Limerickania (1)
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November 15, 2014
First in a series of 10.
A strigine strongman had a mania
For cr-racking crooks’ cramoisy crania.
If a hat or a sash
Flew off in the stramash,
He’d pay poets with crimsoned obtainia.
— Thanks, John Hilgart, for the inspiring comic-book panel.
MORE HILOBROW/4CP SERIES: BLOW UP YOUR COMICS — John Hilgart glosses 30 favorite 4CP images | The HERMENAUTIC TAROT: 54 Writers, on 54 4CP Tarot Cards | The Art of 4CP | SUBSUPERMEN — Golden Age heroes who didn’t make the grade | MASKED MAN | LIMERICKANIA | MEET THE L.I.S. — Implicit superheroes, concealed within comic-book mastheads | 4CP FRIDAY — themed comic-book detail galleries, curated by 4CP fans
MORE COMICS-RELATED SERIES: KIRB YOUR ENTHUSIASM — 25 writers on 25 Jack Kirby panels | ANNOTATED GIF — Kerry Callen brings comic book covers to life | COMICALLY VINTAGE — that’s-what-she-said vintage comic panels | DC — THE NEW 52 — an 11-year-old reviews DC’s new lineup | SECRET PANEL — Silver Age comics’ double entendres | SKRULLICISM — they lurk among us
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genius, Wolk
Ah, brilliant.
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So inspired — love it, Douglas!
So @HILOBROW and I wrote a limerick about a comics panel together: http://t.co/p0lQmre7xC
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