Category Archives: OnomontoPOWia

Imagine a comics panel. You’ve got a dramatic visual layout, the brightly-colored and powerfully muscled Bulletman barreling into hapless thugs with lowered shoulder. A vigorous starburst explosion heightens the impact of the crash, separating men from hats and setting limbs … Continue reading →

I haven’t done an “onomontoPOWia” post in quite a while, but I can’t pass this up: Don’t let yourself get distracted by the seething mass of pus-filled bulges that constitute his “muscles” or his grotesque anatomical proportions or the pathetic … Continue reading →

I’m not saying Adam Warlock is getting smushed by a giant stone vagina here: I’m just saying, if you’re NOT getting smushed by a giant stone vagina, you’ve got no business going “KARRUNT” with those kinds of visual effects on … Continue reading →

While going through the Golden Age Comics archive, I noticed that apparently movies weren’t the only form of entertainment that were silent when they started. Take a look at these panels from 1941′s “Super Mystery Comics” and notice how the … Continue reading →

Given the illustrator, it’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on here, but regardless I hope that “WHANK” is really, really, really NOT the appropriate sound effect: On the other hand, maybe that’s why Wolverine’s head wing thingies are standing … Continue reading →

You often find common words used as onomontoPOWia in comics, which is both understandable and lazy at the same time. Usually it doesn’t work, as we saw when a young Jim Starlin tried to use “BRONX” as the sound of … Continue reading →

My first guess upon hearing “tinkle” in a bar where two men are about to try and kill each other would be that I’m experiencing the sound of someone about to need a new pair of chaps, but I’d be … Continue reading →

Apparently either sounds were a lot more muted in the 1940′s, or they hadn’t yet invented the exclamation point, or sheriffs just didn’t hit very hard. Whichever it is, something is definitely up with this image: I love everything about … Continue reading →

I don’t know what in the heck Jim Starlin was thinking with this sound effect: I believe I’m on record as being opposed to onomontoPOWia that are nothing more than common English words used as sounds, but this is easily … Continue reading →

Art Adams can flat out draw, folks, and what’s more is, he understands how to draw for comics, a skill set that’s unfortunately rare even among professional comic book artists. I was lucky enough to pick up the first issue … Continue reading →