• Source: What The

      • What the may refer to:

      What The--?!, a Marvel Comics comic book series self-parodying the Marvel Universe
      What The..., a 2013 album by Black Flag


      See also


      What the Hack
      What the Health
      What the Heck (disambiguation)
      What the Hell (disambiguation)
      What the fuck (disambiguation)

    • Source: What The--?!

      • What The--?! is a Marvel Comics comic book series self-parodying the Marvel Universe, similar in vein to the 1960s series Not Brand Echh. It was billed as "The Marvel mag of mirth and mayhem!" The series ran for 26 issues, from August 1988 through Winter 1993, with issue #26 being a Fall Special. It typically contained a series of short stories with comedic takes on Marvel heroes, and villains, such as having Spider-Ham substitute for Spider-Man.


      Concept


      What The--?! spotlighted some of the top artists and writers at the time. Many, such as Stan Lee and John Byrne, contributed works that spoof some of their all-time greatest successes. For example, in issue #2, Byrne creates a tale pitting his work on the Fantastic Four franchise against his work with Superman. The issue goes so far as to have the Lex Luthor character complain about the changes Byrne made to the Superman legend after DC Comics' Crisis on Infinite Earths.
      Though it carried the Marvel Comics label on the front left corner, What The--?! touted itself as being published by "Marble Comics". What The--?! parodied Marvel institutions such as the legendary Marvel Comics fan mail page, with staged articles called "The Marble Mailbag" and the "What The...Mail". The title also did not contain any "true" advertisements. Instead, What The--?! hosted a number of fake advertisements that made fun of classic comic book advertisements such as Charles Atlas, novelty by-mail companies, and the Hostess snack food ads of the 1970s and 1980s.


      History


      What The--?! was originally published as a four-issue limited series. The last issue closed with an appeal from Fred Hembeck for readers to write to Marvel if they wanted to see more of the comic book. Several months later, What The--?! returned, resuming its numbering at issue #5.
      Marvel.com has a web series called "Marvel Superheroes: What the--?!", mainly featuring MODOK and Deadpool.


      List of What The--?! issues




      External links


      What The--?! on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki

    • Source: What The...

      • What The… is the seventh studio album by American hardcore punk band Black Flag. The album was originally announced to be released on November 5, 2013, with 3 promotional singles being released between May and July. However, on November 5, What The… was only released through online streaming sources such as Spotify and Rdio, and a physical release date was pushed back to December 3, 2013. It is the band's first full-length studio album since In My Head (1985), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career, as well as being their first recording with vocalist Ron Reyes since Jealous Again (1980) and drummer Gregory "Drummer" Moore. This album also marked the first time since My War (1984) that guitarist Greg Ginn played bass on a Black Flag album under the name Dale Nixon. Three weeks after the album's release, Reyes was fired mid-show during a performance in Australia due to differences with Ginn. The band's manager and professional skateboarder Mike Vallely replaced Reyes on vocals.


      Artwork


      Unlike the cover art of the majority of Black Flag's catalog, What The… was not designed or illustrated by Raymond Pettibon. Instead, the cover art was designed by vocalist Ron Reyes. This change was very negatively received. Gregory Adams of Exclaim! described the cover as "gasp-inducing," and said that it looked like, "a South Park character giving us the devil horns after getting juiced off a bag of Fun Dip." Marah Eakin of The A.V. Club described it as "downright hideous," and said that it looked like a, "mashup of some slime green globs, the Warheads candy guy, and Rude Dog." Michael Roffman of Consequence of Sound described it as "cringeworthy," and said that it was, "either a funny nod to '90s bumper stickers, or a sign at how well of a relationship Ginn still has with his brother/former Black Flag artist Raymond Pettibon. Either way? Yikes."


      Reception



      What The... was poorly received by music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 42, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".
      AllMusic gave the album a rating of two and a half stars out of five. The reviewer felt that vocalist Ron Reyes "was never one of Black Flag's better vocalists, and he hasn't improved much after more than 30 years" and that "this music seems clumsy and half-hearted, and Ginn's interplay with new drummer Gregory Amoore [sic] feels sluggish and leaden at every turn."
      By contrast, both the A.V. Club and Pitchfork found Reyes' vocals to be a strong suit of an overall disappointing album. The former described Reyes' vocals as "meaty and dripping, his voice is a hundred scabs being ripped off at once", and the latter found the vocalist to be the effort's "unlikely star". However, both reviews faulted the album for having inconsistent musical quality across 22 tracks, despite periodic highlights.


      Track listing




      Personnel


      Black Flag

      Ron Reyes – lead vocals
      Greg Ginn – guitars, organ, theremin
      Dale Nixon – bass
      Gregory Moore – drums, backing vocals
      Additional musicians

      Mathew Cortez – drums
      The Ducky Boys of Granger Lake – backing vocals
      Ron Raygunn – backing vocals
      Cliff Samuels – backing vocals
      Eric Vasquez – backing vocals
      Production

      Andy Batwinas – engineering
      Mike Shear – engineering
      Greg Ginn – composition
      Ron Reyes – composition


      References

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