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sherkahn (sherkahn) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-04 11:23:00

Current mood:	amused
Current music:	Muse: Uprising
Entry tags:	char: bane, char: catman/thomas blake, char: deadshot/floyd lawton, char: jeannette, char: ragdoll/peter merkel jr., char: scandal savage, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: gail simone, creator: nicola scott, genre: previews, group: secret six, publisher: dc comics, title: secret six

Secret Six Preview
The Newsarama has the preview for Secret Six #13. JOY!!!!

Exquisite panel preview of humor and horror behind the cut.

Ok, talk about going back and taking a classic monster and bringing him into the fold. Wow.
And since Diana's recent adventures included Beowulf, then having Grendel appear is not that inconceivable. The way Grendel talks, like you kind of understand what he is saying/implying and yet your mind can't graps in what horrible ways the beast is communicating his message... yeah, you got this beast right, Gail. It' like looking in at Hannibal Lecter, with his horrible persona made flesh.

Grendel is CREEPY.

I am in love with Jeanette, and Ragdoll as always steals the show.

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	parsimonia 2009-09-04 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	I love Jeanette's hallucination at the start there. Also, this: (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-09-05 01:55 am UTC (link)
	Lol. I know exactly how she feels. (Reply to this) (Parent)

jaybee3
2009-09-04 07:18 pm UTC (link)

Floyd is one thing, except for his kid he could care less about who he kills, (and Ragdoll is nuts) but Thomas really has hit the top of his self-loathing hasn't he? I don't think he was like this even in his Fat Elvis Green Arrow appearance. If Catman plays a part in the death of Wonder Woman (we know she'll be OK but still...), that's it and he MUST know it. If he's willing to kill Scandal and the others, that's it and he MUST know it. No chance with Huntress, no chance for respect by others (villains or heroes), no chance for another chance. I know Gail has done her research since Catman has returned mostly to his 1960s or 1970s self but this is a bit beyond that (unless he's got something planned in which case I reserve the right to say nevermind).

Oh and I really like how GS has used DCU non-Amazonian mythos and gods here and in WW. I wonder when she's going to get to Asgard.

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	btravage.livejournal.com 2009-09-04 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, I thought that thew furry guy was just Tasmanian Devil. Wasn't Grendel female though? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-09-04 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	No, but his mother was. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blakeyrat 2009-09-05 12:10 am UTC (link)
	A female mother? Shocker!!! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-09-05 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, how funny that came out dawned on me soon as I hit Post. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sherkahn 2009-09-04 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	Grendel's mother is female. And more powerful than her son. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thokstar 2009-09-04 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Bane and Artemis should wear Victorian garb more often. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-09-06 02:30 am UTC (link)
	Artemis, certainly, could do much worse. (And has. And currently is.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	espanolbot 2009-09-04 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Hee, Tudor Bane. ^^ Luckily, Ray Winstone comes to the rescue on page eight to save them from pedophile Grendel... or something. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	proteus_lives 2009-09-05 08:48 am UTC (link)
	Tudor Bane pleases me as well. I think he would fit in as a middle ages gentleman. "I will now break you. While wearing my ruffles." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-09-04 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	When they had the Six stand-off against Diana last issue, it was Ragdoll's little pajama booties paired against Diana's boots, so there's something marvelous about him admiring them now! (Reply to this)

	menagerie 2009-09-04 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	Awww. Too bad Hunter Rose isn't part of the regular DCU. ;) (Reply to this)

	zippthorn 2009-09-04 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	Hmm. Reference to the viking hospitality rituals. But will the fratricidal origins of Grendel be acknowledged? (Reply to this)

