Why so much negativity on these boards?

[Pat Thomas]

Fortunately the past is a gold mine full of great comics that I'm only too happy to read.

I collected off and on until the late 80's, but eventually quit altogether, and sold my comics for things I thought were more important then. I wasn't upset about anything, or have a particular reason for stopping. I just was more interested in my social life and having a good time, so comics faded to the back of my mind. I figured that I was probably through with them for good. But a couple of years ago, I got the urge to buy some of the issues that I used to love, to see if the spark was still there. It took a few reads, but I started to feel a little of the thrill that you get at first. It's been fun catching up on the last 25 years of stories, and I haven't become angry and jaded yet. That's why it was truly a shock for me to see so many unhappy people here, but I understand that they need to vent somewhere. Things are still fresh to me because of that long break, so I recommend it if you are losing interest in things.

[dupersuper]

It's been fun catching up on the last 25 years of stories, and I haven't become angry and jaded yet.

Ah: so you haven't gotten to Cry for Justice yet?

[Mr. Holmes]

I didn't condone these stupid death threats, my point is that negativity attracts negativity. Wasn't this a self-fulfilling prophecy? Like I wrote, perhaps Slott could have avoided this if he had tried to bring readers into his side, to make them excited about the new direction, instead of upsetting and angering them with his conflicting public persona. I just don't see this type of behaviour in other industries: I don't see novelists trying to attract readers by saying how much they're going to hate the book. I don't see actors promoting movies by being loathsome pricks in interviews. This behaviour is so unusual when it does happen it's news, like when Tarantino flipped during a Django Unchained interview. But in comics, it's business as usual.

To be fair, comic book readers have become a fanatical bunch, there's not a whole lot of reasoning for a lot of what goes on.

[Eumenides]

It's been fun catching up on the last 25 years of stories, and I haven't become angry and jaded yet.

I genuinely have more pleasure discovering old comics from the '10s to the '80s, there's a magic in them that I don't find in modern comics often. And it's not a matter of nostalgia, I mean I'm discovering comics I had never read in my childhood and seeing them for the first time and being impressed at how good they are in comparison to what we have now. Save for Atomic Robo or Locke & Key, I have little to get excited about.

[Pat Thomas]

I genuinely have more pleasure discovering old comics from the '10s to the '80s, there's a magic in them that I don't find in modern comics often. And it's not a matter of nostalgia, I mean I'm discovering comics I had never read in my childhood and seeing them for the first time and being impressed at how good they are in comparison to what we have now. Save for Atomic Robo or Locke & Key, I have little to get excited about.

I've had that experience also, to a degree. I had very specific titles when I was younger and didn't stray much. Money was always a factor too. I couldn't afford all of the key issues of books that I collected, much less add another title. So since starting again without stringent money concerns, I've picked up tons of stuff from the old days that I never considered before. Luckily, I can find things I like in all eras. It depends on my mindframe too, so I try to break up my reading order to avoid burning myself out. Nothing, unfortunately, brings back the original feelings I had when I read them. Sometimes almost, but not ever quite.

[Michael P]

Keep in mind that the following is just a THEORY. I have no idea if there's any truth in it.

The worst thing about negativity on the Internet is that I think it has caused many comic book writers and editors to become trolls. I half suspect that they have been INTENTIONALLY doing horrible things to characters and producing poorly-written, half-assed stories just to get a rise out of people on the Internet.

This idea is completely retarded.

[Ood Omega]

Ah: so you haven't gotten to Cry for Justice yet?

I'm afraid I skipped that one myself. I've heard good things about the art but mixed (mostly negative) things about the writing.

[Spike-X]

I'm afraid I skipped that one myself. I've heard good things about the art but mixed (mostly negative) things about the writing.

What little I've read of it left me with no desire to read any more.

It did, however, leave me with the desire for a nice, long, cleansing shower.

[PennyDreadful]

I genuinely have more pleasure discovering old comics from the '10s to the '80s, there's a magic in them that I don't find in modern comics often. And it's not a matter of nostalgia, I mean I'm discovering comics I had never read in my childhood and seeing them for the first time and being impressed at how good they are in comparison to what we have now. Save for Atomic Robo or Locke & Key, I have little to get excited about.

I can relate. I'm reading old Legion of Superheroes books. I'm playing catch-up there.

[davidboring]

negative cause of not being able to seduce women.


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