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Edgy DC Nov 07 2009 10:45 PM

The pizza company that knew what you could never figure out... that Armando Benitez was a superhero.

MFS62 Nov 08 2009 08:12 AM Re: DiGiorno

They don't know how to make good pizza either. Later

Edgy DC Nov 08 2009 10:52 AM Re: DiGiorno

Oh, I disagree. This artwork is great. They do a great job capturing the minor-leaguey open concourses of Shea; the way they did batting practice without a cage; the angry way Piazza used to take batting practice by hitting liners (off forehead high pitches) into the opposing dugouts, the meatiness of Franco's forearms and, um, package; the massive biceps of, I guess, number 32; and the sinister sneer of that Bian Schneidery guy behind him. I remember that guy! What's his name?

Frayed Knot Nov 08 2009 11:08 AM Re: DiGiorno

The pizza company that knew what you could never figure out... that Armando Benitez was a superhero. [easy joke]Yes, but like DiGorno, he didn't deliver[/easy joke]

Ashie62 Nov 08 2009 11:43 AM Re: DiGiorno

The smaller DiGiordano Frozen Pie done for 12 minutes at 425 degrees is a tasty treat

Kong76 Nov 08 2009 11:50 AM Re: DiGiorno

FK: [easy joke]Yes, but like DiGorno, he didn't deliver[/easy joke] <<< Hah, nicely played. Are these yearbook ads, the first one looks familiar sorta?

G-Fafif Nov 08 2009 12:13 PM Re: DiGiorno

This was one of my first eBay purchases given that the comic was mysteriously given only to those 14 and under. Ohmigod, nostalgia for the 2000s!

Edgy DC Nov 08 2009 12:40 PM Re: DiGiorno

This is a comic book giveaway sponsored by DiGiorno from July 1, 2000. Like Greg, it was one of my first ebay purchases. In my case, it was my very first. I'll be violating copyright and posting a page a day. The story gets good.

Ashie62 Nov 08 2009 06:15 PM Re: DiGiorno

They all look they are on Steroids

metirish Nov 08 2009 06:35 PM Re: DiGiorno

Totally awesome

Fman99 Nov 09 2009 06:36 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Ashie62":21xcyrr8]They all look they are on Steroids[/quote:21xcyrr8] Keep an eye out for the bozacne.

Edgy DC Nov 09 2009 06:55 AM Re: DiGiorno

I think Bozacne is the super-villain they fight in Issue #2.

MFS62 Nov 09 2009 07:23 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Frayed Knot":2u73ynnw]The pizza company that knew what you could never figure out... that Armando Benitez was a superhero. [easy joke]Yes, but like DiGorno, he didn't deliver[/easy joke][/quote:2u73ynnw] Yes, that what I said- that they identify superheroes as well as they make pizza. And I said they don't make good pizza. Of course, ever since that little pizza stand near Main st., Flushing, went out of business, I haven't tasted any pizza that I considered to be good. Later

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2009 07:44 AM Re: DiGiorno

Actually, I was going for a satire of their ad campaign. Since they're a frozen, nuke-it-at-home deal they have a slogan that states: "It's not de-livery - it's Di-Gorno's" So I was figuring that even it they did create some sort of super ball-player he probably still wouldn't deliver [ba-dum-ching] -- (another one of my - if you have to explain it it probably wasn't all that good in the first place jokes). To my knowledge I've never eaten their product so I have no opinion as to whether or not it's any good.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 09 2009 11:28 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Edgy DC":2htr8wf7]... the massive biceps of, I guess, number 32; and the sinister sneer of that Bian Schneidery guy behind him. I remember that guy! What's his name?[/quote:2htr8wf7] Biceps is Hampton, prolly. Which makes Schneider-smelling-a-fart... my namesake? [quote="Frayed Knot":2htr8wf7] To my knowledge I've never eaten their product so I have no opinion as to whether or not it's any good.[/quote:2htr8wf7] It's better than Ellio's.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 09 2009 11:49 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2k3bov22]It's better than Ellio's.[/quote:2k3bov22] I don't think I've ever had either brand, but that smells like faint praise.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 09 2009 01:00 PM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Benjamin Grimm"][quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]It's better than Ellio's.

