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Posted by pixies chick at 2cust139.tnt1.minneapolis3.mn.da.uu.net on May 05, 2002 at 08:39:27:

In Reply to: NO NO NO NO! SEX AND ROCKETS! SEX AND ROCKETS! posted by Genial Duck on May 05, 2002 at 04:50:04:

: Love & Rockets is a shitty soap opera type comic book going back to the 80's. "Sex and Rockets" is the book about a satanic rocket scientist that Kevin Smith found intriguing at some point. I've never read it, but you can find more information here:

: http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/02/15/parsons/

thought it sounded nothing like what he had described. And I really didn't see him being that interested, since almost half the dialogue is in Spanish.
I actually had read some Love & Rockets before - and I disagree with your take on it. It's hard to see it now, but at the time, it was pretty revolutionary, especially if you were a girl who'd only seen wasp-waisted, balloon-breasted heroines in comics before.

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: : Love & Rockets is a shitty soap opera type comic book going back to the 80's. "Sex and Rockets" is the book about a satanic rocket scientist that Kevin Smith found intriguing at some point. I've never read it, but you can find more information here: : : http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/02/15/parsons/ : : thought it sounded nothing like what he had described. And I really didn't see him being that interested, since almost half the dialogue is in Spanish. : I actually had read some Love & Rockets before - and I disagree with your take on it. It's hard to see it now, but at the time, it was pretty revolutionary, especially if you were a girl who'd only seen wasp-waisted, balloon-breasted heroines in comics before.

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