Von Fogg has a bowler hat because he's named after and mildly inspired by Victor Foglio, Phil and Kaja's son...and since they do occasionally show Von Fogg the father, who of course looks a lot like Phil and since Phil's self-drawn comic avatar in Phil 'n Dixie and elsewhere wears a bowler, well....
World War III bothers me less because it hasn't been mentioned prior to last week, but because it just strikes me as the wrong name for whatever it is. Call it 52-Crisis-Pickup, The Superhero War, whatever, but use a name that'd be used in the comics but not real life...and particularly because what its real life resonances imply. Namely involvement of most countries on Earth and very serious devistation/loss of life/property discussion. None of which we've seen any sign of in the One Year Later books. Also something that people would mention/study for decades to come, and which is only going to confuse future readers (or, more likely, it's not going to be namechecked again after 52 #52 except perhaps in Legion).
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Date: 2006-12-14 02:19 am (UTC)World War III bothers me less because it hasn't been mentioned prior to last week, but because it just strikes me as the wrong name for whatever it is. Call it 52-Crisis-Pickup, The Superhero War, whatever, but use a name that'd be used in the comics but not real life...and particularly because what its real life resonances imply. Namely involvement of most countries on Earth and very serious devistation/loss of life/property discussion. None of which we've seen any sign of in the One Year Later books. Also something that people would mention/study for decades to come, and which is only going to confuse future readers (or, more likely, it's not going to be namechecked again after 52 #52 except perhaps in Legion).