I don't think I've ever had either brand, but that smells like faint praise.

You smell correctly, BeeG.

Waitaminute... are the Mets super-powered in this? Tell me Turk and Rickey are part of this.

Edgy DC Nov 09 2009 01:06 PM Re: DiGiorno

I don't really want to spoil things.

Edgy DC Nov 09 2009 09:00 PM Re: DiGiorno

This evening as we eat our DiGiorno's pizza and review our 200 Mets comic book, we learn: [list][*]LWFS appears to be correct, and Lord Biceps is Mike Hampton. (I think. If it is, the M and P appear to have coupled into some altogether new letter.)[/*:m] [*]John Franco, despite being oh-for-his incredibly long Mets career, loved to rock the batting gloves.[/*:m] [*]He and Hampton exist in a universe of pure golden light.[/*:m] [*]Even in a pennant-winning year, fans who show up early for warmups cheer with a hint of sarcasm.[/*:m] [*]They also pay extortionary ballpark prices for plastic cups of water.[/*:m] [*]They nonetheless sport beer guts.[/*:m] [*]There is an angry Indian man at Shea. Chill out, Rajiv![/*:m] [*]During warmups, Shea is an entirely chick-free zone. I actually think they got that mostly right.[/*:m] [*]The closer you get to a 2000 Met moustache, the pornier it gets.[/*:m][/list:u] I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, I'm intrigued, but this is not Frank Springer-quality work. Any guesses as to who the mystery off-screen voice is in the last panel?

Ashie62 Nov 09 2009 09:08 PM Re: DiGiorno

First off, the DiGiorno frozen pie must be cooked in a conventional over. Ellios, owned by McCain foods ..A long time ago I ran the sausage shooting machine...Choose a different brand The off page voice? Sam Champion?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 09 2009 09:25 PM Re: DiGiorno

So bad it's almost good, but still bad. Nameplates aren't vertically arched neither.

Fman99 Nov 10 2009 06:39 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Ashie62":2j4911y9]First off, the DiGiorno frozen pie must be cooked in a conventional over. Ellios, owned by McCain foods ..A long time ago I ran the sausage shooting machine...Choose a different brand The off page voice? Sam Champion?[/quote:2j4911y9] I just ran the sausage shooting machine last night in fact.

Fman99 Nov 10 2009 06:41 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Edgy DC":3avyc0na] Any guesses as to who the mystery off-screen voice is in the last panel?[/quote:3avyc0na] Harvey Firestein.

Edgy DC Nov 10 2009 07:06 AM Re: DiGiorno

Getting warmer.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 10 2009 02:45 PM Re: DiGiorno

The voice holds good PR in high regard, so it could be a Wilpon. But it can recognize Mike's conversation as good PR, so it is most likely not a Wilpon. It's either a Jay Horowitz, or we're in for a ream of ugly-mistress jokes again.