	thebigapricot 2009-09-04 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	So it seems that Scandal has been around for awhile if she was in the Gulags with Jeanette. And the way Scandal looks in Jeanette's dream is making me thinking of Virginia Woolf's Orlando. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	fleur_de_liz 2009-09-05 01:26 am UTC (link)
	Well, considering her father, I'm not surprised. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	red_cyclone 2009-09-06 09:58 am UTC (link)
	Oh my god, yes. Which of course makes me think of Alan Moore's imagining of Orlando - good at two things: killing and sex, this is all sounding rather similar. No wonder I love Scandal so much. The Tudor costume also helps, a lot. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ccsharumun 2009-09-04 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	Ragdoll + Wonder Woman's clothes = priceless :D I wish he might have kept them so we could see the look on her face when she wakes. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherkahn 2009-09-04 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	Especially the breast plate. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nagaoka 2009-09-05 02:19 am UTC (link)
	I like how in the one shot, people are arranged in just such a way that we can't see Wonder Woman's bare feet (or...socks?), as if they were being censored. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ccsharumun 2009-09-05 06:16 am UTC (link)
	You know, I had the exact same thought. Didn't say anything because it just seemed like an awkward possibility. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tanetris 2009-09-06 07:28 am UTC (link)
	Exact same thought. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	silverzeo 2009-09-04 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	For a second, I mental imagine Ragdoll putting both his hands and feet in one place in a woman at once... I am sick... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-09-05 02:29 am UTC (link)
	That's nothing! When Ragdoll was moaning about the nurse who came on to him, he said he planned to surprise her with the places he'd fit in...Ragdoll has no manparts, so he meant his body. Rebirthing is my squick. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lonewolf23k 2009-09-04 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	As creepy as Grendel is, Ragdoll still manages to be creepier. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	gailsimone 2009-09-05 04:14 pm UTC (link)
	I don't get why people think Ragdoll is creepy. He's a very sober and decent fellow. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	autolychus2 2009-09-05 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	I agree. He just says what the rest of us are thinking. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tanetris 2009-09-06 07:40 am UTC (link)
	Perhaps unsavory would be a better term. (Scan shamelessly stolen from gargoylekitty) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	petalsinthewind 2009-09-04 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, do I love Jeannette. (Reply to this)

	nezchan 2009-09-05 12:59 am UTC (link)
	So Grendel with both arms, then? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	fleur_de_liz 2009-09-05 01:27 am UTC (link)
	Having translated Beowulf in college, this displeases me greatly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-09-05 02:30 am UTC (link)
	One presumes that being alive again involved arm-putting-onness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gailsimone 2009-09-05 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	I did do a ton of Beowulf research, but in this case, DCU history trumps real history, in my mind, the same way DCU pantheons are the ones I go by, even if they are informed by real mythology. I just think it's more fun that way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zippthorn 2009-09-05 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Well, Grendel isn't "real history" in any case. It's a myth and legend. It could have gone down like in the epic. It could've gone down like in Eaters Of The Dead/13th Warrior. Or it could have gone down differently, in a way that kept Grendel intact and alive. Or, it could have gone down COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY, and no one will ever get the real story. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	zippthorn 2009-09-05 05:28 am UTC (link)
	Presumably, the poem isn't the whole story. Somehow Beowulf is still a hero, and Grendel is still alive. (Reply to this) (Parent)

seawolf10
2009-09-05 04:34 am UTC (link)

Hm. I'm not yet sure whether I like it or not. It's definitely a different take on Grendel...

...it's just that the dialogue here seems more like something you'd hear from a medieval concept of a devil than an Anglo-Saxon concept of a semi-humanoid lake monster.

The head's also very...generic. Looks like a cheap Halloween mask. Grendel should look more...unique. Is this another case like Beowulf's appearance in Wonder Woman, where DC comics has a mandated design for the character?

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gailsimone
2009-09-05 04:04 pm UTC (link)

I'm kind of a wonk. We matched the Grendel design to the original one that appeared in DC's BEOWULF series. It's slightly updated, but, well, as anyone who has heard me defend Catman's retro costume at length, I think it's more fun to make something a little dated work, rather than just do the modern version of, you know, lots of pouches and squint lines and all that stuff that comes and goes.

But I'm perverse. :)

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zippthorn
2009-09-05 11:49 pm UTC (link)

I think it's more fun to make something a little dated work, rather than just do the modern version of, you know, lots of pouches and squint lines and all that stuff that comes and goes.

Acceptable.

But I'm perverse.

Here?

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	werehawk 2009-09-06 12:33 am UTC (link)
	I like that it's like the original one (teeth and all) but where did the hair come from or is that part of the story - just saw it was you Gail (Hello!). I really enjoyed the Claw/Beowulf/Stalker arc in Wonder Woman. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-09-05 10:23 am UTC (link)
	Love that cover. (Reply to this)

	scottyquick 2009-09-05 12:02 pm UTC (link)
	Newsarama just stole it from the Source, though. (Reply to this)