COMIC ZONE ON NOW- WITH NEAL ADAMS

[selegue]

...

 

So I say to you all, please don't say anything else unless it is about a comic book.

 

Oops, sorry. This arrived while I was sending my long Einstein message.

 

Is this better?

[selegue]

...

 

So I say to you all, please don't say anything else unless it is about a comic book.

 

Oops, sorry. This arrived while I was sending my long Einstein message.

 

Is this better?

 

@#$%^&*(

 

Bear with me while I learn how to insert rather than attaching an image.

Sorry for the mediocre resolution -- scanned a long time ago.

 

 

Jack

[shrunkenhead]

[Neal Adams-migration]

Hey guys,

 

Unfair, you attack not me, but that other Neal Adams.

 

I'm Neal, the comic book guy. Not that egomaniac.

 

I draw comics and animate bees and mind my own business.

 

I like nothing more than curling up by the fire with a stack of new and old comic books, and going to con's and talking about my favorite inker and why I like Batman and all that.

 

You're talking about that Neal guy, always, “me, me, me, ain't I great?!” And all that fighting and whining about return of artwork and royalties for creators and creators' rights like he's right and everyone else is wrong.

 

It's all for ego, ya gotta know that, and busting the comics code with that drug book, ego, fighting for the creators of Superman, ego (well, that was kind of good, but EGO!)

 

Me, when I gotta suck up, I suck up, I KNOW MY PLACE and when I see something that doesn't make sense or is clearly wrong I mind my business and the shut the darn H-E-double hockey sticks up. Hey, hey, guys, look, how about I do another Bat Man, huh?

 

Hey, you know how egotistical he is? He says a lot of his fans are really smart and even though his book is boooring, his fans will probably read it and watch the DVD.

 

I'm telling you, ego, from end to end. Oh, he left two notes:

 

First: Archimedes would say, if that granitic rock and basaltic rock rose to the "surface" to float as the crust because it's lighter than the stuff below it, what force is pushing it down?

 

Ego, see, I'm just saying!

 

Second: if any of y’all think Jack Kirby and his family should be treated exactly the same as Stan Lee and his family, by Marvel Comics, it would be a simple righteous thing if you would write a straight-forward letter to the publishers of Marvel Comics saying that is what you believe as a fan of their comic books. Say it any way you please, and know that many others will and I will do my very best to settle this issue in a positive way.

 

well, yes

[Batfiend-migration]

...

 

So I say to you all, please don't say anything else unless it is about a comic book.

 

Oops, sorry. This arrived while I was sending my long Einstein message.

 

Is this better?

 

@#$%^&*(

 

Bear with me while I learn how to insert rather than attaching an image.

Sorry for the mediocre resolution -- scanned a long time ago.

 

 

Jack

 

That is hilarious. What is the relevance of the koala.

[Jokerman]

welcome to the boards?

 

 

Joker--

[Zonker]

Best.

Thread.

Ever.

 

I like everything about it. The way it came back from the dead. The scientific 'debate.' The biographical insight into Einstein. The recommended reading list. The way Matt & T--- I mean Bill & Kenny hijacked it for a couple of pages along the way. I especially appreciate the light touch exhibited by those newbies Mike Netzer and Neal Adams.

 

Welcome to the boards!!!

[Comicfan-migration]

Welcome to the boards

[Batfiend-migration]

What if you don't like Marvel comics?

 

How about you do a new version of the Bat Mite. I think there is a lot of mileage in that suggestion.

 

As for both Neal Adams'? I love you both. I like a little ego with my talent and as for your world theories I say if you believe then go for it.

[Michael Netzer]

Second: if any of y’all think Jack Kirby and his family should be treated exactly the same as Stan Lee and his family, by Marvel Comics, it would be a simple righteous thing if you would write a straight-forward letter to the publishers of Marvel Comics saying that is what you believe as a fan of their comic books. Say it any way you please, and know that many others will and I will do my very best to settle this issue in a positive way.

 

Thanks, Neal, for taking the time to pop in - This is a warm and thought provoking community.

 

Here's contact info perhaps worth flooding at Marvel for those who want to help bring justice to Jack Kirby's family and legacy. If you've got a little ego, that is.

 

 

Marvel Enterprises, Inc.

417 5th. Avenue

New York, NY 10016

 

Media Relations

Dan Klores Communications

Jeff Klein

Executive Vice President

212-981-5189

jeff_klein@dkcnews.com

[Aman619]

Hey guys,

 

Unfair, you attack not me, but that other Neal Adams.

well, yes

 

alright Neal! Thanx for coming by! We're all gonna gush cause, as you know, we all love your work in various amounts from "awesome" to "Can I have your baby?" And we always melt when a big time godlike comics being stops by. (We only criticize behind peoples backs ya know)

 

anyway. welcome to the boards. I got a question: Is your favorite Woody Allen movie 'Stardust Memories'? That the one where he goes to a film festival and everyone comes up and tells him they like his "earlier and funnier" films. Evan aliens come down and say the same thing! I just wondered if thats a parallel for your life sometimes, aside, of course from all th enew advertisinf creative work you do every day...

 

be gentle with us!!

[shrunkenhead]

Best.

Thread.

Ever.

