The Letters Page
As we've mentioned before, there's way too much mail for us to answer in the shows, so we'll be answering some of it right here on the blog. As always, thanks for sending in your questions, and please keep shooting them over to tips@pulpsecret.com, call them in to 888-841-7549, or post a video response on YouTube!
Today, I'm going to answer letters from our YouTube account! Happy Thanksgiving, and keep sending in your questions and comments. Boo-yah!
fohnjoster fibs:
Wow, good segment guys, you really hit it out of the park on the Joss Whedon X-Men segment!!!! Fecking good Work!Several things: 1) Thank you; 2) I'm assuming you're not being sarcastic; 3) I love the word fecking. Thanks for watching!
zanyfrog5 zaps:
Hey guys! After hearing about the 30 Days Of Night comic, I decided I wanted to read it. I went and bought it, and thought it was really good, i want to see the movie now too. The art was very interesting with the blood, and you weren't always able to tell what was going on!The two great things about 30 Days of Night are the art, and the idea. Ben Templesmith's art is fantastic, and unique. I think it's one of the few comic book styles that accurately fits the term "art," and for that reason you mentioned... It's more the suggestion of something going on than the straight-forward depiction of it. To be honest, I've only read a few of the follow-ups to the original title; it was such a concept driven title, that I didn't see the need for the sequels. And the film, as we've mentioned before on this blog, perfectly mirrors the title itself: great on the looks, great on the idea, not so great on the execution.
randytandy raves:
This is to the three amigos who do The Stack... I was just wondering what you three think of Simon Dark? I've bought the first issue but not read it yet... I haven't wasted my money have I?This is turning out to be a kind of Steve Niles day here on The Letters Page. Total accident... OR IS IT??? In any case, we weren't huge fans of the first issue. Interesting execution, but not a lot happened. It felt like the first part of a first issue, not necessarily complete in and of itself. However, Pete has picked up the subsequent issue, and was a big fan. For those of you who aren't clued in, and this might be a mild spoiler given the pacing, but Simon Dark is Steve Niles' take on Frankenstein, set in the DC Universe. At the very least, it should be interesting to see where it all goes. We'll keep you posted.
truenerdking taunts:
I'm really glad to find out that someone else is sick of Rogue. She is probably at the top of my list of "Please Kill" in comics. Who's the top of your respective "Please Kill" lists?You know, I've talked about this with various comics creators before, and the answer that is invariably given is "There are no bad characters, just badly written characters," or some such variation, and I tend to agree. Rogue is a great example... At her base, she's a great character. She has this amazing power that brings her intimately close to anyone she touches, yet because of this power, she can't touch the people she wants to be intimate with. How great is that? Problem is, she's a great idea for a few one-shots, a mini-series, a series of graphic novels... However you want to put it. What she isn't good for is an ongoing series that runs for hundreds of issues over several decades. In fact, I could probably say the same for any character: they are not made for infinite runs. It comes down to "Do you have a good story for this character?" If you don't, ideally you wouldn't use them, but given other concerns that come up, from editorial all the way down to fans, that isn't always an option. That being said, please get rid of Bizarro forever. There is nothing good that can ever come out of that abortion of a character, and I include the recent arcs on Action and All-Star, which made me want to claw my eyes out.
thisithis talks:
Now that Amazons Attack is done, and the final sales figures are out and AA is now seen as one of the worst big event comics to ever come out... What did you guys think about it?I feel... Confused? Concerned? Cantankerous? Amazons Attacks, by author Will Pfeifer's own admission, was an editorially commissioned series. However, given the editorial direction of DC, it's a series that has already been contradicted. Remember how at the end of the series, Hippolyta was left alone on Paradise Island, with the Amazons wandering the world? Which is sort of being followed up in the current issue of Wonder Woman? Now, you notice how in every other title, Paradise Island is populated entirely by the warrior Amazons led by Athena, who is really Granny Goodness? And how these things are happening at the same time? Um, what? I don't think Amazons Attacks is the disaster that everyone thinks it is, mainly because it has turned out to be so inconsequential to the long-term continuity of the Wonder Woman piece of the DC Universe. As the series stands, it would have made so much more sense as it was originally planned: as one of the Infinite Crisis lead-up minis. As it was, it was a weird uncomfortable blip. Set right before Infinite Crisis, it would have made perfect sense. It would have tied in perfectly with Greg Rucka's (excellent) run on the title. It would have made sense in the "humans don't trust super-humans anymore" build-up to Infinite Crisis. It would have given Wonder Woman something to do independent of Superman (see: snapping Maxwell Lord's neck). And, with everybody busy with everything else going on, it would have explained why Wonder Woman would have to take on the entire Amazon army by herself. In any case, coulda woulda shoulda... The way it is, you never really have to think about the mini again. letters, page
Your right about Rogue, probably more than any other X-Men member she's been badly written and poorly developed since the early 90's.