Comments on: And one more mole: Chabon on the skintight suits http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: goddard http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33717 goddard Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:50:12 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33717 i went to a con dressed as my favorite non-genre comic book character no one noticed :( i wish people would stop associating nerds in garish get-ups with comics i went to a con dressed as my favorite non-genre comic book character

no one noticed :(

i wish people would stop associating nerds in garish get-ups with comics

]]> By: David C http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33716 David C Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:43:57 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33716 I've seen some pretty impressive convention costumes that in no way shattered illusions for me (numerous fan-worn power girls, jokers, robins, and a ted kord blue beetle come to mind) but this is a pretty awesome little article all the same. It's always amused me how things like wolverine's mask and harley quinn's hood couldn't REALLY exist the way they do on paper in real life, but it's part of the fun. I’ve seen some pretty impressive convention costumes that in no way shattered illusions for me (numerous fan-worn power girls, jokers, robins, and a ted kord blue beetle come to mind) but this is a pretty awesome little article all the same. It’s always amused me how things like wolverine’s mask and harley quinn’s hood couldn’t REALLY exist the way they do on paper in real life, but it’s part of the fun.

]]> By: Sphinx Magoo http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33715 Sphinx Magoo Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:00:58 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33715 I love this article, but I wonder if it left some of the regular uninformed readers of the New Yorker scratching their heads? Poor Garrison Keillor must've been thinking: "What the...?" ;) I love this article, but I wonder if it left some of the regular uninformed readers of the New Yorker scratching their heads? Poor Garrison Keillor must’ve been thinking: “What the…?”

;)

]]> By: Michael http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33714 Michael Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:32:49 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33714 Now if they can just get me my jetpack. Now if they can just get me my jetpack.

]]> By: Alexa D http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33713 Alexa D Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:33:33 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33713 I'm sure if you told the editors of the New Yorker 10 years ago that they'd ever have a Pulitzer-prize winning author wax lyrical for four pages about the implausibility of superheroes' costumes in their magazine, I'm sure they'd have laughed you on to the streets. I like the future. I’m sure if you told the editors of the New Yorker 10 years ago that they’d ever have a Pulitzer-prize winning author wax lyrical for four pages about the implausibility of superheroes’ costumes in their magazine, I’m sure they’d have laughed you on to the streets.

I like the future.

]]> By: Michael http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33712 Michael Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:26:13 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33712 Read the whole thing, people; there is in fact a lot of love for the superhero costume, both what it is and what it means, in there. Read the whole thing, people; there is in fact a lot of love for the superhero costume, both what it is and what it means, in there.

]]> By: alex cox http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33711 alex cox Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:53:02 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33711 What the hell was "pretentious" about that essay? Dude namechecks more obscure seventies marvel characters than an Essential Defenders. God forbid a literary magazine dips its toes into our niche of the woods. What the hell was “pretentious” about that essay?

Dude namechecks more obscure seventies marvel characters than an Essential Defenders.

God forbid a literary magazine dips its toes into our niche of the woods.

]]> By: rich http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33710 rich Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:02:33 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33710 I agree with Chabon that most super-hero costumes are impractical — most of us knew this decades ago. However, I agree with John Tebbel about the quality of the costumes. The appearance of your costume depends on how much time and money you invest, and if you have a professional assemble it. You can tell the "real" costumers from the people who just "threw it together" a few days before the show. I think it's safe to assume that most super-heroes put invest a great deal of time into their outfits. Take the "original" Spider-Man costume from the first movie, when he challenges Bonesaw McGraw, as compared to the real costume that Peter dons later in the film. I agree with Chabon that most super-hero costumes are impractical — most of us knew this decades ago. However, I agree with John Tebbel about the quality of the costumes. The appearance of your costume depends on how much time and money you invest, and if you have a professional assemble it.

You can tell the “real” costumers from the people who just “threw it together” a few days before the show. I think it’s safe to assume that most super-heroes put invest a great deal of time into their outfits. Take the “original” Spider-Man costume from the first movie, when he challenges Bonesaw McGraw, as compared to the real costume that Peter dons later in the film.

]]> By: Joe S. Walker http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33709 Joe S. Walker Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:54:09 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33709 Well, that meets anyone's recommended daily allowance of pretentious navel-gazing. Well, that meets anyone’s recommended daily allowance of pretentious navel-gazing.

]]> By: matt http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33708 matt Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:31:45 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33708 I agree, superhero costumes are antiquated. I agree, superhero costumes are antiquated.

]]> By: Sphinx Magoo http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33707 Sphinx Magoo Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:21:35 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33707 I've got to check this out later. I want to see if he comments on the "underpants on the outside" look. I’ve got to check this out later. I want to see if he comments on the “underpants on the outside” look.

]]> By: alex cox http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33706 alex cox Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:29:48 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33706 What a great essay.... I love that guy. What a great essay…. I love that guy.

]]> By: John Tebbel http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33705 John Tebbel Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:56:10 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/03/04/and-one-more-mole-chabon-on-the-skintight-suits/#comment-33705 This joker should have gone to a big/recent con. At San Diego last year the best costumes were insanely professional, better than say, Spamalot on Broadway. Gee the New Yorker is a terrible rag these days. This joker should have gone to a big/recent con. At San Diego last year the best costumes were insanely professional, better than say, Spamalot on Broadway. Gee the New Yorker is a terrible rag these days.

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