The cracks were there from the beginning. It suffered the same problem as a lot of recent DC stuff: Real intriguing premise (the Big 3 all die in the first issue) but just terrible writing. Go back and re-read the first issue. The dialogue is SO bad. It makes Stan Lee seem naturalistic.

It was high stakes, sure, but you could tell that the reason they felt comfortable making it high stakes was because it was a shit universe no one cared about. They might as well kill the whole Earth off because it's not like any readers are going to miss it. It's not even unique either. It's the same thing that…

Whenever I think of Lois Lane I think of the early early Superman comics where she was downright hostile to Clark Kent and then later got into him only after she suspected he might be Superman. Seems sketchy. Cat Grant, on the other hand, was DTF from minute she met Clark.

Worst thing about the re-boot, hands down, was the weird decision that there were no superheroes before 5 years ago. Demon Knights was good because it just fucking ignored that.

Just finished re-reading Earth 2 and reading Earth 2: Worlds End for the first time. My God, they were bad. I read them after reading Hickman's Avengers run and Secret Wars too, which made them seem even worse. I mean, even if you don't like Hickman's style, he's at least a more competent writer just in terms writing…

Sam Humphries must give the the most amazing blowjobs ever.

SAD:

The worst comic book real name belongs to Werewolf-by-Night. I'm not even going to say it. Look it up.

Really surprised there was no News Wire story about Rebirth.

1. No spit curl because the spit curl is kinda gross looking (greasy)
2. Strongman suit (classic)
3. Cat Grant
4. Superdick/class reductionist socialist
5. Kryptonite in 5 different colors
6. Extended family
7. Sunshine Superman from Earth-Throwaway Grant Morrison Joke
8. Brandon Routh, just to be a dick

Yes. The bulk of the book is definitely, unambiguously, just about her and her husband talking about Dick and writing letters to him and leaving him phone messages. Eventually towards the end though she does seemingly start an affair with him but then there's like a single sentence or maybe two where she's like "oh…

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There's a big twist at the end of the book that I imagine would make a straight adaptation into a TV show pretty hard.

Yeah, as a big fan of character who read the entire first series before the start of The New 52, yeah, I'd say mostly re-using. I think anyone could have introduced that character and been successful, it's just a good character.

I'm glad everyone has finally realized that Jeff Lemire sucks ass. I've been saying that since like Animal Man issue 10. Tom Taylor I still have a soft spot for though. Injustice is good and I can't really judge his Iron Man because it got cut short by Secret Wars. I think a better example of a crappy DC writer that…

It seems bizarre that people are still pushing the for "episodic" and "self contained" when literally every other art from in the current culture has basically conceded, you know what? Continuity is awesome.

Personally, I think the tone of a superhero show should be something like Doctor Who. It shouldn't be afraid to be ridiculous and gaudy and colorful but it should take itself seriously at the same time. I would say that's closer to Breaking Bad than to whatever Supergirl is doing. Also, I just think the long form,…

You know how people complain about fake girl geeks? Well, they do exist but it's not a gender thing. Fake guy geeks exist too. Dudes who claim to like Deadpool, they're fake guy geeks. Seriously, this article address his "enduring popularity" but is he really that popular at all? Deadpool comics sell like 70,000…

The problem for Smith isn't that he can't write teens, it's that he can't write REALISTIC people of any age. Writing teens just makes it even more obvious.

Yeah, the dialogue sounds like it was written for a stereotypical fedora wearing virgin but he's supposed to be a guy they WANT to bang?