I'm Kelvin Green. I draw, I write, I am physically grotesque, and my hair is stupid.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Hail HYDRA!
Hang on...
If everyone's favourite comic-book terrorists HYDRA are (is? Someone check that for me) named after the many headed serpent of Greek mythology, why is their logo an image of a skeletal octopus?
I'm sure they figured it out pretty early on, but liked the design, and liked the name a lot more than being called "OCTOPUS" or "SQUID" (or even the edgier 'OKTOPUS').
So they kept it, and threw the responsible parties in the scorpion pit.
(Also, they do the Hydra pose thing with the waving arms, when it should be their necks waving.)
Well, probably because it is so bad ass. Because it certainly is a bad ass logo, regardless of its accuracy.
ReplyDelete..and at least you don't have to dress like a yellow gold tee, a la AIM.
Oh, it's a fine logo, that's for sure, but I've just realised, after seeing HYDRA popping up everywhere this year, that it doesn't make much sense.
ReplyDeleteNo, it really doesn't, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that HYDRA leadership has realized that by now, but it's like "Well, we've already printed up the jumpsuits, haven't we?"
All I can say is
ReplyDeleteHAIL HYDRA!
I SWEAR I can see the Baldur's Gate 1 skull. My god.
ReplyDeleteAh, good point. There's a bit of Baldur's Gate in there too.
ReplyDeleteMarvel does seem to want to take Hydra into the upper echelons of villaindom
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they figured it out pretty early on, but liked the design, and liked the name a lot more than being called "OCTOPUS" or "SQUID" (or even the edgier 'OKTOPUS').
ReplyDeleteSo they kept it, and threw the responsible parties in the scorpion pit.
(Also, they do the Hydra pose thing with the waving arms, when it should be their necks waving.)