Ray's X-Blog

The Hulk.  Green and mean.  A rampaging muscular mass who destroys all in his path.  Uncontrollable fury. So do you think someone could teach him to be polite? That’s the basis for the illustrated children’s book, Please and Thank You, featuring Spider-Girl and the Hulk sitting in a tree house, eating hamburgers. The Hulk grunts, telling Spider-Girl to give him the ketchup. Spider-Girl explains to the Hulk that it’s polite to use “please” and “thank you.” The Hulk responds:  “Hulk?  Rude?”  He thanks Spider-Girl for teaching him how to be polite. That’s not the Hulk I know.  I think the encounter would play out like this: “Spider-Girl has cooties.  Hulk smash!” And there’s Godzilla, a 30-story tall dinosaur known for his dance move, the Tokyo Stomp.  With a sweep of his cyclopean tail he can taken out an entire village.  Missiles and bombs don’t slow him down. When you look at the cover of the kids’ book, Go...

Are you embarrassed by that peculiar protrusion in the center of your face?  Strap on the Anita Nose Adjuster and in [unspecified] time you can join the happy honker gang! (NOTE: Possible side effects include increased snoring, chronic post nasal drip, and the proboscis monkey syndrome.  Also exposure to derisive laughter.)

I’ve got mail?  Xcellent. I appreciate the feedback.  If you want to join the conversation email me: raypalmx@gmail.com .  Snail mail: BoXholder, PO Box 2, Plattsburgh, NY  12901-0002. - - - Regarding two images I used in RX XR # 112 Rick Hilberg wrote: That was a great old B-grade movie that I still have in my film collection. RX:  So you recognized that turkey from the turkey The Giant Claw.  I read the producer told the actors the special effects would be top notch.  I can imagine the cast’s embarrassment when they sat in a movie theater and the terrifying monster flashed on the screen.  They watched themselves reacting in consternation to a crude string puppet. And from Dave Haren regarding my reaction in XR #112 to the new Supergirl TV series: Hi Ray, I didn't see a request for letters of comment but here's one anyway. The Superman material was always pretty strange to me since there wasn't much in the way of limitation. I l...