Comic Book Facism
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vianegativaI've had this thought forming in my head for some time now, and I felt the need to disgorge it, here and now, for clarity.
I love the X-Men, I love JLA. I love four-color stories told in simple parable with a wholesome sensibility.
For the longest time, I've been an apologist of sorts, the kind of person who when asked about comic preferences shrinks back and plays a careful game of counting coup with the person asking to find their preferences before listing mine, so as not to seem like as "low-brow X-Junkie".
Why, I finally asked myself?
I own a comic shop; I do it not for glory or fortune, but the sheer joy of printed newspaper pulp (or Baxter paper or whatever... yeah, yeah. Offa my ass!), but I still feel the need to justify my tastes to the illustrated avant-garde. Just like the music version of "How Alternative are you according to your band choice?" I fall prey to playing one-upsmanship with comic books of all things.
Yes, yes. Love & Rockets, Finder, Hate, Eightball, yes, all apropriately hip.
To my effete comic book cadre of harpies: FUCK OFF!
In no particular order I LOVE:
X-Men (uncanny, and ultimate too)
Planetary (this book makes me joygasm)
JLA (Hello? Comics can be FUN, too, you harpies!)
Promethea (*boggles at its coolness*)
Transmetropolitan (How can you NOT love this?)
Wonder Woman (go figgure)
Batman (he's Batman for Chrissakes)
Green Lantern (again, file under fun)
X-Force (ALLRED!)
Transformers (Giant Robots I love you!)
Well, I could ramble on, but there you go. My tastes may be commonplace, but I revel in them. At least I'm enjoying the medium rather than using it as a badge of coolness, which if you think about it is truly sad in itself.
Ok, time to go accomplish something. Rant over.
I love the X-Men, I love JLA. I love four-color stories told in simple parable with a wholesome sensibility.
For the longest time, I've been an apologist of sorts, the kind of person who when asked about comic preferences shrinks back and plays a careful game of counting coup with the person asking to find their preferences before listing mine, so as not to seem like as "low-brow X-Junkie".
Why, I finally asked myself?
I own a comic shop; I do it not for glory or fortune, but the sheer joy of printed newspaper pulp (or Baxter paper or whatever... yeah, yeah. Offa my ass!), but I still feel the need to justify my tastes to the illustrated avant-garde. Just like the music version of "How Alternative are you according to your band choice?" I fall prey to playing one-upsmanship with comic books of all things.
Yes, yes. Love & Rockets, Finder, Hate, Eightball, yes, all apropriately hip.
To my effete comic book cadre of harpies: FUCK OFF!
In no particular order I LOVE:
X-Men (uncanny, and ultimate too)
Planetary (this book makes me joygasm)
JLA (Hello? Comics can be FUN, too, you harpies!)
Promethea (*boggles at its coolness*)
Transmetropolitan (How can you NOT love this?)
Wonder Woman (go figgure)
Batman (he's Batman for Chrissakes)
Green Lantern (again, file under fun)
X-Force (ALLRED!)
Transformers (Giant Robots I love you!)
Well, I could ramble on, but there you go. My tastes may be commonplace, but I revel in them. At least I'm enjoying the medium rather than using it as a badge of coolness, which if you think about it is truly sad in itself.
Ok, time to go accomplish something. Rant over.
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Date: 2002-05-12 04:32 pm (UTC)At present collecting the following:
Avengers
Thunderbolts
Exiles
GI Joe
Transformers
JLA
JSA
Titans
Wonder Woman
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Date: 2002-05-13 12:04 am (UTC)This is a musical number waiting to happen. You know this, ne?
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Date: 2002-05-13 07:26 am (UTC)"Anthro huh?"