tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756715504291908040.post5584608045169875780..comments2023-10-06T06:07:58.796-07:00Comments on WeinWords: Say What?Len Weinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11619143398147167868noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756715504291908040.post-43637953415562002302009-03-08T06:41:00.000-07:002009-03-08T06:41:00.000-07:00I'm quite sure that Dave Cockrun is the source of ...I'm quite sure that Dave Cockrun is the source of that idea. I read an old interview where he said so and went on saying that Stan Lee himself vetoed that.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Hunter (Pedro Bouça)Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035615674471810698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756715504291908040.post-23707382044905580822009-03-06T20:39:00.000-08:002009-03-06T20:39:00.000-08:00"that idea is spinach, and I say to Hell with it."..."that idea is spinach, and I say to Hell with it."<BR/><BR/>Well played, sir. Well played.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756715504291908040.post-81598511087790717572009-03-06T15:01:00.000-08:002009-03-06T15:01:00.000-08:00"I write stories about human beings, not evolved a..."I write stories about human beings, not evolved animals."<BR/><BR/>This explains why I couldn't get you to write for TMNT.David Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17725497475477387280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756715504291908040.post-84770560732040771932009-02-25T15:02:00.000-08:002009-02-25T15:02:00.000-08:00Len's just remembering Carl Rose:"It's broccoli, d...Len's just remembering Carl Rose:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.cartoonbank.com/item/38868" REL="nofollow">"It's broccoli, dear."</A><BR/><BR/>Or Irving Berlin:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.lyricstime.com/irving-berlin-i-say-it-s-spinach-and-the-hell-with-it-lyrics.html" REL="nofollow">"I Say It's Spinach (and the Hell with It)"</A>Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756715504291908040.post-5036917184725221682009-02-25T09:24:00.000-08:002009-02-25T09:24:00.000-08:00So what you're saying, basically, is ... you don't...So what you're saying, basically, is ... you don't like spinach?<BR/><BR/>I guess you're not a fan of Popeye, either?Pj Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16212543299436821697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756715504291908040.post-82496686203851741982009-02-24T21:39:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:39:00.000-08:00For what it's worth, that rumor never sounded righ...For what it's worth, that rumor never sounded right to me, not least because in each of his early appearances you were obviously writing Wolverine as a man. If pressed, I couldn't define what traits would make me say "this writer intends this character to be a mutated anthropomorphic nonhuman" but I think I would know it when I see it. Probably he wouldn't use contractions when he spoke, and would refer to the High Evolutionary as "Dad."<BR/><BR/>As to who might have come up with the idea...it's been observed many times that Dave Cockrum included at least one furry character with obvious animal traits in any set of characters he created. I'm just saying.<BR/><BR/>Now, can we have that behind-the-scenes making of <I>Microbots</I> post...or do I have to invent an online rumor about it for you to debunk?Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.com