philosophyteacher

June 13, 2009 2:47 pm

Got this from

 http://animealmanac.com/2008/02/27/manga-hobos-japanese-culture-meets-american-laziness/

 

 

But in Japanese culture, everyone stands around and quietly reads right there in the store. That’s just the way it is.

It is Japanese custom to stand and read at a bookstore.

 

Pretty interesting.  Japan ok to read as much as you want in the store but just don't sit down.  That sounds about right.  

 

Hey Conor, stop encouraging politeness--this is comic books we're talking about! 

June 12, 2009 9:58 pm You're not the only one, Gabe, not by a long shot.  And as long as I don't bring a bucket of chicken, I can't imagine anyone objecting.  What, after all, constitutes objectionable behavior in a comic book store?  Further, how do you know whether a comic book is good enough to buy without reading it first?

June 12, 2009 9:20 pm I give up.  Are you the writer's cousin or something?

June 11, 2009 10:28 pm Fine to criticize the "review"--such as it is--but you might want to actually address my point.  Considering it's about 8 pages long I think reading this in the store was giving it about as much as it deserved.  Some comics do in fact suck and this is one.  That the guy seems to have written for TV is beside the point.  Depicting violence against children is a very, very iffy thing in any medium, and when it's thrown into a piece of junk like this it's just offensive.  Moore could handle it, this guy can't and shouldn't have tried.   And yes, the art is ugly in that slick way that ugly comic art is ugly now.    As far as the "back matter," well I don't think I got to the back matter in the latest issue of Jughead, either.

June 11, 2009 10:01 pm Aside from the content, a Vertigo comic at 2.99 just doesn't seem worth it--crappy paper, chock full of ads, and, typically, dull colors.  Put it next to a Dark Horse or Image product and there's no comparison production-value-wise.  And the truth is that they've been holding the line at 3 bucks for a long time.  When, probably soon, DC raises the price it may spell the end of Vertigo. 

June 11, 2009 5:59 pm That Scalped gets more pulls than Fables evidence in itself that IFanboy users are not representative of the general comicbook readership (Fables sells at least 4 times as many copies).  The dollar ploy of course doesn't always work--Vertigo's Air did this a couple of issues ago and enjoyed no sales bump at all with successive issue.  

June 10, 2009 11:45 pm You three are obviously the most intelligent people on this site.  But remember, spelling counts!

June 9, 2009 9:32 pm A "superstar writer," $1.99, and the sloppiest pile of corpses since Frank Miller's Robocop.  Of course you get it. 

June 9, 2009 11:37 am Seems like people want to like this book.  Maybe because we're all afraid of Vertigo going under?  That would be a shame and, given the sales of most of their titles, a definite possibility. I could be wrong, and I'm certainly surprised to see the level of enthusiasm for the book here, but I don't see this one doing much for them.  But who knows.  If Fables can be a leader for them, anything's possible.

June 9, 2009 11:30 am Of course it's all just a matter of taste.  Recently got back into comics, knew nothing of contemporary writers so bought a lot of stuff on their reputations.  Disappointed by most of Ellis's stuff--with the exception of Fell.  His books seem underwritten but I guess that's a kind of style. They are typically gorgeously illustrated--Ignition City, Aetheric Mechanics--but that's about all.  They seem like books to be gazed at rather than read and just seem formulaic and empty in terms of narrative.