Monday, December 5, 2011

Ask The Answer Manic Monday #11--Risk Not The Wrath Of The Answer Man!!

You know, it must have been a tough gig to be The Answer Man. You get all of these silly questions you have to answer every week; you get many of those damn questions over and over (and over) again; you're limited by the Twitter-like restrictions of your column's size, so there's no hope of full explanation or discourse; and every week you had to deal with 2,459 "how much is this comic worth" questions.

So it's not surprising that once in awhile, even though he was choosing the questions himself, Bob Rozakis had to vent a bit, let his inner snark out, and give a smart-ass--and occasionally mean-spirited--answer.

Case in point: Flash #284 (1980):

Ah, c'mon, bro, that's not too stupid a question. Give poor Remigio Gomez a straight answer!!

Or, try Secrets Of The Haunted House #25 (1980):

Ooooh, stick the knife in! Since that's probably a kid writing, tearing him up like that seems a bit nasty, no? At least you withheld his name...

So remember--you may ask The Answer Man...but you may not like the answer you get!!

4 comments:

  1. I have to admit, I feel some empathy for the Answer Man. There are just days when You Just Cannot Take One More Stupid Question!

    Why, I had one today as a matter of fact!

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  2. Ah, if only it had been just ONE more stupid question!

    Since spelling no longer seems to be a requirement, "Name Withheld" probably has gotten a job as a writer (or writter) by now, perhaps even in comics.

    Bob Rozakis

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  3. Taking Bob's advice on the matter, I've just gone out and asked someone which Earth I'm on.

    His answer wasn't helpful. :(

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  4. Bob is a god, he answered two of my questions* and I grew up to be a functioning adult. Well, -ish.

    * Subjects - Rich Buckler cameoing on his covers and the Ghosts tagline.

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