On first viewing, I wasn't sure where Paths of Glory was going until the cockroach scene. Then it suddenly all clicked.

Yeah. The phrase "senseless death arrives in the form of a particularly bleak punchline" pretty much assures I'll never see this, which is too bad.

Exactly. I believe they intended for it to be consensual, just as it was in the book, but it's still very sad to know that several people took a look at the final cut of the scene and went, "yep, still looks consensual to me! Print it!"

Believe me, I'm not holding my breath for some kind of apology or even acknowledgement.

Except for that whole rape thing.

Every once in a while, someone will make some comment about how morally different "today's disgusting rap lyrics" are compared to the "clean cut lyrics in oldies and classic rock." Shockingly, this person is usually a white male over 40*. I like to point out to them that "The Wanderer" has nearly the exact same tone…

I enjoyed Cooke's writing/art on "Minutemen," but honestly I enjoyed his writing and Conner's art on "Silk Spectre" more. They told a much smaller story, and one that - refreshingly - stayed pretty far away from the original "Watchmen" narrative.

To be fair, Selina's Big Score is basically a Parker story with a lighter tone thanks to Selina's personality.

Cooke was a master of layouts, in both a design and a narrative sense. His name belongs next to Steranko and Chaykin on the Mount Rushmore of merging incredible design with perfect, natural sequential art storytelling.

Sloop John B is my favorite Beach Boys song, period. Though Wouldn't It Be Nice is probably their best song. I love how its meaning changes over time. When I was younger, I took the lyrics at face value: a young man daydreaming of more time with his sweetheart.

Tell your extrovert friends when you're lonely. Believe me, they'll be happy to help fold you into conversations and social circles that you may be too awkward to self-integrate. I have a few pals who are amazing at this, and they love helping people like us bridge the gap between introverted and talkative.

I'm fortunate enough in adulthood to have made some great, lasting friendships; enough that I'm rarely lonely anymore. I even get along ok with most of my co-workers, but every time there's some work-related social event, everyone gets together and gathers in their natural/social circles instead of work-mandated…

I don't know if an entire Sunday strip can count as a "quote," but Charlie Brown, eating his lunch alone on a bench is one of the best pieces of art of the 20th century. Few people understood how crushingly DULL it is to be lonely like Schulz did.

There's a series of strips where Lucy is looking for "the answers." When she asks Schroeder, "what do you think the answer is?", he pounds on his piano and screams, "BEETHOVEN! Beethoven is IT! PURE and SIMPLE! DO YOU UNDERSTAND??"

Other great lines:

I agree. The last few issues - and the last few pages in particular - were superb. And I did enjoy the whole story, but there were some points along the way (the prison planet, for example) where it felt like Waid got sidetracked by a neat idea and ran with it.

The big difference being that Irredeemable was a generally terrific story that went on for too long, while Injustice is just fucking terrible.

I'd love to meet the guy who played Dak. I'd give him a big "Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting" bear hug and keep repeating, "it's not your fault. It's not your fault."

As someone who hates just about every reality tv series ever (except maybe the original 1900 House,) I cannot overstate how surprused I was at how much I loved this show.

You almost had me fooled with the first paragraph, but the second one gave it away.