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Anatomy of a Supervillain: an excellent essay that explores the questions, "Why do we see so many rehashings of old villains and why do we rarely see any new bad guys? And why are the new ones so often shunted aside and forgotten?"
All mainstream superhero writers should pay heed to this essay. It brings up excellent and timeless points throughout.
I really should know better than to read Newsarama's message boards, but when the subject is the upcoming Harvey Dent origin mini-series TWO-FACE YEAR ONE, of course I had to. What really took my notice is how the majority of comments seem to be "Ugh, we don't need another Two-Face origin! We have THE LONG HALLOWEEN!"
There are so many reasons why this makes me want to *headdesk* and rage*, it's like they all come rushing up at once and get jammed--Three Stooges style--in the doorway of my brain. I can go into them all in the comments, if anyone actually cares and wants to discus.
For now, it's certainly clear that a large contingent of comic fans are closed-minded and adverse to new ideas (in the form of reinterpretations, in this case). But then, maybe I shouldn't read too much into this, as Newsarama's boards are truly the internet's vilest hive of scum and fucktardery.
And finally, Itchy and Scratchy do TITUS ANDRONICUS: the only truly worthwhile example of the whole "Simpsons do Shakespeare" comic. Are there still Shakespeare snobs out there who look down on TITUS?
*ENTIRELY besides the fact that I'm writing one. Honestly, I swear, I have more reasons!
All mainstream superhero writers should pay heed to this essay. It brings up excellent and timeless points throughout.
I really should know better than to read Newsarama's message boards, but when the subject is the upcoming Harvey Dent origin mini-series TWO-FACE YEAR ONE, of course I had to. What really took my notice is how the majority of comments seem to be "Ugh, we don't need another Two-Face origin! We have THE LONG HALLOWEEN!"
There are so many reasons why this makes me want to *headdesk* and rage*, it's like they all come rushing up at once and get jammed--Three Stooges style--in the doorway of my brain. I can go into them all in the comments, if anyone actually cares and wants to discus.
For now, it's certainly clear that a large contingent of comic fans are closed-minded and adverse to new ideas (in the form of reinterpretations, in this case). But then, maybe I shouldn't read too much into this, as Newsarama's boards are truly the internet's vilest hive of scum and fucktardery.
And finally, Itchy and Scratchy do TITUS ANDRONICUS: the only truly worthwhile example of the whole "Simpsons do Shakespeare" comic. Are there still Shakespeare snobs out there who look down on TITUS?
*ENTIRELY besides the fact that I'm writing one. Honestly, I swear, I have more reasons!
