/s1600-h/tiobrcc12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_x3Rfth6jQI-lYbH_ZZGY9xKPiecTYI0OoF-W2Yo1_sJ052elAACd0lx8CRpqtrWijBFBt9rxXxQVBW2LzUJRRJS65mpFZXsvP-KoyEMTaZ2w8_J6iSUoh13D_1kCwe-TxbbtsoRXQgg/s400/tiobrcc12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284856966799420162" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Lady Bullseye Kicking</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Master Izo Drinking</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Dakota and Matt #*%ing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> Crooked Feds Sniping</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Milla beyond Saving</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Ox and Wrecker Fighting</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Many Artists Drawing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> Mister Fear</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Melvin going Nuts</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />A new Matador</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Foggy getting Stabbed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">and a Red-clad Vigilante</span>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Happy Holidays from <span style="font-style: italic;">F's Kitchen</span>!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"></span> </div>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-2662730980472555762008-12-23T13:04:00.000-08:002008-12-28T05:35:32.470-08:00The Motivational Poster-Boy<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Q85iunNiNDdTQvvs0WWQnYEozJtPW9AMw9e9f7hwcsWpoxLbmIVK-FwrA818uLtshKfzRoX4UwfIgwbN3-mOYGfuEKmEuO7uKnR6QYE0mcHIrXtl_hhu8iSyjBpr2EBnLIXv3dLixkg/s1600-h/yawaayd1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Q85iunNiNDdTQvvs0WWQnYEozJtPW9AMw9e9f7hwcsWpoxLbmIVK-FwrA818uLtshKfzRoX4UwfIgwbN3-mOYGfuEKmEuO7uKnR6QYE0mcHIrXtl_hhu8iSyjBpr2EBnLIXv3dLixkg/s400/yawaayd1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283127273054159378" border="0" /></a><br />I was about to add another "ordinary" entry, when it occurred to me that this blog has reached its 50th post. I thought that a moderately important milestone such as this deserved a little more than that, and so I decided to insert a post about one of the reasons why Daredevil is so important to me.<br /><br />From this comic book - let the self-righteous cool guys laugh about it as much as they want - I get motivation. Whenever I don't get it directly, I try to indirectly find it, by relating to the main character.<br />I think that relating to a character such as Matt Murdock/Daredevil, is simplified (especially in the stories of these years) by the fact that the hero is constantly shown facing adversities.<br />It is just like our everyday lives. Yeah, I mean that. Let's put aside the shiny and cool view of the world that the internet commonly gives us. That one world made of funny pics and memes, of easy chicks, of permanent fun, where the biggest problem is to find the witty line to write on a comment thread or to get enough friends on myspace.<br />Let's put all that aside, at the cost of being labeled as party-poopers, and face it: everyday life is hard. Life is full of opportunities and encounters, certainly, but also of problems.<br />And sometimes it's nothing short of a succession of adversities. Just like Matt Murdock's life.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We could be tempted to say that it's like that for just about any superhero, or even any fictional character. It could be. But I think that with Daredevil, it all looks much less fake.<br />Every superhero is shown having problems, but somehow, often, we see the generic hero being done with it by the end of the storyarc, often without further consequences, often with the problem solved hastily with some <span style="font-style: italic;">Deus</span> (or should I say <span style="font-style: italic;">Daemon</span>?) <span style="font-style: italic;">ex machina</span>, so that he can move into the next event/storyline.