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16 Responses to “ Picture Quiz: Lone Ranger ”

1. Petri
   June 15th, 2007 at 7:28 am
   

   Looks like there might be a few to many stars on that there flag. Not sure I agree with the physics of how that flag broke on bad guy’s head either, but that’s really neither here nor there.

2. Gordon
   June 15th, 2007 at 7:52 am
   

   First, I think there should only be about 30 - 36 stars (several states, like Minnesota, became states during the time period you stated) - even though there’s 20 that I can count, the way the stars were arranged seems false.

   Second, if you hit someone in the head with a flag, the pole would not fall apart unless it was *very* weak. (And shouldn’t the pole be made of brass, not wood)

3. jokergirl
   June 15th, 2007 at 7:55 am
   

   I’m not that proficient with the history of the american continent, but I assume it has something to do with the number of stars on the flag?
   I’m mostly weirded out by the perspective changes on the flag - it looks almost like an Escher picture to me. But that’s probably not what you meant.

   ;)

4. Son of Blog-El
   June 15th, 2007 at 8:16 am
   

   June 14th was Flag Day. the arrangement of the stars is wrong, because there a re too many stars on it. This is what a flag would have looked like in the specified years 1865 - 1889

5. Arkonbey
   June 15th, 2007 at 8:21 am
   

   too many stars on the flag is about what I’d expect from LR. I was wicked into it for the first three issues.

   Then LR made a bullet by carving a bullet shape in a piece of wood (with his bowie knife) and then pouring the silver in. This would have given him 1/2 of a crudely formed bullet that, even if it were whole, would have not worked. In the age of google, it shouldn’t be hard to find an article on handloading.

   Of, course, isn’t that what your site is about? Calling to task lazy artists and writiers.

   I agree with Gordon. Assuming the flagpole is made of a decent, cared-for wood, the victim’s head would shatter horribly before the flagpole does.

6. Nick H
   June 15th, 2007 at 9:48 am
   

   Every time I see that picture, it seems to me that the Lone Ranger is swinging the flagpole in one direction but it’s breaking in the *other* direction. And it’s doing my head in.

7. moon_custafer
   June 15th, 2007 at 11:20 am
   

   Yeah, it’s the persepctive-defying flagpole that jumped out (and in and out) at me.

8. Arkonbey
   June 15th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
   

   maybe the flag and pole are jumping in and out of time as he swings it! That’s why the stars are wrong, the perspective is off and the wood is so brittle!

9. Christian
   June 15th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
   

   That’s a weird way of hitting someone over the head. Quite difficult as well. It’s like he’s stretching it into his head.

10. Richard
    June 15th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
    

    Plus, isn’t the arrangement of the bars wrong? A white bar should be immediately below the field of stars.

11. Ryan
    June 15th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
    

    That’s an MC Escher drawing. Right?

12. J.D. Long
    June 15th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
    

    Is anyone looking at the Ranger’s hand placement on the flagpole? His Hands are on the opposite sides of the pole. He would have to be using the least effective muscles of his forearms (brachioradialis and flexor carpii radialis) and the least effective muscles of his opposite upper arm (radialis) to swing that freakin’ heavy flagpole?

    I’m not sure I could lift a gallon of milk using those muscles, let alone swing a solid wooden flagpole withattendant flag and tackle pieces.

    ~~JD~~

13. McKenzie
    June 15th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
    

    Also considering how large that flag appears to be I’m suprised the LR could get up enough force to hit someone that hard considering the drag from the flag itself would be pretty substantial.

14. J.D. Long
    June 16th, 2007 at 9:09 am
    

    My point exactly! Thank You.

    And now that I look at it, that’s an AMERICAN flag; the Lone Ranger takes place in the great state of TEXAS. I’m not sure what the time frame of Lone Ranger is, but even if it occurs during the classical “Old West’ period of the 1880’s, that’s only 50 years post-annexation of the Texas Republic. Even today Texas flags outnumber American flags here in San Antone 2-to-1.

    Shoulda been a TEXAS flag; that’s all I’m sayin’. . . .

    ~~JD~~

15. Crowded House
    June 18th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
    

    What bothers me is how the part of the flag pole that the Lone Ranger is holding appears to be made of metal, while the part that he’s breaking over that guy’s head looks to be made of wood. It could be just a coloring error, but that’s what struck me as being wrong (after the number of stars on the flag I mean).

16. Flagman
    May 23rd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
    

    The hands would face the other direction for a downward strike.

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