My Alex Ross story is infamous. My readers know it, message boards speak of it as some urban legend, and I’ve even spoken to some comic creators about it who have all more or less said the same thing; “That is why I always try to be nice and respectful at signings, because first impressions [...]
I want to see Fabian Nicieza write Teen Titans. I want to see the book roll over creative teams, again, and hand the reigns of this title that has yet to get back to where it was when Geoff Johns left it, over to Fabian Nicieza. I want Fabian to work with Kon, Cassie, Bart, [...]
I quit reading comics my freshman year of high school, and then proceeded to not mention them again in public for several years. I wasn’t embarrassed, not at all, I love comics. I quit because I was fifteen and had parents going through a divorce and felt guilty asking for money and a ride every [...]
“Rebirth Retcons: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Blame Johns”
A couple of years ago I made a topic on the Gamefaqs.com Comics & Graphic Novels board, and in it I went a little overboard in explaining how I felt the unnecessary retcons he was using were diluting the franchise and stripping away the [...]
Dwayne McDuffie was fired from JLA a few weeks ago in reaction to his talking about the DC editorial process on some message boards, and then getting it put up on Lying in the Gutters. He was frustrated, he was annoyed, and he was tired of DC constantly micromanaging his book to fit the needs [...]
TV, TV, TV. I want my MTV…..alright, no I don’t, I hate MTV and everything they represent. But I do love my TV. I mean, come on, this is my second column in a row about my favorite shows, and boy is it going to be awesome! Last time around we talked about Fox’s Friday [...]
Two things I love in comics are alternate realities, and books where nothing is safe. In other words, I like to see shit happen that could NEVER happen in the core canon. I mean, how else could Batman legitimately be a Green Lantern and not Batman? How else could Ruins as a story even exist? And most importantly, where would my beloved Spider-Girl be if there were no alternate realities?