davefaust

The way I saw it was the character was injured in battle and he was saying "cocksucker" with a little visual flair. Didn't seem like a big deal.

David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp.Comic storytelling at its absolute finest.

Thanks for this. Just from skimming, it looks really good and I like that he touches on Final Crisis a bit at the end.

Here's one that does happen to site the above-mentioned important paper:

http://dongguk.academia.edu/DavidFaust/Papers/629388/Self_Assembling_Hyper-Stories_and_In-Between_Places_The_Shamanic_Intent_Behind_the_Hypertextual_and_Ergodic_Architecture_of_Grant_Morrisons_Superhero_Poetics_in_Final_Crisis_and_Seven_Soldiers_of_Victory

In order:

1. Alan Moore (everything)
2. Grant Morrison (everything)
3. Warren Ellis (everything)
4. Charles Burns (everything)
5. Jack Kirby (DC work+The Eternals)
6. Jim Starlin (Batman: The Cult, Adam Warlock)
7. Jonathan Hickman (everything)
8. Brian K. Vaughan (Y the Last Man, Saga)
9. Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys)
10. Neil Gaiman (Sandman)
11. James Robinson (Starman)
12. Matt Fraction (Casanova)
13. Dan Clowes (everything)
14. Rick Veitch (Abraxas and the Earthman)
15. Kurt Busiek (Astro City)
16. Frank Miller (Dark Knight Returns, Ronin, Year One)
17. Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT)
18. Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, Black Kiss)
19. Alejandro Jodorowsky (Incal)
20. Mark Waid (The Kingdom)
21. Mark Millar (Ultimates, Superman: Red Son)
22. Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira)
23. Garth Ennis (Preacher,The Boys)
24. Jason Aaron (Scalped)
25. Jeff Lemire (everything)

Naked Raygun's song "Coldbringer" from their album Jettison is based on The Dark Knight Returns.

No good versions available, but if you like mid-1980s Chicago hardcore, then you'll probably like it.