Ian suggests that I take on a career as a two-fisted pulp-novel hero. It's a good idea, and I'll do it, provided he becomes my wise-cracking sidekick.
In a similar vein, check out the two new posts over at Holy Heroes!! Gabriel McKee's got some interesting thoughts on Spiderman III and the specific comics its plot is based on.
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We now return you to this week's episode of Doc Elliot, Two-Fisted Pulp-Novel Hero:
"Someday my body will fail me - but not today!" grunted Doc Elliot, as he pulled himself hand-over-hand up a liana which dangled over the crocodile-infested waters.
"The crocodiles will have made a tidy snack of that meddlesome do-gooder," chortled Ye-lo Peril to his brutish henchmen as they stood on the cliff-side, gloating. They had shared four seconds of spiteful laughter when a bronzed hand reached up over the cliff's edge and seized Peril's ankle, pulling him off balance. "Curses!" howled the surprised, malevolent credenza trafficker as he plummeted to his doom. A frantic screaming and crunching sound was heard from the waters below, as Doc Elliot sprang back onto solid ground and quickly sent Peril's men to join their boss.
He was brushing the dust off his hands when Ian trudged up the steep trail, looking crestfallen and carrying a greasy paper bag.
"Why so glum, chum?" inquired the Doc.
"Well, I went to pick up some drinks like you asked, but they gave me these dumplings instead," muttered the sheepish sidekick.
"Ian, did you get mi-mosas and sa-mosas confused again?"
Ian slapped his forehead as a look of chagrin spread itself across his features.
Doc Elliot laughed. "That's OK, buddy," he said. "I've worked up an appetite and no mistake. We'll go pick up some tamarind sauce and have ourselves a two-fisted meal!"
Tune in next week for... Doc Elliot Versus Lady Harrington and The Sedusa-Medusa!
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3 comments:
This is what my smart mouth gets me.
Actually, Ian's pic does make him look like the chagrinned sidekick.
Tio
LOL! It does!
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