tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post5562843776577021991..comments2023-03-28T04:32:18.124-04:00Comments on Witless Prattle: Just Sayin'--News of the WeirdKazekagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-22235642142692548412012-07-11T11:16:12.355-04:002012-07-11T11:16:12.355-04:00I think Marvel and DC could both do with some time...I think Marvel and DC could both do with some time pondering the question "So why do people seem to like our comic book heroes in every format except comic books." I hate to say it, but half the problem I have is <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/mark-waid-on-his-personal-digitalcomics-revolution,82187/" rel="nofollow">what Mark Waid alludes to here</a>--you can't find the damn things anymore and they're just talking exclusively to the die-hards now.<br /><br /> And paradoxically, this has made me stop being a die-hard.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-24618397558235449142012-07-11T01:03:12.542-04:002012-07-11T01:03:12.542-04:00Yeah, I think it's how small and yet paradoxic...Yeah, I think it's how small and yet paradoxically huge it's gotten. I mean, The Avengers movie made a metric fuck ton of money and Marvel can't even pull numbers on any of those books that wouldn't have made Martin Goodman grimace in pain, cancel the whole line, and publish more issues of Swank? Something is fundamentally broken.<br /><br />I eventually got to the point where I didn't much think about what was going on in the books as something that affected me. It's a weird sort of disconnect I have, but it allows me to happily read my comics without fretting about what they've done to the Scarlet Witch or the JSA this week.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-87492009759474897542012-07-10T23:36:46.048-04:002012-07-10T23:36:46.048-04:00Well, it helped a little that I actually started P...Well, it helped a little that I actually started POSTING new stuff. *L*<br /><br />I think that's where I am too. I'm alternately sad and annoyed, but not angry. My feeling about Marvel and DC is like going to see that one aunt you hate and she hates you and you have to plaster on a fake smile and be polite when she visits when all you really want for her to do is take her bitch ass away from you.<br /><br />Yeah, and the work is sometimes too much of a hassle to do, BUT, when I find it, I like to support it. Because the day I buy anything called UNCANNY AVENGERS is the day I run the hose from the exhaust pipe of my car into the cab and turn the engine on. <br /><br /> There's always been stupid shit around. There's always been stupid shit that was still somewhat enjoyable. Then things got so small that all that was left was people trying to sell you the stupid shit in the most desperate, obnoxious way possible.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-5518612641407187362012-07-10T15:53:10.670-04:002012-07-10T15:53:10.670-04:00I've been lax on commenting here. Must...fix....I've been lax on commenting here. Must...fix...this.<br /><br />I exhausted all my anger over superhero comics a few years ago, I think. I mean, a lot of those creators seem like nice folks. I follow Tom Brevoort on Tumblr. I don't think bad things about most of them. But man, I just cannot work up an ounce of excitement over any damn thing in mainstream superhero comics. It all feels like a lot of frantic plate spinning to forestall the inevitable shutdown by the corporate overlords.<br /><br />I am heartened that there are a lot of good comics being produced in this day and age. It just takes work to find them (not a complaint, more an observation). That's what will carry the medium as an artform, not the 20,000 people who will buy UNCANNY AVENGERS.<br /><br />Part of me still wants to believe DC and Marvel can produce a lot of high quality material. But I've come to accept that this is unlikely. In fact, I doubt it has ever really been the case.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.com