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April 7, 2011 11:28 am @wallythegreenmonster  Heh. "Cons."

April 27, 2009 1:11 pm I'm with throughthebrush on this one. The first thing that comes to mind when I see a spelling or grammatical error in an issue isn't, "huh, what an idiot <fill in the blank with author of choice> is".  It's how many other people managed not to catch it, especially since I did on first viewing.

April 17, 2009 10:47 am

I'd like to throw my hat in the ring for Atomic Robo.  It's a wisecracking robot built by Nikola Tesla fighting Nazis and the supernatural.  I mean, come on.

It's written by Brian Clevinger of the 8-bit Theater webcomic, and drawn by Scott Wegener, who is just awesome and crazy appropriate.  It's funny, breezy, and kicks much ass. 

The premise sounds familiar, I know, but even Mike Mignola says the comparisons to Hellboy are unfounded and it is it's own animal. Highly recommended.

February 11, 2009 11:28 am

Hoo, boy.  A friend and i just recently had an argument about this very thing. To answer Jim's question... I don't think there's an easy answer.  As far as print and major media are concerned, I beleive there needs to be BARE MINIMUM a week after something is released before discussing anything major. And with warning even then. I really really wish stories in the newspapers wouldn't appear about Civil War and Cap America THE DAY the comics come out, but that's considered actual news, i guess, and advertising for the comics, so good luck getting the publishers to do away with the practice.   In this digital, entertainment-on-demand age, everyone should at least have a small chance to catch up, as more and more people don't have the opportunity, or even make the choice to watch or read something immediately.  In an ideal world, I wish everyone had the opportuinty to enjoy a story, surprises and all, as originally intended by the writer.  Of course, there are such things that permeate pop culture to the extent that they are unavoidable.  But should somone born ten years ago be punished, and not able to fully enjoy Citizen Kane for example, simply because they were born when they were?  I say no, IMO.  I managed to not be spoiled for it and enjoyed it that much more for it.  But that's just me. 

Which leads to the second part of the answer to Jim's question. I think we are just going to annoy each other every now and then.  As you can see from this very discussion, everyone feels differently about spoilers.  My own rules vary depending on how much I care about a project or story.  Yeah, spoil Walking Dead and I will kill you, because it's so awesome and I love it. Spill the villain in Avengers/Invaders and that's kind of a big meh.  A lot of it falls on the potential spoilee to be careful and not read anything potentially sensitive, certainly.  On the flip side, it would be nice if the people who don't give a crap about spoilers would realize that they unfortunately have the power in that position and recognize that there are others who feel differently.  But being nice, especially on the web, doesn't seem to be very much in vogue.  

Ultimately it's a shared responsibility, so i agree with those that say a happy medium is probably as good as it's gonna get.

January 24, 2009 3:09 am

I think the reason for all the ire recently is that G-Mo, if not the sole architect of the current DCU, is certainly in charge of the highest profile stories in it right now.  Regardless of how oddly little FC is being reflected in other series, RIP and FC are the most hyped, and are two of the three stories that will most affect everything for the time being; the third is New Krypton.  Batman is DC's most popular character.  FC is the pinnacle of event comics in terms of importance.  I think the frustration, at least on one side, comes from wanting to be in on all this important stuff going on, but not being able to because it's too hard to figure out.  Some of the smaller, less important of his works you can take or leave at your own leisure and not feel like you're missing something you might need to know later, you know?

 

August 25, 2008 3:03 pm Countdown was bad enough that not getting my money for Trinity is the proper punishment for DC, no matter how above mediocre it may be.