Welp, looks like we just won art! Everyone pack up your pens and dreams, show’s over. Nobody needs to express any part of the human condition again, cause we pretty much nailed it in three panels.
Speaking of the death of art, there’s an interesting article up on the WSJ that briefly profiles/zings the shit out of the modern comics industry. Not a long read, the article just teases you with a few questions and theories about why a movie like the Avengers can make more money than almost anything, yet the comics industry for the most part is still very much in the crapper.
(Hint: The answer is because 99% of modern superhero comics are terrible.)
It doesn’t cover a lot of new ground if you’re a long-participating comics fan like myself, but the article’s writing is nevertheless sniper-sharp. I recommend giving it a read for the sass-mouth alone.
<3 Mike
“A World without Melody” –Bad Religion
This… is wonderful.
Thanks!
I’m glad Dr. Butts isn’t a dentist. I don’t want those hands in my mouth flossing my teeth!
Haha, you are going to be one thrilled man in a week or two!
Re: WSJ article
1) I’m impressed with the use of “Dutch-tulip phase”. Writer knows the field.
2) What a shitty book review. It spent more words talking current events than the book it was ostensibly reviewing.
3) Yep, 99% are terrible, I agree. The problem is, most of us can’t agree on which 99% is which, except for those which Rob Liefeld is drawing (zing!).
I definitely can’t figure out why anyone would be excited about AvX, though. Marvel drives me further away with every new big event they do.
Haha, all good points. Especially #3.
I’ve thought the article over a bit more the last few days, and I find myself agreeing with it less and less. Some of its complaints are definitely fair (continuity issues, laziest plotting possible, unfriendly to new readers, etc.), but some other points are a real stretch. Singling out Bendis and Morrison for example. Two writer who have definitely crafted a few stinkers here and there, but they also wrote Ultimate Spider-man, All-star Superman, etc., some of the most successful and mainstream-friendly books out there. Plus books like WE3, Powers, Bendis’s Daredevil, are all absolute joys to read and some of the best pieces made in the superhero genre in a long while.
Haha I dunno. I could write lots more about this article, but sadly I have to get back to writing jokes about butts. On your point #2 though, I didn’t realize how right you are. It IS an awful review. I’m not really sure why his editor approved it? I mean besides the obvious info-tainment blight that has gripped way too much of newspaper writing. It certainly doesn’t review the book very meaningfully.
“He’s not breathing! Quick, give him ass-to-mouth!”
Welp, wish I thought of that joke!
Yay! A post on thursday again! Yipeee!
Even better brother, we’re Monday-Wednesday Friday now!