tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post6866715870709874043..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Independents Need Each OtherSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-13363150465469490412008-04-17T13:01:00.000-03:002008-04-17T13:01:00.000-03:00Anonymous: Once Image became a little bit like "Se...Anonymous: Once Image became a little bit like "Self-Publishing Aid", we got some excellent projects (Invincible, Age of Bronze, etc.), I agree.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-35693684065242180422008-04-17T12:54:00.000-03:002008-04-17T12:54:00.000-03:00Yeah, looking back, it's pretty funny that Todd Mc...Yeah, looking back, it's pretty funny that Todd McFarlane published this <B>absoluely frocking insane</B> creators' rights screed just a single month after the issue in which Neil Gaiman co-created a handful of characters that the Toddler then spent the next ten years trying to screw Gaiman out of his rights to...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024593299569223590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-48171226007143699612008-04-17T12:21:00.000-03:002008-04-17T12:21:00.000-03:00Yeah, this one really bugged me as a youngin'. I p...Yeah, this one really bugged me as a youngin'. I picked it up solely because of Sim, being a Cerebus fan (actually, the *only* proper issues of Spawn I own are all in the guest writers' arc. Funny, that.) It was *so* heavy handed that I almost choked on the force feeding. Perhaps he was trying to make a fairly intellectual point to Image's 14-year-old target audience? At any rate, it just felt that I was being talked down to.<BR/><BR/>Actually, the whole thing's pretty interesting in hindsight. Just ask Gaiman.<BR/><BR/>Great write-up, Siskoid.FoldedSouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132722776280407298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-11498187737151010882008-04-17T11:55:00.000-03:002008-04-17T11:55:00.000-03:00Image Comics are putting out VERY interesting comi...Image Comics are putting out VERY interesting comics these days. <BR/><BR/>Maybe they decided their fortune was made back in the 90s and have decided to move forward into more thought-provoking books?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-51281301712736199492008-04-17T08:43:00.000-03:002008-04-17T08:43:00.000-03:00I have to agree with our esteemed host here. At t...I have to agree with our esteemed host here. At the time, kids were picking up <I>Spawn</I> (with its attendant toy line advertised during Saturday morning TV) and were treated to the Ice Cream Man Serial Killer and Violator ripping hearts out of people.<BR/><BR/>This was a great write-up, Siskoid.Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132196355430345167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-50846655244546678442008-04-17T08:02:00.000-03:002008-04-17T08:02:00.000-03:00It's all about the audience you're targeting. With...It's all about the audience you're targeting. With low-brow writing and pretty pictures (in a cartoony style for that matter), child molesters and people chopped to bits was tonally dissonant and distasteful.<BR/><BR/>Of course by today's head-rolling, arm-ripping, eviscerating standards, it's all pretty tame ;)Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-74925758314891730652008-04-17T00:27:00.000-03:002008-04-17T00:27:00.000-03:00...inappropriately gory themes...? Dude, he was a ...<I>...inappropriately gory themes...?</I> Dude, he was a Hellspawn!! If gory themes aren't appropriate there, than can they ever be??snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.com