Edgy DC Nov 10 2009 08:21 PM Re: DiGiorno

LeiterWagner reveals himself, as usual, to be a wise man. Oh, there's so much here. [list][*]Since taking BP, Piazza seems to have shrunk to human proportion in frame one, and is approaching Horowitz proportion which is something even less. Plus he's gotten extremely high. [/*:m] [*]Notice Jay clutching a little sheet. Is his thankless apparent sidejob as secretary/dispatcher for the Mets little hero business so backwards that he receives notice of emergencies by fax? How stressful. Anna Benson was right. That guy does need a puppy. [/*:m] [*]By frame two, Mike has not only reinflated his stature to dwarf poor Jay, but he has forsaken the sotto voce discretion of his previous panel and switched to some marquee font to announce the name of his superhero squad. What a bit of superdickery there. [/*:m] [*]Middle panel: speaking of superdickery, how about Ventura dealing with a life-or-death dire emergency situation with a "What else is new?" I want Alfonzo (who you'll see has very few lines in this adventure) to chortle in with, "I'm dating your mama. That's new." [/*:m] [*]Regarding panel four, I want to pause and note that this portrait of Franco is the best piece of Met representatin' in the book. Kudos for that. It looks like it was copied right out of the media guide and probably was. [/*:m] [*]Panel four goes to shit after that. Notice that crazy sideburn coming from behind Ventura's (I think it's him) ear. This is a problem with the entire book actually --- the reader (myself, anyhow) being unable to distinguish what is meant to be facial shadows and contours, and what is meant to be facial hair. In college, I'd read my roommate's Marvel books and the letters to the editors would heap praise upon the artists, but often single out the inking. "Do you geeks really know good inking from bad inking?" I thought. But I think I just learned what bad inking is. Check out the cover. Franco has what look like some Frankensteinian stitches going up his neck. [/*:m] [*]More importantly with Ventura is the huge perspective problems. How does he get to be in the foreground while Franco is in the midground, and yet have his shoulder be behind Franco? He can't, that's how. He's existing in space that is physically impossible to exist in. No wonder he ended up on the Yankees. [/*:m] [*]How about Mark Johnson, ladies and gentlemen? Sucking on a plug of tobacco, he gets all quotey-quotes busting his captain's balls on the eve of battle? Like he has the enough big league juice to pull that shit? Hey Mark, I think you're going to run into a team of superheros called the Clubhouse Lawyers, and it's not going to be pretty. [/*:m] [*]Speaking of which, where's Franco's "C"? They give the guy Mike Tyson's torso and they can't find room on it for his signature insignia? [/*:m] [*]Lastly, we see that their battle cry comes from the horrible video of 1986 vintage. Hey, DiGiorno, "Let's go, Mets!" doesn't end in "-go!" and it doesn't end in "-whooo." It ends with a quarter-note rest. Stop being threatened by the brief silence, people.[/*:m][/list:u] Thank you, ebay.

Edgy DC Nov 11 2009 08:52 PM Re: DiGiorno

Wow, not a lot of love for page three. Something about a cartoon Jay Horowitz that just sticks in your craw? Or maybe I just provided too much of my own intrusive commentary. Page four flies with no further cracks from my corner.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 11 2009 09:58 PM Re: DiGiorno

The villain... is George Peppard?

Fman99 Nov 12 2009 06:15 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Edgy DC"]Wow, not a lot of love for page three. Something about a cartoon Jay Horowitz that just sticks in your craw? Or maybe I just provided too much of my own intrusive commentary. Page four flies with no further cracks from my corner.

When does Nick Swisher hit him in the face with a pie? Stupid evil Yankees.

Edgy DC Nov 12 2009 07:09 AM Re: DiGiorno

I never watched The A-Team. Was that Pepard's sig line? He does seem to have Pepard's jaw.

MFS62 Nov 12 2009 07:24 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Edgy DC"]I never watched The A-Team. Was that Pepard's sig line? He does seem to have Pepard's jaw.

The team would be knee deep in doo-doo, surrounded by gun shooting bad guys.
And Pepard's character would say, "I love it when a plan comes together".

Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 12 2009 11:41 AM Re: DiGiorno Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 12 2009 12:14 PM

[quote="Edgy DC":30a4tjhs]Wow, not a lot of love for page three. Something about a cartoon Jay Horowitz that just sticks in your craw? Or maybe I just provided too much of my own intrusive commentary. Page four flies with no further cracks from my corner.[/quote:30a4tjhs] Jay Horowitz-- JAY HOROWITZ!-- aside, Page 3 was what a Project Runway contestant might call a hot messssss. Now Page 4's got intrigue... who is this man? Why does he quote the "A-Team?" How did he manage to install 4-5 flatscreen monitors in the crown of the Statue without anyone noticing... and before the advent of flatscreen monitors?

Edgy DC Nov 12 2009 11:50 AM Re: DiGiorno

He was ahead of his time technologically. I like to look at it like there's only the one flatscreen by his forearm and the other two robots are actually there in the room behind him, fucking things up because that's what they do, after having installed train tracks. Notice how his throne is made out of the green oxidized copper of the SoL, even though it should have been it's original color after being cleaned in the eighties.

