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   Bill Steele to Gerardo Campos   
   Re: Comic giants battle for readers   
   24 Aug 11 13:22:48   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: ws21@cornell.edu   
      
   In article <9bih7tFba1U1@mid.individual.net>,   
    Gerardo Campos  wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:10:36 -0400, Bill Steele wrote:   
   >   
   > > In article <9bfi3cF76lU3@mid.individual.net>,   
   > >  Gerardo Campos  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:47:14 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> > On 08/22/2011 08:53 AM, Gerardo Campos wrote:   
   > >> >> On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:10:28 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   > >>    
   > >> >> When I read them the first time, the characters and titles had funny   
   > >> >> translations to Spanish   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >> Bringing Up Father (aka Maggie and Jiggs),   
   > >> >>      "Educando a Papá" (Ramona y Pancho)   
   > >> >   
   > >> > 	What food does Pancho seek that Ramona   
   > >> > hates?  (Jiggs was a contractor who got rich, and he loved besides   
   > >> > his beer, corned beef and cabbage which Maggie found to destroy the   
   > >> > ambiance of her upscale housing.)  Bringing up Father referred to her   
   > >> > attempt to civilize her Irish millionaire.   
   > >> >   
   > >> >   
   > >> There is not a lot of focus in the food, and more in the drink, and the   
   > >> ammount consumed, Ramona dislikes Pancho's visit to "El Bar de Perico"   
   > >> where he usually leaves drunk.   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >> >> The Batman   
   > >> >>      There is a story on why the characters got their names,   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >>      Bruce ->  Bruno Diaz Dick  ->  Ricardo Tapia Joker ->  Guasón   
   > >> >>      Catwoman ->  Gatúbela   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >>   
   > >> > 	Well the story of the Joker is in his   
   > >> > original name as a petty criminal, Jack Napier which is jackanapes   
   > >>    
   > > And don't forget the Riddler, Edward Nigma -->"Enigma".  Batman did this   
   > > all the time.   
   > >>   
   > >> Actually I was referring to the story behind the dubbing, but thanks   
   > >> for the explanation.   
   > >>   
   > >> > 	Batman could move to Mexico City these days and be right at   
   > >> > home with the various elements of his story transposing to modern   
   > >> > times.   
   > >> >   He would fit in as the ultimate Masked Wrestler hero.   
   > >   
   > > IIRC, El Santo had pretty much the same relationship with the police as   
   > > Batman. And he had a snazzy high-tech lair. No Santomobile, though; just   
   > > drove around in a convertible, which allowed his cape to stream out   
   > > behind him.   
   >   
   > An Alfa-Romeo, if I recall correctly, not a common brand of car that could   
   > you find easily with Mexican dealers at the time.   
   >   
   > The relationship with police was not very common outside of Mafia or gangs   
   > fighting andhe usually got involved in strange situations like fighting   
   > against vampires, zombies and most memorable the fights against the   
   > Mummies of Guanajuato.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummies_of_Guanajuato   
      
   I just looked him up. 52 films!   Match that, Bats.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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