Angelique wrote:I cannot say I find anything Marvel or DC has put out lately to be "astounding." Red Robin's been the only book from the big companies lately to garner better than a tepid response from me.
See, Ult, you are not going to convince some of us because Nightcrawler is not, to us, just a character we like, but the best. The best X-Man. The best Marvel character. The best out of all Marvel and DC characters. Even the very reason why some read comic books at all. Can you honestly tell us we will find an equal substitute or find equal enjoyment in any of these books?
I cannot say I find anything Marvel or DC has put out lately to be "astounding." Red Robin's been the only book from the big companies lately to garner better than a tepid response from me.
That being said, Mistress D, there is much promise in the small press and American independent comics. Planetary, Walking Dead, and Jonah Hex (most definitely not the movie) are among the many indie or "imprint" books that have grabbed my interest.
And if Nightcrawler is in Hell, that will tick me off even more than killing him off did.
[Edited on 28/6/2010 by Angelique]
First off, to me that comes of as "You're not as good a Nightcrawler fan as us if you're not boycotting."
Which I'm sorry honey, but that's horse shit.
See, I have taste, and I know how to move on from one book to a new one. Also, I am differentiating between fantasy and real life, and while I'm sad Kurt's dead, he's not
real and though he was my favorite character int he X-Men, I'm not going to go bawl and cry and close down shop because Kurt Wagner kicked the bucket.
Furthermore;
yeah I can tell you that. You know why?
'Cause I know you're not trying. 'Cause I know you and everyone else who's pissing in the wind about this is coming online and complete boycotting their new books and refusing to go to the store to look, let alone purchase, anything else. You talk about storyplots in other threads that you actually don't know anything about except the overviews you see on your CBR forums or Marvel forums, and to be quite frank, that's like critiquing a movie you haven't seen.
Or grading a paper you haven't read.
Or talking about a war that you haven't fought/studied.
It's, quite frankly, talking out of your ass. I'm not sure if this is out of line or not Ange, but your reply really tested my patience there because it reads, quite clearly to me if no one else, that you think I'm less of an Elf fan than you or others.
This is absolute bologna and if you read my post in the "Do They Know You're A Crawler Fan" thread, you will see just how agitated and upset I was at his death.
I
do think anyone who boycotts American comics altogether is being selfish, snobbish, and flat out ignorant, and I will go so far as to say, they're missing out on what is easily one of the best times to be a Mainstream Company comic-fan.
You challenge me being a fan to the elf, then I return the challenge and ask, why are you not a fan of comics? Don't you think these artists and writers, not much different from you and your attempts/successes in publishing your work, deserve at least some observance from you, if what they're writing is something
enjoyable to you? Are you seriously telling me You have been collecting Kurt? Since ever? Just 'cause of Kurt? You have everything from the Austen run onwards, and that's all and only thing you read?
If that's the case, I hope it's a good long time until Kurt comes back because you need to realize as awesome as he was and as core a member as he is, there are other characters in that series, in that universe, in this genre, who are worth your penny and if you don't want to give it to them that's fine. But don't come toting your anti-comic huff in a comic forum and not expect resentment back. Sorry.
[Edited on 29/6/10 by Ult_Sm86]