Edgy DC Nov 12 2009 07:57 PM Re: DiGiorno

OK, now we're getting closer to some serious throwdown time. OK, first of all, "power-suits from Piazza's friends in the Mighty Mets Organization"? What the hell. It's like "Mikey's got friends --- that's all you need to know." You've got to give me more than that. Are these "friends" from the Doubleday side of the family or the Wilpons? Do they develop this technology deep under Shea? In the chop shops of Flushing? Second of all, all that armour, and only Ventura thinks to protect his head or eyes? Come on! And Franco and Alfonzo improvize by turning their caps around. Like that helps. Benitez expands his vulerability to his upper chest and collar bones area, clearly wanting to show a little something for the ladies. And really, do we need numbers on the suits for those fans who like to keep score during mortal struggles between super-powered foes? Do we? I mean I realize their faces aren't recognizeable but the suits should be distinct enough without the numbers. And who told Benitez this was a road game?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 13 2009 12:14 AM Re: DiGiorno Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 13 2009 09:47 AM

Weaponry obtained through backchannels for off-hours focused violence? And it's Piazza's friends in the Mets Organization getting credit for supplying said weaponry? RIIIIIIGHT. (I think I know why Franco's smirking.) Also, comic-book Ventura strikes me as a bit of a dick.

G-Fafif Nov 13 2009 05:47 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Edgy DC":3lizgrth][list:3lizgrth][*:3lizgrth]Speaking of which, where's Franco's "C"? They give the guy Mike Tyson's torso and they can't find room on it for his signature insignia?[/*:m:3lizgrth][/list:u:3lizgrth][/quote:3lizgrth] Franco didn't get the C until 2001, though it seems this comic should have had the power to have anticipated it. Mets PR called. It's Horwitz. Not Horowitz. Jay's not that particular, but his minions are sticklers for accuracy in spelling.

Fman99 Nov 13 2009 06:51 AM Re: DiGiorno

This comic is awesomely gay. Like Ellen Degeneres, if she was awesome.

Frayed Knot Nov 13 2009 07:12 AM Re: DiGiorno

Good thing they used captions to identify the players because if I had to do so just by the artwork ...

Benjamin Grimm Nov 13 2009 08:11 AM Re: DiGiorno

Yeah, this is pretty bad inking. It is possible to tell good inking from bad inking. The easiest way is to compare works by the same penciler with different inkers. When I was first reading comics I couldn't understand how Rich Buckler's art could look so good one issue, and so terrible in another issue. Then it clicked: He looked good when inked by Joe Sinnott, and terrible when inked by Chic Stone. A guy like Sinnott didn't just trace over the pencils, he used his own artistic skills to enhance what the pencil artist put on the page. He was so good that a lot of pencilers took shortcuts when Sinnott was inking; they'd just do rough breakdowns knowing that Sinnott would be able to bring the breakdowns to life. (And if Sinnott had to bail on a particular issue for any reason, the job down by the fill-in guy was noticeably inferior. Joe Sinnott had a very high VORP.) And if you look at anything inked by Tom Palmer, especially when he worked with Gene Colon, you can see what a master he was. His inks really lent mood to the artwork. What he did on Tomb of Dracula was incredible. This Mets comic, by the way, is absolutely wretched. It seems like it was written by a ten-year-old for the entertainment of five-year-olds.

Edgy DC Nov 13 2009 08:19 AM Re: DiGiorno

Yeah, but... Mark Johnson!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 13 2009 08:25 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Benjamin Grimm"]Yeah, this is pretty bad inking. It is possible to tell good inking from bad inking. The easiest way is to compare works by the same penciler with different inkers. When I was first reading comics I couldn't understand how Rich Buckler's art could look so good one issue, and so terrible in another issue. Then it clicked: He looked good when inked by Joe Sinnott, and terrible when inked by Chic Stone. A guy like Sinnott didn't just trace over the pencils, he used his own artistic skills to enhance what the pencil artist put on the page. He was so good that a lot of pencilers took shortcuts when Sinnott was inking; they'd just do rough breakdowns knowing that Sinnott would be able to bring the breakdowns to life. (And if Sinnott had to bail on a particular issue for any reason, the job down by the fill-in guy was noticeably inferior. Joe Sinnott had a very high VORP.) And if you look at anything inked by Tom Palmer, especially when he worked with Gene Colon, you can see what a master he was. His inks really lent mood to the artwork. What he did on Tomb of Dracula was incredible. This Mets comic, by the way, is absolutely wretched. It seems like it was written by a ten-year-old for the entertainment of five-year-olds.

