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Click for larger imageXanthippe comments: Who am I supposed to be rooting for here?
Published 2006
(Average: 7.70 out of 10)
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Xanthippe comments: Who am I supposed to be rooting for here?
Published 2006
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August 19th, 2020 at 9:18 am
@Xanthippe: I think we’re supposed to be rooting for Snake Eyes: aside from the occasional SF comedy, I don’t think you usually have the protagonist getting his furry ass handed to him on the cover, especially not with such a goofy look on their rapidly tooth-decrementing face.
The guy in back seems rather more concerned with shooting Snake Eyes than in the safety of his fellow furry: wouldn’t be firing a shot that, besides nearly hitting him, sprays molten metal over his legs otherwise.
And speaking of legs, the artist seems to be having trouble with them. The more distant furry has fourth grade art level Running Legs, while in the case of the near one the impression gained is that after sketching and erasing a few times, the artist just gave up and decided to hide his errors with a bunch of random details and whirling superspeed nunchuks,
August 19th, 2020 at 9:37 am
That guy in the back is the worst shot ever…
August 19th, 2020 at 10:24 am
One ninja who can really… get your wet clothes dry.
August 19th, 2020 at 12:09 pm
Being BAEN, I had to GOOGLE to find out. There is no title in this series containing the word ‘Jezebel’.
August 19th, 2020 at 2:43 pm
Everyone on this cover seems to be struggling with the concept of ranged weapons.
August 19th, 2020 at 3:08 pm
Snake Eyes is so good that he knocks out teeth on the opposite side of the mouth from the side he hits.
August 19th, 2020 at 5:24 pm
Personally, I’m rooting for the awesome font. Come on font, you can bevel some more! I believe in you!
August 19th, 2020 at 8:43 pm
I’m rooting for the poor cordless drill that somehow got mixed up in this mess.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:28 pm
Font problems? This cover has Frame Rate problems!
August 20th, 2020 at 2:53 am
I’m really glad Orson the cat isn’t on this cover.
Nunchucks in SPAAAAAAAAACE!
I trust no one had trouble ID’ing the publisher just from the title font even before theyygot to the ludicrous art.
What works in comics to express motion doesn’t in this form. Helmet Dude’s left one looks like a tiny model helicopter; I actually thought it was some sort of Death Drone at first look.
I’m not sure some of the guy’s arm/hand positions are anatomically feasible — but that’s okay as neither are his back muscles.
This is all so awkward.
@JuanPaul: Indeed. Why foreground furry didn’t shoot the guy is a mystery. Especially since he’s still holding onto the gun after the nunchuck attack.
August 20th, 2020 at 7:43 am
Everybody here loves Snake Eyes. He brought his own fan club.
August 20th, 2020 at 8:33 am
Speaking of bad aim, ninjaman is way too close to hurl that shuriken. I think he’s about to stab himself in the head with it.
September 16th, 2020 at 10:07 am
Please stop shaking the cover, I’m getting motion sickness… urgh…
August 15th, 2021 at 9:21 pm
I get more of a Ted Cord/Blue Beetle vibe rather than Snake Eyes from this cover.
https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2017/05/25/dc-comics-101-meet-the-beetles
August 15th, 2021 at 10:39 pm
@fred: I risked motion sickness to look at this again, and I think Snake Eyes stole some of Blue Beetle’s (Ted version) costume.
Also, I still think that nunchuck looks like a propeller blade. Maybe it’s one of Ted’s gadgets.
August 16th, 2021 at 1:48 am
After just seeing the “Suicide Squad” movie, I’m identifying the aliens as weaselmen.
August 16th, 2021 at 10:36 am
Weaselmen are rocking the Eddie Munster look.
December 2nd, 2022 at 11:25 pm
If there had been less singing and more fight scenes in “Cats”, mebbe I would have gone to see it. If I had to choose, I’d stay home and read this book.
November 21st, 2023 at 10:56 am
The font is so awful I thought the title was “Blackadder”. Maybe the 9th series set in the year 2371.
“Baldrick! Who gave you permission to turn into Chewbacca?”
November 21st, 2023 at 10:29 pm
“It’s a cunning plan, m’lud!”
If they’re Blackadder and Baldrick, who’s in the background?
This is almost “jazz hands”, but a bit too weird for that.
November 22nd, 2023 at 12:32 am
I don’t know who that is in the background, but Blackadder’s line “If you’re going to wear that ridiculous leather jockstrap, at least keep your legs together!” Applies.
November 22nd, 2023 at 3:48 am
@GSSxN: The guy in the background must be Frank Finlay as “The Baensmeller Poursuivant”. Or Brian Blessed as Richard IV.
November 22nd, 2023 at 3:53 am
A plan where you lose your hat is a bad one.
Also plans that end with you starring in a Baen cover illustration.
November 22nd, 2023 at 9:28 am
@ex-Noob: Special Guest Appearance by Rik Mayall as Flashheart
(cue loud cheers)
November 22nd, 2023 at 11:09 am
@Tat Wood: FTW! GSS!
November 22nd, 2023 at 11:48 pm
@Tat: GSS. Shut it down, you’ve won.
(First runner-up: Bruce. Iz true.)
November 23rd, 2023 at 10:07 pm
@JJYoyo: Can’t be him. BRIAN BLESSED! is even louder than a Baen cover.
November 24th, 2023 at 1:37 am
@GSSxN: you reminded me of Kurt Vonnegut’s shorthand foreshadowing via putting an asterisk after a character’s name within 5 pages of his or her death in *Breakfast of Champions* IIRC. I can no longer imagine spelling BRIAN BLESSED!’s name again without punctuation. GSS!
November 25th, 2023 at 1:22 am
@JJYoyo: Can’t take credit, that spelling has been kicking around the internet for some years. But I too gravitated to it once I read it. And will take the kudos.