Aztek The Ultimate Man?

[GNR]

So I see the trade is coming out at the end of the month and I'm thinking about picking it up.

Has anyone read this series already?It's by 2 of my favorite writers and was wondering if it's worth grabbing.

 

[Anubis]

Probably.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I've heard it's good. Never read it.

 

[Themanofbat]

Is this the original 10 issue run by Morrison in the mid 90's (1996 maybe?)?

If so, that book was awesome and highly underrated... in my opinion.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, what a ridiculous concept. What next? Some jackass who gets universe-shattering powers from yellow sunlight?

 

[Aristotle]

So I see the trade is coming out at the end of the month and I'm thinking about picking it up.

Here's hoping that means Morrison's using the character in FC...

Has anyone read this series already?It's by 2 of my favorite writers and was wondering if it's worth grabbing.

It was one of the most beautiful works of superhero art in mainstream comics. For those of us who still prefer a little heroism in our good guys, the book is enough to give you a lump in your throat. Aztek is a good, good man in a time when there aren't very many of those in comics. Just for this book, even if he never wrote anything else, Grant Morrison is a great writer.

Is this the original 10 issue run by Morrison in the mid 90's (1996 maybe?)?

That's the only Aztek book that DC ever put out. After the 10th issue [blackout]he graduated straight to the JLA, which Morrison was also writing, ended up quitting, and then died against Mageddo, if memory serves.[/blackout]

If so, that book was awesome and highly underrated... in my opinion.

No one had room on their pull list for it. Too many X-overs and Liefeld books. I swear, no one who was buying superhero comics in the 1990s EVER gets to make fun of me for reading Countdown while initially passing on Omega the Unknown.

Aztek is just one of those random heroes someone made up to make DC look culturally open minded.

You're pretty stupid. The character looks white as angel-food cake, and his name is Curt Falconer. It's got nothing to do with cultural sensitivity (although I can't imagine why you hate other cultures and races so much; it's very unseemly.)

...A superhero with a suit of armor from the gods of the Aztecs that gives him powers. What a joke.

You clearly never read the comic, so why are you talking about it? The concept of the book is much deeper and more metatextual than that, and it's an engaging book on every possible level, including art, which is something of a rarity at that time in superhero comics.

 

[Aristotle]

Fantastic. As expected, he responds to nothing I actually say. And you still haven't told me why you're so terrified of other cultures.

 

[Anubis]

Well, my guess is cuz he's racist.

 

[Kitsune]

You're pretty stupid. The character looks white as angel-food cake, and his name is Curt Falconer. It's got nothing to do with cultural sensitivity (although I can't imagine why you hate other cultures and races so much; it's very unseemly.)

I thought his name was Uno

 

[yenaled]

His name is Uno.

 

[Kitsune]

His name is Uno.

That would make it really confusing when people play the card game.

 

[Aristotle]

His name is Uno, but throughout the series, most people call him Curt Falconer, because he assumes the identity of a dead doctor named Curt Falconer.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

"Uno" is a pretty silly name. What's the story behind that?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

So you're racist against people who indulge in fantasies, then.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Make love, not war, man.

 

[Aristotle]

Hardly. I just like to point out when people are being far too defensive. Specially when it's over a fictional person that doesn't even exist.

When was I defensive of anything but a fine comic book? I challenge you to find any evidence of any sort of multicultural "agenda" in Aztek.

But beyond that, why does the idea of respecting other cultures, and showing the reality of other races existing in the world, offend you so much as to stop you from even checking out a comic book?

 

[Themanofbat]

But beyond that, why does the idea of respecting other cultures, and showing the reality of other races existing in the world, offend you so much as to stop you from even checking out a comic book?

It's because he's gay.









































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[Anubis]

gay for racists then?

 

[Anubis]

Heh, you like it in the bum.

 

[Aristotle]

Votin' for Obama, ain'tcha?

Reluctantly, yes. I'd have much preferred Edwards or Richardson, candidates with actual articulated vision, but Obama has a much better chance of beating a Republican candidate in November, and a slightly better platform, so I chose him over Hillary. I'm sorry, what does that have to do with anything? Since I answered your question, could you please explain to me why it's bad to acknowledge the existence of other races and cultures, and to present them in a favorable light? And why I'm less of a person for enjoying a comic book about a good man who's a superhero?

 

[Kitsune]

Reluctantly, yes. I'd have much preferred Edwards or Richardson, candidates with actual articulated vision, but Obama has a much better chance of beating a Republican candidate in November, and a slightly better platform, so I chose him over Hillary. I'm sorry, what does that have to do with anything? Since I answered your question, could you please explain to me why it's bad to acknowledge the existence of other races and cultures, and to present them in a favorable light? And why I'm less of a person for enjoying a comic book about a good man who's a superhero?

Edwards? The ambulance chaser of the worst sort? He's a worse choice than Hillary.

 

[Aristotle]

Edwards? The ambulance chaser of the worst sort? He's a worse choice than Hillary.

I see the anti-lawyer brigade is still active. I wonder how you'll feel when you have a horrendous workplace accident and are forced to hire a lawyer to get what you are owed.

The previous employment of a candidate has no bearing on who they are as a policymaker. George W. Bush was a complete failure of a businessman, and it didn't stop him from getting elected. Ronald Reagan was a ****ing actor. John Edwards was a lawyer. But it's not personality that I vote on, and neither should any other intelligent voter. I vote on platform. Edwards had a very strong vision for moving the country forward in a positive, progressive direction. His plans to equalize public funding for all political parties alone would have revolutionized American politics, and brought us much closer to the ideals of democracy that we like to brag about so much.

Nothing worse than a millionaire or billionaire with an expensive haircut that looks like he got it at Supercuts for 4.99.

Actually, there is something worse. It's a stupid, uninformed, knee-jerk hyperconservative voter who thinks it makes sense to vote on something as moronically superficial as a haircut.

And, of course, you still haven't answered my question. Typical conservative.

 

[Aristotle]

You? A socialist? That's like a black Republic--oh, wait, those exist too.

 

[fifthfiend]

Nothing worse than a millionaire or billionaire with an expensive haircut that looks like he got it at Supercuts for 4.99.

Query: What does John McCain pay for his haircuts?

Rudy Giuliani? George W. Bush?

You go ahead and get back to me on that one.

 

[fifthfiend]

Okay I'll just skip to the A: Exactly what John Edwards spends, along with every single other ****ing politician and media personality, but you wouldn't know it cause the press doesn't need a stupid excuse for a smear campaign to torpedo their candidacies before they do something totally crazy like pass a law that helps the middle class.

Anyone who appears on TV with any kind of regularity spends a ****-ton on hair and makeup and crap precisely because that five hundred dollar haircut looks like a ten-dollar Fantastic Sam's job when you put it on TV, whereas an actual ten-dollar FS job would look like he paid someone to take a **** on his skull. If anyone ever actually showed up on CNN after going to Supercuts the exact same people who flipped a weeks-long **** over John Edwards would be calling that person a cheapskate slob, assuming such a person ever managed to get on CNN at all, which they wouldn't.