Comments on: Superguy: The League #1

By: Chris Wilcox

Chris Wilcox — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:06:34 +0000

Reading this dredged up some great old memories. The story was so classic, but the really great stuff was all the reminiscing in the comments. Flatphoot evolved a lot during the Superguy series. Originally he was a hero obsessed pizza delivery boy with broken arches. In many ways his development of special weaponry and an organization of followers was an early version of Syndrome from “The Incredibles” I seem to remember his creator using a line about how if he couldn’t be a superhero, no one could. (Slight Aside, some Superguy histories have incorrectly attributed me as the creator of Flatphoot, which is not so. But he was created within hours of Wonder Grunion, so he eventually became the villain we all knew and loathed).

By: Darth Paradox

Darth Paradox — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:00:19 +0000

(I just caught up on the entire Banter Latte site. Phew.)

The Scions of the Phoot, and their horrible-pizza-making overlord, seemed like a hat-tip to the Foot Soldiers from the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics/games… seems a bit much for coincidence.

By: dvandom

dvandom — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:11:42 +0000

I suppose y’all could also read my Wednesday effort (no, not THAT Weds) http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/SG/NE3 while awaiting more Banter. ;) (Fell off the one a day pace after finishing that one, though, as I had to do actual work at work on Thursday and Friday mornings.)

By: dvandom

dvandom — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:40:22 +0000

And, um, http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/SG/NE2 as well. ;)

By: dvandom

dvandom — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:49:46 +0000

I’ve decided to blame it on Mason.

http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/SG/NE1

By: dvandom

dvandom — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:04:22 +0000

Gah, did NOT need another Creative Project hammering at me with Inspiration Dust! But it happened anyway…rough outline of New Exarchs #1 already done. Just because my hiatus is only 3 years doesn’t mean I can’t engage in rebooting and nostalgia….

By: sw

sw — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:23:13 +0000

>I don’t know much about Superguy (I blame the lack of funds
>that kept me from being a proper technophile for years, can’t
>read Superguy with no Net access).

Oddly enough it was my lack of funds at the time that got me into Superguy (via a strange and circuitous route through the bowels of the internet). I found it at a time when the word “free” combined with the word “entertainment” through a form of alchemy to create pure happiness.

Also I had free net access, which helped.

By: Plaid Phantom

Plaid Phantom — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:30:27 +0000

You just had to bring such awesome stuff to my attention right now, didn’t you? I’m busy enough as it is!

By: MasonK

MasonK — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:29:28 +0000

Says the guy who for years had the “youngest writer” distinction.

While I believe I’m still the oldest, even if I’m not an Old Fart.

By: Eric A. Burns

Eric A. Burns — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:53:31 +0000

If we could all claim to have started writing Superguy when we were still in preschool, a lot of the early stuff would make a lot more sense in context.

Says the guy who for years had the “youngest writer” distinction.

And then Gina took your title. HAH!