I love comics most of the time
Ah comics. I do love them. They're so pretty, and they tell a good story.
But then, almost as often, they frustrate the hell out of you >.<. Whether they be manga or American comics. Both have their pros and cons- personally I think the American comics have prettier art (in color, too). That said, Japanese manga tend to have much better plot continuity.
Take for example, Deadpool. He's only my most favorite comic book character ever right about now (I'm only missing ten issues of the '97 series GO ME). But what the hell is Marvel doing to him?
I can understand his sudden popularity giving rise to a new series and some more guest appearances, etc. But now it's getting positively ridiculous. They're making the same mistake with him that they did with Wolverine, and now there's just too much. As someone at a community I visited recently put it, 'Deadpool's like sugar. He's good in small doses, but too much and your teeth will rot'.
It wouldn't be so bad if maybe the writers wouldn't ignore just about everything from past Deadpool comics. And I do mean everything. Deadpool #900 came out recently (and I do like it, for the most part) and therein Wade Wilson gets like his fifth contradicting back story.
Note to writers: Just because your character has been previously established to be so crazy he can't quite get the facts right about certain elements of his past doesn't mean we don't remember them. Wade's mother has now died when he was young, lived long enough to abuse him before kicking the bucket, and now she's passed in childbirth. WTF. If you make his dad an alcoholic birthday clown or something, I'm kicking your asses (one of the few things I've never seen changed is that he's military and lived longer than the mother).
More rage- WHAT THE HELL. Okay Marvel, I can almost understand zombie!Deadpool. He was hilarious in Marvel Zombies. But the Deadpool Corps?! No, no- we don't need a lady!Deadpool, dog!Deadpool, and kid!Deadpool in a monthly title. By the way, Deadpool already has his own loveable cast of characters. Where's Al? And Weasel? I haven't seen them since Cable and Deadpool (the only series besides the five issue Suicide Kings to have any kind of continuity to the original series). What about Bob? I know he was in a few issues of the current Deadpool title, but more of him would be cool. I love Bob. Outlaw was fun in Suicide Kings. How about some of Siryn? And speaking of a kid!Deadpool- WTF THERE IS ALREADY A POOLBOY FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES IF YOU'RE SO DESPERATE.
(sigh) And if you can do absolutely none of that... could you at least get rid of the voices in Wade's head? He was crazy enough to begin with, and trying to pass off his comic awareness as a case of schizophrenia kinda sucks.
Putting rants aside, I still love Deadpool. The current series has some good moments, but I'm not much of a fan of the spin offs. Suicide Kings was excellent, of course, so naturally it's the only one that's a mini-series. But there is hope! Joe Kelly's (original writer who made Deadpool awesome) going to be writing the crossover with Spiderman issue! YAY! Kelly, please fix him! Make him awesome again! Take over the series and bring back Al and Weasel and explain all the stuff you couldn't do before!
Please?
But then, almost as often, they frustrate the hell out of you >.<. Whether they be manga or American comics. Both have their pros and cons- personally I think the American comics have prettier art (in color, too). That said, Japanese manga tend to have much better plot continuity.
Take for example, Deadpool. He's only my most favorite comic book character ever right about now (I'm only missing ten issues of the '97 series GO ME). But what the hell is Marvel doing to him?
I can understand his sudden popularity giving rise to a new series and some more guest appearances, etc. But now it's getting positively ridiculous. They're making the same mistake with him that they did with Wolverine, and now there's just too much. As someone at a community I visited recently put it, 'Deadpool's like sugar. He's good in small doses, but too much and your teeth will rot'.
It wouldn't be so bad if maybe the writers wouldn't ignore just about everything from past Deadpool comics. And I do mean everything. Deadpool #900 came out recently (and I do like it, for the most part) and therein Wade Wilson gets like his fifth contradicting back story.
Note to writers: Just because your character has been previously established to be so crazy he can't quite get the facts right about certain elements of his past doesn't mean we don't remember them. Wade's mother has now died when he was young, lived long enough to abuse him before kicking the bucket, and now she's passed in childbirth. WTF. If you make his dad an alcoholic birthday clown or something, I'm kicking your asses (one of the few things I've never seen changed is that he's military and lived longer than the mother).
More rage- WHAT THE HELL. Okay Marvel, I can almost understand zombie!Deadpool. He was hilarious in Marvel Zombies. But the Deadpool Corps?! No, no- we don't need a lady!Deadpool, dog!Deadpool, and kid!Deadpool in a monthly title. By the way, Deadpool already has his own loveable cast of characters. Where's Al? And Weasel? I haven't seen them since Cable and Deadpool (the only series besides the five issue Suicide Kings to have any kind of continuity to the original series). What about Bob? I know he was in a few issues of the current Deadpool title, but more of him would be cool. I love Bob. Outlaw was fun in Suicide Kings. How about some of Siryn? And speaking of a kid!Deadpool- WTF THERE IS ALREADY A POOLBOY FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES IF YOU'RE SO DESPERATE.
(sigh) And if you can do absolutely none of that... could you at least get rid of the voices in Wade's head? He was crazy enough to begin with, and trying to pass off his comic awareness as a case of schizophrenia kinda sucks.
Putting rants aside, I still love Deadpool. The current series has some good moments, but I'm not much of a fan of the spin offs. Suicide Kings was excellent, of course, so naturally it's the only one that's a mini-series. But there is hope! Joe Kelly's (original writer who made Deadpool awesome) going to be writing the crossover with Spiderman issue! YAY! Kelly, please fix him! Make him awesome again! Take over the series and bring back Al and Weasel and explain all the stuff you couldn't do before!
Please?