 

I like everything about it. The way it came back from the dead. The scientific 'debate.' The biographical insight into Einstein. The recommended reading list. The way Matt & T--- I mean Bill & Kenny hijacked it for a couple of pages along the way. I especially appreciate the light touch exhibited by those newbies Mike Netzer and Neal Adams.

 

Welcome to the boards!!!

 

This is going some interesting places, ain't it?

[Comicfan-migration]

Ok, Adams I could gush for hours honestly. Your one of the greatest comic artists of all time.

 

Now lets get down to business,... what's wrong with subduction, and what sources would you use against it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subduction

 

Also why don't you believe in the "Big Bang" cosmology or Cosmic inflation?

 

I know big questions. Take your pick if you want.

[mrwoogieman]

Ok, Adams I could gush for hours honestly. Your one of the greatest comic artists of all time.

 

Now lets get down to business,... what's wrong with subduction, and what sources would you use against it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subduction

 

Also why don't you believe in the "Big Bang" cosmology or Cosmic inflation?

 

I know big questions. Take your pick if you want.

 

You first: explain dark matter and dark energy...we'll wait.

[Comicfan-migration]

Dark matter: consists of matter particles that cannot be detected by their emitted radiation but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter such as stars and galaxies.

 

Dark energy: is a hypothetical form of energy which permeates all of space and has strong negative pressure. According to the theory of relativity, the effect of such a negative pressure is qualitatively similar to a force acting in opposition to gravity at large scales. Invoking such an effect is currently the most popular method for explaining the observations of an accelerating universe as well as accounting for a significant portion of the missing mass in the universe.

 

 

 

Whats so hard about that

But seriously dark energy is not very established.

[mrwoogieman]

Dark matter: consists of matter particles that cannot be detected by their emitted radiation but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter such as stars and galaxies.

 

Dark energy: is a hypothetical form of energy which permeates all of space and has strong negative pressure. According to the theory of relativity, the effect of such a negative pressure is qualitatively similar to a force acting in opposition to gravity at large scales. Invoking such an effect is currently the most popular method for explaining the observations of an accelerating universe as well as accounting for a significant portion of the missing mass in the universe.

 

Whats so hard about that

 

So, what your saying is, you don't know jack about what the majority of the universe happens to be comprised of?

 

Interesting...

[shrunkenhead]

Dark matter: consists of matter particles that cannot be detected by their emitted radiation but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter such as stars and galaxies.

 

Dark energy: is a hypothetical form of energy which permeates all of space and has strong negative pressure. According to the theory of relativity, the effect of such a negative pressure is qualitatively similar to a force acting in opposition to gravity at large scales. Invoking such an effect is currently the most popular method for explaining the observations of an accelerating universe as well as accounting for a significant portion of the missing mass in the universe.

 

 

 

Whats so hard about that

But seriously dark energy is not very established.

 

 

Gotta love that ole wikipedia.

[Comicfan-migration]

I wouldn't go that far. But yes there's a lot we don't know. (especially me) I'll be the first to admit it.

[Comicfan-migration]

I've had a lot of these type of debates before yep. Nice, simple, elegant.. easy to get to.

[Neal Adams-migration]

Well first rather than giving you 30 or so years of my "Homework", let me give you some preliminary birthing thoughts.

 

If Hubble revealed the red shift (actually, the blue shift, but no matter), galaxies were moving away. No one knew why. Some unnamed person suggested maybe it's blowing up.

 

Ridicule was followed by concession that no one had a better idea. So maybe.

 

Then typically, proof was sought. There's nearly no 'real' proof. Subtle stuff. Background radiation.

 

Cool. Fun discussion. Didn't quite answer our real question. Where did it come from in the first place? Describes an ongoing process, when you think about it.

 

Bad news recently. Galaxies were found and proved to be ACCELERATING outward.

 

This then is clearly not an explosion in the sense that we know it. Slowing down, ok. Same speed, questionable. Accelerating means not big bang. Need a new theory.

 

Following about a half dozen world famous geologists theory 40 years ago. I clearly saw the proof that the earth must've grown. While these geologists were shot down, I made up experiments to see if this theory of continents came together on-going. When I put it together wrong, it didn't work at all. But when I followed the undersea lines back in time, the continents came back together as a solid shell practically without my help at all.

 

Stunned me.

 

The theory had too exist to show how matter could be created. (against all the laws.) But matter had to have been created. We're here!) I found our laws weren't exactly what we say.

 

40 years ago geologists, I found, were shot down simply because they were specialists, geologists. How could they possibly prove the earth grew. They'd have to become physicists, cosmologists, paleontologists, et al. Never happened. So I started my homework.

 

But let me finish my own interrupted thought, with apologies.

 

If earth grows, then Mars grows, all planets grow, all suns, large moons, solar systems, galaxies and our Universe grows. (Even small moons and meteorites, but in a slightly different way)

 

And this I think is what Mr. Hubble's blue/red shift shows. Exponential growth of our Universe. (Accelerating.)

 

This, however, turns many laws on their sides, and if I'm correct, we have to re-look at all of science.

 

In my defense, let me say this developing theory predicted the existence of dark matter 30 years ago.

 

Why a comic book artist/ writer? No reason. I love science and I like to really know things, and I'm not a specialist. No tenure and no job to protect.

 

What are my chances of being right? Very, very small. But I have done my homework, as I think folks would expect me to.

 

Subduction. Big topic. Short answer. Rifts simply spread. Nothing forces them. What force pushes subduction then?