By: Mike Hunter
—————————————- sarah horrocks says: …He understands very well what the contemporary modern superhero reader wants, and serves it up well. —————————————- A pretty damning bit of praise! Even if music to...
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Regarding “personality” and its relevance, weeeeellllllllll… I think it’s probably fair to observe that IF a creator who is a purveyor of extreme violence and problematically sexual content is...
View ArticleBy: Noah Berlatsky
I don’t know, John. I mean, for me, the thing I liked most about the Geoff John comic was Mera vomiting on the baby. That wasn’t offensive; that was the one thing that seemed to actually be kind of...
View ArticleBy: sarah horrocks
@Noah Judd winick and Scott lobdell represent the bottom rung of dc Imo. What Johns does very well is get to the core of what made these characters popular and then he mixes in very well unused past...
View ArticleBy: Noah Berlatsky
Thanks Sarah. Anytime anyone says they don’t like anything, they get accused of posing, near about. I’m pretty sure Matt really does in fact hate Johns…but that doesn’t mean that you have to, of course.
View ArticleBy: Mike Hunter
—————————- sarah horrocks says: …What Johns does very well is get to the core of what made these characters popular and then he mixes in very well unused past continuity element for fan service type...
View ArticleBy: sarah horrocks
@ Mike: “There are plenty of writers who skillfully mix in “unused past continuity element[s],” Moore the “mixmaster supreme.” There are not “plenty” of writers who do this. Are there “other” writers...
View ArticleBy: Matthew Brady
Richard asked: “I have a separate-but-related question: how much do all these comics collectively cost? Does anyone know?” Adding up the retail prices of all the collected volumes I read, the total is...
View ArticleBy: Jesus Sanchez
If bored were an emotion its color would be Geoff Johns. Seven Samurai is actually more than an action film … its a brilliant film. And while I’ve never really liked Johns penchant for violence or his...
View ArticleBy: AB
Johns served as a consultant producer on last year’s ‘Green Lantern’ flick…one of the biggest bombs of 2011.
View ArticleBy: Milton Compton
upon further thought, i guess it is kind of a statement of hyperbole. comics as a thing probably isn’t dying, not really. i think i just got caught up in the hate-fest.
View ArticleBy: Noah Berlatsky
Mainstream superhero comics are arguably dying slowly. I wouldn’t be surprised if Marvel and/or DC were out of the business of publishing comics within a couple of decades.
View ArticleBy: John Hennings
Jumping in somewhat randomly… Like others in this chain, I appreciate what Matt did here. I read Sinestro Corps War, then dropped out, then looked back at Sinestro Corps War and was genuinely ashamed...
View ArticleBy: John Hennings
So why are these so bad? Because they’re dumb, in all the ways that Matt described, and they take themselves seriously anyway, which makes me feel dumb for reading them. Comics shouldn’t hurt your...
View ArticleBy: That Newton Guy
great article. way too long but it sums up a lot of the stuff about johns writing that i find stupid….guy peaked and burned out into the next loeb WAY too fast. slightly off topic, if the author THAT...
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