Interesting..I haven't seen comics in grocery stores in years.
Just curious, if you only skimmed the issue, how do you know it's badly written?
Yeh...we're VERY rural here. Our grocery stores sell them, tho not big variety.
Small book store half hour from here sells them , but not lots.
Barnes and Nobles 2 hours form here sell them, but not lots. They also sell tpb's. Everytime i go to BandN, everyone is sitting around reading comics, books, EVERYTHING they sell there.
Again? it's the first time I brought it up.
I was talking about, one of these threads, weeks back, turned into a big moral debate about where and when a person can read/skim/dissect comic books and whether it was "moral" or not. THAT"S what i meant by again. Didn't take part in it the first time, didn't appreciate you saying i was "stealing" when i read/skimmed/looked over (whatever word i use(d)) for this particular comic. Thought that was kinda a little too strong of an accusation...for someone who doesn't know a thing about me.
Look, i am not a big fan of reading them over first, tho i don't ever think when i see someone reading one ANYWHERE as that person being a thief. I personally always buy, not that i care to talk about it or defend myself to you. If a comic shop or anywhere has a rule not to read, and doesn't outright encourage it, then i think everyone should abide by the rules of where they are, imo.
The only reason i am looking over OMD instead of buying, is because it came along with a two year long "Warning" of what they were gonna do (from JQ), as well as controversy currently from the writer himself (JMS) about how bad it is....so while i am , or was, holding out hope, I did approach this PARTICULAR "comic" CAUTIOUSLY. With all that i buy, i don't want to flush $4 downt he drain, which is what i would've done by purchasing this comic. And no, I've never once sat down in B and Nob. to read a book or novel or tpb or whatever. I know what i like and i just buy,...always! But again, those that do, i would never tell them they're "stealing" like you did me.
And i buy LOTS of stuff in under JQ and have never been one to say he is the anti-christ, as you put it, and as some people actually say on here. I've given him lots of props MANY times. (not that it's a contest, just pointing out) I don't take it (the JQ bashing) too seriously, ..however, i do find his SPIDEY decisions to be SILLY and ODD...basically, off base...again imo.
So you didn't buy the original marriage issues? that was a poorly forced agenda. I'm not a fan of the marriage, and am looking forward to the new direction. I'm guessing that if OMD didn't have it's inevitable outcome the story and the art would not get the blatant hatred it's getting now. Feel free to disagree.
I've said before, and admit, I AM for the marriage. I've always admitted that frankly, so, i still wouldn't like a story ruining it blatantly...yet, I COULD at least ADMIT to a story that would've done it more intelligently and given it THAT.
You, and others however, still haven't here or anywhere, stated
why you LIKE the OMD arc. IS everyone off base, including JMS, for thinking it is overly forced and kinda dippy in premise? For those that just DEFEND OMD and get mad at those that don't like it...why do they not tend to say anything about what is making this story good to them??
And, i personally thought the marriage was something that made SENSE in the progression of things. I don't see it as anything as forced as OMD is, not even in the same league. It made sense after all those years for them to hook up and move on.
Nothing in OMD mades sense like that. OMD just moves all the characters to point B of no marriage. And in a silly way...like a child might write it...
MEPHISTO: I WILL HEAL AUNT MAY AND TAKE YOUR MARRIAGE IN RETURN. >POOF<
That to me is silly. ANd i've explained in detail how it doesn't even fit continuity of any of the characters to back up, my "opinion" of that.
Now, with this OMD foundation, JQ is basically outlawing progression...because the characters cannot move past the phase of singleness in spidey specifically. No drama there??
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