tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post110452918760888466..comments2023-10-26T03:57:50.903-07:00Comments on Comics Fairplay: Worst Things About Comics 2004Heidi Meeleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-1104801444403013392005-01-03T17:17:00.000-08:002005-01-03T17:17:00.000-08:00Those are great observations, Carl. Your thoughts ...Those are great observations, Carl. Your thoughts are very similar to mine on most things other then Catwoman! Hee hee! I do think that the Hulk movie was about as disapointing as it comes. There was way too much exposition and not enough butt kicking.<br /><br />I am really looking forward to 2005 to see what surprises the comic book community is going to throw at us next.Heidi Meeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-1104708234597449262005-01-02T15:23:00.000-08:002005-01-02T15:23:00.000-08:00Oh yes, forgot, two more dishonorable mentions:
T...Oh yes, forgot, two more dishonorable mentions:<br /><br />The "Broken City" Batman arc: I was so excited, the guys from 100 Bullets!!! And........ then it was awful! Batman acting like a thug and pounding info out of people, no sign of the world's greatest detective! Killer Croc as a pimp?! WTF?! They should have made it an Elseworlds story arc, it wasn't part of the Batman DCU for sure.<br /><br />And then, that awful set afterwards with Scarecrow. I loved the covers and then the story just....... sucked. Finally, when we got to War Games, some dynamite story-telling and a change to the entire Batman world...Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642758191046222448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-1104651882344504862005-01-01T23:44:00.000-08:002005-01-01T23:44:00.000-08:00Hmmmm, welp, I did a bit of a list at your hubby's...Hmmmm, welp, I did a bit of a list at your hubby's site.<br />Buttttttttttttt...<br /><br />The upsetting events of 2004:<br /><br />Deaths<br /><br />1. Death of Julius Schwartz. Yep, always wanted to meet him. Dammit.<br /><br />The death of Harry Lampert, co-creator of The GA Flash. A really nice guy and him and his wife were staples at loads of cons. I got to meet him at Megacon several times. Was gonna see him this year at Megacon 2005. Dammit again.<br /><br />Another death, "Mrs. Green Lantern", Carrie Nodell, the wife of Mart Nodell, creator of The GA Green Lantern. I saw them several times at several conventions all over Florida. It's hard to imagine a comic con without both of them. I saw Mr. Nodell and his son and they were holding it together. Bless them both.<br /><br />2. Rob Liefield, one word: barf.<br /><br />3. Death of Crossgen. Yep, just awful. I actually met Alessi and he seemed nice, tough but nice. Sheesh. I fell in love with so many books and they died on the vine.<br /><br />4. BMB: The shredding of 30 years of Avengers history (along with one of my fave characters, The Vision) in 5 or 6 books? Sheesh. Killing off beloved characters and ruining Scarlet Witch for me forever? If "New Avengers" (like Heidi said) is not their Second Coming, forget it.<br />And that whole biz of Gwen Stacy's death in Ultimate Spidey being followed by comedy issues? Bad taste ma man.<br /><br />5. Identity Disc: I liked to say that was a French title that the last word was pronounced "dique", if you know what I mean. I wouldn't even open an issue much less touch the damned thing.<br /><br />6. The JLA: Jeez, from politically correct Joe Kelly to the awful '80s style Byrne and Claremont stories, let's make the book unreadable. I finally picked it up to read again just a few days back.<br /><br />7. The Punisher: The IRA Story arc. Gag.<br /><br />8. JLA Elite: Who gave the green light to this crap?<br /><br />9. The End of Bone: I loved that series. But, the good side, collected in one big book and open to a new series.<br /><br />10. Marvel's lack of continuity: Man, that really sticks out badly. They used to run a tight ship but there's apparently no story "bible" there. Spiderman's a teacher in his own book. Other books, nope, he just works for the Bugle. SHIELD is in business in Daredevil and The New Avengers. In The Punisher, Nick Fury's out of a job and running crap for the CIA. In Daredevil, Black Widow shows up, running from black ops folks after a SHIELD op goes bad. In her own comic, she's fine and investigating "sleeper" agent murders. Sheesh. Get a database and put what is going on in all the books you yaboos!<br /><br />Welp, that's it for me. Oh yes, I liked The Catwoman movie. They made it clear that it was not Selina Kyle and that there were a legion of catwomen from ancient times till now. That's fine for me. Now, absolute sh*t like "Hulk" (loved how it couldn't be "The Hulk" or "The Incredible Hulk", had to be "Hulk" like he was "Cher" or something) and what looks like they did to "John Constantine: Hellblazer" really cheezes me boiling, raging mad. Catwoman didn't hurt the comic nor disrupt the DCU like say, oh, "Birds of Prey"? Till next time...Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642758191046222448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-1104618242034839152005-01-01T14:24:00.000-08:002005-01-01T14:24:00.000-08:00It's cool, Scott. I know that everyone is entitled...It's cool, Scott. I know that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and that is what makes our country great! <br /><br />I used to think that creators like Liefeld, Madueuria, and Campbell were the shiznit until their egos got the best of them. Now I can't stand to buy anything with their names attached. They let down the fans without a second thought and to me that is just plain unforgivable.<br /><br />Thank you for your thoughts!Heidi Meeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.com