Quick Picture Post
March 9th, 2008
Blue Beetle #1 (1986, by Wein and Cullins)
A hint for the colorist: don’t color IVs red automatically. Giving blood, especially in the field, is very rare. Most commonly a saline solution is used, so the tubing and IV solution should be clear.
As for this specific situation, dehydration is common in fire victims, so IV fluid rehydration is very important. However, short of major trauma, blood wouldn’t be given (and even if it were, it would be at the hospital, not at the fire site).
(Yes, I am picking on a 20 year old comic, but this is still a very common error in today’s comics. I just grabbed Blue Beetle #1 because it was close at hand).
Azrael #7 (1995, by O’Neil and Kitson)
Just a little something extra for all you Azrael fans, building off of my previous post. Yep, that’s a little fetal Azrael in a jar full of ape amniotic fluid. I think that this certainly qualifies as one of the more disturbing concepts in post-Code comics.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Blue Beetle: Hey it’s we who oughta thank YOU- for the incredible-
Medic: Give the boy some air! Get out of our way, freak…we’re trying to do our job here!
Blue Beetle: Oh, sorry.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Blue Beetle: Hey it’s we who oughta thank YOU- for the incredible-
Medic: Give the boy some air! Get out of our way, freak…we’re trying to do our job here!
Blue Beetle: Hey, I’m trying to suck up to the fireman here! Don’t you know we comic book writers always have to show people what great guys we are by idolizing public servants, not matter how much they might drink or beat their wives?
March 10th, 2008 at 11:22 am
“Yep, that’s a little fetal Azrael in a jar full of ape amniotic fluid.”
Full of dozens of pregnant apes’ worth of amniotic fluid, I bet.
March 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
That monkey is going to show up on Springer one day, throw some chairs.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Man, once you’ve had your first pregnant ape’s worth of amniotic fluid, you just want another, and another, and another…
March 12th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Polite Dissent…
Today I want to highlight a blog that I find fun. It isn’t just medicine or surgery. Scott over at Polite Dissent writes about medicine in comics, television shows, etc. How they get it right. How they get it wrong. Enjoyable….
March 13th, 2008 at 1:43 am
So… out of curiosity what colour should the comic book IV fluids be? It’s afwul hard to draw ‘Clear’ and make it look ‘Not empty’?
March 13th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Official Comment
Sable,
Fair point. It can be done, but it takes some creativity. I’ll post some panels later on that pull it off.
March 14th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Rockin.
Thanks Scott. :)
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