tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post6875321040063117200..comments2023-09-05T09:06:09.136-05:00Comments on Atop the Fourth Wall: TAIS: 12-1-11 (Plus Bonus!)Lewis Lovhaughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-57339800422534033202012-07-21T00:38:10.791-05:002012-07-21T00:38:10.791-05:00Different people have different tastes. Personally...Different people have different tastes. Personally I feel like superheroes, especially really old ones dominate too much of the comic book industry. To be sure, there are plenty of other reasonably successful genres out there, for instance humor, autobiography, whatever genre The Sandman is. What people often don't get about the comic book format is that it's a medium, and like any medium it can tell many kinds of stories. It's not even a single community or a single set of values. The average webcomic artist could not be further apart from Frank "Lords of Warcraft" Miller. That said, I don't hate superheroes. They can be awesome.Ben Poundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031870163280795417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-85653496899909582092012-01-11T14:13:17.864-06:002012-01-11T14:13:17.864-06:00hey linkara I need some help. I have decided to pi...hey linkara I need some help. I have decided to pick one of these comics to start pulling<br />Justice League International<br />Aquaman<br />Red Lanterns<br />Suicide Squad<br /><br />You mind helping out?megaL3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-85015217279112295782012-01-08T14:11:36.603-06:002012-01-08T14:11:36.603-06:00Thanks for coming out to the convention! Great rev...Thanks for coming out to the convention! Great review. I kind of laughes at the entity storyline that it turned out to be a Pokémon reference. I am not much of a fan of that franchise, so took me by complete surprise. If I was I might have gotten the TOS Klingon ship! Oh well. Any Idea where you will be going to after Magfest?CaptainTheoLatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09431177591274606447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-77632621784323086242012-01-06T19:04:28.177-06:002012-01-06T19:04:28.177-06:00Will you continuing TAIS?Will you continuing TAIS?JDwEREwOLFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121026642388175703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-91609218014476968342011-12-11T18:11:38.528-06:002011-12-11T18:11:38.528-06:00Just to echo Freyaday's comment, I couldn'...Just to echo Freyaday's comment, I couldn't hear all the questions in the Q&A so I had to deduce them from your answer (e.g. "When's your webcomic coming out again?"). I don't know whether that was a problem for people in the room as well, but it might be a good idea for you to repeat the question before you answer it. The other method I've seen at live events is for someone to dash around the audience with a microphone and give it to the person asking a question.John C. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07320680137529633950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-44800133886836019892011-12-11T15:43:21.617-06:002011-12-11T15:43:21.617-06:00I've said it once, and I'll say it again. ...I've said it once, and I'll say it again. Read Journey into Mystery. Even the recap pages are golden.The_Zack_Cantrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329174741951889445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-34959548137890159182011-12-09T11:55:52.374-06:002011-12-09T11:55:52.374-06:00IDW has also done some TMNT comics (but who hasn&#...IDW has also done some TMNT comics (but who hasn't milked TMNT these days?). I think Ghostbusters and TMNT are meant for each other.Momoyoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277816415960482483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-59115640921700764562011-12-07T17:09:11.607-06:002011-12-07T17:09:11.607-06:00"Oh, I JUST talked about this! XD Archie'..."Oh, I JUST talked about this! XD Archie's TMNT Adventures is just the perfect recipe for Turtle goodness. They were also the only ones to pull off a female Turtle: NINJARA!...Well, she was a fox, but her role was the same. To each his own, I suppose. I myself could never get past Mirage TMNT's art style.:"<br /><br />Actually, although TMNT Adventures was published by Archie, Mirage handled most of the creative decisions on that book, and most of TMNT Adventures' artists and writers were Mirage staffers (Mirage TMNT regular Steve Murphy wrote and/or plotted perhaps the majority of TMNT Adventures stories under the pseudonym "Dean Clarrain").John Pannozzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533256044605730722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-83702239234391853862011-12-05T21:25:44.633-06:002011-12-05T21:25:44.633-06:00Dear Mr Linkara,
I was just wondering if you have...Dear Mr Linkara,<br /><br />I was just wondering if you have/are planning to pick up Batman: Noel by Lee Bermejo?<br /><br />I've just finished reading it and personally thought it was an interesting take on the evolution of batman from the bright and colourful to the dark and depressive as well as being a somewhat charing christmas narative that has really put me into the right spirit of the holidays, and whilst it may not be suitable for the cannon of the Bat mythos, it is still an interesting read.<br /><br />That said I am a person more interested in a story regardless of it's elements rather than being drawn into the traditional superhero role (I appologise of that sounds close minded but I cant think of a better way to express that notion for superheros you talked about in the Q&A). So I would be interested in hearing your take on Noel?<br /><br />Regards, Relinquo Spes.Relinquo Speshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12523280632711428795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-87823628224783494392011-12-04T21:20:46.266-06:002011-12-04T21:20:46.266-06:00You should review "Rump Rangers" with Di...You should review "Rump Rangers" with Diamanda Hagan. That's her territory, too, and she would probably have more to say about it than Brad.Creature SHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12422830299533632373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-38266680721214897302011-12-04T19:51:21.353-06:002011-12-04T19:51:21.353-06:00@Lordknowswho:
