You Mean She Wasn't Already a Cartoon Character?

Julian Sanchez | June 9, 2005

Eagle eyed reader Jeff Patterson notes that the second issue of the comic book Action Philosophers! will feature a story on Ayn Rand, as well as torrid tales of Thomases Jefferson and Aquinas.

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Franklin Harris|6.9.05 @ 3:04PM|#

FYI,

An upcoming episode of "Justice League Unlimited" on Cartoon Network, "Question Authority," which has already aired on Canada's YTV, will feature the Question, which isn't new for JLU, but he'll actually give an "A is A" speech a la Rand and Steve Ditko. (JLU plays The Question as an amalgam of Fox Mulder and Rorschach from "Watchmen," and this is the first time that any of the original Ditko version has entered the mix. Surprisingly, it works very well.)

|6.9.05 @ 3:43PM|#

JLU makes The Question much more of a conspiracy theorist than his print incarnation. Odd links between flu vaccines, boy bands, and area 51 have peppered his conversation.
A copy of the "Question Authority" episode... um... fell off a truck onto my hard drive. It's quite good. Dying to see the follow up.

Given the right's reactions to supposed "unpatriotic" actions and thoughts by characters in comics in recent years, I'm surprised there hasn't been more shrieking about the overall arc of this seas on JLU. The actions of the Government have been quite sinister, but somewhat understandable given the storyline. And I'm psyched to see Luthor as president.
It was announced that the next season will feature a Warlord episode. If the US Gov't didn't react adversly to the presence of Paradise Island or Atlantis off their shores, I wonder how a subterranean empire will be received.

Jeff|6.9.05 @ 3:44PM|#

The issue Julian refers to hit comic stores this past Wednesday, BTW.

Jeff|6.9.05 @ 3:46PM|#

Franklin, I also noticed that the torture of The Question was more than a little Galt-esque.

|6.9.05 @ 3:46PM|#

I especially liked the part where Question revealed that "Fluoride does not prevent tooth decay--it makes your teeth visible to the government's spy satellites."

Jeff|6.9.05 @ 3:53PM|#

The preview that Julian links to has an excellent account of how Augustine was instrumental in Catholicism rising above the other Christian sects of the time.
Everyone involved in the heated discussion about the Catholic church a few days back might want to read it.

Luke Thomas|6.9.05 @ 3:54PM|#

Maybe in this issue they'll give her a new super power that she never had before, like the power to make sense.

|6.9.05 @ 4:07PM|#

Given the right's reactions to supposed "unpatriotic" actions and thoughts by characters in comics in recent years, I'm surprised there hasn't been more shrieking about the overall arc of this seas on JLU.

When did this happen?

|6.9.05 @ 4:38PM|#

"Maybe in this issue they'll give her a new super power that she never had before, like the power to make sense."

Because, of course, Rand never made sense...(WTF?)

I've heard many a criticism of her, being a poor writer, being a hypocrite, whatever, but this is a new one to me.

ed|6.9.05 @ 4:57PM|#

This thread's a geek convention, WF.
What did you expect?

|6.9.05 @ 4:59PM|#

Wellfellow-Some of Rands later pronouncements were nothing if not goofy. Comments that rock and roll is anti-life (along with Mozart, if I remember right), or any of actions and pronouncements about Nathaniel Brandon were more or less incoherent.

Jeff|6.9.05 @ 6:25PM|#

Mediageek: are you asking when the right got mad about unpatriotic comics? or when the Gov't made designs against the Justice League?

Jeff|6.9.05 @ 6:31PM|#

Mediageek: Check these out:

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-medved040403.asp

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=9298

|6.9.05 @ 6:42PM|#

Hmmmmmm.. This Action Philosphers stuff looks pretty good. I'll have to track down a few copies.

Shawn Levasseur|6.9.05 @ 6:45PM|#

" he'll actually give an "A is A" speech a la Rand"

[cheap shot] Oh so they'll have a 3 hour episode then? [/cheap shot]

Ryan Dunlavey|6.9.05 @ 7:11PM|#

Thanks for Action Philosophers plug! Anyone who's interested in getting a copy of the Rand issue can order it through online retailer Khepri.com at this link : http://www.khepri.com/pam-cb.html#act-phil-02

Those Justice League episodes with the Question are quite good (for a change) - I flipped my lid during the A = A speech - it's the most exciting interpretation of the character I've ever seen.

Franklin Harris|6.9.05 @ 11:19PM|#

Franklin, I also noticed that the torture of The Question was more than a little Galt-esque.

I noticed that, too, but I couldn't remember if that was in "Question Authority" or the subsequent episode, as they, um, happened to end up on my hard drive back-to-back.

Franklin Harris|6.10.05 @ 1:06AM|#

I e-mailed the writer of "Question Authority," Dwayne McDuffie, and he says the allusion to John Galt's torture in "Atlas Shrugged" is intensional.

|6.10.05 @ 8:18AM|#

Franklin, the copy of the subsequent episode that I ...um... found lying in the street was unwatchable due to bad audio. Where did you find it? Feel free to email me.

|6.10.05 @ 11:08AM|#

Jeff-

Thanks for the links. I'm not terribly surprised at Michael Medved's column.

Franklin Harris|6.10.05 @ 12:18PM|#

The, er, copy of said episode I saw also had rotten audio. Quite an, um, coincidence, eh?

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