Not grooving on that art style at all. Ugh.
I got stabbed, you know, right here.
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Kalshane - Aug 13, 2004 6:11:26 am PDT #5468 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
DavidS - Aug 13, 2004 12:53:13 pm PDT #5469 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
P.M. Marc - Aug 13, 2004 12:54:45 pm PDT #5470 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
Matter of personal taste, that.
Tend to think you're wrong, natch.
DavidS - Aug 13, 2004 1:38:09 pm PDT #5471 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Matter of personal taste, that.
Of course.
Tend to think you're wrong, natch.
Naturally. But I'm not.
§ ita § - Aug 13, 2004 1:38:51 pm PDT #5472 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You totally are.
DavidS - Aug 13, 2004 1:40:07 pm PDT #5473 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Y'all gonna kibbitz, or you gonna throw down?
Commentary is easy. Take a stand.
-t - Aug 13, 2004 1:42:25 pm PDT #5474 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I kinda think Hec is wrong, but only because I tried to read Love and Rockets and didn't like it.
P.M. Marc - Aug 13, 2004 1:55:12 pm PDT #5475 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
I'm not sure what I'd say the best comic book ever is.
At times, I'm tempted to say Starman, because of the way Robinson manages to tell such a layered, complex story within the confines of the DC Universe, which I think is a harder task than either writing with thinly-veiled versions of existing characters (see: Watchmen, The Authority) or creating a 'verse from whole cloth that you share with no one.
I'm *always* enraptured by things that have to deal with structural hoops and limitations and do it well, far moreso than I am by things that have full freedom of their own universe.
Tom Scola - Aug 13, 2004 2:36:25 pm PDT #5476 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Are you judging comics by their writing alone, or does the art play into it?
I'm not sure if I agree with Hec's "greatest ever" assessment, but Jamie from L&R is a phenomenal artist, his work is technically flawless.
L&R peaked in the 80's, and has been on a slow decline ever since. I find Gilbert practically incoherent these days; he's trying to tell too much story, with too many characters, in too few panels. I think he's trying to imitate the style of a telenovela, but just doesn't work.
Jamie needs to show way, way, way more Hopey.
P.M. Marc - Aug 13, 2004 2:48:01 pm PDT #5477 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
Are you judging comics by their writing alone, or does the art play into it?
Mainly judging by the writing. Art plays into my enjoyment of something when I'm reading it, but has less of an impact on how I remember the story itself, with rare exceptions such as Batman: Nine Lives, where Lark outdid himself.
Jaime Hernadez is a master of a style I don't especially care for, so his art isn't going to make me sit up and beg for it. (My tastes run more to Bill Sienkiewicz or the aforementioned Michael Lark--Jaime's in good company, as I dislike Alex Ross, as well.)