From: intruder@cats.ucsc.edu (Isaac N. Truder)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Other Pitt mistakes
Date: 22 Jan 93 05:58:43 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
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 > Aside from some of the gramitical and spelling errors involved
 > with the book, did anybody happen to notice the really glaring
 > mistake in the book? The fact that The Detroit branch of the biker
 > gang happened to be crusing New York? Oooops. As a matter of fact,
 > there is a blurb in the back of the book (where they do what is
 > coming up) which states Pitt was suppose to be in Detroit.
 > 
 > Oooops.
 > 
 > They can't even seem to get their cities straight these days.

So maybe the Detroit chapter drove to New York already?  It said they
were "making the rounds" -- maybe those were cross-state rounds??  Hey,
it could happen.

As far as blurbs in the back, did anyone read the one on the Image
"Bullpen Bulletins" page for PITT #1?  Listen to the whole thing, with
my own observations as commentary:

"In this first of a four-part miniseries, the PITT arrives on Earth, and
begins to wander the streets of Detroit [er, New York].  He gets
attacked by the Viper Gang over a 12-page fight scene! [I only counted
about 7 1/2 pages of fighting.]  Also introduced is a female martial
arts/healer called Reiki [who the fuck is that??!], who is also alias
Detective Bobbie Harras [oohh, her.  She's a martial arts/healer??] who
looks into the goings-on in the PITT preview story in YOUNGBLOOD #4.
[Did YOUNGBLOOD #4 ever come out??] PITT also meets his bud-to-be, Timmie 
[no he doesn't!], and on the last page, the Bounty hunters come from 
PITT's home planet [oh, so THAT'S who they were] to kill him.  No, come 
on, the PITT dies in the first issue? [Where'd they get that from?!]  
Read it and find out! [Well, no thanks.]"

I guess the PITT is some kind of innovative comics concept where you
have to read the little blurb on the inside back cover to get the whole
picture -- kind of like the text pieces in the back of the new LSH,
huh?  Yeah, yeah, that's it.

But I still don't really see the need to dig all this far to ridicule
this book.  This comic is really no more ridiculous than most comics,
and is less ridiculous than the majority.  Name your favorite comics,
everyone, and if I have any issues I'll pull 'em out and spot some
errors for you!  Do coloring errors in Marvel comics count?  Ahh, so lay
off the poor chump.  Dale Keown didn't twist your arm to buy this thing.
It's your own fault, its yourselves you should be kicking in the pants!

For myself, the thing I was most irritated by in PITT was the
pseudo-swearing.  They didn't even have the balls to put in REAL
swearing, even though they made it possible to read the real swearing if
you look at it close enough.  For instance, they put "@$$#*!#" instead
of "ASSHOLE".  (Compare the characters -- it's easier in the actual
comic.)  Why didn't they put in real swearing fer chrissakes?  They
aren't under the jurisdiction of the Comics Code, so why continue to
pander to its interests?  Does anyone really believe kids don't swear in
the second grade?
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