Did Pratchett ever parody comics in Discworld?

Because otherwise there's a fine fanfic to be written with a rich idiot with no day job Batman expy coming to Ankh Morpok and discovering that Vimes has no interest in becoming Commissioner Gordon.

Actually, Vimes first inclination when encountering a costumed vigilante dressed head to toe in black would be to punch him in the face and call the Assassins Guild to tell them one of their members has lost their biscuit. Then he might punch him again just to be sure he stays down.

Thirty Days of Drabbles: Day Ten

For sraun 's prompt of "Mark Vorkosigan hires Agatha Heterodyne to build a special piece of equipment."

The girl in the green tweed dress looked over the plans carefully. "So what's this mirror for anyway?"

"A focusing element in a telescope," Mark lied smoothly.

"Are you sure? With that kind of curvature…" She frowned, humming to herself as she pulled out a pencil and made rapid notes in the margins of the blueprint. "Hey, if you had some way of identifying unrelated connecting points in the spacetime continuum, you could build a ship that would…" She was cut off as she dropped face first onto the drawing table when Mark's stunner fire struck her.

"It took her all of thirty seconds to make a major breakthrough in five-space physics," Kareen noted glumly beside him.

"Yeah, and all the other "Sparks" we met who might be able to do the job are crazier than I am," Mark said. "We are never going to get off this benighted planet."

Thirty Days of Drabbles: Update

We still have seven eight more slots to fill!

1. aberranteyes: A minor AMoS character is actually an IN celestial.
2. ankewehner: I'd be interested in something about the dragon states, or the dragons.
3. scarfman: A Doctor Who/Girl Genius crossover.
4. chewipaka: Finding a babysitter in a post-apocalyptic world.
5. akaihyo: A swordfight between two rivals in an exotic locale.
6. seawasp: Daleks. Because everything's better with Daleks.
drakemagi: Novalis surprising Dominic with a redemption candidate who is ASKING for Judgement.
8. The Doctor wakes from a pleasant dream about any former companion.
9. sraun: The jaegers discover GURPS.
10. Mark Vorkosigan hires Agatha Heterodyne to build a special piece of equipment.
11. lilfluff: One of Tez's great-great-grandchildren seeks him out.
12. avanti_90: Aral Vorkosigan meets River Song.
13. drakemagi: Airwolf meets Dr. Who! Specifically, Dominic meets the Doctor.
14. mmegaera: Pym's point of view on Miles Vorkosigan's courtship of Ekaterin.
15. mjkj: Something concerning the Red Vixen
16. The Ferin manning a space-ship to seek out a planet for them
17. A continuation of the Dragon's companion
18. The Terinu crew ending up in another alt.universe
19. A continuation with Nan and Nez at the First One's sanctuary.
20. avanti_90: Daleks invading Barrayar.
21. allah_sulu: Something in the Yamatoverse.
22. chaypeta: Skyler's first flying lesson.
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Note: In fairness to anyone who wants to post another drabble idea, only plot bunnies from people who haven't already contributed will be accepted. One idea only, please.

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I have seriously mixed feelings about this

So on the advice of one of moonshadowed 's Weight Watchers buddies, she called Busch Gardens to see if we could get a Special Needs pass to go to the front of the lines for the rides on account of Thomas' autism. Turns out that we can. Soooo....

1. We're going to zoom through the lines of the park in August.

2. Because my son has an incurable mental disorder.

3. And Busch Gardens wants to A) look good to their customers by b) Avoiding children having screaming meltdowns while they stand out on the hot asphalt.

Okay, so I'm a "Half Empty" sorta guy sometimes...