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1. flapjaxx says:

   January 28, 2009 at 6:18 pm

   "With each issue I kept waiting to really lock down on the plot, but that was a fruitless search. Not once has this book had a central plotline"

   Then why didn’t you stop looking for a central plotline? No offence, but I don’t get why people kept insisting on trying to read FC as if it were JLA or any other conventional superhero narrative. You have to read it differently; you have to look for different things. This "different" doesn’t mean "better", and I think FC was far, far from a classic or a revolutionary work in the comics medium. But all these comments about lack of a singular cohesive narrative are like someone complaining about how Dickens’ "David Copperfield" doesn’t have any magic in it. "I read chapter one–NO MAGIC. Then I read chapter two, still looking for magic–NO MAGIC. … Then I went into the final chapter thinking, ‘Okay, here’s where the magician stuff comes in’, but NOPE! This is the author’s fault, not mine for looking for something that wasn’t ever going to be there!"

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2. JumpingJupiter says:

   January 28, 2009 at 8:32 pm

   @Flap: It’s the choice of venue. My wife and I were discussing this. It’s like when Harvey Pekar went on the David Letterman show with "things to say" and David questioned his choice of venue. "It’s a comedy show".

   There’s a time and a place. But still, lack of cohesive narrative is a fair criticism in just about any context.

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3. Nate says:

   January 29, 2009 at 9:03 am

   The fact is, I liked the book. I have liked the book up through issue #5. However, I never really saw a central plot. I’ve known Morrison’s work in the past has paid off in the end. This was different. I guess I was not clear enough, I really wanted to like this book and was so excited when each issue came out, but that excitement wained after issue #5 when I could not see where this was going. 

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