I'd like to briefly lick the chode of the Marvel Essentials series. You get about twenty-five issues of a comic. They're printed on newsprint in black and white. It really doesn't sound good, but it works. I don't know if the words essential and essence are etymologically related, but that's what the Essentials give me. Essence. I can really see the editor's influence when I read them.
Page One: Did the main character survive last month's cliffhanger?
Page Two: Of course he did. Here's why: RECAP ORIGIN, etc
They're cheap and they look pretty decent on my shelf.
It saves the time and energy it would take to track down all the comics, issue by issue. And anyway: As single issues, they just wouldn't be as good. It's nice to sit and read seven or eight issues back to back, without fumbling around.
Anyway, all this fellatio has made my jaw sore and I have that weird taste in my mouth. It tastes like shame.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Marvel Essentials
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Pros and Ams
Tony Long, the Wired Luddite, has a great piece up today. It's all about the amateur revolution that has emerged from Web 2.0. I think the article interests me so much because it speaks to all my fears, as I try to break into the comics industry. There are plenty of places to get my work seen, but, with everyone going the same route, it would likely get lost in the noise.
The question was asked at the beginning of the Internet, and is increasingly relevant as YouTubes and Blogspots emerge: What is the standard for legitimacy? I have no doubt that a Garage Kubrick is on its way. Right now, it's hard to say whether the Makers of the future will enter the limelight through a blog template or in some other way that has not yet been conceived. I do know that the Internet is a noisy place.
