What I Read This Year Part IV

[earthscorch]

Creepie Susie by Angus Oblong -- The title's actually longer than that, but I'm going to be lazy. I thought the Oblongs cartoon was sort of amusing, and discovered that it was based on a book. Well, it's only loosely based on the book, and the book is very warped and tasteless. Much moreso than the cartoon. If you like warped, tasteless humor, this

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[sapphirebreeze]

I think Tony's been written as a jerk a lot lately, and not just for Civil Crisis or whatever. Luna's seen the Avengers cartoon, which predates all the stuff going on this year and last, and said he was a jerk in that, too (and I will add that that is also why she likes him). He was also a jerk in the movie.

The thing is... if enough people like him being written that way, is that really the wrong interpretation?

[earthscorch]

The Avengers cartoon is based on Ultimate Avengers, where pretty much everyone is a jerk. He was a jerk in the movie, but he was learning! The turn around was part of the whole deal. He's always been one of the shadier Avengers-types, that said. The deal with him getting kicked out of the Avengers and alienating Captain America was because of his habit of going off and doing stuff on his own without thinking of others. Of course, he's always a shameless womanizer

[sapphirebreeze]

Orrrrrrrr...the basic culture has changed, and comic books now have to compete against ever more omni-present gaming consoles, online gaming, ipods and music subscriptions, instant access to television via the internet (youtube, torrent, etc), free web comics, a crashing global economy, and a number of other things that weren't relevant factors in the '80's for your average person's entertainment dollar

[earthscorch]

It's probably true! Comics also did poorly in the 70's, when it was all about Dirty Harry and Death Wish. Then after Star Wars came out, they started doing good again! We've been in this stupid negative mindset for like 15 years now. It's depressing