tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post3236405649980685901..comments2023-03-28T04:32:18.124-04:00Comments on Witless Prattle: Just Sayin'--Final CrisisKazekagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-89181226685620273872009-06-07T21:48:24.503-04:002009-06-07T21:48:24.503-04:00And that will be, at long last, FEMALE EMPOWERMENT...And that will be, at long last, FEMALE EMPOWERMENT. :)<br /><br />Thing is . . .Tarot has, I think, a primarily female readership. What they make of this and what they get out of it takes me back to when I was a child. . .<br /><br /> . . .In that I'm helpless and crying a lot. ;)Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-21714228808986429902009-06-07T15:56:56.165-04:002009-06-07T15:56:56.165-04:00That'll be the defense some angry woman gives ...That'll be the defense some angry woman gives when they find a six-inch stiletto heel buried in Jim Balent's face. That or "My vagina was haunted."Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-33451789155061465892009-06-01T19:12:50.225-04:002009-06-01T19:12:50.225-04:00Oh he's done it already--remember that post I did ...Oh he's done it already--remember that post I did where Tarot was standing on The Devil's nipple? Yeah. FEMALE EMPOWERMENT.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-90005538848184073592009-05-31T03:52:43.268-04:002009-05-31T03:52:43.268-04:00Minus the sentient Tarot cards. (Aaaand Jim Balent...Minus the sentient Tarot cards. (Aaaand Jim Balent just perked up with a tiny flickering light-bulb over his head...)Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-55203800898967768862009-05-23T23:57:31.946-04:002009-05-23T23:57:31.946-04:00. . .so "Nemesis" finished up very much like "Prom.... . .so "Nemesis" finished up very much like "Promethea" really, then? ;)Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-82322038551972265222009-05-16T16:22:00.000-04:002009-05-16T16:22:00.000-04:00Oh, it's completely mad. Wonderfully so. :) Althou...Oh, it's completely mad. Wonderfully so. :) Although unlike "Nemesis the Warlock", it doesn't get sucked into its own mythology because its writer suffers a pagan-centric mental breakdown midway through and tries to convert his entire readership to the worship of the Khaos Mother Goddess. ;)Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-58812468999213357772009-05-03T13:36:00.000-04:002009-05-03T13:36:00.000-04:00"Devlin Waugh" sounds like the most bat-shit insan..."Devlin Waugh" sounds like the most bat-shit insane thing I've ever heard of, and I've read quite a few Marshall Law and Nemesis the Warlock stories in my day. :)<br /><br />I seem to remember ABC Warriors being printed by someone back in the 1980s, though. It was by a very very third-string company, but I remember it.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-16451511076234196332009-05-03T11:01:00.000-04:002009-05-03T11:01:00.000-04:00To be fair, they did get some of the classics: Pet...To be fair, they <I>did</I> get some of the classics: Peter Milligan's "Bad Company", the Moore stories ("Halo Jones" and "Skizz") and "Devlin Waugh" (not among the <I>best</I> stories but certainly one of their more esoteric efforts, about a bodybuilding Dandy in the mold of Oscar Wilde who slays vampires). But the rest... waste of paper, frankly. And they left out a lot of material I would've printed before, say, "Red Razor" or "ABC Warriors" (basically Transformers with spikes).Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-19815075820123279542009-04-26T22:52:00.000-04:002009-04-26T22:52:00.000-04:00Oh yeah--I remember that deal now. I never knew ex...Oh yeah--I remember that deal now. I never knew exactly what the reprints consisted of though--I'm almost terrified to contemplate the stark horror of Mark Millar's 2000 AD work. I think the deal collapsed to save all civilisation.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-17960449744307461742009-04-25T11:06:00.000-04:002009-04-25T11:06:00.000-04:00I remember DC cutting a deal with Rebellion at the...I remember DC cutting a deal with Rebellion at the time to release TPBs of 2000AD material in the States. As might be expected, they did it Bass-Ackwards by choosing the material based on writers who were popular in the mainstream, like Mark Millar, who... well, I'm sure you can guess the level of his work over at 2000AD. Not surprisingly, the deal went bust after a few months.Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-49743266880529838342009-04-12T01:11:00.000-04:002009-04-12T01:11:00.000-04:00I'll have to see if I can get my hands on these--l...I'll have to see if I can get my hands on these--lord knows I have enough resources and money now, so it's at least possible.<BR/><BR/>I think they actually <I>tried</I> to run 2000AD over here--it seems like I remember that someone picked it up and it was on the US stands for awhile. Coupled with the fact that one could argue (not unsuccessfully) that DC's killed the idea of weekly comics period now . . .yeah, it would be pretty long odds.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-10021330432420370502009-04-11T09:36:00.000-04:002009-04-11T09:36:00.000-04:00Oh, you should pick up Nikolai Dante - it's an ama...Oh, you should pick up Nikolai Dante - it's an amazing series, entire orders of quality above anything Robbie Morrison put out for DC back in the day, and you can really get the sense of a historical saga unfolding throughout the years.