I can't believe I didn't think of this or anyone else....
Come on! Sue Storm as Malice! Horrible! I couldn't find a good picture with her S&M gear on, but this is close enough. What a waste of space. Worst part was, she was teamed up with Hate Monger & Psycho Man... What a scary troop of worthless villains.
the simplest of answers is this:
You all know what I'm going to say: Writing is the most important aspect of writing today. Don't believe me? Here's two ways to prove it: First, pick up anything from the 90s. It's garbage. Sure, there's a few books out there with good stories, but overall most companies focused on art rather than writing a good story. The best examples are from the mid-late 90s Marvel, when they focused 90% of their efforts on art. Need more proof? Justice by Ross & Krieger. Pretty pictures can't save a tripe, over-used storyline that couldn't make me care less about the characters. "All the villains team up to fight all of the heroes? Haven't I seen this before? Like on every episode of the Super Friends?" More proof you say? Ok, All Star Batman & Robin. Jim Lee's work is amazing on this book, but Miller's writing is that of a 14 year old boy, possibly with tourettes syndrome. Great art does not save bad writing. And if you do think that, you have no clue what good writing is, or you probably don't know what good art looks like. I've seen a few people weigh in on what they think bad art looks like, and the stuff they post isn't bad art, just different stylistically.
I've been a professional writer for a few years now and a comic book writer for about a year, and I've noticed that writers rule the industry right now. Why? Because writing is more important. I've gone through artist alley at the cons and picked up a few books here and there, and there's stuff I really enjoy where the artwork is atrocious. I'm done ranting...
If you're a collector, let me in on a little secret.... Collecting every issue of every comic now-a-days is stupid and will be worth less than cover price in 20 years. Don't believe me? Go to your local comic store and look through 80s back issues. On average, ON AVERAGE, each issue is worth $2, and that's being nice.
You want to collect comics? Save up hundreds of thousands of dollars and buy Golden Age stuff, more specific, comics that came out during WWII. Why? Well, during WWII the military needed pulp, I'm not sure to the exact reasons why, but they needed it. So, most kids, after reading, would donate their books, some would go to the G.I.s for enjoyment, others were chopped up and used for other purposes. Therefor, the amount of comics actually kept by people was minimal, making them worth quite a bit of money 60 years down the road. No, your 90s X-Men run isn't even worth the paper it's printed on and no, I don't want a copy of Spawn #1, the book sucked and the market was flooded with Spawn #1 because of people like you who swamped the market and bought every copy because you think you could sell it for a billion dollars 15 years down the road. I blame Marvel & DC, they revamped all their main books and started over at #1 thinking they would sell, it worked, but they were duping the readers. For shame......
As for myself, I read. yes, I technically collect, but only because I don't want to burn them after first read. Why would you collect (modern age) and not read your books? Modern Age has such depth, great characters, great stories.... Now is the Golden Age for comics. Sure, there's a lot of garbage, but the amount of work, effort, and storytelling today trumps the original Golden Age.... I had to say it.... Listen, or read.... I love Golden Age books, JSA, Invaders, Captain america, awesome stuff. But, compared to Modern Age, it's like a 100 year old man fighting a guy who's trained in MMA for 5 years. No contest.
I also hate people who only collect Variant covers... I have my reasons, and that's a whole different blog in itself.
In lieu of the current death, current being May of last year, of Steve Rogers AKA Captain America. We take a look back of 44 years of Cap getting capped. All info comes directly from the comicvine site, all added statements below come from moi.
First death in 1964. "Killed" by Baron Zemo, when thrown off an exploding plane into the freezing Atlantic Ocean. Actually was in suspended animation and returned later.
Dies again in 1969. It is supposed that HYDRA got him. This lasts a few issues until it turns out that he faked his death so he could retire, and he eventually becomes Captain America again,
Third death, in 1978. This death is the first real one, where he actually dies. The all powerful Korvac easily murders him, but decides to resurrect him. He actually resurrects him in the same issue.
Dies in 1984. Again, this is a real death, he is killed during the Secret Wars and is resurrected next issue.
Thanos kills him in 1991, during the Infinity Gauntlet crisis. This was an enemy martial arts skills weren't enough for. Adam Warlock resurrects him eventually.
He dies in 1992, the same year that Superman was killed and resurrected. It seemed as if Punisher assassinated him, but it was actually faked by Punisher without Rogers' knowledge.
Another death in 1996. The Super Soldier Serum degenerates and causes cellular damage that kills him. He survives because it's reversed by Red Skull.
1996 again. The all-powerful Onslaught seemed to have killed him, along with a huge group of other heroes like the other Avengers. It turns out they were only transported to an alternate dimension.
Killed in 2005 along with Wolverine, by a vengeful Thor. It turned out to be in an alternate future.
Killed in 2007, right now, by Crossbones and a brainwashed Sharon Carter. He still remains dead-although that probably will not last. Comic people usually don't stay dead.
Comics that need cartoons!
DAMAGE CONTROL!: this would be my dream animated series..... Adult Swim material....The best thing Marvel has ever done...
Avengers: Start with the original team: Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man & Wasp, work your way up from there. No stupid armor this time.
Ant-Man: Based of the latest comic series, obviously a comedy geared more towards adults.
Exiles: Not New Exiles, which is utter garbage, but the original Exiles, but nothing involving what Claremont wrote, he's a hack. Mostly the Winick stuff because his stuff was amazing, and he hated Puck. (Who catches the reference?)
Flash: Bats had numerous shows, Supes had his own. Flash, in my opinion, has the second best Rogue's Gallery in the DCU, plus adding multiple flashes would be pretty fun. It doesn't have to be kiddie, just fun, like JLU.
Green Lantern Corps: If they could make a darker animated series essentially about these space police, I'd be so excited. the problem is, there is so much mythos, many non-GL fans would be turned off to it. I'd love to see it.
JSA: Old heroes in a young world... good stuff
Hellboy: Why not? The straight-to-DVD films were a lot of fun.
The Amazing Screw-On Head: F#$k you Sci-Fi network for picking up Scare Tactics (which I love) and not picking this up. The pilot was amazing.
Dear diary,
I know I've been trying to hide the whole "kid inside" thing for the past 20 years, but I think it got out today. Crap, I'm supposed to be a working adult, and I'm only supposed to like sports and my wife, but man, the kid inside loved Next Avengers......
I hate my life,
InferiorEgo
I bought it on a whim yesterday, expecting a so-so film. And you know what, when it came to the story I loved it. Before I get into what I loved.... Lets bullet-point the problematic areas....
I'd rather burn my eyes out and severe a limb than have to read that garbage.
I was a nuts Marvel fan as a kid, X-everything, Spider-Man, I couldn't get enough. As I got older, I became disenchanted with the stories, Marvel was focusing more on art and trading cards. (which put them into bankruptcy). I stopped reading for about 6 years or so.
I started reading again roughly around 2003. I started back with Marvel comics and read everything I could get my hands on. I quickly realized this:
Marvel comics is like the Summer Blockbuster. They really give the fans what they want, but it's not something you'd go back and watch ad nausea. It's a in-the-moment thing that you and your buddies would discuss like this, "That was awesome" "Yeah it was".
DC, on the other hand, is like the Oscar winner. Intriguing characters, stories, and plot. But, maybe not so many explosions. But overall, much more satisfaction from the stories. Something your friends will want to discuss over and over. Something you'll want to read down the road.
for those of you who are fuming, here's one more thing to make you mad... Marvel is geared more towards children, DC, more towards 20s & up...
Lastly, sometimes summer blockbusters win the oscars, so don't get too mad...
And that's why I choose DC, I like substance over explosions...
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