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syngar98

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July 25, 2011 10:07 am @mikegraham6  Im not surprised, I doubt I'd rush in to go see Captain Canuck if it came out in theatres.
July 23, 2011 6:37 pm @Flounder  the formula dying with the scientist has been a major part of why there were no other super soldiers created (not counting the black cap retcon).
July 23, 2011 5:42 pm @TheNextChampion  Lol you DC fanboys sure come out in droves. Still stinging over the poor reception of Green lantern?
Don't worry I am sure the reboot will fix all of DC's problems *snort*.
July 23, 2011 5:39 pm @wallythegreenmonster  I'll wager she neglects to mention most of those stores are either in unique situations or bolster their income with warghammer parties and beyblade tournaments (or whatever garish pokemon clone is popular right now)
July 22, 2011 6:06 pm @mguy77  yeah but that just proves the average reader is an idiot?
July 22, 2011 5:22 pm I will offer this final point- different is not neccesarily good or even advised.

July 22, 2011 5:01 pm @ wally, to answer your last point first- are they resistant "just because" or are they resistant because 1) they may not care for it, and/or 2) they don't like sour flavoring in their dessert?

I don't consider it hive mind though, after all if i go to a baseball game, and they were doing ballet dancing, regardless of how good they might be, I would be annoyed.

Would you deny that manga and american comics are apples and oranges or not? If not, then this is where we must agree to disagree.

As an artist, I can see that the fauvist movement is entirely different than the pre-raphealite.

Think of it this way, as different and stylistic and imbued with 'attitude" that rob liefeld was in the 90's he still pissed off a lot of people in the "know".


Now about regionality versus global icons. I don;t think that has any relevance on how he is portrayed or drawn. I recall the spiderman manga attempts and they were piss poor at best.

Getting new readers is not about pandering, consistently good art and story draws in readers (see Jim lee for examples), and these days new readers arrive because of movies and online accessibility, not because joe madureira draws like he is japanese.

Art is supposed to showcase the writing, not obfuscate it.
July 22, 2011 4:22 pm @captamerica101  what time? what energy? I mean let's be honest here- 90 percent of the comments found on any chat board (even serious topics) are just wastes of time. Navel gazing is a primary form of entertainment for young people online.
As for energy, I could write another graduate thesis paper ont he energy from a quarter of a snickers bar.

frankly, I like to see some dissonant conversation versus just "you guys are great, may I slobber on your crotch some more". 
Not opposed to giving kudos, but so many of these comments are just...effluvia.
July 22, 2011 4:04 pm @ wally
I think hive mind is a bit hyperbolic, and judgmental. My feeling is, if i wanted manga, i'd read manga.

If i want pretentious melodrama with no discerible plot, I'll watch swiss films. If i want highly stylized dialogue, gratuitious violence and cultural references I'll watch tanrantino movies.

Step back a second and look at american comics as it's own sub-genre in the illustrated story medium. Go read a european comic and you can totally see the influence it had on walt disney, but would you call eurocomics the same as american ones? There are regional sub-genres, and american comic readers ( in general) want comics a certain way, it's not different than those wannabes that jumped on the anime bandwagon and think it's amazing. The point is, if a japanese artist started monkeying jim lees style, and he tried to sell his work in japan, he'd probably receive the same criticism.

Comics are not cartoons, and it's not a simply a matter of (one is animated, the other is not).
Obviously you can claim there are exceptions, but those are exceptions to the vast majority.


The times I have seen ramos ' work, I was literally annoyed, his work looks like something a kid would draw in class;
artwork should not interfere with story telling, even ifanboy has griped about say bachalo's spewing of x-men.
July 22, 2011 2:34 pm @ Wally, you can be cartoony and be good. I just think much of what I ams eeing just feels sloppy and "phoned in. Whether marvel asks him to do that or they can't do much about it because of deadlines (or apathy)I don't know.

The guy who did "bone" was cartoony, but no one would say its sloppy or lazy nez pas?

I need to go back and look at ASM issues you refer to, and see if its good or bad for me to comment on that particular run.