Interestingly, the current president is named Medvedev. In Russian, “medved” is a bear. Did Putin just punch the current president, thus asserting his role as Russia’s “real” president? 😛
Putin has said he will run for president again.
That double meaning would be neat but I’m guessing it’s a more general jab at Putin’s extreme activities (he’s made news several times for rather impressive feats of machismo).
Yeah, I know this is FANS! and everything is possible and all, but my spidey sense tells me that we’re probably not looking at the actual politician. I say it’s a manifestation, a living meme or something like that. Another possibility: a supernaturally enhanced doppelganger, like the “Bin Laden” Marc, Shanna and Jesse fought alongside the Ar-Ra’d
I don’t know if you mean to keep it as the parenthetical (Russian for Six) to make it even more obvious for the reader, but the actual Russian word is шесть (ШЕСТЬ in caps), pronounced something like ‘shest’ like you’re saying ‘shave’ but midway through the word decided to say chest so its something like ‘sha-st’ except its just one syllable.
Also I really hope the font the two use is going to be limited to this chapter. Its slightly painful to read, it’s so blocky (also each time I see the backwards R, my mind tries to read Я, which is pronounced ‘ya’ and makes it really confusing for the moment or two it takes me to realize its entirely in English.)
Oh, come on, T.! That’s totally biased an unrealistic! I can’t believe you stereotyped Russia like that!
… I mean, Putin would board a plane and go punch the epidemic into extinction himself! I mean, nukes? That’s so U.S.S.R. Vladimir Putin is above such means. Hell, his gaze doubles as a death ray AND a pregnancy aid, depending on his mood.
Is Putin a former FIB man or at least the Russian counterpart, as opposed to the KGB chap he’s in our universe?
Oh and idiot aide is an idiot. Launch nukes at DC and there will be nukes raining on Moscow and Russia as well. Those missile silo’s are still in place, even if the coordinates aren’t currently set to Russia. Easy enough to fix though.
Then there’s the slight issue of the Nato treaty, irrespective of their claims of international security, it would still be in effect. And the Brits and French have the Bomb as well, and they’re quite close by as well.
Putin is such a bad-ass villain. I wish more comic writers would use him. He’s just so stereotypically awesome, like one day he was six hours into a TVTropes.com binge and looked up and said to himself, “You know what? I could make this work!” except in Russian.
Nuking the site of the epidemic… Puts me in mind of “The Andromeda Strain” (the novel by Micheal Crichton, not the movie), in which he describes a fictional program called “Operation Cautery”, which proposes the use of nuclear weapons to contain and/or destroy an epidemic of extraterrestrial origin. As far as nuking a city of a nuclear power, the novel suggests that the lesser of two evils would probably to let the epidemic run its course.
haha, the shades appear on every single panel with Putin in it. Too many “(…) but where did he pull (whatever object) from?” complains?
Silly OCD’ed readers.
Interestingly, the current president is named Medvedev. In Russian, “medved” is a bear. Did Putin just punch the current president, thus asserting his role as Russia’s “real” president? 😛
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!
The Cryllic alphabet is a nice touch.
Putin has said he will run for president again.
That double meaning would be neat but I’m guessing it’s a more general jab at Putin’s extreme activities (he’s made news several times for rather impressive feats of machismo).
I think that it’s more accurate to say that Putin has indicated that he will be “President” again. Which apparently Russia’s all for him doing.
I really wish that Putin would get on with ‘finding’ the evidence that his paternal grandfather was secretly the son of Alexander III.
Putin: Russia’s own Roosevelt.
Or maybe it is the opposite? I don’t know, but I need that second panel in a frame and hung on my wall. Then my very existence shall be validated.
Yeah, I know this is FANS! and everything is possible and all, but my spidey sense tells me that we’re probably not looking at the actual politician. I say it’s a manifestation, a living meme or something like that. Another possibility: a supernaturally enhanced doppelganger, like the “Bin Laden” Marc, Shanna and Jesse fought alongside the Ar-Ra’d
I don’t know if you mean to keep it as the parenthetical (Russian for Six) to make it even more obvious for the reader, but the actual Russian word is шесть (ШЕСТЬ in caps), pronounced something like ‘shest’ like you’re saying ‘shave’ but midway through the word decided to say chest so its something like ‘sha-st’ except its just one syllable.
Also I really hope the font the two use is going to be limited to this chapter. Its slightly painful to read, it’s so blocky (also each time I see the backwards R, my mind tries to read Я, which is pronounced ‘ya’ and makes it really confusing for the moment or two it takes me to realize its entirely in English.)
Oh, come on, T.! That’s totally biased an unrealistic! I can’t believe you stereotyped Russia like that!
… I mean, Putin would board a plane and go punch the epidemic into extinction himself! I mean, nukes? That’s so U.S.S.R. Vladimir Putin is above such means. Hell, his gaze doubles as a death ray AND a pregnancy aid, depending on his mood.
That Vladimir sure does love PUTIN on a show.
Oh, that Putin really is something. And yes, Russia loves him. Not only does he do manly things like a true Russian man should, he dresses well too!
Shades…
Is Putin a former FIB man or at least the Russian counterpart, as opposed to the KGB chap he’s in our universe?
Oh and idiot aide is an idiot. Launch nukes at DC and there will be nukes raining on Moscow and Russia as well. Those missile silo’s are still in place, even if the coordinates aren’t currently set to Russia. Easy enough to fix though.
Then there’s the slight issue of the Nato treaty, irrespective of their claims of international security, it would still be in effect. And the Brits and French have the Bomb as well, and they’re quite close by as well.
…plus there’s the fact that the CDC is in, you know, ATLANTA.
umm… The cdc is in Atlanta Georgia.
Ray, Black, they know that. It’s just procedure to nuke D.C. first. They go through this every other month.
“President Putin? Netflix has been talking about changing their business model again.”
“Cancel my subscription and ready the warheads.”
No animals were harmed in the making of this c- wait, nevermind
Isn’t every day a good day to be Vladimir Putin?
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Putin is such a bad-ass villain. I wish more comic writers would use him. He’s just so stereotypically awesome, like one day he was six hours into a TVTropes.com binge and looked up and said to himself, “You know what? I could make this work!” except in Russian.
He’s not really a villain so much as an alternate-perspective hero.
And in the Fans universe, the CDC really could be in DC.
Nuking the site of the epidemic… Puts me in mind of “The Andromeda Strain” (the novel by Micheal Crichton, not the movie), in which he describes a fictional program called “Operation Cautery”, which proposes the use of nuclear weapons to contain and/or destroy an epidemic of extraterrestrial origin. As far as nuking a city of a nuclear power, the novel suggests that the lesser of two evils would probably to let the epidemic run its course.
I think that Putin makes a better anti-hero than a villain, myself. He makes Russia seem like America’s older, cynical, aloof big brother.
Vladimir Putin is now the main character of CSI: Moscow.
YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH
Not only is the CDC in Atlanta, as pointed out above, but so is its smallpox-storing Biosafety Level 4 lab.
…
You are now Ace Dick.
Putin: Retrieve arms from bear.
Putin adds NUCLEAR ARMS to inventory. The amputated bear is now bleeding badly.
…okay, that’s enough of that.
In Putin Russia, Bear not punch Putin, but Putin punch Bear.
SCNR. 😛
haha, the shades appear on every single panel with Putin in it. Too many “(…) but where did he pull (whatever object) from?” complains?
Silly OCD’ed readers.
IS_Wolf: If the US tries to launch missiles at Russia, Putin will simply punch them out of the air with his mighty fists.