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02:38 pm
[box_in_the_box]
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"If only that Ditko fellow was less subtle and more overt regarding his personal politics ..."
For as much fail as it churns out, Big Hollywood occasionally offers some genuine gems.
I can't stand Objectivism, but I find Steve Ditko's treatment of it irresistibly compelling, perhaps because the comic book medium is a far more appropriate venue for such a Manichean philosophy than the thousand-page rape-justifying tomes that Ayn Rand routinely shat out (it certainly helps that none of Ditko's characters ever barfed up a 70-page screed like John Galt, not to mention the fact that Ditko actually managed to create characters who were more believable as human beings than any of Rand's strawmen or Mary Sues, even when his characters were radioactivity-powered superheroes).
The following four pages constitute "In Principle: The Unchecked Premise," a short story originally published in the 160-page graphic novel Steve Ditko's Static in 1988:
As crudely simplistic as it is, it's still better than either reading or watching the "fireplace scene" between Howard Roark and Dominique Francon in The Fountainhead, but then again, so is getting punched in the crotch until you hemorrhage internally and die.
Tags: creator: steve ditko, theme: objectivism
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01:14 am
[superfan1]
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Action Philosophers #2
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Tags: creator: fred van lente, creator: ryan dunlavey, theme: objectivism, title: action philosophers
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01:20 am
[jlroberson]
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Some Random Ditko Objectivism
Current Location: Seattle
Current Music: Rush, of course. No, only joking.
Tags: char: blue beetle/ted kord, char: mr. a, char: question/vic sage, creator: steve ditko, publisher: charlton, theme: objectivism
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12:48 am
[kingrockwell]
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It's Not About The Answers: Behind The Mask Of Vic Sage, pt 2
Ditko: Vic the Enforcer (pt 2)
I may be vacationing out of state, but I still found time between hanging around with the family to crop up Mysterious Suspense #1 for you guys.
Current Location: Dallas
Current Music: Neil Young ~ "Cowgirl In The Sand"
Tags: char: question/vic sage, creator: steve ditko, publisher: charlton, series: it's not about the answers, theme: objectivism
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10:37 am
[kingrockwell]
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It's Not About The Answers: Behind The Mask Of Vic Sage, pt 1
Ditko: Vic the Enforcer (pt 1)
In the mid-60s, after his falling out with Marvel, Steve Ditko returned to Charlton, for whom he'd earlier co-created Captain Atom. In addition to working on that character, Ditko created two new ones who would prove to be among the more enduring of the Charlton heroes, and he featured them in the same book. Carrying the title was Ted Kord, Ditko's successor to the classic Fox Features Hero, but it isn't Ted that brings us here today.
Current Music: Bloc Party ~ "Skeleton"
Tags: char: question/vic sage, char: tot/aristotle rodor, creator: d.c. glanzman, creator: steve ditko, publisher: charlton, series: it's not about the answers, theme: objectivism, title: blue beetle
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