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dejadrew (dejadrew) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-11 21:12:00

Current mood:	giddy
Entry tags:	creator: kevin o'malley, creator: patrick o'brien, genre: space opera, theme: dinosaurs, title: captain raptor

Could this be the END of CAPTAIN RAPTOR?!
GUYS! GUYS! GUYS! GUYS!

I... I am giddy. I am delirious with joy. I was browsing in the children's section of the public library today and I just discovered what may just be the bestest thing ever.

There are two books, I have chosen to scan the opening to the second book, Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates, because DID YOU NOT READ THE TITLE SPACE PIRATES!

!!!

The title of the post comes from the fact that every fifth page or so ends on a cliffhanger with the ship crashing or a giant space plesiosaur attacking and the caption "Could this be the END of CAPTAIN RAPTOR?!"

IS THIS NOT THE BESTEST THING EVER IF YOU SAY NO I WILL NOT BELIEVE YOU YOU ARE MISTAKEN.

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	zegim 2009-05-11 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	Dinosaur president! Ok, this is great! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dejadrew 2009-05-11 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	Styracosaurus just has the LOOK of a wise elder statesman, don't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	menagerie 2009-05-12 01:55 am UTC (link)
	I'd elect one over many we have in office. I'd elect a fossilized one over many we have in office. It's debatable whether the difference would be noticed however. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	box_in_the_box 2009-05-12 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	Hence, why the boss on the Jim Henson Dinosaurs TV show was a Styracosaur. Which was detracted from by having him voiced by George Jefferson, but still ... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foxhack 2009-05-11 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	Dinosaucers they are not. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	majingojira 2009-05-12 12:38 pm UTC (link)
	And the Scans_daily motto strikes again! It's never just you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	proteus_lives 2009-05-13 12:37 am UTC (link)
	Oh no, I'm old enough to remember watching that show. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rustedone 2009-05-11 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	... this is amazing. I think I need this. Now. (Reply to this)

	kagome654 2009-05-11 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Haha, awesome! I am most intrigued by the Oviraptor's(?!) antenna/laser thingie. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lieut_kettch 2009-05-12 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Looks more a Lambeosaur with that crest on it's head. But it's a Lambeosaur with A FRIKKIN' LASER BEAM ON ITS HEAD! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	filbypott 2009-05-12 01:21 am UTC (link)
	Nope, that's definitely an Oviraptor. Cap Rap seems to have an all-theropod crew. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-05-12 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Ah, and as in any such discussion, it's time for Geek-fu Dino-style to break out! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lieut_kettch 2009-05-12 08:37 am UTC (link)
	You're right. Any bets that he's got a Troodon as his gang's resident geek/tech-guy? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	parsimonia 2009-05-11 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	OMG, in the first place, look at those two little dinosaurs in their little robot car. It almost reminds me of a Flintstones car. Actually, this whole damn thing is like an inverted version of the Flinstones. Whereas humans were stuck in the stone age, dinosaurs have high-tech gadgets. And look at their little hats! And outfits! This is the most awesome comic ever. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-11 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	And by "first place", I mean first scan. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	blake_reitz 2009-05-11 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	This is as, if not more awesome than: http://www.arcadebomb.com/play/robot_dinosaurs_that_shoot_beams_when_they_roar.html (Reply to this) (Thread)

	taggerung301 2009-05-12 04:13 pm UTC (link)
	OH MY GOD Thank you so much for this game You have just given me something to do for the next two hours :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	killermoth1 2009-05-11 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	There has never been anything more awesome than this. I DEMAND A CARTOON AND LIVE ACTION MOVIE NOW! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	IN THE CARTOON box_in_the_box 2009-05-12 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	CAPTAIN RAPTOR MUST BE VOICED BY STEPHEN COLBERT (Reply to this) (Parent)

	skywaterblue 2009-05-12 01:05 am UTC (link)
	want want want. (Reply to this)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-05-12 02:04 am UTC (link)
	I thought that the Magical Flying Mega-Bulldog from a few posts ago was pretty awesome, but this! My mind--she is blown. (Reply to this)

psychop_rex
2009-05-12 03:37 am UTC (link)

This vaguely reminds me of a book series that used to be in the library of my elementary school. 'Captain Toad', I think it was called. It was about an amphibian adventurer that roamed the galaxy righting wrongs. Nothing as cool as a space-traveling dinosaur, but it was pretty fun stuff - one book, I remember, had the heroes saved from a giant alien sea serpent by the token female crewmember, who happened to be a trained opera singer - and sea monsters LOVE opera, apparently. If you run across any of them, you should check it out.
And just a thought - before the last page had fully loaded and I saw the wings, I thought that spaceship was actually a zeppelin. So I thought 'whoa, SWEET, a dinosaur who travels through space in a zeppelin!' My hopes were dashed, obviously, by the rest of the page, but I maintain that, had I been right, that would have multiplied the coolness factor by ten.
Also, good to know that I'm not the only one here who looks in the kid's section. Where else am I supposed to find my Freddy the Pig books?

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	psychop_rex 2009-05-12 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Eh, whoops, looks like I was wrong - I looked it up, and it is COMMANDER Toad, not Captain. And the books are by Jane Yolen, so it's no wonder they're good. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-05-12 04:00 am UTC (link)
	This... this is... AWESOME!! :) (Reply to this)

	captain_clown 2009-05-12 06:28 am UTC (link)
	I WISH MY NAME WAS CAPTAIN RAPTOR (Reply to this) (Thread)

	box_in_the_box 2009-05-12 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	IF THE ACTUAL LEGAL NAME THAT YOU WERE BORN WITH WAS CAPTAIN RAPTOR, YOU WOULD SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE KICKING ASS AND GETTING LAID (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	captain_clown 2009-05-13 04:57 am UTC (link)
	I MUST DO THIS ALSO, I JUST NOTICED A DINOSAUR NEAR CAPTAIN RAPTOR IS FIRING A PURPLE LASER BEAM FROM ITS HAT, OR MAYBE ITS FACE. THIS CANNOT BE ANY COOLER (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lookingforsigns 2009-05-12 11:53 am UTC (link)
	This is badass crossed with awesome. (Reply to this)

	greenmask 2009-05-12 01:03 pm UTC (link)
	That is on the one hand super cool, and on the other adorable. That's two tight fists of WIN! Must find for myself. (Reply to this)

	kali921 2009-05-12 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	FULLER BRUSH CEREMONIAL CENTURION HELMET!1! I declare this WIN. (Reply to this)

	dustbunny105 2009-05-12 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	O. M. G. Too awesome for words. I wish I could call Captain Raptor when space pirates need to be stopped. (Reply to this)

	mmexlibris.livejournal.com 2009-05-13 10:01 am UTC (link)
	Okay, I can die happy now. (Reply to this)

	Comment From The Future galateus 2009-06-11 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	I just followed a trail of ~~links~~ breadcrumbs from lame timetravelling Doom to Dr. Dinosaur to THIS. MY DAY CANNOT PRODUCE A BETTER UPWARD CURVE THAN THAT. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Comment From The Future galateus 2009-06-11 03:07 pm UTC (link)
	Also I think I found the official website with a few more (shrunk) pages. MUST BORROW. (Reply to this) (Parent)