Aaaa! Nooo!

Damn Identity Crisis ruined Dr. Light for me forever. I apparently can't see him in any context—even a cute, funny, totally innocent one like a panel of Tiny Titans—without thinking about...you know.

Monday Morning Man vs. Cephalopod Moment

(Beast Boy meets Aqualad's easily startled pet octopus Inky in DC's Tiny Titans #38, by Art Baltazar and Franco)

Why do the Tiny Titans hate the Cleveland Browns...?

Reminder: Tiny Titans is still the best thing ever.

Starfire, no!

This is the cover of the latest issue of Tiny Titans and, as you can see—Wait, what's this?!?!?!I thought you hearted Robin...why are you hearting Superboy and Zatara?!

If you only buy one superhero comic this week, make sure it's Tiny Titans #33

After all, it's the only one that's got Tiny Cassandra in it:

That's right, Cassandra: AKA, Batgirl II:
I know that Dan DiDio and other DC types have mentioned plans for the Cassandra Cain Batgirl in the near future, and always stress that they want to make sure they get the character right this time.

Well I hope those plans are letting Art Baltazar and Franco do pretty much whatever they want with Batgirl, because it doesn't get much righter than this.

And she calls herself a superhero...

You'll note that at no time during this scene does Supergirl produce a plastic bag to clean up the result of Krypto needing to go walkies, the thing that Krypto is most certainly doing off-panel at the bottom of the first page, while Supergirl is whistling.

What kind of superhero doesn't clean up after her dog?! A terrible superhero, that's what kind of superhero.

Actually, there are a few possible scenarios which might help justify Supergirl's inconsiderate, un-heroic behavior here.

First, she and Krypto have gone for a walk just outside the Fortress of Solitude, near the North Pole. As the name of the Fortress of Solitude implies, it doesn't get a lot of visitors, and the people we know hang out there from this comic—Supergirl, Superboy, Superman, Superboy's Bizarro clone Match, even a visiting Lex Luthor—all fly rather than walk, making it impossible for them to step in the likely result of Krypto needing to go walkies.

Yeah, Psimon, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash are shown walking through the Arctic Circle there, on a field trip with the Brainiac Club, but there visit is an unexpected and highly unusual one, as you can see from Supergirl's reaction.

Second, it's possible that Krypto disposes of his own waste, by disintegrating it with a blast of his heat vision. No, we're not actually shown that happening, but we're not shown what Krypto's doing off-panel at all, so it's certainly possible.

Third, I don't really know how Krypto's digestive system works, and am just assuming it works just like an Earth dog's. If Kryptonian dog biology is similar to Kryptonian humanoid biology in Earth's yellow sun, perhaps Krypto doesn't eat dog food and produce waste similar to that of terrestrial dogs. Maybe he's actually just a living solar battery, and just occasionally vents steam or something as a waste product. Maybe Supergirl is just floating there whistling while Krypto is sniffing a pile of ice, which is what he does when he goes on walkies.

This concludes my seven-paragraph post about a dog going to the bathroom off-panel in a gag comic for kids.



(The above pages are taken from DC Comics' Tiny Titans #31, by Art Baltazar and Franco)

You even have to ask?

Bald head is obviously cooler than cape, Superboy. Obviously.




(Panels from Tiny Titans #31, by Art Baltazar and Franco)

F Yeah Tiny Titans/Little Archie!

That's the cover of the second issue of the previously discussed Tiny Titans/Little Archie crossover, featuring Tiny/Little versions of EDILW favorites Josie and The Pussycats. I was pretty excited about this project when it was first announced, but I think I just got ten times as excited as I was then.

Also, I just noticed that the Pussycats—like Betty and Veronica on the cover of the first issue have Art Baltazarized versions of the little Dan DeCarlo upturned noses, while the Tiny characters are generally nose-less. Apparently Baltazar didn't just redraw the Archie characters in his Tiny Titans style, but filtered there designs through his Tiny Titans style?

That's pretty fantastic.





(Image spotted at and swiped from Johanna Draper Carlson's post on Archie Comics news)

A guest review:

An important update on the state of squirrels in the Green Lantern Corps:

Last week I noticed a strange change to the cover of Tiny Titans #28, which I discussed at some length on Blog@Newsarama. The solicited cover featured the Green Lantern Corps' longtime alien squirrel character Ch'p on it.

But the one that shipped had a different alien squirrel character on it, B'dg (Which the Internet told me is pronounced "Badge." Apparently the rules of apostrophe pronunciation in the DC Universe are remarkably consistent from planet to planet).

At the time, I wondered aloud about the change.

Well I just recently received clarification from the person in the best position to know about any last-minute changes to the alien squirrel superheroes appearing in Tiny Titans—Tiny Titans writer/artist Art Baltazar.

Here's what Baltazar had to say about the change:

Ch'p was changed to B'dg kinda last minute during the action of making the Tiny Titans! I was told by my awesome editors and...GEOFF JOHNS!...that Ch'p got killed! OH NO! What are we gonna do now?! I really liked Ch'p too. B'dg became the new Squirrel GL in Ch'p's place. So, B'DG it is! I never heard of B'dg so I had to get reference and read about him and stuff. Now, I like him alot. He even thinks of humans as pets. AW YEAH SUPER PETS! PLUS! B'dg is tied into the DC Super Friends kids comic and has a better chance of getting a toy from Mattel. It's true.

So there you have it. R.I.P. Ch'p. And, um, "Aw yeah, Bd'g."

Hey, wait a minute...

How does Principal Slade drink coffee while wearing his mask if his mask doesn't have a mouth hole?



(Sequence from Tiny Titans #24, by Art Baltazar and Franco. As to why that odd little creamer makes Slade shrink, you're probably better off just reading the issue instead of having me explain it to you)

Superman! What are you teaching the children?!

There aren't any penguins in the arctic!

Unless, of course, you simply mean that zero is "enough" penguins to have in the arctic, in which case I guess it's okay. But I really wish you'd set a better example for the impressionable young Titans.



(Panel from this past week's Tiny Titans #21, by Art Baltazar and Franco)

Rose Wilson is a terrible babysitter

(Panels from Tiny Titans #15 by Franco and Art Baltazar)

Your monthly reminder that Tiny Titans is the best:

That's Wonder Girl, Wonder Girl, Matilda the Minotaur, Cecelia the Cyclops and Yooni the Unicorn from this week's Tiny Titans #14 by Art Baltazar and Franco.

Monday Morning Man vs. Cephalopod Moment

From Tiny Titans #13 by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC; 2009)

One thing that would have made Final Crisis better?

If instead of slowpoke J.G. Jones, they hired Art Baltazar to draw it.

For evidence, allow me to submit a few scans from this week's Tiny Titans #12:








I rest my case.