tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post1257268337708226819..comments2024-01-14T11:45:23.991-05:00Comments on Occasional Superheroine: Comics Are Expensive: ECHO #1-2, RESURRECTION #1-4, CRIMINAL 2 #1-2,Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-67141582999951790112008-04-14T15:43:00.000-04:002008-04-14T15:43:00.000-04:00Andy - I stopped reading SiP around the...ninth tr...Andy - I stopped reading SiP around the...ninth trade or thereabouts, so I don't know how much common the lyrics and prose bits worked as things went on. For the most part I felt the lyrics usually worked, particularly when strung between series of panels, but it's been years since I've read any of it and I'm not sure how it holds up.<BR/><BR/>And for the record, I think there's room for lengthy prose bits or lyrics in comics - as the Pekar quote goes, comics are just words and pictures, and you can do anything with words and pictures. I don't think a strict balance between the two is necessary. It wouldn't surprise me if later SiP took things a bit too far, but then the book always had a feel of Moore casting about to see where to take things next. For me, the problem started when he kept choosing the same direction with slightly different scenery.<BR/><BR/>Reed: Link should be fixed now.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023802756353551241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-11162276251771155912008-04-13T03:26:00.000-04:002008-04-13T03:26:00.000-04:00Lamb - that "rather disheartening nature" is a tot...Lamb - that "rather disheartening nature" is a totally broken link.Patrick A. Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828130391278198145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-2677092183255508272008-04-13T03:12:00.000-04:002008-04-13T03:12:00.000-04:00Pages of extended song lyrics or prose text are th...Pages of extended song lyrics or prose text are the comix equivalent of rats racing off of the ship and the canary dying in the mine. It's an early sign that a comic is about to creatively implode, and a cue for the reader to bail out.<BR/><BR/>Specifically, it means that the creator has ceased to think of this book as a medium to tell a specific story, and instead is treating it as a bucket into which they can toss any old idea that seems interesting to them at the time.Andy Ihnatkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385467634470205852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-83525659089917385622008-04-12T12:06:00.000-04:002008-04-12T12:06:00.000-04:00wolverine - It's pretty good. I'd say at least tr...wolverine - It's pretty good. I'd say at least try the first issue to see if it grabs you. Also, SURRENDER NOW.<BR/><BR/>H-F - I figured as much; Casanova does the same thing where the trades don't have the backmatter. I think I still have all my Criminal singles kicking around, though.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023802756353551241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-7151820978527053492008-04-12T03:22:00.000-04:002008-04-12T03:22:00.000-04:00Warning! CRIMINAL's TPBs do not contain the non-fi...Warning! CRIMINAL's TPBs do not contain the non-fiction pieces featured in every issue; if you have the means to buy the singles, do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-10743393308492555312008-04-11T20:33:00.000-04:002008-04-11T20:33:00.000-04:00Echo sounds interesting, I may have to keep my eye...Echo sounds interesting, I may have to keep my eye open for it at the con next weekend as I embark on what will be my futile effort to avoid all discount bins.WOLVERINEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330916393850341529noreply@blogger.com