This shit is actually kind of making me angry cuz I know my dad would be furious to know anyone got paid for work like this, but he's not around to defend the profession anymore.

Edgy DC Nov 13 2009 08:36 AM Re: DiGiorno

I get the idea though, that if Mets/DiGiorno turned this over to real pros at Marvel, it would be awful in a different way --- artistically excellent, but more corporate tie-ins (to pay for it), pandering, and writing by comittee. I guess my expectations are lowered when I think that something like this sort of should suck. I mean, you don't want the Ramones doing opera. (Does that last line make sense? What the hell am I talking about?)

Frayed Knot Nov 13 2009 08:49 AM Re: DiGiorno

I just think that this was some kind of give-away item and DiGorno's (and/or the Mets) didn't want to pay what it would take to get a real artist to do it. Instead it was probably along the lines of someone saying; "hey I got a nephew who took a class once and ..."

soupcan Nov 13 2009 09:10 AM Re: DiGiorno

So true. I used to want to be a comic book artist but ultimately was just not good enough. I'll tell you something though - I was leaps and bounds better than whover did this.

Edgy DC Nov 13 2009 09:21 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":cnnff6ku]This shit is actually kind of making me angry cuz I know my dad would be furious to know anyone got paid for work like this, but he's not around to defend the profession anymore.[/quote:cnnff6ku] Time to cue the real deal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laXEldhmAtc

themetfairy Nov 13 2009 10:14 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Edgy DC":1n79htmt][quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1n79htmt]This shit is actually kind of making me angry cuz I know my dad would be furious to know anyone got paid for work like this, but he's not around to defend the profession anymore.[/quote:1n79htmt] Time to cue the real deal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laXEldhmAtc[/quote:1n79htmt] Lovely!

Ashie62 Nov 13 2009 10:23 PM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="soupcan":26gdamzf]So true. I used to want to be a comic book artist but ultimately was just not good enough. I'll tell you something though - I was leaps and bounds better than whover did this.[/quote:26gdamzf] And I thought you were the star of "American Splendor"

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 16 2009 11:58 AM Re: DiGiorno

What happens next, Edge-- do they fix the cable?

Edgy DC Nov 16 2009 12:00 PM Re: DiGiorno

Sorry. Tough weekend. I'll catch up tonight.

Edgy DC Dec 06 2009 07:45 PM Re: DiGiorno

Despite my mailbox being swamped with demands for the further adventures of our favorite frozen-pizza inspired heroes of 2000, I've had to hold off re-publication. As you might expect, Page Six of Amazin' Mets is not Delia Alfonzo's favorite page and she tried to stop the story from continuing. And I think we can all appreciate her position. All that hero adrenaline pumping, and grateful Gotham gamine so flushed with thanks that her halfshirt is changing colors. Edgardo does what any redblooded Venezuelan would do --- he leers and moves in for some serious fondling. Those cheap horny Latins! Where's Bill Madden when you need him? But your public love affair with Melissa Gilbert will have to wait, Edgardo! There's danger of a double 7 train collision! And that was apparently not only when the 7 had only two cars, but apparently wasn't equipped with brakes. They just let up on the throttle back in 2000 and rolled into the station.

Fman99 Dec 06 2009 08:07 PM Re: DiGiorno

Engorgo Alfonso

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 06 2009 09:20 PM Re: DiGiorno

Melissa Gilbert? Sandra Bullock, I'm thinking. (The timeframe and the mass-transit-related danger make it a cinch.) Man, I remember when the trains didn't have brakes... I used to end up in Inwood a LOT.