"Also, Jack Chick fans would b...@Lordknowswho:<br />"Also, Jack Chick fans would be Catholic (not Christian, since Chick also targets Christians, a fact that eludes many people) fundamentalists."<br /><br />BWAHAHAHAH! I take it that you haven't read that many Chick tracts for silly fun, have you?<br /><br />The correct thing to say is:<br />Jack Chick fans would be fundamentalists (not Catholic, since Chick targets them since he thinks they aren't real Christians, a fact that eludes many people). <br /><br />The reason they aren't real Christians?<br />They are really worshiping some dark elder god that they are not aware of. I'm not kidding, there's a Chick Tract about that.Laughing Hyenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-43210046274911906512011-12-04T17:49:55.092-06:002011-12-04T17:49:55.092-06:00THANK YOU! We feel the exact same way about the Wa...THANK YOU! We feel the exact same way about the Walking Dead, and you're the only other person who's shared my point of view. I've heard nothing but fantastic things about the book and the show, and keep having people telling me I need to get into it, but zombies just aren't my thing so it holds little appeal for me. I read the first trade; the library doesn't have the second and I didn't like it enough to buy it, so that's where I stopped.Robert Eddlemanhttp://panelsonpages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-48505256726302643862011-12-04T13:50:09.460-06:002011-12-04T13:50:09.460-06:00Hypothetically speaking, if you had enough time wo...Hypothetically speaking, if you had enough time would, you be interested in doing a recap like you do with History of Power Rangers with the new Doctor Who. Obviously you would probably never do this but seeing that you are a fan of the old series, I am courious of what you think of the new one.Zott19noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-38898806908842785242011-12-04T13:32:21.555-06:002011-12-04T13:32:21.555-06:00Hi there Louis, I've enjoyed your show for a l...Hi there Louis, I've enjoyed your show for a long time and this is my first posting. I was wondering what your thoughts were in regards to the Teen Titans #3 with their new gay character Miguel and when we might be able to hear them. Thanks.Alex Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-2899245802122096292011-12-04T13:27:21.092-06:002011-12-04T13:27:21.092-06:00Just had a thought--I'm willing to bet that an...Just had a thought--I'm willing to bet that another of the magic guns will be...<br /><br />BLOODGUN!<br /><br />(Which I still think is a title that one could make a pretty damned cool horror/chiller comic out of--a Luger that was the sidearm of an SS officer sacrificed in an attempt to summon some dark power in an occult ritual, but the demon was somehow trapped in the gun itself, and it's now cursed. The series is semi-anthology, and follows the Bloodgun as it passes from owner to owner and brings doom to them every time...)rdfox on his laptopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-10333816336697193302011-12-04T01:17:53.770-06:002011-12-04T01:17:53.770-06:00Oh my God I would die for a Harvey Finevoice episo...Oh my God I would die for a Harvey Finevoice episode, that would be killer! Swing baby!Laity Fairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186147126132246802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-69247077685552976182011-12-03T21:49:56.220-06:002011-12-03T21:49:56.220-06:00Not much to say, but I enjoyed the Q&A, althou...Not much to say, but I enjoyed the Q&A, although I could barely hear the questions.<br />I caught a reference to AT4W in a User-Generated Infamous2 mission:<br /><br />Person who's gone insane [on cell phone]: I need scissors! 61!<br /><br />I thought that was pretty cool.Freyadaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-25951654921711276602011-12-03T20:23:13.913-06:002011-12-03T20:23:13.913-06:00Warren Ellis: He's the kind of cross genre wun...Warren Ellis: He's the kind of cross genre wunderkind who, if you skim through everything he's done, you'll find something to like. Want a sci-fi dystopia, try Transmet. Like something light and random, here's some Nextwave. Love Zombie fiction? Here's Blackgas. Want a more realistic starship captain than what's on TV? Switchblade Honey will work as soothing balm. Want his opinion on real news stories? Bad World will save the day. Garth Ennis, on the other hand? Unrelentingly grim and potty mouthed and controversy baiting, especially on his original stuff. Especially the Pro, which, well, I kind of want to do a video review of. (But I'm reading A Dance to the Music of Time right now and should really get on it.)Volvagianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-39582234355326228292011-12-03T17:53:29.487-06:002011-12-03T17:53:29.487-06:00Hey lewis, I know that you've probably been as...Hey lewis, I know that you've probably been asked this before, but do have any opinion on the works of Warren Ellis in general.<br /><br />I know that you liked nextwave, a comic that I have yet to read, but do you have any feelings regarding his work in general.(I personally loved his run on the authority and found Black Summer to be fairly interesting, even though I dont tend to agree with him whenever it comes to politics).<br /><br />Thank you for reading and good luck with your show.<br /><br />Ps: Also, do you believe that Crisis on infinite earths can be enjoyably read by someone who has little to no experience with the manstream DC universe.<br /><br />Pss: Cudos on the 7th doctor costume.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-11167537397828264282011-12-03T15:27:46.416-06:002011-12-03T15:27:46.416-06:00Hey Lewis (aka Linkara),
