tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post1078284096176864475..comments2023-11-05T07:44:07.654-05:00Comments on GeniusboyFiremelon: The Canon's Already Under Attack!Timothy Callahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-44692068155670889622008-02-12T21:24:00.000-05:002008-02-12T21:24:00.000-05:00timothyrush out and read safe area gorazde. palest...timothy<BR/><BR/>rush out and read safe area gorazde. palestine is decent, but sag is simply marvelous. it captures so much of the conflict that no other media was even thinking of at the time. i wish i had read it much earlier than i did.<BR/><BR/>too much of my thoughts before hand were the serbs are fighting the bonsians, oh.... sag helped really focus the perspective of the conflict. it made me see that comics have so much more potential than i had given them credit for.randyhatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-13876339949587251912008-02-12T21:13:00.000-05:002008-02-12T21:13:00.000-05:00Still mulling over "The Playboy" vs. "F--K"/"I Nev...Still mulling over "The Playboy" vs. "F--K"/"I Never Liked You" but can't make up my mind. I took about an hour off earlier to try an easier challenge - picking which one of my arms I can do without. <BR/><BR/>But I noted something about either one. I think that the revised versions from floppies to collections will actually make for an interesting discussion about the introduction of cinematic concepts like "director's cut" into comics. (And....I'm back. Just eBay'ed the floppies.)Marc Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293532769174212726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-28766575158551414232008-02-12T20:04:00.000-05:002008-02-12T20:04:00.000-05:00I'm sure Sacco would belong, but I have never read...I'm sure Sacco would belong, but I have never read any of his longer work, so I can't speak from experience.<BR/><BR/>Squadron Supreme is decidedly NOT ironic. It drips with sincerity. It's a direct extension of the "relevant" heroes of the early Bronze Age, and it hits on all the key points--social problems, gender issues, cancer. The biggies.Timothy Callahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-88506229389353594672008-02-12T18:38:00.000-05:002008-02-12T18:38:00.000-05:00seeing the seth and brown listen what about sacco'...seeing the seth and brown listen what about sacco's stuff. his "reporting" style seems a fresh perspective and others seem to have been open to his influence. see the shooting zone and dmz, if not most of wood's output, in particular.<BR/><BR/>still have issues with your timing of the modern age, and the lack of SS as a part of it. More so than the NTT and TDPS. how was this comic is not perfectly a fit in the modern age, as you deem it an " era is marked by an ironic exploration of past icons". if that is not exactly was SS is doing, with ample does the bronze ages realism, i am not sure i know what it is.randyhatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-78586681167880934732008-02-12T18:37:00.000-05:002008-02-12T18:37:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.randyhatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-76231976280750545232008-02-11T21:06:00.000-05:002008-02-11T21:06:00.000-05:00I'm thinking the one area lacking majorly is speci...I'm thinking the one area lacking majorly is specific single issues. I'm not sure I'd know where to start, but focusing on complete works/runs seems counterintuitive in a medium where a lot of great work has been done on the single issue level.<BR/><BR/>As a result, would it be, perhaps, more accurate to look at some of the larger bodies of work already included and focus on specific stories/issues rather than complete runs?Chad Nevetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785622045733202883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-50364300342043550472008-02-11T20:34:00.000-05:002008-02-11T20:34:00.000-05:00Give me a day to look them over - that's a tough c...Give me a day to look them over - that's a tough call.Marc Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293532769174212726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-71131981252865190902008-02-11T20:26:00.000-05:002008-02-11T20:26:00.000-05:00Two Chester Brown additions seems excessive--if yo...Two Chester Brown additions seems excessive--if you had to pick one, would you go with The Playboy? (I haven't read it--I've only read Yummy Fur)Timothy Callahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-10925679679321455112008-02-11T20:12:00.000-05:002008-02-11T20:12:00.000-05:00Seth - "It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken."Ches...Seth - "It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken."<BR/><BR/>Chester Brown - "The Playboy" and "I Never Liked You." Now, there's some version concerns I have about these. For "The Playboy", I go with the collected version. For "I Never Liked You", I have to go with the floppies, as the first collection was kind of incomplete and the "director's cut" also left me wanting. I need to look at them again, but definitely the Yummy Fur 26-30 under the title "F--k" (eliminations mine. Prude.)Marc Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293532769174212726noreply@blogger.com