This cause du jour for superhero readers seems to be TITANS #1 by Judd Winick and Ian Churchill. The reviews are in and they are not kind overall, although some people liked it just fine. Rachel Goguen at Living Between Wednesdays also points out that the young superheroine’s short skirts looks like muffin cups and not short skirts. It’s that kind of nitpicky snark that really takes the wind out of the sails of hard working creators who slave over an issue only to have it reduced to its relevance to a muffin cup…but it’s also funny as hell. Melissa Krause rounds up reax. Val has more including the free-for-all over that ensues over at Newsarama when Troy Brownfield pans the book.
In other superhero news, J. Caleb Mozzocco explains by BOOSTER GOLD is fun:
When seeking cannon fodder to fill-up an alternate timeline in the current Booster Gold story arc, writers Jeff Katz and Geoff Johns unearthed Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty’s Wild Dog, a super-vigilante character that starred in all of five comics in the late ‘80s. I can see that the appeal of the Booster Gold title could be quite limited, but the fact that it’s a book in which Wild Dog can appear is one of its greatest strengths. It’s a comic book about the time stream of the DCU, which means it’s also a comic book about DC comics and the company’s publishing history and, thanks to the smaller outfits they’ve gobbled up over the years, that’s a lot of comics and characters. No matter when the comics were published or when they were set, characters and story elements from them can turn up in Booster Gold.
Mozzocco follows up with some 65 characters who could appear.
I kinda liked the cover of Titans #1. Does that count?
As for Booster Gold, I never thought it’d be on my pull list but now it’s usually one of the first couple books I read. I just hope it stays consistent after the creative team changes.
Mozzocco forgets that Wild Dog was a regular feature in Action Comics Weekly during its relatively short run.
WILD DOG was one of the formative comics of my young years. I remember worrying that my mom would catch me reading it. It was my first really violent comic. Man. Every time I see WILD DOG in my collection, it gives me this charge of nostalgia. It really did hit at just that moment for me.
I read the Titans thread on Newsarama and I believe the comments criticizing Mr Brady were misunderstood.
We all know some people can be rude and abrasive, especially those who passionately post on message boards so no one is questioning his right to warn people or ban them.
The implication was that it might be more appropriate to do so through private messages — to avoid drama — but Mr Brady does so on the thread itself, often engaging in lengthy, theatrical-ensuing spats with the antagonist which makes a spectacle of both.
It becomes entertainment for everyone else reading the thread, derailing it further from the topic. It gets quite petty and dirty: the antagonist becomes more nasty and defensive and the moderator, without realizing it, stoops down to their level, making himself look unprofessional by fighting with someone on a public forum who probably isn’t worth the effort. It makes everyone look ’silly’.
Warn people and/or ban them but do so privately to spare everyone the drama, unless of course, drama is the intent.
On a side, I found it kind of ironic that the dispute occured over possible name calling yet on someone else’s blog, in defense of Mr Brady, the blogger continuously refers to rude message board people as trolls — last I remember, calling someone a troll is exactly name calling. Whether right or wrong, calling someone — anyone a troll doesn’t exactly make the person shouting it appear any prettier.
So does that mean calling someone a troll is ok but only when justified?
I read the Titans thread on Newsarama and I believe the comments criticizing Mr Brady were misunderstood.
We all know some people can be rude and abrasive, especially those who passionately post on message boards so no one is questioning his right to warn people or ban them.
The implication was that it might be more appropriate to do so through private messages — to avoid drama — but Mr Brady does so on the thread itself, often engaging in lengthy, theatrical-ensuing spats with the antagonist which makes a spectacle of both.
It becomes entertainment for everyone else reading the thread, derailing it further from the topic. It gets quite petty and dirty: the antagonist becomes more nasty and defensive and the moderator, without realizing it, stoops down to their level, making himself look unprofessional by fighting with someone on a public forum who probably isn’t worth the effort. It makes everyone look ’silly’.
Warn people and/or ban them but do so privately to spare everyone the drama, unless of course, drama is the intent.
On a side, I found it kind of ironic that the dispute occured over possible name calling yet on someone else’s blog, in defense of Mr Brady, the blogger continuously refers to rude message board people as trolls — last I remember, calling someone a troll is exactly name calling. Whether right or wrong, calling someone — anyone a troll doesn’t exactly make the person shouting it appear any prettier.
So does that mean calling someone a troll is ok but only when justified?
Val is pretty! :)
OMG! Rachel’s blog and all the poster comments for it is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read!! lol! :D
Still, name calling isn’t very nice… whether you are an individual posting on a message board or someone revealing their thoughts on their own personal blog.
So be careful… what you condemn, you may one day become.
morale of the story: if you read the boards over there, you get what you deserve.
Why are there two titans books? First its Titans and Young Justice, then Teen Titans, and now Titans and Teen Titans? I don’t think DC knows what to do with these books and characters. They had a really strong potential audience from the very popular cartoon series, but I think they pretty much squandered the opportunity to tap into it because they were trying to keep the traditional fans happy too. It’s a bit of a mess.
Two Titans books?
Try four. You are forgetting Teen Titans Go! and Tiny Titans. And Teen Titans Year One. So maybe four and a half.
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