Who’s Editing is back, and it’s April Fool’s! So Siskoid and Peace Bound and Down’s Sean Ross riffle through Ambush Bug #3 and reinvent the DC Universe using only this comic’s entries for the silly and absurd characters DC doesn’t want you to know about!
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Theme: “Révolution” by Les Sherpas.
Bonus clip: Keith Giffen on “Splash Pages Comic Book Club”.
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I honestly thought that this was going to be a 1 minute episode for an April Fools joke but it’s real? I am delighted…. now I need to listen.
I have run “April’s Fool” jokes for yeeeeears (maybe some are still running because I lost sight of the person, so there’s no way to tell them it was a joke), so a 40-minute episode isn’t too much to ask for.
My CHEEKS comic would be about a superhero stripper. I know DC kind of did that with New 52 Voodoo, but this would be real Black Label freaky deaky $#@%.
Cheeky!
Mad appreciation for Sean’s love of Sneakers. It is a tragically underrated film.
It’s a great 90s Redford movie.
Too fun.
I always did my own entries in Who’s Editing so I figure I should try here.
Super Turtle by Sam Humphries and Tom Grummett
Superman is hit by Red K and turns into a super-turtle. Unfortunately, for some reason, the Red K doesn’t wear off after 48 hours. He is stuck as a turtle. Forced to abandon his role as Clark Kent and be a hero (albeit a turtle hero) full time. At first, everyone tries to ignore the change, treating him like Superman. But the problem is eventually the villains and even his fellow heroes are having a hard time taking him seriously, either snickering at the ridiculousness or wondering if he should retire. Can Superman develop a hard shell and still be an inspiration? Or will he literally turtle and run from his problem.
You both did great making interesting pitches for nutty entries. Itty???
What ABOUT Itty?!
Man this was a load of fun. It’s like the special no-one was asking for but certainly the special we needed
Not that we wouldn’t have asked we just didn’t think to ask the question.
Anyway to books pitched I was surprised at how many went to the vertigo style yet each one worked.
Personally if given a Cheeks book to pitch I would have gone with a reverse pinocchio tail. Where cheeks starts as a toy ends as a toy but would have had ambush bug try to become a “real superhero” by wishing really really hard. The twist AB would have been projecting “cheeks” in his mind over a real superhero who was trying talk to AB but AB just couldn’t or wouldn’t listen or see them.
It would be similar to those DC team up books with AB and another Hero only to AB it is always just him and cheeks. I like the idea of AB thinking Cheeks is becoming a real moving toy but it is just the hero moving about etc Also AB trying to fit Cheeks into a small door frame when we the readers see it’s Hawkman being shoved and his wings are being bent out of shape etc.
Anyway really hope that this show is back regularly as it is likely my favourite on the network.
That fits your personality, I’m not surprised.
Great show, Siskoid and Sean. Good to see Who’s Editing back, possibly for good..?
Anyway, you guys had some great ideas, and whenever I’m listening to an episode there’s always one or two concepts that pop into my mind. In this case, I had an idea for Cheeks. I’d call it Cheeks: Agent of Spiral. Cheeks is a super spy and gets paired with various other agents for adventures. The thing is he’s clearly just a doll like in Ambush Bug, but the other agents and villains seem to be unaware and treat him as if he’s James Bond. He’ll be parachuting, or in the middle of a shootout, or lounging with a martini, etc.. You never see how he gets in the situations, he’s just there. And all story is explained by the dialogue of other people around him. Basically, this whole idea is to get to a point where a sultry femme fatale tells Cheeks he’s the best lover she’s ever had before the secret hideout explodes launching Cheeks and whatever the macguffin is into a life boat that’s picked up by a navy ship. Mission accomplished.
I won’t front, this movie is ridiculous and yet, endearing. It’s almost camp disguised as a buddy cop film.
Reading “The Last Action Heroes” really has me looking at Tango & Cash in a little bit of a different light now. Stallone seems to have seen the end of the humorless musclebound serious action star coming. I think there is a Stallone quote out there about 1989s Batman being the death of the action hero because now anyone could do it. So I think Tango & Cash is a way to push into that action/comedy genre (followed by Demolition Man and Judge Dredd).
Looking at movies today, the action movie is one that straddles a lot of categories. Comedy, rom-com, political thriller, all getting eaten up by IP films. I think Seth Rogan recently said something about Marvel movies being the new comedies. And hes probably right. We want jokes with our punches. So maybe Tango & Cash is just a case of growing pains as movies evolve. (Or devolve depending on your POV).
You both mentioned why this is a good Kurt Russell film because Kurt is capable of being a parody of himself in a way that doesnt seem cheap or contrived, and I agree. He can be brash and ridiculous and not have an ego about it. He’s not afraid to look stupid and doesn’t need a scene to repair his character’s image before the end of the film. And he’s fun and seems to be having a lot of fun and that just oozes off the screen.
Thanks for covering this one!
I imagine you meant this for No Escape from Kurt Russell, but I’ll take it as an April Fool’s prank.
How lovely to have Who’s Editing? back, for as long as it lasts/lasted.
Best ideas? Sean’s Krill opus and Siskoid’s Julie Schwartz… or was that Sean’s? There was definitely something brilliant in there for Siskoid!
By the way, Wonder Tot wasn’t created by Bob Haney, Sean, but by Robert Kanigher, tee hee. Also, who is Clippy?
Schwartz was Sean’s, yeah.