I believe it was mentioned in one of the other comment threads that Ellison's actual contributions to the show were minimal; he was mostly there for JMS to bounce ideas off of. Presumably he would tell him if his ideas were the stupidest fucking thing he'd ever heard, which, knowing both Ellison and JMS, probably…

I believe it was mentioned in one of the other comment threads that Ellison's actual contributions to the show were minimal; he was mostly there for JMS to bounce ideas off of. Presumably he would tell him if his ideas were the stupidest fucking thing he'd ever heard, which, knowing both Ellison and JMS, probably…

Yeah, no shit. And this is a guy who just praised Before Watchmen and is apparently gearing up to write a positive review of Batman: Earth One.

Yeah, no shit. And this is a guy who just praised Before Watchmen and is apparently gearing up to write a positive review of Batman: Earth One.

The original Lee/Diko (and Lee/Romita) comics may not be for everyone, but I think Sava (whose opinions I'm finding I…really, really don't agree with) is really off-base to completely dismiss them like that. Among other things, there's absolutely no reason why kids (you know, the intended audience) can't pick up and…

The original Lee/Diko (and Lee/Romita) comics may not be for everyone, but I think Sava (whose opinions I'm finding I…really, really don't agree with) is really off-base to completely dismiss them like that. Among other things, there's absolutely no reason why kids (you know, the intended audience) can't pick up and…

The number of comics fans who are scrambling over themselves to castigate mean ol' Roberson for taking a moral stand against poor lil' DC is truly depressing. They clearly feel uncomfortable and morally compromised for continuing to buy DC comics, deep down.

The number of comics fans who are scrambling over themselves to castigate mean ol' Roberson for taking a moral stand against poor lil' DC is truly depressing. They clearly feel uncomfortable and morally compromised for continuing to buy DC comics, deep down.

Honestly, regardless of the politics, that whole Israel screed was way out of place in the story, as was an earlier, arbitrary monologue about abortion (which didn't even make any sense). I'm fine with the fact that Willingham's politics aren't my own, but you need to weave your political points subtly into the story…

Honestly, regardless of the politics, that whole Israel screed was way out of place in the story, as was an earlier, arbitrary monologue about abortion (which didn't even make any sense). I'm fine with the fact that Willingham's politics aren't my own, but you need to weave your political points subtly into the story…

It's ambiguous in the book—the way the Loras/Renly relationship isn't directly spelled out—but it's pretty heavily implied that they were out-and-out fucking.

I'd argue that even "try your best to follow the source material" isn't always the best advice. It depends very much on the source material.

I would say the original Star Trek didn't have anywhere near as coherent a political attitude as people seem to think it did. Yes, it tended to lean towards a Kennedy-era Democratic attitude, but it was often in conflict with itself; it spent just as much time promoting the idea of exporting Federation/US values to…

I would describe this movie as "Fruntic".

I said superhero comics WEREN'T easily approachable. That was my point.

Sure, there's lots of great non-superhero comics, but that's not what Todd was talking about. And you don't really need to find an "approach vector" for non-superhero comics as an adult; they're generally pretty straightforward.

Yeah, I found Gardens of the Moon to be a slog too, though it was clearly more sophisticated than the average fantasy book. I'm like a third of the way into the Deadhouse Gates, which everyone tells me is a vast improvement, and while it's better it doesn't seem to justify the rapturous praise this series gets. But I…

Todd, as someone who went through a similar process of "cracking the code" of superhero comics a while ago—not having read them as a kid but being intrigued by some of the stuff out there—let me strongly recommend a few things:

Yeah, very pleased to see Mystic on here. A legitimately sophisticated and intelligent fantasy book with a very clever metaphor/parallel for real world issues, leaps and bounds above the otherwise lackluster books in the CrossGen relaunch. Hope there's more.

Thanks Zack, and I'm looking forward to DS9, as it's a show I've only seen parts of, even though it's often cited as the best Trek series.