Comic Book Time/Quotes

Don't mess with Marvel time, kids. These men are professionals.

—rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks FAQ

"I know, I know, it's been quite some time since the last blog. Well I'm gonna tell you all about it my new segment, "Where in the world has Gobby been and when in holy hell will there be another blog?" Long story short: what I thought was going to be a date with Harley turned into an epic struggle against the Joker, whose goal seemed to be how many different ways he could get me to say "AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!". I had my heart broken, my bones broken, I was shot, electrocuted, a victim of attempted crotch-bombing, run over, drugged, drugged again, really drugged, fake drugged, electrocuted while learning Spanish and Portuguese, defeated the Joker, got defeated by the Joker, was inexplicably rescued by the guy I helped put in prison, and then reunited and it feels so good. so all in all, a pretty average Wednesday."

—Goblin, on how the entirety of Marvel/DC series 2 affected his blogging schedule.

Q: Time passes more slowly in the manga world, doesn't it? Does that mean we'll have to wait another two years before it's Luffy's birthday?

A: No, no, Luffy has a birthday every year. It's just that he turns 17 every year. Isn't he lucky?

—Eiichiro Oda, answering an SBS question in his usual style

It's our 41st anniversary,
But we don't look a day over twenty-three...

L-Ron: Sarcasm would take away from the time I have to tell the readers about your days as a wheeler-dealer, corporate magnate and icon of "the go-go economic era" (I'd say the '80s but we have to keep it vague comic book time).

—Formerly Known As The Justice League