Comments on: I’m Just Sayin’…#18 http://comicsnexus.com/2008/07/16/im-just-sayin18/ The Comics Nexus is written by a group of lifelong diehard comic book fans, who have an appreciation for the artistry, writing and consistency of well-known and obscure titles. Longtime comics fans will find kindred spirits in the Nexus, and new fans will better understand the history and context of today’s hottest heroes by reading the Nexus’s deep selection of commentary, reviews and features. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:53:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Comics Nexus | I’m Just Sayin’…#24 http://comicsnexus.com/2008/07/16/im-just-sayin18/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Comics Nexus | I’m Just Sayin’…#24 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:51:27 +0000 http://comicsnexus.com/?p=74202#comment-421 [...] to give BRAND NEW DAY an even chance, I’m gonna expand upon a point I originally made in the comments section of a previous column, and put it to you like this: let’s say your Uncle Joey promises you a big bowl of chocolate [...] [...] to give BRAND NEW DAY an even chance, I’m gonna expand upon a point I originally made in the comments section of a previous column, and put it to you like this: let’s say your Uncle Joey promises you a big bowl of chocolate [...]

]]> By: Comics Nexus | I’m Just Sayin’…#23 http://comicsnexus.com/2008/07/16/im-just-sayin18/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Comics Nexus | I’m Just Sayin’…#23 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:43:06 +0000 http://comicsnexus.com/?p=74202#comment-377 [...] Normally, I hate scenes like this in my comic books. And it’s because usually, there are two things missing - context and restraint. There’s no mistaking that the requisite homework has been done in portraying the Asgardian Gods as beings who do literally everything with gusto, so a scene like this is expected. Context. And then to balance it out, we get a modest use of shadow and well-chosen language that lays just enough out there for you to get the point, and stay in the story. Restraint. I hope people are taking notes - Judd, I’m looking in your direction… [...] [...] Normally, I hate scenes like this in my comic books. And it’s because usually, there are two things missing – context and restraint. There’s no mistaking that the requisite homework has been done in portraying the Asgardian Gods as beings who do literally everything with gusto, so a scene like this is expected. Context. And then to balance it out, we get a modest use of shadow and well-chosen language that lays just enough out there for you to get the point, and stay in the story. Restraint. I hope people are taking notes – Judd, I’m looking in your direction… [...]

]]> By: Manolis Vamvounis http://comicsnexus.com/2008/07/16/im-just-sayin18/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Manolis Vamvounis Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:08:37 +0000 http://comicsnexus.com/?p=74202#comment-233 hehe in this case though, we've already swallowed and digested the crap, and we're finally down to the pudding. why not forget the bad taste and enjoy the chocolatey goodness? hehehe hehe

in this case though, we’ve already swallowed and digested the crap, and we’re finally down to the pudding. why not forget the bad taste and enjoy the chocolatey goodness? hehehe

]]> By: Greg Manuel http://comicsnexus.com/2008/07/16/im-just-sayin18/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Greg Manuel Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:26:29 +0000 http://comicsnexus.com/?p=74202#comment-228 <b>Manolis</b> - I can't help it, bro. I'm not trying to step on your enjoyment of <b><i>THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN*</i></b> and believe me, I envy your ability to look past ONE MORE DAY, but as a fan I feel insulted by the disingenuous reasoning behind the move. Moreover, what I've read <i>of</i> BRAND NEW DAY, for all of the very interesting storylines that have come, has yet to show me just <i>why</i> Peter Parker needed to be single. As for sacrificing the wedding for Spider-Man to be fun again...let me put it to you this way: let's say you're 9 years old, and you've been promised a bowl of chocolate pudding. But then you're handed a bowl of cat crap instead. And then you're told that the pudding is just beyond that cat crap, about three inches into the bowl. At least for me, it goes like this: <i>I'd have been down for that pudding if you hadn't tried to make me swallow cat crap first.</i> Pardon the metaphor. I have three cats. :-) Manolis – I can’t help it, bro. I’m not trying to step on your enjoyment of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN* and believe me, I envy your ability to look past ONE MORE DAY, but as a fan I feel insulted by the disingenuous reasoning behind the move. Moreover, what I’ve read of BRAND NEW DAY, for all of the very interesting storylines that have come, has yet to show me just why Peter Parker needed to be single.

As for sacrificing the wedding for Spider-Man to be fun again…let me put it to you this way: let’s say you’re 9 years old, and you’ve been promised a bowl of chocolate pudding. But then you’re handed a bowl of cat crap instead. And then you’re told that the pudding is just beyond that cat crap, about three inches into the bowl.

At least for me, it goes like this: I’d have been down for that pudding if you hadn’t tried to make me swallow cat crap first.

Pardon the metaphor. I have three cats. :-)

]]> By: Manolis Vamvounis http://comicsnexus.com/2008/07/16/im-just-sayin18/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Manolis Vamvounis Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:15:47 +0000 http://comicsnexus.com/?p=74202#comment-203 arg, stop it with all the spider-man hate! Am i the only reviewer/blogger around who really digs Brand New Day? if we really really had to sacrifice a wedding for spidey to get this good again, then so be it! :) i also totally get their young Parker remarks, with the 'huh' exception that peter hasn't really been de-aged with BND. he's still a college graduate, and if he has all his memories minus the ring, then he;'s really the same age, just single. arg, stop it with all the spider-man hate!

Am i the only reviewer/blogger around who really digs Brand New Day?

if we really really had to sacrifice a wedding for spidey to get this good again, then so be it! :)

i also totally get their young Parker remarks, with the ‘huh’ exception that peter hasn’t really been de-aged with BND. he’s still a college graduate, and if he has all his memories minus the ring, then he;’s really the same age, just single.

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