tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post6301357685630796512..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: DC's Tom King Teases Beating of Dead HorseScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1144446083341795782018-12-20T10:10:07.878-05:002018-12-20T10:10:07.878-05:00John, have you ever read Astro City? It's a fa...John, have you ever read Astro City? It's a fascinating look at a super-hero universe, largely from the perspective of ordinary people. It's well worth your time. <br /><br />On the subject of event comics, I have a theory that whenever the writers get a really good or original idea, they write it down and put it in a file cabinet to use for their own personal projects. They definitely don't hand it to a huge corporation. I think that's why the cycle of repetitiveness is accelerating. Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-50594715021096082522018-12-19T19:17:12.967-05:002018-12-19T19:17:12.967-05:00Honestly, even if any of them are a sincere return...Honestly, even if any of them <i>are</i> a sincere return to a fan-favorite status quo or critical story arc, "leaking" your own stories for one of the most popular characters in the world at a time when previews are widely available positively reeks of desperation and a distrust in the ability to execute. I haven't followed any big-name comics in a while, so I don't know anything about King, but this doesn't suggest good things.<br /><br />Of course, maybe I'm misplacing my criticism and it's whoever's writing the headlines trying to make the story sound more important than it actually is. But since I don't see that with other creators, I'm guessing not.<br /><br />Semi-related to stories having been done before, I sometimes try to imagine what it must be like to live in the DC Universe as an ordinary human being. Not only is widespread property damage (which may or may not be permanent) a routine issue, but you're constantly caught between rewritten histories and nearly-identical events playing out constantly. And that doesn't even get into the weirdness of actual gods from various pantheons just loitering around with no religious movements consolidating around them.<br /><br />I mean, I <i>assume</i> this stuff doesn't just happen to people in costumes, right...?John Cnoreply@blogger.com