Just wanted to leave a n...Hey Lewis (aka Linkara),<br /><br />Just wanted to leave a note that says thank you for keeping up. Ever since I moved to Poland a couple of years back, I missed seeing the world of comics, and have very little idea of what's going on. (Poland has a dearth of English language comics...who knew?).<br /><br />Anyway, keep it up.<br /><br />P.S. When are you going to have the Last Angry Geek on your show? ;)Keylnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602380963455380605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-44285829980586763912011-12-03T13:13:09.226-06:002011-12-03T13:13:09.226-06:00"of course, some people are just too dumb to ..."of course, some people are just too dumb to look beyond the violence and toilet-humor, that are part, but not the main source of appeal."<br /><br />I've gotta agree with Lewis on this one; some stories are well-written enough to incorporate the violence into the narrative, like A Clockwork Orange, and some just overstep their bounds. Preacher falls into the latter category.<br /><br />As to religious extremism, yes, it exists. But not EVERY. SINGLE. RELIGIOUS PERSON is like this. Just like not every atheist is an insane gibbering nihilist raging against the heavens just to be cool, as Richard Dawkins has made people believe. XDStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05479639749437692930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-37802984161885190712011-12-03T13:07:30.896-06:002011-12-03T13:07:30.896-06:00@Lord You Know Who
At December 2, 2011 5:39 PM yo...@Lord You Know Who<br /><br />At December 2, 2011 5:39 PM you Lord You Know Who asked and i quote : Who the hell are Sheridan and Sinclair?<br /><br />And later at December 2, 2011 7:54 PM i answered straight and directly, now if you want further information about the characters please look at google search or any other search site that suits best your curiosity or else don't bother to ask if you don't want an answer.<br /><br />@Lewis<br /><br />quoting : "I have had enough of this".... "it's not going to happen here anymore".<br /><br />Understood, sorry if i cross the line and offended you or your family in any sense, way or fashion, will never happen again and this is the last time i bend my own establish rules to post comments here before my mandatory self-suspension is over, as a non-faceless commentator is on my best interest to not pissed off you and most of the time i honestly don't expect that.<br /><br />Thank you for you patience so far.<br /><br />P.S.: i hope is not snowing there because here is raining and nobody does anything in this city when it's raining even if you have a car, have a nice weekend despite the odds.Capt. Sake "Hancock" Mangustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17166807021470730746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-90893829162280903942011-12-03T12:40:23.875-06:002011-12-03T12:40:23.875-06:00BTW Lewis, I had a question. Are you planning on ...BTW Lewis, I had a question. Are you planning on doing another of those Q&A videos like you did before? I had a couple of things I was curious about but figured it'd be better to save them for that kind of thing. (And if this is one of those questions that you get asked a lot like "When's the next HOPR?", I apologize).<br /><br />Also, some amusing news about the next Sentai series, Gobuster. The transformation item of the season is a wrist strap called the Morphin Brace, which turns into a pair of sunglasses. And apparently according to early information, the transformation call is "It's Morphin Time!" So I guess Toei is getting more open with their acknowledgement of Power Rangers than they have in the past. XDAmuroNT1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16716910825773052583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-52165203943890750142011-12-03T12:33:56.202-06:002011-12-03T12:33:56.202-06:00"I think I'm wasting time with you here, ..."I think I'm wasting time with you here, but the series in general has some of the best characterization out there <br />I just threw-out some of my favorite moments in the series as an example <br /><br />of course, some people are just too dumb to look beyond the violence and toilet-humor, that are part, but not the main source of appeal."<br /><br />I grant you this, people - I may not have enjoyed the first trade of Preacher, it was written well enough that I did want to read more, and that's the hallmark of a good writer. Garth Ennis IS a good writer, I just think he gets too much into the violence and toilet humor as if they're an end in themselves. I feel strong writing can get lost when relying on such tactics and it IS what turns me off of reading a lot of his stuff.Lewis Lovhaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-87661295964015871402011-12-03T12:19:27.498-06:002011-12-03T12:19:27.498-06:00@Steve
I think I'm wasting time with you her...@Steve <br /><br />I think I'm wasting time with you here, but the series in general has some of the best characterization out there <br />I just threw-out some of my favorite moments in the series as an example <br /><br />of course, some people are just too dumb to look beyond the violence and toilet-humor, that are part, but not the main source of appeal. <br /><br />And don't you try telling me that there is no such thing as religious extremism or child-abuse, since the last time I checked those things were pretty real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com