tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post3550191733378470024..comments2024-01-14T11:45:23.991-05:00Comments on Occasional Superheroine: "101 Things I Hate About DC," By DC FansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-4248449778314355182007-09-20T11:39:00.000-04:002007-09-20T11:39:00.000-04:00I liked Meltzer's Green Arrow run a fair bit -- hi...I liked Meltzer's Green Arrow run a fair bit -- his JLA run less so. I do think he's got Ollie and Roy's voices right.<BR/><BR/> Personally, my problem with the Trials of Shazam isn't an erratic schedule but that it exists at all. It seems to have wiped out anything that made Captain Marvel enjoyable. And that causes a lot of brand confusion when it's being published at the same time that Jeff Smith produced a more classic take on Shazam with a youthful non-comics appeal.Allen W. Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521089327381840634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-34427929038500067702007-09-20T10:40:00.000-04:002007-09-20T10:40:00.000-04:00I like Geoff Johns. Granted, he's about all I lik...I like Geoff Johns. Granted, he's about all I like at DC at the present time (well, Gail Simone too, especially when she writes the Secret Six), but...Unknown Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324684755038729941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-55092565675967403542007-09-19T23:49:00.000-04:002007-09-19T23:49:00.000-04:00I sometimes wonder what reader demographic I'm in....I sometimes wonder what reader demographic I'm in...some of these resonate very truely (CASSANDRA CAIN WAS ROBBED) & some of them are things I vaguely agree with (Amazons was crap) while others are things I don't disagree with (No Batman & Robin). Others I can't disagree with enough. People don't like Geoff Johns? What? He's consistently decent, which in this line counts for something, & PS? The Sinestro Corps is GREAT. & I like Damien, but then, I like Ibn al'Xuwhatever. Others I'm just stumped by...no Batmite? The hell is that? I mean, Rucka's thing with Mxy was sheer genius, but...why...retread?mordicaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713766652793265867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-42839143701119928472007-09-19T19:27:00.000-04:002007-09-19T19:27:00.000-04:00and Marvel is any better??Not that I don't agree w...and Marvel is any better??<BR/><BR/>Not that I don't agree with SOME of what is listed here...<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.talesfromthelongbox.com/Chris Mosbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856053725332350914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-72044230924088627612007-09-19T18:44:00.000-04:002007-09-19T18:44:00.000-04:00An addendum to my #1 reason: Pointless change woul...An addendum to my #1 reason: Pointless change would include cancelling and relaunching a title for no reason other than to get the brief sales boost that comes from having a new "First Issue!" You know what issue numbers are for? They're for telling us what order to read the freaking comics in, that's what. If every third issue is #1, that's kind of hard to figure out.John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221569513392130884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-72185283176343383952007-09-19T18:40:00.000-04:002007-09-19T18:40:00.000-04:00It's funny I have read Marvel for 20 years and fin...It's funny I have read Marvel for 20 years and find myself liking DC better but every major DC fan is the opposite where they like Marvel better.<BR/><BR/>I for one LOVE Geoff Johns and feel that he does no wrong. He got me into so many titles and characters<BR/><BR/>Green Lantern, Teen Titans, Booster Gold!!! (seriously whoda thought?)<BR/><BR/>But<BR/><BR/>10) Countdown Tie ins, eek<BR/><BR/>9) Kyle Rainer, wtf are they doing to him, he's a GL, he's Ion, he randomly appears in Countdown while still being Parallax<BR/><BR/>8) Wonder Woman going in 80 different directions at the same time<BR/><BR/>7) Geoff Johns no longer writing Teen Titans<BR/><BR/>6) Looking at the previews for JLA, I miss Meltzer and Benes :(<BR/><BR/>5) Ray Palmer mattering<BR/><BR/>4) Trials of Shazam only coming out once a year<BR/><BR/>3) Amazons Attack<BR/><BR/>2) Fat Supergirl<BR/><BR/>1) Conner/Superboy still being dead :(sammy.the.khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244600298489890263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-26182815578661615202007-09-19T18:09:00.000-04:002007-09-19T18:09:00.000-04:00D the G - your like some sort of non sequitur elem...D the G - your like some sort of non sequitur elemental. Bless.