# I weep for Plastic Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-plastic-man/342822 "2006-02-03T13:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-plastic-man/342822/1 "2006-02-03T13:48:35Z")
Or rather, for the lack of him. The Kyle Baker series was one of the most entertaining comics series I have ever read. Plaz is off the wall, Woozie earns his keep as a sidekick, and Morgan & Edwina as Plaz’s family are far more entertaining than the boring Luke & whatshername from JLA. _Plastic Man_, as a comic, was **FUN!** 😃 Why the hell have we forsaken **fun** for **shoddy drama** in our comics? ☹ Any word on Plaz’s future, pending this new Crisis? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-plastic-man/342822/2 "2006-02-03T14:44:59Z")
You have to realize it didn’t sell at all, and DC isn’t running a charity. They’ll cut certain creators more slack than others for low-selling books (such as most of Alan Moore’s America’s Best Comics line, and almost everything Howard Chaykin has done in the last few years), but I think they were extremely generous giving Plastic Man as long a run as they did. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-plastic-man/342822/3 "2006-02-03T16:16:32Z")
I loved this series, and I haven’t bought superhero comics since I was a young’un. (Okay, I came to it as much for Kyle Baker as for Plas.) I just read issue 20 – the last in the series – last night. It reminded me of the old _Prisoner_ teevee series…brilliant episode after brilliant episode, and then a final chapter that left me scratching my head and wondering what the hell was going on. Did any of _you_ guys think #20 made a proper resolution? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-plastic-man/342822/4 "2006-02-03T16:20:19Z")
Incidentally, have you checked out the little animation [here](http://www.dccomics.com/features/plasticman/)? (Click on the “exclusive animation” button on the left. Turn down the sound if you’re in a work cubicle.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-plastic-man/342822/5 "2006-02-03T16:27:10Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Incidentally, have you checked out the little animation [here](http://www.dccomics.com/features/plasticman/)? > > (Click on the “exclusive animation” button on the left. Turn down the sound if you’re in a work cubicle.) I can’t download stuff from work, so no Quicktime. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-plastic-man/342822/6 "2006-02-03T17:56:08Z")
Plas has gotten canceled many a time over the years. I think his only long run was his initial one, in the 40s and early 50s. My guess is he’s too wacky for one segment of the comic book crowd, and too adult for another. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-plastic-man/342822/7 "2006-02-03T22:58:32Z")
Slothrop, the hero of _Gravity’s Rainbow_, is obsessed with [Plastic Man.](http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/extra/plasticman.html) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-plastic-man/342822/8 "2006-02-03T23:11:53Z")
If there’s not going to be any [Richie Hawtin](http://www.plastikman.com/) here, I’ll be moving along.