Comments on: PSA Monday: The Amazing Spider-Man — Skating on Thin Ice! http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1218 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:09:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scott http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1218/comment-page-1#comment-6371 Scott Tue, 02 May 2006 06:57:34 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1218#comment-6371 Damn, the only thing more embarrasing than making a mistake is having it pointed out by the author of the comic in question. Mr. McDuffie is entirely correct and the character is clearly identified as Herb Carnegie in the story -- I just missed it entirely. The post has been corrected. You know what they say: Live by the snark, die by the snark. Damn, the only thing more embarrasing than making a mistake is having it pointed out by the author of the comic in question. Mr. McDuffie is entirely correct and the character is clearly identified as Herb Carnegie in the story — I just missed it entirely. The post has been corrected.

You know what they say: Live by the snark, die by the snark.

]]> By: Dwayne McDuffie http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1218/comment-page-1#comment-6370 Dwayne McDuffie Tue, 02 May 2006 06:13:12 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1218#comment-6370 "One of the oldest cliches in comics, the WBM (Wise Black Man)" is Herb Carnegie, perhaps the most famous black hockey player in Canada, in the days before blacks could play in the NHL. I've worked in comics for years, and I was unaware of any glut of black Canadian biographical figures in super hero stories. “One of the oldest cliches in comics, the WBM (Wise Black Man)” is Herb Carnegie, perhaps the most famous black hockey player in Canada, in the days before blacks could play in the NHL. I’ve worked in comics for years, and I was unaware of any glut of black Canadian biographical figures in super hero stories.

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