tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post1860796230299274752..comments2024-03-25T11:21:33.915-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: (P)Raising Kane: "After the Cat" by Skeates, Kane, and TrapiniThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-52968868913393756742012-08-02T18:39:03.156-04:002012-08-02T18:39:03.156-04:00Not to dismiss Gil Kane--this was good stuff by hi...Not to dismiss Gil Kane--this was good stuff by him--but I've always wondered what Ditko was trying to say with The Hawk and the Dove. After all, the real issue isn't violence or pacifism, but the initiation of force, and I'm sure the Rand-influenced Ditko knew this, as he actually wrote an essay on violence at some point that said exactly that. <br /><br />A nice followup to this story might be the Alan Brennert-written Brave and the Bold issue #181 featuring the Hawk and the Dove. Not only does Brennert tell a good story, but, of course, it has more wonderful Jim Aparo art.macsnafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12257829120138638785noreply@blogger.com