XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: warewolfmypants@shaw.ca   
      
   Ping Kuo  wrote in   
   news:060320072022210928%removeantispam*pkuo@earthlink.net:   
      
   > In article , Warewolf   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> *laughs* You could be right. (Mind you, there are some issues and   
   >> television episodes that play around with that plot device)   
   >   
   > Edna: "No Cap!"   
   >   
   > Flying away on a wing and a prayer,   
   > Who could it be?   
   > Believe it or not, it's just me.   
      
   Plus I seem to remember some issues of X-men and Archie's Madhouse   
   offering a few costume-based gags as well.   
      
   > anyway, the latest trend is probably trench rain coat as in Sin City   
   > and Matrix, just make you look silly on a bright sunny days.   
      
   And bowling for Columbine, Neo! (j/k)   
      
   >> Then again, there is more to american books than superheroes - there   
   >> are a lot of independent titles like Angel Love, Beanworld and Ragmop   
   >> that take the reader to new worlds or simple tell an entertaining (if   
   >> not 'human') story. (but you probably knew that already in spite of   
   >> what it sounds like your comic/manga shops offer) ^_^   
   >   
   > I actually had read a comic about WWII US Fletcher destroyer in single   
   > action against Japanese aircrafts when I was little, that was my first   
   > encounter w/ comic that is not superhero, darn if I can remember the   
   > name now, obviously I lost the copy long ago.   
      
   Well, if it wasn't one of those 'Wierd War Stories', perhaps 'Sgt Rock'   
   or 'Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos' could shed some light on the   
   subject. ^_^   
      
   (You'd be surprised at the number of old 'war comics' out there)   
      
   >> But, at the same time, after watching science fiction series like   
   >> Spicy City and 'kiddie fare' like Batman: the Animated Series and   
   >> Justice League, I'm left wondering if more couldn't be done.   
   >   
   > starship troopers is not US?  or is it not good?   
      
   It's not a bad show (the writing and CG animation no doubt gained it a   
   few fans) but, as you can probably guess, it's an aquired taste.   
      
   (And, yes, it was made in the USA.  By the effects crew for Babylon 5,   
   IINM)   
      
   > the US TV animation is certainly first and foremost Saturday kiddy   
   > fare,   
      
   Well, that's what a lot of people like to think (even today *sigh*) but,   
   if shows like the Simpsons, Family Guy and Spawn (plus the classic Looney   
   Tunes) are any indication, animation can appeal to an older audiances as   
   well.  It's simply a matter of finding the right niches...and the   
   sweetest smelling spackle. ~_^   
      
   > you could argue that BIG O season 2 is a US product, but that is an   
   > extreme case.   
      
   I actually haven't seen 'the Big O' although I have heard that its   
   amnesia-based plot takes a bizarre turn.  Perhaps when I spy a copy of   
   its manga or DVDs I'll give it a try.   
      
   >> >> Mouthless/gagged girls   
   >> But, seriously, it's been an occasional plot device (and a nice   
   >> surprise) in any comic that has featured it. (I'd be happy to list   
   >> some examples if you'd like to expand on them)   
   >   
   > I am less interested in the comic itself, than what kind of comic it   
   > is?  it has to be fantasy/horror/sci-fi I imagine.   
      
   From my own experience, I've found that these silencing scenes usually   
   occur in books where there is a fantasy/magic element involved:   
      
   X-men #190-191 -- thanks to a wizard named Kulan Goth   
      
   Sidekicks: the Substitute -- due to a magic user in the high school   
      
   Solus #4 -- due the book's magic-using main character.   
      
   Heavy Metal: The Fairy and the Robots -- the title character's builder   
   simply couldn't give her one. (She was a machine built during troubled   
   times, after all)   
      
   Cases like these have led me to check the artwork of a comic before I   
   consider purchasing it (and has, no doubt, led to fewer purchases due to   
   shallowness) but, again, an occasional reread tends to convince me   
   otherwise.   
      
   >> >> Genies/heavy magic use   
   >   
   >> > lots of them.   
   >   
   >> Are any of those genies female? ;^)   
   >   
   > in fact, most of them are, for many harem story, you will have a girl   
   > coming out of no where, w/ magical power to grant our single nerd geek   
   > a wish, and guess what all those boy wish for?   
      
   Not brains, I would assume. ;^D   
      
   But sometimes the imagination behind those wishes can be a selling point.   
   *shrug*   
      
   > Ah! My Goddess come to mind on this.   
      
   I actually didn't enjoy the early (Viz?) issues as much as I thought I   
   would (not enough magic use in each issue) but, if the Mini-Goddess anime   
   episodes were entertaining, perhaps I'll take another look.   
      
   >> >> girls stuck in glue   
   >   
   >> > in a H manga, once.   
   >   
   >> Do you remember the name, perchance? {:^)   
   >   
   > well, no, in fact, I can't even remember what the glue was used for,   
   > is it for the eyelids?  it certainly is not what you think it was used   
   > for.  :)   
      
   No lip bonding?  Damn. ;^)   
      
   But, yeah, if you ever remember the name, please let me know.   
      
   >> >  your ideal story will probably be a genie turns a girl into a   
   >> >  plants,   
   >   
   > let's make that a giant girl, no, multiple giant girls,   
   >   
   >> > and glue it on the ground, after making some dumb jokes, the planet   
   >   
   > and glue them together like conjoined twins, etc.   
   >   
   >> > will eat the genie, and the genie will return to his bottle after   
   >> > learning from his lesson. (sounds like an itch and scratchy   
   >> > special.)   
   >   
   > now your story is completed.   
      
   *laughs and pats you on the back* ^_^   
      
   Actually, after taking a trip through my imagination (What can I say?   
   You inspired me) I figure that any one of these books would satisfy me   
   for a while.   
      
   [Sounds of Silence] - a collection of stories where all of the female   
   characters are mute in some manner.  Some of these can include:   
      
   - A teenage girl trying to remove a mouthlessness curse that she and her   
   mother received from an angry egyptian god (she can temporarily steal   
   other people's mouths as well)   
      
   - a high school student getting her first body-mod from a strange shop in   
   a back alley   
      
   - three girls asking for strange wishes from a genie (sewn lips, magic   
   keys, control knobs for the mouth and voice, respectively)   
      
   - a cartoon girl forgotten by her artist who has adapted to life in her   
   crazy slapstick world   
      
   [BotGirl] - another compilation of stories dealing with female robots,   
   including:   
      
   - a robot with human intelligence trying to find her place in the world.   
   (she may meet and befriend various superheroes, for example)   
      
   - a group of 'fetish droids' with mixed up programming (ie a cowgirl with   
   ninja skills, a sparring droid programmed to cook and clean) trying to   
   avoid being 'scrapped' (the technicians are simply trying to place the   
   right skill modules in the right droids)   
      
   - a couple of giant robot parodies including a 'behind the scenes' story   
   about them and various monsters (kaiju?) hanging out at a not-so-local   
   bar.   
      
   [Winds of Change] - stories that deal with (usually female) characters   
   turning into (often anthropomorphic) animals, objects, plants...and vice   
   versa.  The effects can be temporary (to teach a character a lesson or   
      
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