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023802756353551241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-83240432050743042192007-09-19T18:03:00.000-04:002007-09-19T18:03:00.000-04:0092. Superboy getting killed - for what? A copyrig...92. Superboy getting killed - for what? A copyright dispute.<BR/><BR/>Even Superboy Prime has been regulated to being called "the Kryptonian boy" or even (ugg), "Superman Prime". Next thing you know, he'll be called "Anti-Monitior Lad".Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369556451855248495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-70014877446479048072007-09-19T17:47:00.000-04:002007-09-19T17:47:00.000-04:00Wait, Ollie did what? I look forward to seeing who...Wait, Ollie did <B>what</B>? I look forward to seeing who breaks his legs first: Barbara Gordon or Gail Simone. I guess Barbara would be more appropriate, but I bet Gail's vicious when riled...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14282243304177046422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-87492172192124201902007-09-19T17:31:00.000-04:002007-09-19T17:31:00.000-04:00I think I could whittle it down to three:1) The ob...I think I could whittle it down to three:<BR/><BR/>1) The obsession with "change", to the point where every story has to kill someone off, resurrect someone, make a good character evil, an evil character good, shake up a team's line-up, blow up a landmark, wipe out thousands of civilians (because 10,000 civilian deaths=one superhero death), and/or (emphasis on and) rewrite a past story so it never happened.<BR/><BR/>2) The emphasis on creators over characters, to the point where they'll indulge any whim of a "hot name", be it their desire to totally rewrite a character's backstory, or their belief that a monthly schedule is really more of a guideline than a rule. Professionalism is for third-tier writers and artists, not the big names.<BR/><BR/>3) The mercenary decision to interconnect every single title in a web of stifling continuity so as to force people to buy 37 comics a month if they want to understand what is happening in any one issue of any one series. Nothing is stand-alone anymore.<BR/><BR/>I think that covers it, really, so long as you understand that correcting #1 would mean less pointless and random violence and death in comics as a side-effect.John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221569513392130884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-54542035233637550582007-09-19T17:08:00.000-04:002007-09-19T17:08:00.000-04:00It's funny that you posted that Adam West picture ...It's funny that you posted that Adam West picture - because today is his birthday! Happy 79th, sir!David Gallaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004233671388887032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-23002729286624509002007-09-19T17:05:00.000-04:002007-09-19T17:05:00.000-04:00Ahem. I only have but ten things I hate about DC. ...Ahem. I only have but ten things I hate about DC. In no particular order:<BR/><BR/>10.) The fact that NO-ONE IMPORTANT CARES ABOUT Cass Cain. <BR/><BR/>9.) The sensless destruction of Young Justice, both physically and mentally. Yes, I'm a zealot.<BR/><BR/>8.) Everyone ignoring Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers. Someone needs to use his fictionalized New York City. (It was in the Times, I think).<BR/><BR/>7.) Dick Grayson being badly written. I need to do that "Why I should write Nightwing" series.<BR/><BR/>6.) The Leigon of Superheroes being forced upon us. Just kill them all already.<BR/><BR/>5.) Death of the New Gods. <BR/><BR/>4.) Amazons Attack. Or heck, anything with Wonder Woman.<BR/><BR/>3.) Judd Winick and Brad Meltzer. The former is a hypocrite, the latter can't write a comic book. <BR/><BR/>2.) Superman. First there's too much from those movies, who is not MY Superman, then there's the late book tango, then there's the small matter of which events are in continuity or not.<BR/><BR/>1.) The fact that I'm not writing a DC Comic.<BR/><BR/>I know its a pipe dream, but I do want to write a DC Comic. Fanfiction isn't enough for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com