“Down the Batpole Robin! And up! And down! And up!” I admit I didn’t get the joke the first time I heard it when I was a kid.
Category: Comic Books
From Asgard to the Louisiana Hayride
The Dismal Science
Doctor Doom explains the zero sum game of Nash Equilibrium.
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Rhymes with Blimpy
![Hulk sketch by Herb Trimpe](http://www.dograt.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Trimpe-Hulk-422x600.jpg)
It’s been over a month since Marvel Comics artist Herb Trimpe, the master of groovy teeth*, died suddenly while out jogging, which is probably how I’ll go, eventually. Herb was a top-notch comic book artist, with a distinctive style and as good an ability to design a page and tell a story clearly as any artist. He was noted for his long run on the Hulk, during which he co-created Wolverine, a character that has been very good for Hugh Jackman’s bank account.
After a stint in the Air Force, Herb was a Marvel mainstay for almost 30 years, until 1996, when Marvel stopped giving work to its veteran artists, in favor of younger talent. (Joe Sinnott retired from full-time artistic duties in 1994.) A few years later, Herb wrote an op-ed about his struggles in The New York Times that received a lot of attention. He kept going by teaching, doing commissions, and drawing sketches at conventions, like the one I embedded above. Herb was a great guy to know, and he is missed personally, as well as professionally.
*Inside joke with Denro
Avengers Assemble!
If you aren’t up for watching the Avengers movie, this is just as good, and a lot shorter. Watch it now, before Disney has it pulled!
I’m still waiting for some sort of official release of these cartoons. Four years ago Marvel announced they would be available for streaming on Netflix, but it didn’t happen.
Hey Kids! Movies!
Marketplace has a feature on the backstage backbiting between studios over the movie rights to the Marvel Comics characters.