The online behavior of Comic Book Professionals

[Ben Smith]

Nope. Not saying that. If I'm rude I expect rudeness, if I'm not I don't expect it. But from some I expect it whether I'm rude or not. Ben Smith for one will go for the cheap shot or the sarcastic response 6 times out of 10. Wacker is the same way. I try not to be rude, but I don't waver from my views or opinions. I think much of what marvel puts out can be a lot better and I think that the direction they take -in my view elvating the villain at the cost of the hero or turning the hero into a villain and back again- isn't a good one and the quality of the stories suffer from quick plot convenience and lazy writing/editing. I've stated that and I've stated reasons and Wacker has often responded with condescension at best and amused cynical enjoyment of my anger at worst. That's why I put him on the ignore list. There is no point in either of us talking to each other or paying attention to each other. Safe in his job and his power he views the comic book characters one way and I view them another. The difference is that he has all the power to change them and I have none. That is the attitude he has brought to every argument we've ever had and he always tops it off with 'drama queen' and/or 'you love it' and finally 'well you must like them, I know you're still buying them, don't deny it' and I can almost hear the laughter as he types.
Doesn't mean that I'm not guilty too. I've posted in anger and later regretted it. I feel guilty about that but after a certain time you can't go back and edit because the words have been there too long.

in summation, we like to have fun on the internet and you don't

[Mark_S]

I don't think you try hard enough. Hell in this very post you call them lazy. Do you really think they'll not defend themselves when you say such things?

When I call them lazy it is an opinion on how they write and I can't think of any other word that describes the laxity of continuity.

[Mark_S]

But this isn't about reading comics. It's about making assumptions about the people who make them. Unless, do you read every comic thinking that you might be getting laughed at?

Not at all, but your post said that you don't angry at comics, I do. We read them differently.

[Mark_S]

in summation, we like to have fun on the internet and you don't

I have plenty of fun, just not when your around.

[stephen wacker]

So he did twice as well as I would have guessed; I stand corrected!

HOw do I report 3 jerks!?

SW

[ShaggyB]

When I call them lazy it is an opinion on how they write and I can't think of any other word that describes the laxity of continuity.

its also an insult to said writers and creators. When you share that opinion with them.... they might just take it as the insult that it is.

[Schmed]

Not at all, but your post said that you don't angry at comics, I do. We read them differently.

That is so bizarre. You really get mad at cartoon pictures???

[Jim Thompson]

That is so bizarre. You really get mad at cartoon pictures???

Does one feel "good" or "happy" because of cartoon pictures?

[Schmed]

Does one feel "good" or "happy" because of cartoon pictures?

I don't know, does one? I feel entertained, certainly never mad.

[Jim Thompson]

I don't know, does one? I feel entertained, certainly never mad.

If you acknowledge one can be entertained, that one can feel one way because of the "cartoon pictures" then I don't think it should be a great leap to understand those same pictures might evoke an angry reaction, too.

[Schmed]

If you acknowledge one can be entertained, that one can feel one way because of the "cartoon pictures" then I don't think it should be a great leap to understand those same pictures might evoke an angry reaction, too.

I find it a huge leap. Perhaps I just have other things going on in my life that are more important than cartoon books that I can't find the time to get mad at them.

[Jim Thompson]

I find it a huge leap. Perhaps I just have other things going on in my life that are more important than cartoon books that I can't find the time to get mad at them.

So if it can't happen to you it can't be possible?

EDIT: By the way, I'll bet if you stop to think about it, you may find you're not being completely honest with yourself when it comes to getting angry over a comic. I'd be willing to bet at some point in your life you read something in a comic that got you angry -- but it probably wasn't a sustained anger that lasted beyond the moment (which seems to be what a lot of people are dealing with).

[David Walton]

Stories are about emotional manipulation, so if there's not a potential for an audience to get angry, then they aren't as invested as the writer wants them to be.

Slott clearly gets that, and he's making good use of it.

Keep in mind I'm just talking about a reaction to the material that comes and goes, not some kind of seething hatred...

[Schmed]

I don't get mad at my Xbox, Ps3 or Wii either, but I sure get entertained by them. I am entertained by TV shows and movies, never been mad at one of those either. I really don't understand people getting mad at things like this. It seems a colossal waste of time and energy.

[Schmed]

So if it can't happen to you it can't be possible?

Never said it wasn't possible, did I? Said it seemed bizarre, because it is. Anger is not an emotion I equate with cartoons.