<br />Daredevil is not like that. His problems pile up on one another. His enemies are always there, planning his destruction. His past choices come back to haunt him, and there's never an event that can be said to fully close a circle.<br />This type of scenario is certainly more similar to the course of real life.<br />The problems never go away on their own. They eventually go away (and are subsequently followed by others showing up), but only if we fight our way through them.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6oexxEeAZryRqAfKWWGbeNqNkdw4x-GG-8i6Flq6R74ekWkyY7fg99t0swHj3X89yqO9Iv_WU1brpDUHYPVxcVboAxULwUFxwYSl6kDRqnwMRRLY1hckLKC0Fq1nbT5HQGWryeZkdS48/s1600-h/yawaayd0.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6oexxEeAZryRqAfKWWGbeNqNkdw4x-GG-8i6Flq6R74ekWkyY7fg99t0swHj3X89yqO9Iv_WU1brpDUHYPVxcVboAxULwUFxwYSl6kDRqnwMRRLY1hckLKC0Fq1nbT5HQGWryeZkdS48/s400/yawaayd0.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283096513681080626" border="0" /></a><br />But in order to do that - to have the strength to do that - you need motivation.<br />It can come in different forms. You can have your friends cheering you up. Giving you their support and confidence. Reassure you that you can make it through. That surely helps. But, at least in my case, at the end of the day you have to unlock that strength by yourself, from within. To that end, sometimes it's more effective something like what's shown in the panel above, of DD being ambushed by the Ox (from DD vol.2 #99, by Brubaker and Lark).<br /><br />I found the wording used to translate that in Italian even more brutal, but also, for this reason, even more direct and cutting (my compliments to the adaptor, Giuseppe Guidi of Marvel Italia) :<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />- Non vali niente, Murdock!</span><br /><br />Which retranslates as "you ain't worth anything, Murdock!".<br />A phrase like that, meant to scoff, can at times shake a person from apathy and discomfort better than any encouragement. When I first read that I remember being moved to the point that I would've died to add captions saying something like <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">"What the *%&$ are you saying you moron, YOU are the one who's not worth anything and you're in for an enormous butt-kicking for having said that"</span>.<br /><br />Sometimes, right after life hits you hard, so hard that you feel like you'll never have the strength to stand up again, much less to fight back, I can feel just like that. Like if some voice is mocking me, saying <span style="font-style: italic;">"you're not worth anything"</span>. And right after that, that small spark ignites, that pride that makes you reply <span style="font-style: italic;">"hell, no!"</span>, and thanks to which it becomes possible to get back up.<br />It's the "never give up" spirit so underlined by Frank Miller in his run, particularly in the Born Again storyarc, in which Matt's willpower allows him to fully get back on his feet from a state complete annihilation, despite his greatest enemy's efforts at keeping him down.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZY5P8oEOssIIheQ10_mAfttsAOuK-9xb-c6Vb4BzGTnPPhKCzwYUvUkzRlr3OSc4YDutZWL4yOGy3WfWgUhWl-rLF-F-7yJgu0W_yp-px4U-UmZzAPP0vlkuIDNo7BZgB60BnlVNnIY/s1600-h/yawaayd4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZY5P8oEOssIIheQ10_mAfttsAOuK-9xb-c6Vb4BzGTnPPhKCzwYUvUkzRlr3OSc4YDutZWL4yOGy3WfWgUhWl-rLF-F-7yJgu0W_yp-px4U-UmZzAPP0vlkuIDNo7BZgB60BnlVNnIY/s400/yawaayd4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283378914389956114" border="0" /></a><br />When I think about it, this is what I admire so much of Matt Murdock. His force of will. That iron will that has allowed him to rise from the ashes everytime. That willpower that can, by all means and purposes, be really considered what makes him a superhero, much more than his hypersenses, or his peak human condition. Again, Miller comes to mind. Heightened senses, fighting skills and acrobatics are just tools - he said in the mind-blowing "Roulette" story. To be a hero, the man who has them needs first to be inspired. In the fictional world he lives in, Matt's inspiration comes from his father, a man far from perfect or invincible, but whose lesson, of never giving up and always struggling to do what's right, he will never forget.