tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post2045531313226251646..comments2024-03-25T22:28:29.238-04:00Comments on Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing: I WILL NOT SNITCH CARROTSTony Isabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-24207274220975186682012-09-14T15:45:24.284-04:002012-09-14T15:45:24.284-04:00I was glad to read your take on not being asked to...I was glad to read your take on not being asked to work for the Big Two anymore. Too many people are bitter and angry about the state of affairs for old school comics pros, but this has ever been the case. The way I look at it, if Jack Kirby could be declared "too old-fashioned" to work in mainstream comics, none of us are immune to the whims of fickle readers, editors and publishers.Prof. Roy Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01769095527412322298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-41746157670623267342012-09-10T16:19:31.768-04:002012-09-10T16:19:31.768-04:00I read my share of the Dell comics based on Warner...I read my share of the Dell comics based on Warner Bros. characters and rarely found them as entertaining as those based on the Disney characters. Maybe if I went back and read some I might feel differently.<br /><br />I had not regularly been reading any of the BATMAN titles since shortly after the Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive storyline, but picked up the latest BATMAN as Scott Snyder was going to be the writer. I was enjoying the book until it was decided that all Batman-Family books were going to take part in the "Court of Owls" event. When they retroactively dragged Jonah Hex into the continuity and I knew it was time to drop everything.Steve Chaputhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125192472002278757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-58647901546333294022012-09-10T15:04:55.890-04:002012-09-10T15:04:55.890-04:00Yeah, I've reached that place characterwise to...Yeah, I've reached that place characterwise too. Like Tony said not long ago, I tired of apocalyptic futures long ago and much prefer the Star Trek future. Too many characters are dark or mean or just not what I find interesting. <br /><br />I'd given up on super-hero continuities years ago anyway. If I'm going to read Marvel and DC characters I much prefer collections of stuff I either used to own or somehow missed or a collection of recent stuff I think I may like.<br /><br />There's lots of good work out there still but it's no longer concentrated in the big two. It's like the modern music industry. The big companies record and promote people they know will sell to a small but intense audience. There's lots of good music, too, but you have to work a bit to find it.Michael Kelly Schurmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-24484150965852148752012-09-10T08:29:19.604-04:002012-09-10T08:29:19.604-04:00Re: your comment about characters being unrecogniz...Re: your comment about characters being unrecognizable. For the first time I my far too many years of comic reading, I have no interest in the Batman starring titles. <br /><br />The character that I discovered and enjoyed in the late 60s and onward, was allowed by TPTB at DC to morph into a megalomanicial character that plots to take down his friends and enemies alike and launches bizarre weapons into space like the former version of the OMACs. <br /><br />I have NO interest in this Bruce Wayne. I miss the Dark Knight DETECTIVE that once was.<br /><br />This is true with other characters at both major companies but that is the most glaring example to me. <br /><br />--Tom HunterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com