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[angelophile]

Keith Giffen's UNFORTUNATE CONFLUENCE OF WORDS is a great read this week, with a load of bullet pointed notes on DC and the comic industry as a whole. Makes for an interesting read. Of particular note, to me, at least:

1) Darkseid, The Joker: enough already. I'm thinking moratorium.

3) Whatever happened to comic book stories for the sake of story? Does everything have to have universe shattering impact? Doesn't anyone rob banks anymore?

5) I never thought I'd say this, but enough with the "one punch" already. It was a throwaway bit. Move on. Please.

9) If Kid Eternity can summon anyone dead back to life, why doesn't he summon Jesus and put this whole religion thing to rest?

14) Just because you don't know what to do with a character is no reason to kill the character...

15) ... unless it's Karate Kid.

16) Supergirl is to superhero as Sarah Palin is to vice president. Sorry, it had to be said.

17) Maybe we should stop with all the cohesive universe stuff and just spend a year or two telling good stories. Let the fans work out whatever continuity there is to be worked out. They're so much better at it than we are.

24) When The Atom shrinks small enough to move between atoms, what does he breathe?

29) I also still think comic books should be printed on toilet paper because that's where they're most often read and, at least, they'd serve a useful function once read.

35) Has Krypto been neutered?

36) For that matter, has Guy Gardner?

46) I'll take a good, solid artist who knows his way around a story over a fan favorite coasting on name recognition every time.

55) I still think Batman has Robin wear red to draw fire.

58) Let's be honest here. The dead characters that stay dead are completely dependent on the preferences of whomever's in charge of whichever company at whatever given moment in time.

62) How about this... upon acceptance of a comic book assignment, you must first contribute to the communal pot, say three or four new characters / villains, before you can indulge your inner fan by bringing in The Joker or Sinestro or whoever. Hate to break it to you, but creativity's part of the job description. At least then I'd be able to call you a creator without it sticking in my throat.

67) Am I the only one thinking that all of the wrong characters are turning out to be Skrulls?

69) So let me see if I've got this straight, Marvel spends years trumpeting the fact that they're not DC, then turn around and try to retcon fit DC-centric characters into their continuity. When did they become the House of Someone Else's Ideas?

71) When DC first offered me "Reign In Hell," I thought it was going to be about DiDio.

And this is why Keith Giffen needs to be writing more books. And not just DC crap I don't want to read.

Comments

[kali921.livejournal.com]

35) Has Krypto been neutered?

36) For that matter, has Guy Gardner?

BWAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh, god, I would NOT want to be the person that Clark comes to in order to discuss snip snipping Krypto's 'nads. I mean, it'd be impossible to do anyway, but just the thought of the discussion makes me laugh hysterically. So, who's going to write Dog of Steel, Bitch of Kleenex?

(For the record, I hated that article, but someone needs to write a parody of it using Krypto instead of Clark.)

[kirke-novak.livejournal.com]

3) Whatever happened to comic book stories for the sake of story? Does everything have to have universe shattering impact? Doesn't anyone rob banks anymore?
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67) Am I the only one thinking that all of the wrong characters are turning out to be Skrulls?

=Oh, wow, Keith, marry me. ♥