Everything I've read suggests that working in comics is a thankless, sweatshop-like job unless you're one of the star writers/artists. That makes me sad.
On Jan 16, 4:28 pm, Michael Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > From interviews I have heard with people that have worked in the industry > for a long time editors are now glorified traffic cops. Story direction > seems to come from on high. Kind of sad. Not that I want a dictator, but > at the same time someone who will say, "NO, GRANT!" would be nice. > > On 1/16/09, Ronald Methvin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'd really like to know how the editors work or don't. On one hand, > > they would seem to screw a writer by forcing them to include EVENTs into > > story lines, on the other, they should be the people telling writers "Nice > > idea, but we killed Martian Manhunter 3 months ago; so, you can't have him > > show up next month. Also, Batman can't lift a car above his head." The > > later isn't interfering in the creative process as much as it is keeping > > continuity (gasp!) and keeping the cretaed world 'true'. Somebody remind me > > to ask comic writers about editors once we start doing interviews ;) > > > --- On *Fri, 1/16/09, Widgett Walls <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Widgett Walls <[email protected]> > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Final Crisis: Fail? > > To: "The Unique Geek" <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 1:42 PM > > > You've nailed it: Why Event Comics No Longer Work. > > > When any writer at any time can undo or just ignore anything, then > > much vaunted claims to make earth-shattering changes just can't be > > taken seriously. > > > On Jan 16, 8:37 am, Erika <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yeah, "Revelations" has been a much better story. Overall, > > it's hard > > > to take Final Crisis seriously, because you know DC is just going to > > > undo everything, and no one (Batman, Martian Manhunter) is going to > > > stay dead. It doesn't feel like anything is really at stake, and any > > > actual human carnage seems awfully remote. I wouldn't call it a fail, > > > but I don't think it succeeds as an Event That Changes the World. > > > > On Jan 16, 8:31 am, Terry Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There are definitely "big picture" problems with the story. > > It doesn't feel > > > > like there's a Crisis going on to me, just a series of random, > > interesting > > > > (and some bad) events. I think part of the problem is that the > > story is > > > > super-compressed. > > > > > I've been digging the Legion of 3 Worlds and Superman Beyond or > > whatever > > > > it's called. I think my liking the latter is mostly because it > > has the OG > > > > Captain Marvel in it, though. > > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Shag <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > I'm not sure how I feel about it. It just seems like a > > bizarre Elseworlds > > > > > story they are going to undo. Maybe I'm wrong and > > everything that happens > > > > > in Final Crisis will stay around, but it seems unlikely given > > that the > > > > > entire world has gone nutso. > > > > > > It reminds me somewhat of Grant Morrison's run on Doom > > Patrol towards the > > > > > end. A bunch of stuff is going on, each scene unto itself sort > > of makes > > > > > sense, but the whole picture just isn't there. > > > > > > I'm really not sure what this mini-series is supposed to be > > about other > > > > > than, "The Day the Bad Guys Won". And I got that > > from the advertising. > > > > > > Now, I have been enjoying Final Crisis: Revelations. In some > > ways it seems > > > > > to be explaining what is going on better than the main title. > > Especially > > > > > the Anti-life equation stuff. > > > > > > The Irredeemable Shag > > > > >http://onceuponageek.com > > > > >http://firestormfan.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > > > > [email protected]] > > > > > On Behalf Of Erika > > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:13 PM > > > > > To: The Unique Geek > > > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Final Crisis: Fail? > > > > > > One of my favorite bloggers has described FC as "a complete > > failure." > > > > > > "There are a lot of cool Grant Morrison ideas in here, > > there are some > > > > > fairly bad-ass moments of heroes doing cool things, but it's > > all > > > > > strained through the darkness of a world won by Darkseid which, > > in > > > > > different circumstances, might seem a stark contrast to DC > > Comics in > > > > > general, but given the dark, dreary tone of the DC Universe over > > the > > > > > past two or three years, it just seems stale." > > > > > > I'm curious: Are you guys reading it? Thoughts? I think > > parts of it > > > > > are amazing, but it's not terribly cohesive. > > -- > This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist > > Hey, I have a podcast > > http://www.viewsfromthelongbox.com > > Hey, I have a comic book blog. > > http://www.fortressofbaileytude.com > > Hey, I'm on the Unique Geek > > http://www.theuniquegeek.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
