Under deconstruction since 1969
…almost all of them tend to have a bad signal-to-noise ratio, but it’s this fella who digs out the real gems. He exposes himself to dangerous levels of fandom for our entertainment, and for that we owe him our thanks.
It’s not just comic boards…take a look at any movie review on Mr. Cranky, and the attached message boards are filled with asinine nonsense. Here’s a good example. And don’t even get me started on this site.
(post updated 7/2016)
Some people really don’t like Grant Morrison’s X-Men. [EDIT: link dead] Some people also have absolutely no sense of humor, apparently.
Too often in the past, reading the X-Men was like reading someone else’s mail…you understand the words, certainly, but darned if you know what’s going on. Morrison stripped the comic down to its basics, and kept the stories moving with snappy dialogue, fast action, and a healthy dose of silliness (and if there’s one thing the hardcore X-fans don’t like, it’s silliness). He even took generic characters like Bishop and the White Queen and made them interesting, for once. Makes one wonder what he could have done with a character like Gambit…but perhaps some challenges are too great.
Of course, my interest in the X-Men will most certainly go away with Morrison’s departure, but that’s okay. Pretty much all the X-Men adventure you’ll ever need to read is contained in the issues he wrote.
(post updated 7/2016)
I’m still fooling around with settings. Don’t mind me.
Meanwhile, take look at this Wizard of Id strip and see if you can figure out what this situation and these characters have to do with The Wizard of Id. I haven’t read the strip in a while…did I miss something?
(post updated 7/2016)