Is there a good place for actual Bverse comics analysis out there?
gotham_gazette on LJ seems supposed to be that, and could be revived.
Bunnies frighten me.
Anya ,'Help'
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Michele T. - May 18, 2004 11:33:15 am PDT #2933 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Jeff Mejia - May 19, 2004 5:43:34 am PDT #2934 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Is there a good place for actual Bverse comics analysis out there?
I haven't found much good (or, for the matter, any) analysis of standard superhero comics of any kind. The comics blogosphere tends to produce some good analysis of selected material (Alan Moore and Grant Morrison are particular favorites), but the general consensus is that superheroes can't stand up to real critical analysis (not that I agree, but I would agree that there is a lot of dreck out there). the comics message boards are just full of fanboys worrying about changes to costumes or who would win a fight between INSERT NAME HERE and INSERT OTHER NAME HERE. Almost all chaff, no wheat.
If anybody can find some good current analysis, please point it out.
Micole - May 19, 2004 7:54:15 am PDT #2935 of 10000
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
Purchased today: How to Read Superhero Comics and Why, Robin: Year One, The Golden Streets of Gotham, Gotham Noir, Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood, Birds of Prey: Catwoman/Batgirl, Birds of Prey: Catwoman/Oracle, Birds of Prey #67, Lucifer #50, Rose and Thorn #6, Gotham Central #19, and Angel Sanctuary Vol. 2.
Library requests put in for more titles than I can recall at the moment.
Damn you all.
Micole - May 19, 2004 12:22:08 pm PDT #2936 of 10000
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
Blogs that seem to have some interesting comics analysis: Peiratikos and The Forager.
Still looking.
CaBil - May 19, 2004 11:19:12 pm PDT #2937 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Did anyone see the preview of Astonishing that should have been in most shops today?
sumi - May 20, 2004 5:37:58 am PDT #2938 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
No -- I didn't stop by the comic shop yesterday. What would it have been in?
shrift - May 20, 2004 5:49:36 am PDT #2939 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I didn't look -- figured I'd just wait until next week.
Outsiders #12, however, is still going strong with the HoYay. And the HetYay. Or maybe I should just say that Outsiders is delightfully large with the SexYay and the SnarkYay, and leave it at that.
CaBil - May 20, 2004 7:17:30 am PDT #2940 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Some comic book shops get a sampling of next weeks comics from DC and Marvel. So they may have the completed issue of next weeks Astonishing, Avengers and so on, behind the counter somewhere...
P.M. Marc - May 20, 2004 7:19:54 am PDT #2941 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Outsiders #12, however, is still going strong with the HoYay. And the HetYay. Or maybe I should just say that Outsiders is delightfully large with the SexYay and the SnarkYay, and leave it at that.
Shrift, I'm pretty certain you and I probably started with the hysterical giggles at about the same place.
Or maybe not, because I'm much as I loved the whole Dick/Roy/Helena stuff, I'm mainly still in stitches over Shift making himself into root beer. Oh, and I keep reading his name as Shrift.
amych - May 20, 2004 7:22:49 am PDT #2942 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Outsiders #12
Rassenfrassa. I knew I was forgetting some reason I was supposed to stop by the comic shop yesterday.