MFS62 Dec 07 2009 09:38 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":yqsyhyeq]Melissa Gilbert? Sandra Bullock, I'm thinking. (The timeframe and the mass-transit-related danger make it a cinch.) Man, I remember when the trains didn't have brakes... I used to end up in Inwood a LOT.[/quote:yqsyhyeq] HEY! There was nothing wrong with that! At least, not when I lived there. 207th and Broadway, Baybeeee! Last stop on the A Train, for all you Duke Ellington fans. Later

Edgy DC Dec 07 2009 09:51 AM Re: DiGiorno

Notice the sadistic glee with which the robot derails the 7. Notice also how Ventura, Franco, and Benitez all strike the same poze as they approach the train, as if they are winding up to punch it.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Dec 08 2009 02:39 PM Re: DiGiorno

Number of civilians on the two-car 7: around 20-30, it seems. Number of civilians helped by the SuperMets: one. The robot throws the train off the track. The SuperMets float around, watching it crash before Fonzie floats over to grab the babe trying to walk between cars. If the other passengers on the train are unharmed, it will only be because of luck. Why give the players superpowers but not give them any agency?

Edgy DC Dec 08 2009 02:53 PM Re: DiGiorno

I guess the short answer is because none of the other civvies looked like a xexy 20-year-old Half Pint in a Half Shirt. But just wait for the thrilling action on page seven, gentle readers.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Dec 08 2009 03:14 PM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Edgy DC":2usq0t80]But just wait for the thrilling action on page seven, gentle readers.[/quote:2usq0t80] I'm hoping it keeps going in the same direction. Maybe a timely rain shower will cause all the robots to malfunction and their purple-clad master can choke to death on a Pringle as Piazza and Benitez try to cock-block Fonzie forty feet up the tunnel from the Vernon-Jackson stop.

Edgy DC Dec 08 2009 07:11 PM Re: DiGiorno

Bionics is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. I just thought I'd mention. I don't think I see anything bionic in the design of Ventura's bat. Cricketic, maybe. I just think if Ventura's going to take time out for an aside during a time-sensitive emergency situation, he should maybe get his terms down. It may turn out to be mission critical. Note how small Benitez makes Piazza look. Hey, what are those characters on Franco's cap?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 08 2009 08:57 PM Re: DiGiorno

In 2000-- comparatively-- Ventura hit like his bat had an elbow. Perhaps his diction WAS on.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Dec 08 2009 09:43 PM Re: DiGiorno

I have no idea what the space this scene is taking place in is supposed to look like. In panel 1, where do those tracks go? Through the wall? Why is Ventura shepherding these people towards what appears to be the lights of the oncoming train? I think the "WHOA! WE'RE BEING RESCUED BY THE METS!" guy in the first frame is the same as the "IT'S TOO HEAVY! THERE'S NO TIME! YOU'LL NEVER MAKE IT!" negative nancy in the insert on the bottom. If so, he appears in front of the green wall pictured in the first panel, facing away from the lights in the darkened corridor and in the same direction as the tracks-from-nowhere, which means that the crashed train isn't really in the path of oncoming one. Also, isn't there supposed to be a robot in the tunnel?

Edgy DC Dec 09 2009 05:54 AM Re: DiGiorno

I'm also thinking, "Seven train? In the vicinity of Shea? Isn't that supposed to run on elevated tracks? Are you just trying to dump a train on the street below?" I think the screaming guy is Scott Glenn.

Edgy DC Dec 09 2009 08:18 PM Re: DiGiorno

So here we see that is indeed Franco to Piazza's right. Cued by Benitez (who is suddenly experimenting with hair relaxer) Piazza shows that, while Gary's Carter's catching tutoring didn't always stick, he sure schooled Piazza in the ways of cliched platitudes. Franco, meanwhile, shows that product of New York public schools can count backwards when it matters. I think Ventura is off talking to his bat while Aflonzo is making time with HalfShirty HalfPint.

Edgy DC Dec 10 2009 07:22 PM Re: DiGiorno

Cheers for Benitez! In New York! Them's the days.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 10 2009 09:59 PM Re: DiGiorno

"... so I can walk him and give up a game-tying home run."

