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[iloveclones]

Besides, I'm only the treasurer.

 

[Gambit8370]

I hope you don't really think that. Disagree does not = hate.

Gee. Thanks. That's so nice of you to say...

Besides, I'm only the treasurer.

I'm leaving now.

 

[DBM]

Gee. Thanks. That's so nice of you to say...



I'm leaving now.

If you're into self-loathing you could join. We currently need a Recording Secretary.

 

[newnoiseimage]

well now that the secrets out, i might as well put my title in my sig, DBM and Clones, you should do so as well.

 

[iloveclones]

OK, I'm game. Sorry for completely derailing your thread DBM. I was kind of enjoying it.

 

[Gambit8370]

 

[DBM]

well now that the secrets out, i might as well put my title in my sig, DBM and Clones, you should do so as well.

Done and done.

OK, I'm game. Sorry for completely derailing your thread DBM. I was kind of enjoying it.

No prob. We'll bring it back around eventually.

 

[DBM]

So I'm thinking today, always a dangerous thing, and I've decided I don't mind a lack of continuity that much. Hear me out here.

I think what I dislike is when history is ignored not continuity.

For example, lets look at the current She-Hulk series. The stories in it are obviously not continuous to the things going on in Avengers but they don’t ignore her previous history at all. She is the same character that has developed over the years.

But if we look at Avengers as it’s going on now, it would appear that the history of characters is being ignored. For example, Hank Pym recently has been still categorized as a “wife-beater” repeatedly in the past few months even though it has been firmly established that he and his colleagues have forgiven him and moved on.

Continuity is not being ignored because the Avengers and Avengers-related titles are continuous right now but history is being ignored.

So it's not continuity being ignored that upsets me, it's history being ignored.

 

[iloveclones]

Well, I think you're gonna get flamed for this one, DBM, but I can put up a bit of a firewall.

I like continuity, and I think it's what made Marvel so friggin cool when I was a kid, but I don't think that they should completely shackle themselves to it. I want to read good stories. And if some writer is stopping himself from writing it because villain X said Y in issue Z, well so be it. Write the story and move on. That doesn't mean that evreything is fair game. It's just like everything else in life: cost vs. benefit.

 

[Gambit8370]

I don't care anymore.

 

[DBM]

Well, I think you're gonna get flamed for this one, DBM, but I can put up a bit of a firewall.

I like continuity, and I think it's what made Marvel so friggin cool when I was a kid, but I don't think that they should completely shackle themselves to it. I want to read good stories. And if some writer is stopping himself from writing it because villain X said Y in issue Z, well so be it. Write the story and move on. That doesn't mean that evreything is fair game. It's just like everything else in life: cost vs. benefit.

Hopefully there won't be any flaming.

I guess I should have said that I also like continuity. But I can deal with continuity problems much easier than I can deal with ignorance of the history. I'll use She-Hulk as an example again. Obviously the She-Hulk series and the Avengers series are not taking place at the same time. Therefore they would seem to not be continuous. But I think that it can be reasoned that the She-Hulk series is taking place at some time before or after the current Avengers storyline. The continuity can be established at a later date to connect the two.

I start having problems when the history, meaning things that have been established as being in the past, are ignored thus causing problems in the present.

 

[DBM]

I don't care anymore.

Quitter.

 

[Gambit8370]

Quitter.

Whatever.

 

[DBM]

Whatever.

C'mon. Of all people, I know you have an opinion on this subject.

 

[Gambit8370]

C'mon. Of all people, I know you have an opinion on this subject.

No one who actually writes comics nowadays seems to give a damn.

Why should I?

 

[DBM]

No one who actually writes comics nowadays seems to give a damn.

Why should I?

Because you're better than them.

 

[Darthphere]

Two weeks ago I went to a different store to get a copy of Ex Machina #3 since my store had run out. I absolutley hate this store and I realized once again why. I go up to the guy and ask him if he has a copy. First off he yells to another employee across the room and asks her. Its not a big thing but I dont really want my selctions to be announced to the whole store. Then hes like no we ran out we dont have any copies left. Im like damn this other store ran out as well. And then this is what he says," Well yeah our members come first over walk-ins" This pissed me off, it made me feel like I was a insect to them. It was the way he said it to. All arrogant and snobbish. I just have to vent on this topic.

 

[iloveclones]

Two weeks ago I went to a different store to get a copy of Ex Machina #3 since my store had run out. I absolutley hate this store and I realized once again why. I go up to the guy and ask him if he has a copy. First off he yells to another employee across the room and asks her. Its not a big thing but I dont really want my selctions to be announced to the whole store. Then hes like no we ran out we dont have any copies left. Im like damn this other store ran out as well. And then this is what he says," Well yeah our members come first over walk-ins" This pissed me off, it made me feel like I was a insect to them. It was the way he said it to. All arrogant and snobbish. I just have to vent on this topic.

It always amazes me when businesses (whatever they are) feel that they can disregard their customers. Here was a perfect opportunity for this guy to try and sign you up as one of THEIR regulars, and he blew it. Or he could have said, "Leave your name and number. If we get any in, we'll give you a call. Oh by the way, if you wanna sign up on our pull list...." I hate to say this, especially since mine is run by great guys, but I feel like a great number of comic shops are run with this same type of arrogance and exclusivity. It's very off-putting (and they wonder why they have trouble attracting new fans)

 

[Unthinkable]

and lo, elijya did join in the conversation, and he did say...

I get to read the advance copies of books that come out a week before they hit the stands. Sucks to be you guys! :P

As do I...

Has anyone almost gotten into a fistfight about comics?

 

[newnoiseimage]

nope, thats too much. i have had to defend the validity of them though.

and i dislike most stores myself. some are cool and you get too look around, but others have games going on in them, and you are more a nuisance (to the players, not the owner) than anything. annoying.

 

[DBM]

Know what I love?

The smell of old comics.

I bought some 1970's issues this weekend at my local store because all back issues where 15% off. When I got home and opened the bags, I got a big whiff of that old paper smell. Kinda musty, kinda sweet.

I love that smell.

 

[iloveclones]

OK, here's one for you:

Did any of you stop reading for a significant amount of time and come back and why to both?

I stopped completely for a year or so not long after the clone saga ended. This wasn't in protest or anything ( I liked the clone saga, up until the ending). It just seemed like nothing interesting was going on anywhere. (Irony #1 since most people left during and because of the clone saga)

I came back because I heard Byrne was gonna revamp Spidey (Irony #2 considering how that turned out. ) The guy at my comic shop likes to point out to me when I have my pile for the week, that my first words to him were, "No, just Amazing. I don't want to get totally sucked in again....." Ah sweet irony...

 

[Unthinkable]

Know what I love?

The smell of old comics.

I bought some 1970's issues this weekend at my local store because all back issues where 15% off. When I got home and opened the bags, I got a big whiff of that old paper smell. Kinda musty, kinda sweet.

I love that smell.

 

[Elijya]

OK, here's one for you:

Did any of you stop reading for a significant amount of time and come back and why to both?

nope, been consistently reading since the fourth grade. Although, I did read all the x titles for many a year until when claremont came back, and the books got so bad I dropped them all, but I was reading plenty of other books

 

[newnoiseimage]

OK, here's one for you:

Did any of you stop reading for a significant amount of time and come back and why to both?

i stopped for about 8 or so years. quit after knightfall and started up again this year. quit because it cost alot and i lost a little interest, mainly the cash aspect. started again because there were some good stories, and i never stopped liking the characters or the movies.