tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post1430978380113438059..comments2024-03-28T09:04:42.135-04:00Comments on Rip Jagger's Dojo: All-Star Comics - Zeroed Out!Rip Jaggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-18225018408527071112015-09-25T01:51:57.821-04:002015-09-25T01:51:57.821-04:00I was saying nice analysis. I have my own take on ...I was saying nice analysis. I have my own take on the Crisis, which I rather like as a pure story upcoming in a few days. But your take is pretty valid in many respects. The Crisis was about growth too, a bit, since it added the Charlton Action Heroes to the DCU, but what it did to the JSofA is a shame. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-1191478606489211682015-09-24T18:06:37.545-04:002015-09-24T18:06:37.545-04:00I'd like to underscore some of your points and...I'd like to underscore some of your points and add a few, <br /><br />These constant mega-crossovers and history revisions are largely responsible for driving older fans like me away. I was on board for the original Crisis series, which arguably set up a significant new lineup for the first time in years and recruited some major talent to restart the DC titles ( Miller, Byrne, Perez et al). It felt like big news at the time. but seemed to ultimately make things worse or, at the very least, pointless.<br /><br />(1) Crisis itself was something of a shaggy dog story, with the Spectre coming in at the end and rendering most of the previous struggle moot. (2) Continuity was more confused than ever as separate line editors didn't hew to the new order or didn't care to figure it out.(3) Eliminating all of the other Earths took away a problem that didn't need solving and took away so many story possibilities that work-arounds were inevitably patched together that were less elegant than what they started with,<br /><br />The art in Crisis was beautiful and something of a virtuoso performance. Considering how big a deal it was supposed to be, it's a shame about the lousy printing and the change in inkers.<br /><br />Every time one of these big gang-bangs happens, it devalues the very concept by reminding us how shaky any revision, character death or universe explosion is. After a while. one loses interest in keeping track or investing time in a series or character that could be voided at any moment. I like the idea of big crossovers in superhero comics. but I'd also like to be able to enjoy favorite characters just having adventures and fighting bad guys without fretting over reality warps. (The Blue Beetle is a kid and the Question is a woman? Why bother buying characters if you're going to change who they are and how they look?)<br /><br />The reality is that comics cost a lot compared to those first mega-crossover days,and if someone has to buy everything to get one story, then one is just as likely to opt out of the whole process.<br /><br />Sorry, Rip. You were saying..?<br /><br />Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809592629762693427noreply@blogger.com