tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post98338187029624383..comments2024-03-25T21:16:18.716+13:00Comments on The Tearoom of Despair: Jerking aroundBob Temukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-26696211681363678062009-03-06T13:54:00.000+13:002009-03-06T13:54:00.000+13:00Oh, and I didn't mean to imply you were being rude...Oh, and I didn't mean to imply you were being rude, Alan. I just felt that ripping into Johns when I really have no idea of how much of the things I hate about Prime are truly his fault would have been rude on my part. <BR/><BR/>I don't think you're rude at all. You've just got some very strong views, and they is nothing wrong with that.Bob Temukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-4619346906590377862009-03-06T08:47:00.000+13:002009-03-06T08:47:00.000+13:00Yeah, you're right. I just wonder how many of the ...Yeah, you're right. I just wonder how many of the things I dislike about Prime is the fault of his primary creator, or editorial. I don't know much about the comic industry, but I know that blame is sometimes a team effort. How much is Johns, and how much is DiDio, and how much can you blame Alan Moore for starting the whole trend in the first place?<BR/><BR/>I have the same problem with Johns' writing that I have with Jeph Loeb comics. I scowl my way through them and sometimes they're so bad they actually make me feel a little ill. And then I find myself ravenously reading them when they show up for the first time at the local library or in the dollar bins. I can't help myself.<BR/><BR/>I'll dance with you anytime, Al.Bob Temukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-84025033895636649972009-03-06T08:17:00.000+13:002009-03-06T08:17:00.000+13:00I kind of think it's rude, or at least disingenuou...I kind of think it's rude, or at least disingenuous, to spend that much time complaining about a problem (the characterization of Superboy Prime) without once analyzing the true, underlying reason for the problem, which is Johns's utter and complete lack of vision and imagination. So I guess your mileage may vary; dance around it all you like, we know what you really mean.ADDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14926713718402276984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-36077329451346426562009-03-04T12:53:00.000+13:002009-03-04T12:53:00.000+13:00You could easily argue that 90% of comic writers b...You could easily argue that 90% of comic writers belong in the fast food business, but you'll never get anybody to agree on who that good 10% are.<BR/><BR/>After all, Johns does still have a pretty vocal fanbase who buy almost everything he does, so he must be doing something right.<BR/><BR/>I honestly can't see the appeal of most of his comics, but I don't like sneering at the people who do genuinely enjoy them. That's just rude.Bob Temukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-66475072504944975052009-03-04T08:58:00.000+13:002009-03-04T08:58:00.000+13:00Oh, I'm sure he's a fine fellow who pays his bills...Oh, I'm sure he's a fine fellow who pays his bills on time and is kind to children and animals.<BR/><BR/>I just wish he worked at Wendy's, where he belongs.ADDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14926713718402276984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-52580899768716636302009-03-04T08:56:00.000+13:002009-03-04T08:56:00.000+13:00And he's a dick, too.Superman Prime, not Mr Johns,...And he's a dick, too.<BR/><BR/>Superman Prime, not Mr Johns, who by all accounts is a lovely man in real life who just happens to like writing comics with lots of blood in them.Bob Temukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-25455861046249666552009-03-04T04:45:00.000+13:002009-03-04T04:45:00.000+13:00All quite understandable if you know that Geoff Jo...All quite understandable if you know that Geoff Johns is responsible for the character's current and recent characterization. Superboy Prime is, in fact, the perfect example of the vacuity and stupidity of Johns's approach to comics: empty of emotion or intelligence, bankrupt of imagination, just pure mediocre will asserting itself in one bland stupidhero comic after another.ADDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14926713718402276984noreply@blogger.com