Holy Moley!
Mar. 8th, 2007 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snurriIf you are a person who has ever loved comics, you need to be reading Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil. It's outside of regular DC continuity, it's done by Jeff Smith of Bone (you love Bone, right?) and it's . . . it's just . . . hold on, I've got something in my eye. It is the sweetest, most funnest, best story-as-time-machine-wait-I'm-ten-years-old-again comic I've read possibly ever. Seriously.
In other comic news: Yeah, Captain America is dead, or at least that's what we're supposed to believe. I don't believe that, as it happens, but whatever. The thing is, death in comics is often presented as an event that will change everything, when in fact it's just about the least consequential thing that can happen to a character. (It's kind of like about 95% of X-Files episodes in that way.) No one stays dead. The rancor that built up between Tony Stark/Iron Man and Steve Rogers/Cap during the whole Civil War debacle was something Marvel could have run on for years--it's those resentments and grudges, big and small, which make the interpersonal stuff interesting. Death is cheap in comics. Y'all remember when Superman died? That sure sold a lot of comics. Does he look dead now?
Wanna know my theory? (If you've not read Civil War then ignore this.) The fight between Cap and the Punisher was part of a con, and Frank was the one behind the gun. As for the body, I'm guessing an LMD or something. It's not like Marvel hasn't created all the outs for this stuff.
Anyway, if you want an antidote to all this manufactured relevance, pick up Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil, that's all I'm saying. Two of the four issues are already out, and you can probably find them both at your local comics shop. You won't be disappointed.
Finally, something silly:
Crush this person!
Get your own ThisCrush.com CrushTag!
In other comic news: Yeah, Captain America is dead, or at least that's what we're supposed to believe. I don't believe that, as it happens, but whatever. The thing is, death in comics is often presented as an event that will change everything, when in fact it's just about the least consequential thing that can happen to a character. (It's kind of like about 95% of X-Files episodes in that way.) No one stays dead. The rancor that built up between Tony Stark/Iron Man and Steve Rogers/Cap during the whole Civil War debacle was something Marvel could have run on for years--it's those resentments and grudges, big and small, which make the interpersonal stuff interesting. Death is cheap in comics. Y'all remember when Superman died? That sure sold a lot of comics. Does he look dead now?
Wanna know my theory? (If you've not read Civil War then ignore this.) The fight between Cap and the Punisher was part of a con, and Frank was the one behind the gun. As for the body, I'm guessing an LMD or something. It's not like Marvel hasn't created all the outs for this stuff.
Anyway, if you want an antidote to all this manufactured relevance, pick up Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil, that's all I'm saying. Two of the four issues are already out, and you can probably find them both at your local comics shop. You won't be disappointed.
Finally, something silly:
Crush this person!
Get your own ThisCrush.com CrushTag!
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Date: 2007-03-08 05:40 pm (UTC)Alas. Comics have taught me to live for disappointment.
(So, on the one hand, the little clicky button says "crush this person!" On the other hand... wouldn't it be so much more crushing if nobody did?)
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Date: 2007-03-08 05:53 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'm probably not exactly right, but what I know is Steve Rogers will not stay dead. He'll come back about the time Quesada leaves as EIC.
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Date: 2007-03-08 05:57 pm (UTC)