<br />In the same way, in turn, I dare say that Daredevil's refusal to give up the fight despite how desperate the situation may be, and staying true to what he believes in, inspires me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAKYcmDC3Wfo3LsfnttQNmEbgnAV1n4ScxE91s8Ef4l7ppPb8l7QU0KJzBEIvtPyaxjYI3olYEq3F2naz5-HebrzPlHWjXe-sOWb3ZOdQ3wO-C0qaP8T23cP-IDJZ20jzF49sLdnbAVQ/s1600-h/yawaayd2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAKYcmDC3Wfo3LsfnttQNmEbgnAV1n4ScxE91s8Ef4l7ppPb8l7QU0KJzBEIvtPyaxjYI3olYEq3F2naz5-HebrzPlHWjXe-sOWb3ZOdQ3wO-C0qaP8T23cP-IDJZ20jzF49sLdnbAVQ/s400/yawaayd2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283378916348950274" border="0" /></a><br />A small reflection now. The condition typical of the present-day Daredevil, with misfortunes coming upon the protagonist one after another, with the hero never having a moment of rest, his life seemingly perpetually on the verge of ruination, has reached by now a point where it has become somewhat iconic.<br />For this reason, comic book readers (or even writers) often come up with the conception that this "depressing, anguishing tone" of the book is what Daredevil fans actually expect from it (or even what they demand from it), and that all of it is a standard set by Miller (who redefined the character and all of that).<br /><br />Both these conceptions, the way I see it, are erroneous.<br />While it is true that Miller redefined the character, and that he modified the tone to a darker, more serious one, the depressing, anguishing atmosphere and the heavy-handed "grim and gritty" "hard-boiled" tone of today's DD is a more recent redefinition, which can be entirely attributed to Brian Michael Bendis. That said, if such a tone is the definitive way to write Daredevil today, if it has been brought to its excess as of recent or not, is entirely debatable.<br />But, as a matter of fact, anyone could pick up some issues from Miller's run, compare their tone with that used in Bendis' and see that the difference in this regard is more than evident.<br /><br />Regarding the fact that DD's most attached readers have actually come to like or even expect the fact that Matt's life is constantly put through hell, I consider that to be a misconception derived from a superficial look of it.<br />In my opinion, Daredevil fans don't like the fact that Matt's life is full of difficulties <span style="font-style: italic;">in itself.</span> They instead like reading how, despite the many, enormous difficulties in his life, Matt is able to find the strength to take them all on, and how he refuses to give up, no matter how unescapable the situation may seem.<br /><br />Troubles and adversities may come, as they do in real life. What really matters is the spirit with which the hero fights through them.<br />And whenever the author manages to convey that...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SeaUUy93C2q_U5f0f8W1vzh_a1itaOyrKqs48X0XVHUr_20Ce88fP1hODdeItBWbW-4DHHHy5fPMHxW0s-RtY0cGK5CNmCfFkN13zXIMNmgUSvbR2vEDJZQM4pGkzE3D0A_Hu0z1_l0/s1600-h/yawaayd3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SeaUUy93C2q_U5f0f8W1vzh_a1itaOyrKqs48X0XVHUr_20Ce88fP1hODdeItBWbW-4DHHHy5fPMHxW0s-RtY0cGK5CNmCfFkN13zXIMNmgUSvbR2vEDJZQM4pGkzE3D0A_Hu0z1_l0/s400/yawaayd3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283127274855099778" border="0" /></a><br />... it feels good.<br /><br /></div>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-22287480013834440732008-12-22T06:30:00.000-08:002009-01-06T10:19:00.960-08:00Something totally random...<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>...