tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146616530890203634.post7202562920152128076..comments2023-05-26T12:04:25.022-04:00Comments on Irrelevant Comics: "You can't fire me because I quit"Yan Basquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12188814820654379029noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146616530890203634.post-21806222038137195762011-06-20T13:40:59.638-04:002011-06-20T13:40:59.638-04:00Haha. It's okay. I should have made it clearer...Haha. It's okay. I should have made it clearer to begin with. You're not the only one who made that mistake. :)Yan Basquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188814820654379029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146616530890203634.post-24178960237007343542011-06-20T13:08:49.390-04:002011-06-20T13:08:49.390-04:00ahhh, re: your update
so we're basically doin...ahhh, re: your update<br /><br />so we're basically doing the same thing now, but we arrived at it differently. cool. <br /><br />*is bad at nuance*gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859727478347140870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146616530890203634.post-20995333316927406772011-06-20T12:39:04.500-04:002011-06-20T12:39:04.500-04:00This post was extremely interesting to me because ...This post was extremely interesting to me because I have been going exactly the opposite direction. I've always read, here and there, graphic novels or something collected into trades (Sandman, Watchmen, Fun Home); within the past few years I got sucked into the comics community itself via friends, and then sucked into the weeklies. I'm only subscribed to, like, 4 things (none of the Marvel or DC, I don't think) but considering that last year at this time I was at zero, this is kind of a big leap.<br /><br />But the things you're pointing out are some of the reasons it took me so long to get into this form. I read novels--I'm used to stories that start and end and have one arc and one author (ie, creative team). The idea of trusting a story based on character alone was completely foreign to me (and still is, mostly). You can have the coolest idea ever and the wrong touch will ruin it. But as I'm learning how comics "work" and which artists and writers I know and trust, I'm getting better at figuring out what I want to read.<br /><br />But this is always one of the roadblocks to new comics readers that people are talking about--the thinking that you have to know a lot of things in order to get started. I'm lucky--I'm dating a comics encyclopedia man, and I can pick something up and he'll know enough about it and who made it to know if I'd want to risk it. Most people don't have that luxury.<br /><br />Sorry, I veered a bit off topic. Basically: interesting post, thank you. :)gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859727478347140870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146616530890203634.post-77529803585267118282011-06-20T12:01:56.929-04:002011-06-20T12:01:56.929-04:00I stopped reading mainstream superhero comics abou...I stopped reading mainstream superhero comics about 12 years ago, for the reasons you're discussing here. This problem has been going on for a long time. When I made the decision, it was very much a matter of principle – I felt that Marvel & DC were more or less being dishonest, by advertising new creative teams, and then replacing them – sometimes after only 2 or 3 issues!Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738247262953826860noreply@blogger.com