Sigh.
I think they may be missing the point of the complaints. I haven't seen anyone say that things are too dark because they're seriously afraid for the characters. I have seen a fair amount of bitching about dark for dark's sake.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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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.
P.M. Marc - Oct 12, 2005 7:55:24 am PDT #8874 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
amych - Oct 12, 2005 8:01:44 am PDT #8875 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Really, I see more "it's too dark -- this is getting effing boring already" complaints than "it's too dark -- hold me, I'm scared".
P.M. Marc - Oct 12, 2005 8:12:16 am PDT #8876 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
It's like the mission statement is, "None. None more dark."
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2005 11:23:21 am PDT #8877 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Interview with Dan Didio about Infinite Crisis: [link]
NOTE: contains a thumbnail of the cover of #2 (Power Girl on a blue background), which is *not* the real cover for #2 -- clicking on that thumbnail (Power Girl) opens the *real* cover, which is SPOILERY AS FUCK.
§ ita § - Oct 12, 2005 11:24:53 am PDT #8878 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who's the guy in the upper right corner?
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2005 11:29:01 am PDT #8879 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Of the real cover? Some iteration of Superman, I'm assuming. (Robo-Superman?)
I am definitely hitting the comic store on the way home.
sumi - Oct 12, 2005 11:30:16 am PDT #8880 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I picked up my comics over lunch.
Started reading Identity Crisis, then thought -- maybe I should read everything else first. Particularly Villains United.
§ ita § - Oct 12, 2005 11:32:28 am PDT #8881 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aha. Thanks.
sumi - Oct 12, 2005 11:34:05 am PDT #8882 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Well, my thought was based on nothing more than knowing that say, VU was supposed to be leading up to Infinite Crisis, you know? Rather than any spoilery type knowledge.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 12, 2005 11:41:47 am PDT #8883 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Who's the guy in the upper right corner?
He's Alexander Luthor, the son of the Pre-Crisis Earth-3's Lex Luthor .
Also? Wahooooooooooooooooooooooo!