Talk:From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

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Strange and disturbing ending. Kind of George Bush meets The Watchmen. Should the basis of each of the characters be brought into the article, or would that be a copyright issue?

Dr. Brain a.k.a Dr. Eva Brain-Silverman
- Based on Eva Braun, wife of Hitler? For someone with a controvertial comment about Jews in his past, a daring choice of name. :)
Omnipotent Man a.k.a Wally W. Watchtower
- DC Superman. I think he is the hero on the cover, not X-Man.
Flying Squirrel a.k.a. Festus Piltdown III
- DC Batman. BTW, what is a Krypto - facsist? Controller of super dogs?
Iron Lass a.k.a. Hnossi Icegaard
- Marvel Valkrye. Nice fire and ice combo.
The Brotherfly a.k.a. André "P-Fly" Parker
- Marvel Spiderman a.k.a. Peter Parker
Powergrrrl a.k.a Syndi Tycho
- Marvel classic Dazzler meets Madonna.
X-Man a.k.a. Philip Kareem Edgarton
- DC The Question a.k.a. DC Rorchach

I think the article can have a summary of events with a spoiler, but the wierd ending keeps me from writing it. Can someone who understands the ending put something up? CodeCarpenter 18:22, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Front Cover[edit]

I changed the caption about the front cover because I really think it's Omnipotent Man lying down. I realize the X's on the shoulders leads one to think it's X Man, further investigation shows that the belt buckle has OPM written on it, probably for Omnipotent Man, as well as the descriptions in the book describe that outfit, as opposed to X Man, who wore a black suit and tie most of the time. If someone can think of any reason why it's the other way around, then please explain, but I'm pretty confident about this.--Wdinc01 02:04, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism?[edit]

Here's what I pulled for being clearly uncited and non-neutral:

The novel is a near plagiarism of Alan Moore's famous graphic novel, Watchmen.

All of the main characters, along with the mask killer conspiracy, and the eventual tragedy that ends the novel, are all lifted whole cloth from Moore's novel. Most notably, Dr. Brain is an exact replica of Dr. Malcolm Long from Watchmen, only a white female instead of an African American male. The point of view of Notebooks is also a direct lift from Chapter 6 of Watchmen, which is written from the point of view of Dr. Malcolm Long and begins with the words "From the Notes of Dr. Malcolm Long", a near replica of the title of Minister Faust's novel.

While this has yet to become a major controversy, the facts are there out in the open presenting themselves.

If there's no controversy, I don't think this belongs on wikipedia.

Cmshaw (talk) 16:00, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]