Comments on: Supergirl #49: A Medical Review

By: Metz77

Metz77 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:51:12 +0000

I’m pretty sure her eyes were open the entire time, judging from the art earlier in the issue.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:40:58 +0000

Scott, a medical question: would her eyes really pop open like that in response to defibrillation?

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:27:04 +0000

Best position for defibrillation paddles is right clavicle and left upper abdomen/lower chest (you can also do a front and back placement as well).

In the comment above, the artist explains that it was drawn correctly, just flipped post-penciling.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:05:14 +0000

From what I’ve seen, I thought when you defibrillate someone, one paddle goes above the right boob and below the left boob (forgive the medical jargon). From the picture it looks like this doctor is shocking the left clavicle and the stomach.

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:48:01 +0000

hehe, you’re rants about not shocking a flat line remind me of my mom trying to read cardiac strips for a certification class. her just sitting there with the strips and ranting…

By: Bytowner

Bytowner — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:02:58 +0000

Yeah. Where were the anti-Clench protocols? Two outbreaks in Gotham in the last decade(or however long ago they were per current editorial doctrine), and every hospital in New Earth’s version of the USA should have at least one person on staff with a first-hand Clench-related horror story to reinforce the protocols by now.

Also agreed on great scripting of the SFX, although I’d have gone with Comicraft’s To Be Continued or the Apostrophic Laboratories’ Komikahuna for the font.

By: Matt Camp

Matt Camp — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:47:29 +0000

I just had to post. In my defense the image was flipped after I drew it and I didn’t expect any smarty-pants doctor types to notice, I was wrong! ;)

By: Slarti

Slarti — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:26:28 +0000

On the positive side, fzzCHOOMPH is the best sound effect I’ve seen in quite a while.

Obviously, you don’t read “The Incredible Hercules,” home to such sound effects as “SKRRAPP” (while trashing a robot), “FIAAAAAHH” (flamethrower), and, while fighting a mechanical dragon, “PERN,” “SMAAAAAUG,” and “PUFFFFF.”

It’s also a highly entertaining series in its own right, but I will admit that a significant amount of my anticipation in reading a new issue is seeing what sound effects they come up with.

By: Alberto

Alberto — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:49:07 +0000

Never read the Supergirl drawn by Camp, but I’d like to give him my praise for drawing Lana’s breasts at a moderate size.

I’ve had enough with the ridiculously deformed anatomy in so many comic books. The Image plague from the 90’s, I guess.

By: Metz77

Metz77 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:38:16 +0000

As I said to a friend after reading this, on the off chance I’m ever thrown into an emergency room and asked how to proceed reviving someone whose heart has stopped, the first thing I’ll say is “don’t friggin’ defibrilate”.