Eagle Versus Incredibly Awesome Modified Blackbird
FULL LIST OF ALL THE RANDOM REFERENCES:
(Top left)
• “Way out” – from the original frontispiece (Volume 2, chapter 5) that this drawing was based on.
• “P.B.+S.V.” – Pip Bernadette + Seras Victoria.
(Top center)
• Star of David – Jewish symbol.
• Milk-carton drawing of Stephen Jr. the baby eagle who has gone missing several times.
• “BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO” – code word from [link]
• Arrow – from the original frontispiece, as are all the rest of the random arrows.
• Black star – symbol of Sailor Moon villains, the Death Busters.
• “MANILOW!!” – Barry Manilow; stole Stephen’s Emmy.
• “FAIL BRITANNIA” – someone’s clever memetastic pun on Hail Britannia.
• “green balloons” – ‘safeword’ cited by Rod Jetton.
• Portrait of a very chiseled Stephen – Chuck Noblet, as drawn by Geoffrey Jellineck.
(Top right)
• “Crypt Keeper” – Stephen’s perennial nickname for Viacom exec Sumner Redstone.
• Sigil – from Alucard’s gloves.
(Center left)
• “Scumbags” – catchword used by Rahm Emanuel.
• “BAD WOLF” – phrase scattered across the Doctor Whoniverse, here modified by Stephen to say “bear!!” instead.
• Black inverted crescent moon – symbol of SM villains, the Black Moon Family.
• “TLENCH COAT” – a bit of Hirano’s Engrish, used in the original frontispiece and several others.
• “A/7” – stencil version of the Alpha Squad 7 logo.
• “RAAAAAIN!!” – Rain; stole Stephen’s Most Influential Person poll spot.
• “colbertisalesbian.org” – does not actually exist, but cited on the show.
(Center, shadow side)
• The Geass symbol – from Code Geass.
• The Hellsing sigil – obvious.
• “COLBERT ’08” – Stephen’s Presidential campaign.
• “Charlene, if you see this, call me!!” – just one more way of reaching out to Charlene.
• Peace-sign-with-arrows-thing – from the original frontispiece.
(Center, light side)
• The Ohtori Academy rose – from Revolutionary Girl Utena.
• “FOR A GOOD TIME CALL JERRI” – Jerri Blank, naturally.
• Tic-tac-toe game – I wonder who was playing?
• Eyeball – from the original frontispiece.
• “SWEETNESS + STEPHEN” – Stephen’s life partner.
• “IMPORTANT” – from the logo of Important Things With Demetri Martin.
• “TEAM COCO” – Conan O’Brien FTW.
• “clock work GiANT PANDA” – more classic Hirano’s Engrish.
(Center right)
• “CLUSTERF@#K” – one of TDS’ catchwords.
• Phone box – the TARDIS.
• “WRISTSTRONG” – Stephen’s wrist-health-awareness campaign.
• Lion – as drawn by Demetri Martin.
• “Judge Tubbs” – the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones.
• Portrait by Stevie C. – as drawn by Stephen in honor of himself.
(Bottom left)
• Sketched figures – from Wally Wood’s “22 Panels That Always Work”. Can you find the panel in the last chapter that uses this layout?
• Snoopy – Stephen’s pride and joy, being the only thing he can draw.
• “TD$” – bling worn by Big Stew.
(Bottom center, shadow side)
• “Dancing Muchachos” – title of a popular Exit 57 sketch in which Stephen dances.
• “SHAKE IT OFF” – mantra of Stephen’s, frequently addressed to himself.
• “AND SHINE HEAVEN NOW” – [link]
• The Dark Mark – from Harry Potter.
• Scribble – my actualfax signature.
• “HA HA! IN-JOKES.” – catchphrase of Phil Ken Sebben, Stephen’s character from Harvey Birdman.
• The God Machine – That’s not a God Machine. THIS is a God Machine.
(Bottom center, between Stephen’s feet)
• You found Waldo!
(Bottom center, light side)
• “drill here, drill now” – pro-drilling-for-oil catchphrase, here turned into a bit of cheap innuendo by means of a well-placed arrow.
• “let the eagle soar” – from the signature song of the Singing Senators.
• Crosses – Christian symbols.
• “RICKLES!!” – Don Rickles; also stole Stephen’s Emmy.
• “TROUBLE READING THIS GRAFFITI? ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT VAXAGHETTO” – yet another fine product from Prescott Pharmaceuticals.
• “REPENT” – probably written by Iscariot.
(Bottom right)
• Portrait – an attempt at a Hirano-style Jon.
• “LINE UP AND START SUCKING” – Jon enjoying himself a little too much.
• “MOViTS!” – one of Stephen’s favorite obscure bands.
• “Way Out” – uh-oh.
