Comments on: The Origin of Superman!

The Origin of Superman!

Tlogmer — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:03:07 -0800

Possibly NSFW. via

By: Tlogmer

Tlogmer — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:04:48 -0800

Oh, fucking hell. I posted to the middle of the story instead of the beginning (any chance matt could fix it?). Here's the correct link.

By: adamms222

adamms222 — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:14:57 -0800

It's a good read from any starting point...

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:18:01 -0800

This is hilarious. There's a lot of other good stuff on Jay Pinkerton's site, like these Spiderman strips. (Probably NSFW.)

By: freudianslipper

freudianslipper — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:26:51 -0800

agreed. hilarious!

By: Four Flavors

Four Flavors — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:36:55 -0800

At first I thought that they were simply re-captioned orginals, but clearly he's put in a lot more effort than that. If only the new movie is this good.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:46:32 -0800

His augmented and remixed trailer storyboards for Lost In Translation ("this summer, get translated!") had me hurtin'.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:08:50 -0800

Very, very funny. Thanks. THERE'S NO CURE FOR THAT! THEY'RE JUST TAUNTING ME CRUELLY!

By: adamms222

adamms222 — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:09:48 -0800

whoah, it's original art? i thought they were re-captioned originals as well. reminds me of David Rees' cartoons (which I shall not link to lest I risk immediate revokation of my MeFi account)

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:14:49 -0800

Excellent. Read like 70's era National Lampoon!

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:15:39 -0800

I don't think it's original art, but it is original in that there's been some extensive editing/remixing of existing art. Agreed -- very funny stuff!

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:31:49 -0800

Nice leotard, Sally.

By: NoMich

NoMich — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:35:45 -0800

This is great stuff. I also enjoyed seeing the Fantastic 4 go see their movie.

By: GriffX

GriffX — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:36:49 -0800

That was awesome.

By: anthill

anthill — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:37:49 -0800

I say we take off and nuke Smallville from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

By: Jawn

Jawn — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:44:35 -0800

Nine months later: A Burden!

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:51:44 -0800

Awesome.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:59:57 -0800

[fixed the fpp link]

By: After the Jump

After the Jump — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:38:26 -0800

Terrific rewrite, but if the art is still under copyright it'll probably get a cease and desist notice and be forced offline. Even if the art is "original", the brand is already owned. Enjoy it while it lasts!

By: interrobang

interrobang — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:05:27 -0800

Really funny, thanks.

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:06:13 -0800

Psst! There's also a Batman origin story on this site, which is also hilarious.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:06:56 -0800

(Especially since I ~~wasted~~ spent about four hours at this site last night.)

By: interrobang

interrobang — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:11:30 -0800

The art isn't original, at least most of it isn't. Compare these. The pictures of Superboy and Luthor in the lab are identical.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:53:22 -0800

Way better than the original telling.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:14:52 -0800

There's some Jack Kirby in there too.

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:44:27 -0800

Superman is a dick.

By: graventy

graventy — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:32:48 -0800

That was great. Thanks!

By: grouse

grouse — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:08:53 -0800

I came for the Superman, and stayed for the Spider-Man! Even funnier.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 02:04:36 -0800

Marked it as a double earlier. I thought it was an FPP. Found the comment here.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 06:01:58 -0800

For chrissakes, don't mark things as doubles unless you have proof. Otherwise you're just being a dick.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:02:13 -0800

For real, not cool. I wonder if he hand-letters all the new text, or if there is actually a good version of comic sans floating around out there.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:45:04 -0800

Ok, but I posted the proof. Or is linking to multiple separate parts of that site not a double? Especially when that content has been pointed out before? I'm not being nasty; I'm asking. But I flagged it, so it's up to Matt to decide if it constitutes a double. It's a double in my subjective reality, at least.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:50:55 -0800

Ah, you misunderstand the rule then. Double posts are only about posts; it's OK to post something that's just been in a comment.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:09:02 -0800

Alright. Sorry about the confusion. I wouldn't have flagged it unless I was 100% sure I saw it on MeFi. I thought that since the domain had already been linked it was off limits. Thanks for the clarification. Obviously, people liked the FPP, so no harm; no foul.

By: blag

blag — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:03:49 -0800

The JP forums have a lot of good stuff in 'em, too: Movies in Foreign Lands / Embarassing Screenshots. The Complete News Skim has been linked here before but is a classic.