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Brainiac: "I just want some pants! A decent pair of pants!"

Brainiac: "I just want some pants! A decent pair of pants!"

"The Night of Thanks But No Thanks" is a pretty great story, but then I'm a sucker for stories where average citizens show that they don't need superheroes to solve every little thing.

"The Night of Thanks But No Thanks" is a pretty great story, but then I'm a sucker for stories where average citizens show that they don't need superheroes to solve every little thing.

Yeah, I botched that joke pretty badly. Had to convey the idea that "Cheap Cheep-Cheep" was some kind of one-note user account that, I guess, made bird-related jokes all the time, and I have no idea how I'd even start to convey that without completely derailing the joke.

Yeah, I botched that joke pretty badly. Had to convey the idea that "Cheap Cheep-Cheep" was some kind of one-note user account that, I guess, made bird-related jokes all the time, and I have no idea how I'd even start to convey that without completely derailing the joke.

The AV Club and The Simpsons star in Albert Brooks' Modern Romance.

The AV Club and The Simpsons star in Albert Brooks' Modern Romance.

You're nothing but a gimmick account "Cheap Cheep-Cheep"!

You're nothing but a gimmick account "Cheap Cheep-Cheep"!

Which begs the age-old philosophical question: how many jokey comments can be made about the head of a pin?

Which begs the age-old philosophical question: how many jokey comments can be made about the head of a pin?

Hawkeye: C'mon, Cap, draw me like one of your French girls.

Hawkeye: C'mon, Cap, draw me like one of your French girls.

This, all the way. There's a lot of great artists out there with different styles, no need for the over-rendered, over-muscular style to dominate.

This, all the way. There's a lot of great artists out there with different styles, no need for the over-rendered, over-muscular style to dominate.

Out of all the weird-ass decisions DC made with their New 52 reboot, the one I scratched my head at the most was why they had EVERY SINGLE BOOK start with a six (or more) part story arc. If your goal is to attract new readers, why not give them a complete story or two to start out with? Let people get to know the

Out of all the weird-ass decisions DC made with their New 52 reboot, the one I scratched my head at the most was why they had EVERY SINGLE BOOK start with a six (or more) part story arc. If your goal is to attract new readers, why not give them a complete story or two to start out with? Let people get to know the

I love those little asides, they're my favorite running joke. "You geev me ginger (Derogatory Patriarchal Epithet) I geev you Avenger (slang for male genitalia)."