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kirbyk

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May 3, 2013 12:08 pm I think you're on to something. We're all much more integrated into a technological world than we used to be. It didn't hurt that Robert Downey Jr. is pretty, can act, and oozes charisma. It's hard to pull of the likable jerk (don't try this at home!) but RDJ and his writers have done a great job at it.
March 5, 2012 12:18 pm Spot on. Personally, I like the 2012 problem more than the 2002 problem. But this may be because I'm a word person more than an art person and follow writers more than artists. I can concede that many comic fans lean more the other way and it's more of an imposition to have an issue, or even an arc, with a fill-in. I only really care if the fill-in artist isn't very good.
January 21, 2012 7:46 pm Wow, I've never seen a PotW percentage this high. And I fully agree.
September 30, 2011 11:15 am I pretty much agree with all of these conclusions. Obviously a lot of people don't - Wonder Woman is well liked, for instance - but at least someone's on the same page. I also am historically a heavy Marvel and light DC reader.
September 20, 2011 9:23 am No love for President Doom, on Warren Ellis's excellent run on Doom 2099?
September 1, 2011 10:07 am I actually really liked, and recommend, Brian K. Vaughn's early 2000s Swamp Thing, though it was really more Daughter of Swamp Thing. I can support the idea that nobody's written a good series about Old Man Swampy since Moore, though. Nice picks, good to see some of the fringe titles getting some love!
August 26, 2011 12:11 pm While I read both (I've been heavily Marvel lately, though the new 52 is working in getting me to re-try a lot of titles I used to read), I think there's one good argument to focus. If you have a limited budget, and acknowledge that your goal is not to buy everything that's great, but instead fill out your budget with a subset of that, focusing on one universe has some payoffs. You're more likely to get character interaction, crossovers, and a larger sense of continuity. Especially in these days of Events - you can get large chunks of Fear Itself, or bits and pieces of both that and Flashpoint. I think, if I could only buy 10 comics a month, I'd go all Marvel. (Well, 9 Marvel and Fables. Or 8 and add in Usagi Yojimbo. See, I'm no good at this game.) If you aren't seriously financially constrained and want to read everything that you'd love, though, your point is well taken - there's good stuff out there beyond your company, go find it! I think your restaurant analogy is terrible, though. I only eat 3 meals a day, and I eat out for a small portion of them. If I try something I may or may not like, I forgo the thing I know I love, which is often not what I want to do. Other people value variety in food a lot more than I do. Comics are nothing like this - trying Stormwatch doesn't have to affect whether I still read Uncanny X-Men.