<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sk7DZlAr_NMNew_zHVgdbRpl873ChkyiNYuSe0cTWz-EIGXpgJHtmAXW9Zf3RjdNjtVC1dctAIzXcjphuNtjniEeZkjauoKu_OBRzYE2Xmo9cquqHicpqjkZl9kcu2m5sDJzlCgbvjc/s1600-h/ceilindd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sk7DZlAr_NMNew_zHVgdbRpl873ChkyiNYuSe0cTWz-EIGXpgJHtmAXW9Zf3RjdNjtVC1dctAIzXcjphuNtjniEeZkjauoKu_OBRzYE2Xmo9cquqHicpqjkZl9kcu2m5sDJzlCgbvjc/s400/ceilindd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282623164384389538" border="0" /></a>So, beware.<br />:p<br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885093056058157515.post-52745304016395091392008-12-20T03:33:00.000-08:002008-12-20T12:12:43.343-08:00At Potter's Costume Shop...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbaNKKj47SnqKWE9x2iGj1uvR2yiP-8exxi3qNfYxqKheagc6UfvCd3N62xjbXi7ev07IgiZLSDqob_tujbAH5drMkXi9QMQPMAkvtF7yvEkZOD8PGYmqPRzBF1H7-iAFcBaHCT9gJS4/s1600-h/pthyvd.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbaNKKj47SnqKWE9x2iGj1uvR2yiP-8exxi3qNfYxqKheagc6UfvCd3N62xjbXi7ev07IgiZLSDqob_tujbAH5drMkXi9QMQPMAkvtF7yvEkZOD8PGYmqPRzBF1H7-iAFcBaHCT9gJS4/s400/pthyvd.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281834685463096930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">- Yeah. I mean, already half a month has passed without new posts. Well, 'xcept for that dumb debate on Brubaker thing...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7Ef09weYNmU-kchTx2Iafx0q1W6M5e3hCgFtekc-wCcntBqF01eJl-dWOPjZI9nqSTCklwKiUID0ml8pJIwHPYVX-RZso4e81fD8dIjisaSt4omxbpXGHrNB7oT3EbqEINJk8jHDFN0/s1600-h/pthyvd1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7Ef09weYNmU-kchTx2Iafx0q1W6M5e3hCgFtekc-wCcntBqF01eJl-dWOPjZI9nqSTCklwKiUID0ml8pJIwHPYVX-RZso4e81fD8dIjisaSt4omxbpXGHrNB7oT3EbqEINJk8jHDFN0/s400/pthyvd1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281834685211260386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">- Hell if I know. Heard he was taking a test or something. Look, so far he's been posting.. how many on average? Four a month? Five? </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwX-rnSllvjxqS3oQ7Q0rKQIPC-NzZR3rVhuA3WlgdkNP8v4RjGhklk-okeuO5-xvpUHddNQR5QM0J8HU1Jw_m_gNPJmV1OKQNduSk6EKA5jmRaVsrmCWedtoWyQpPgiM5b9yJKHLVdHU/s1600-h/pthyvd2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 370px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwX-rnSllvjxqS3oQ7Q0rKQIPC-NzZR3rVhuA3WlgdkNP8v4RjGhklk-okeuO5-xvpUHddNQR5QM0J8HU1Jw_m_gNPJmV1OKQNduSk6EKA5jmRaVsrmCWedtoWyQpPgiM5b9yJKHLVdHU/s400/pthyvd2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281834688842129458" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;">- But now it's already December 20th! Also, last month there hasn't been any Centrif-</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br />- Melvin.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaP4xt5ZEUfHLogHZu_2wtNix3y-eejWRzBRlycsyCQzRdJoDTmYOd6nt-bQYmFBVTL9NQDmjjX3_0d9zZC1DRHd4X1ryePZK36IEvjZtvrJyMXl_X7XKyvLr1_fYelTm9DkX6-gHPQmQ/s1600-h/pthyvd3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaP4xt5ZEUfHLogHZu_2wtNix3y-eejWRzBRlycsyCQzRdJoDTmYOd6nt-bQYmFBVTL9NQDmjjX3_0d9zZC1DRHd4X1ryePZK36IEvjZtvrJyMXl_X7XKyvLr1_fYelTm9DkX6-gHPQmQ/s400/pthyvd3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281834693058850434" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">- Don't sweat it. More posts will come soon.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBMVpBmNTwrvev-uV0OlMR97OEkd7j8sO-mUVIvgId5gwWVqmFmZ7-wQePQHLvN2kVlVrL674OikJ2tJVw7K3Dvi9M6TNajmdkw6suUYOqigoHUY0Y7BRcd8FPDm8BbcNQzJR27XhTS4/s1600-h/pthyvd4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBMVpBmNTwrvev-uV0OlMR97OEkd7j8sO-mUVIvgId5gwWVqmFmZ7-wQePQHLvN2kVlVrL674OikJ2tJVw7K3Dvi9M6TNajmdkw6suUYOqigoHUY0Y7BRcd8FPDm8BbcNQzJR27XhTS4/s400/pthyvd4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281834697582261778" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;">- Pleasure to hear your voice, F.</span><br /><br /></br>Francescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844690248889102668noreply@blogger.com5