No, please. Condescend a little more.
Man, I know. Two years without an update. But lately I've felt the need to say some things in a longer format than Facebook or twitter or G+ affords me. With my website still experiencing technical difficulties, I've decided to put some of these thoughts here.
I'm currently reading Underground, a limited-series comic by Jeff Parker and Steve Lieber about two park rangers being pursued by baddies through an underground cave system. It's a hella rad adventure story.
Here is, I shit you not, one of the back-cover blurbs: "No other book gripped me like this one did--and all without a single superhero. I didn't think that was possible in the world of comic books."
Oh, up yours, buttface. Aren't we over this yet? This "comics are picture books about superheroes heh heh" mentality? Underground was published in 2010, so it's not like non-supe comics and graphic novels were this shockingly novel idea of the day. We've all heard of Maus. Persepolis. Fun Home. Claiming that only superhero-focused comics can be gripping is a disservice to the talented and dedicated writers and artists creating such books, to the readers who love them--and to you, idiot reviewer who's missing out of a rich and varied storytelling world because you're convinced you could never love anything as much as you love improbable dudes in Spandex.
I'm currently reading Underground, a limited-series comic by Jeff Parker and Steve Lieber about two park rangers being pursued by baddies through an underground cave system. It's a hella rad adventure story.
Here is, I shit you not, one of the back-cover blurbs: "No other book gripped me like this one did--and all without a single superhero. I didn't think that was possible in the world of comic books."
Oh, up yours, buttface. Aren't we over this yet? This "comics are picture books about superheroes heh heh" mentality? Underground was published in 2010, so it's not like non-supe comics and graphic novels were this shockingly novel idea of the day. We've all heard of Maus. Persepolis. Fun Home. Claiming that only superhero-focused comics can be gripping is a disservice to the talented and dedicated writers and artists creating such books, to the readers who love them--and to you, idiot reviewer who's missing out of a rich and varied storytelling world because you're convinced you could never love anything as much as you love improbable dudes in Spandex.