tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post6831462881028706051..comments2024-03-23T11:45:42.089-07:00Comments on Cole's Comics: Plastic Man Goes to the Gas Chamber (1949) – The Strange, Dark Last Comic Book Stories of Jack ColePaul C.Tumeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-85847787414923817402012-10-31T15:32:56.162-07:002012-10-31T15:32:56.162-07:00It's a classic!It's a classic!Elliott Broidyhttp://elliottbroidy.corporatenewssource.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-673949625486975302012-01-23T12:49:11.281-08:002012-01-23T12:49:11.281-08:00These are great comics!These are great comics!Viagrahttp://www.kwikmed.com/viagra.aspnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-70002762856550924872010-05-19T11:04:23.013-07:002010-05-19T11:04:23.013-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.buy viagrahttp://www.xlpharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-13011457158761989372010-05-19T11:04:23.014-07:002010-05-19T11:04:23.014-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-69947258830375419852010-03-28T10:48:04.793-07:002010-03-28T10:48:04.793-07:00Paul, thnks for the magic, your magic. Cole would ...Paul, thnks for the magic, your magic. Cole would be proud of your work. Greetings!JL Canciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01906759425405520323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-17942862130308876712009-12-31T14:38:16.817-08:002009-12-31T14:38:16.817-08:00One comment?! One comment for this masterpiece!? ...One comment?! One comment for this masterpiece!? <br /><br />This story is amazing. The cover kicks ass, and the splash page (while grim in concept) is also very funny. I love how everybody (even the mouse and cat) is crying throughout this story. After all, in Plas's apolitical world, could there be any greater tragedy? And the fact that Plas is, at first, perfectly willing to believe the charges are true and accepts the punishment is worth remarking on. Setting aside any pointless real world analysis of the legal issues that would decide the case, that Plas is so trusting and gentle amplifies his great heroism. Hell, I'm almost crying!<br /><br />Plas has reached an alltime high in elastic comedy here, keeping pace with the extreme nature of the storyline. Obviously, this is at least partly due to Cole's style evolving to the point where even the bizarrely malleable antics of the "normal" people seem perfectly acceptable (witness the last panel of page two). Just gorgeous stuff.<br /><br />And, of course, Cole still can achieve so much in a single panel. Witness panel three on Page Four. Plas is reading, AND attempting to answer the phone, while Woozy slaps Plas's hand away AND answers the phone himself. Any other artist, that's at least two panels.<br /><br />I was speaking with a friend who pointed out that it was only with a character like Plas that Cole could do these kinds of compositions. Whether or not Cole thought about this at Plas's conception I suppose we'll never know, but it is with Plas that Cole's talents as an artist, a writer, and a storyteller -- in short, as a cartoonist -- find their fullest expression.<br /><br />Thanks, Paul. An exceptional tale along with a great post from you.Tamfoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007519945208611127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-31142564948213035412009-12-28T22:27:08.021-08:002009-12-28T22:27:08.021-08:00I'm quite sure that the manager of the jewelry...I'm quite sure that the manager of the jewelry exchange is meant to be taken as already dead in panel 3 of page 5. His eyes are closed, a gun is being put into his hand, and (as the crooks would still be guilty of murder had the fatal blow come from Plas) they had no reason to leave more to chance by merely hoping that Plas would hit him hard enough to kill the fellow. (After all, Plastic Man often struck without fatal results, and indeed the two crooks on-scene were expecting to be hit -- "I wish I didn't have to go through what I'm going to go through!" -- without fatal effect.)Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com