Ashie62 Dec 10 2009 10:03 PM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3owi1zv2]"... so I can walk him and give up a game-tying home run."[/quote:3owi1zv2] Thats the Armando I remember

Edgy DC Dec 10 2009 10:34 PM Re: DiGiorno

Oh, just you guys wait until you see what Armando's got in store.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Dec 11 2009 07:50 AM Re: DiGiorno

In other news, according to panel 3, Scott Glenn has two right arms.

Edgy DC Dec 11 2009 07:58 PM Re: DiGiorno

Here we go. Throwdown time.

Fman99 Dec 11 2009 08:21 PM Re: DiGiorno

It's a throwdown, classic Mets vs. cavity creeps! Seriously, they couldn't find some Braves hats to put on these fuckers?

Rockin' Doc Dec 12 2009 04:54 PM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Fman99":2zrnnx0y]It's a throwdown, classic Mets vs. cavity creeps! Seriously, they couldn't find some Braves hats to put on these fuckers?[/quote:2zrnnx0y] Mets superheroes and saving commuters from train mishaps are one thing, but the Mets actually prevailing against the Braves would have made the entire premise of the comic unbelievable.

Edgy DC Dec 12 2009 07:25 PM Re: DiGiorno

Yeah? Let's see Brian Jordan catch up with this heater.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Dec 12 2009 08:15 PM Re: DiGiorno

"Zrap"? "Vram"? Where's "Bort"?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 12 2009 08:19 PM Re: DiGiorno

Itchy & Scratchyland Gift Shop.

Edgy DC Dec 12 2009 09:12 PM Re: DiGiorno

Speaking of those sound effects, please note that, though one Ernie Colón is credited with "letters," all the sound bubble stuff and sound effects are added not by an artist, but by a computer. Perhaps he did the "letters on the uniforms, as well as the title in the first frame, and the banners on the façade of the upper deck. That that don't hardly recommend him, but it bests the computerized 'ZRAP!'-s all the same size and shape.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Dec 12 2009 09:31 PM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Edgy DC":3c76cu8e] That that don't hardly recommend him, but it bests the computerized 'ZRAP!'-s all the same size and shape.[/quote:3c76cu8e] Actually, now that I look at them more, they're actually "zrap!"-s. And they look to be the only lower-case letters outside of the first page and the cover. But other than that, Colon seems like a terrific typer.

Edgy DC Dec 12 2009 10:16 PM Re: DiGiorno

Benjamin Grimm Dec 13 2009 05:33 AM Re: DiGiorno

[quote="Rockin' Doc":2h4ieu5v][quote="Fman99":2h4ieu5v]It's a throwdown, classic Mets vs. cavity creeps! Seriously, they couldn't find some Braves hats to put on these fuckers?[/quote:2h4ieu5v] Mets superheroes and saving commuters from train mishaps are one thing, but the Mets actually prevailing against the Braves would have made the entire premise of the comic unbelievable.[/quote:2h4ieu5v] My first-ever bullet-of-cool nomination, for Rockin' Doc.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Dec 13 2009 06:40 AM Re: DiGiorno Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 13 2009 06:42 AM

[quote="Edgy DC"]

Hey, I got no problem with the all-caps in the balloons (of course, the typed letters in the Mets comic instance just look gross), but why do lower-case letters suddenly appear, of all places, in robot-related onomatopoeia?

Vince Coleman Firecracker Dec 13 2009 06:41 AM Re: DiGiorno

Whoops, double post.

Edgy DC Dec 20 2009 08:35 PM Re: DiGiorno

Today, the aftermath of Armando's outstanding pitch, with some more Don Martin-quality onomatopoeia.

Fman99 Dec 21 2009 10:29 AM Re: DiGiorno

Same panel as last time, Edgy.

Edgy DC Dec 21 2009 11:35 AM Re: DiGiorno

Fixt.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 21 2009 12:04 PM Re: DiGiorno

Coincidentally, "SHAZZACK" is also the traditional spell for transforming your athletic, fast-breaking squad into one that can only run a plodding, half-court-exclusive offense, filtered through an overrated, gargantuan center.