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dr_hermes ([info]dr_hermes) wrote in [info]scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-06 17:42:00

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Entry tags:char: godzilla, creator: alan moore, creator: steve bissette

Alan Moore draws Godzilla
There is a mountain of art about Godzilla, enough to bury the big guy himself in. I don't know why he haunts the unconscious memory of humankind, unless he is some sort of Great Old One left out of the NECRONOMICON and he lives in our collective unconsciousness or something. A very evocative scene from one of the movies had a group of schoolchildren drawing what they had been dreaming about. To the teacher's apalled surprise, they all drew different images of Godzilla (as the march played). Dark Horse did a 1987 one-shot called GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS, which featured a few guest artists.



Alan Moore's page seems at first too gimmicky to have any resonance. The woman's rapidly turning head drawn as three exposures and the depiction of the superheated breath head-on)irritated me at first glance. But a second look reveals several amusing details (the bottom of the big guy's foot, for example) and the perspective of a difficult angle is handled well.



A page from the story. Pencils by Steve Bisette and Ron Randall, inks by Art Nichols and Tony Salmons.



Back cover by Mark A Nelson. This could make a fresh and interesting story, Godzilla awakening in an earlier age. Maybe he wouldn't have his radioactive breath, but he'd still be a handful. Imagine scenes where armies of samurai on horseback charge him, elaborate traps are set, perhaps a pit with poisoned stakes.


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[info]ashtoreth
2009-09-07 05:03 am UTC (link)
Don't make me post the Dum Dum Dugan/Godzilla fight!

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[info]dr_hermes
2009-09-07 05:30 am UTC (link)
Oh, i'd like see some scenes from the Marvel version. I remember Godzilla got shrunken to mouse size and went back in time to fight Devil Dinosaur. Then he stepped on the Hulk. (Or was it Hercules?)

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[info]majingojira
2009-09-07 12:00 pm UTC (link)
It was hulk--and it was a gag from the letters pages. Sadly, Godzilla never met the Hulk officially.

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[info]earthelemental
2009-09-07 04:15 pm UTC (link)
The Hulk would have smashed Godzilla for stepping on him, given half the chance. Marvel couldn't have that, and certainly not in Godzilla's own book!

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[info]majingojira
2009-09-07 05:46 pm UTC (link)
I've thought this out before, and it can be summed up like this:

F=MA
Force = Mass x Acceleration.

Godzilla Mass > Hulk Mass by orders of Magnitude.

Godzilla, casually, is far stronger than the Hulk, who needs extreme rage to come to that level.

In a proper vs. scenario, that's time Hulk doesn't have.

Yeah, it's science and logic in a discussion about two radioactive behemoths, but how else can it be decided beyond the narrative?

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[info]dr_hermes
2009-09-07 06:41 pm UTC (link)
Oh, that's what I remember. Thanks for posting the picture. The Hulk called Godzilla "Frog-face," which is perfect.

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[info]earthelemental
2009-09-07 10:05 pm UTC (link)
You're welcome. :)

If Godzilla was fast and relentless, then Hulk wouldn't stand a chance with Frog-Face.

But if the Hulk DID have time to grow mad enough and strong enough to actually fight him, but also remain bright enough to use Godzilla's own size, strength, anatomy, and even his own powers against him, then the odds might actually fall into the Hulk's favor. Especially if Hulk started with clapping Godzilla's flame back into his face, smashed a big enough hole in the ground under his feet to knock him off-balance, then grabbed him by the tail and went to town with the big lizard, Hulk-style...

Hey, if the great Steve Irwin could take on Godzilla...

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