<BR/><BR/>In a nutshell, unfortunately, yes. :) The truth is, I don't think the direct market could sustain a comic like 2000AD even if it <I>did</I> hit all the right notes: it's just not a format that American readers (specifically readers of the Big Two) seem capable of digesting.Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-23897334121507959252009-03-22T19:24:00.000-04:002009-03-22T19:24:00.000-04:00I haven't heard of either of those, so I have a fe...I haven't heard of either of those, so I have a feeling I'll have to read up on them myself. :) <BR/><BR/>There's another lesson to be learnt from 2000 AD, especially as the big two try their hand at anthologies again--there's quite a lot to be said for having variety in your anthology--having the freedom to tell any kind of story and not have to worry about it fitting overmuch is kind of something that should be encouraging.<BR/><BR/> I understand why you'd say that--though I'm not altogether sure of what to make of the fact that 2000 AD keeps being raided for the big two's enrichment, but I reckon that's comics, innit?Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-52655694129652597052009-03-22T02:33:00.000-04:002009-03-22T02:33:00.000-04:00Or even series like Nikolai Dante or Bad Company: ...Or even series like Nikolai Dante or Bad Company: less cerebral but still highly enjoyable, and willing to take many more risks than the average superhero comic.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I've always thought of 2000AD the way I think of webcomics: as an alternative to the Marvel/DC/Image superhero genre in all its permutations; a way of telling different kinds of stories. And that's <I>very</I> refreshing after a long spell with the spandex people.Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-40879363458544444922009-03-09T00:32:00.000-04:002009-03-09T00:32:00.000-04:00I'm going to start a band called "Drug-Fueled Kara...I'm going to start a band called "Drug-Fueled Karaoke Hell." I love the sound of it. :)<BR/><BR/>It's funny you mention 2000 AD, because to the extent most American readers even <I>know</I> about it, our perception of it is completely skewed--us colonials only really know it for stories like Judge Dredd and Slaine and all that. It's a rare few who know about the more thoughtful and experimental stuff like Halo Jones or Zenith.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-2739255735548124452009-02-23T06:22:00.000-05:002009-02-23T06:22:00.000-05:00This is why American audiences need greater exposu...This is why American audiences need greater exposure to 2000AD: because Morrison had already <I>done</I> a Crisis that was Story first, Big Crossover Event second in the third act of "Zenith". It was everything the original "Crisis on Infinite Earths" should have been (and wasn't). And, being an early Morrison work, it's a hell of a lot more coherent than any drug-fueled karaoke hell he's been unleashing lately...Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-70719491956005269762009-02-10T10:08:00.000-05:002009-02-10T10:08:00.000-05:00That's what I'm thinking, really--FC is something ...That's what I'm thinking, really--FC is something I'm gonna have to digest in one collected whole (MAYBE with Superman Beyond in the mix as well, as it seems like a necessary addendum) and then see how I feel about it, really.<BR/><BR/>That said, I'm all for actually trying to make an artistic statement out of a Big Crossover Event, if for no other reason than if it's between that and a long boring storyline about Norman Osborn in Charge of Eeverything . . .shit. Sing, Superman, Sing.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-3436238161582970052009-02-09T21:41:00.000-05:002009-02-09T21:41:00.000-05:00it actually reads better as a whole, there's quite...it actually reads better as a whole, there's quite a few things that I felt like I missed in later issues but then upon going through it again I caught. It's an odd bird, the "channel-zapping" technique takes some adapting to, but it's more coherent than the (superior) seven soldiers maxi-series.rusty shackleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06306727129246890706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-40691808725230428982009-02-09T21:40:00.000-05:002009-02-09T21:40:00.000-05:00it actually reads better as a whole, there's quite...it actually reads better as a whole, there's quite a few things that I felt like I missed in later issues but then upon going through it again I caught. It's an odd bird, the "channel-zapping" technique takes some adapting to, but it's more coherent than the (superior) seven soldiers maxi-series.rusty shackleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06306727129246890706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-32956450124389769412009-02-09T20:06:00.000-05:002009-02-09T20:06:00.000-05:00Thing of it is, there's such pressure on you to we...Thing of it is, there's such pressure on you to weigh in on one side or another you kinda feel like you're <I>obligated</I> too, right?<BR/><BR/>And with something that incoherent, really, a certain distance is needed. Also, a vast research team to answer the whole "what the hell?" question . . .Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-11427233598382695232009-02-06T04:42:00.000-05:002009-02-06T04:42:00.000-05:00Works for me - I'm staying far away from discussio...Works for me - I'm staying <I>far</I> away from discussions of Recent Events; if I didn't care enough to actually read them at the time, I'm certainly not invested in talking about them after the fact.Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.com