[ SECRET POST #2195 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2195 ⌋

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GUWAAAAAHHHHH

[dethtoll]

i'm awake.

Oh, hey, the book I ordered arrived!

(it's this one)

I dunno what it is about Warren Ellis. There's this sort of vicious quality in almost all his works that is the source of a lot of the humor, and it's no more prevalent than in Transmetropolitan. Which is good because Transmetropolitan is perhaps one of the most seminal works in comic bookery, a huge influence on what I do (and how I talk -- I don't think I've ever said "you fucking bastards" half as much as I do after reading Transmet) and has a biting political bent that still holds up well today, well after the Bush years.

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[(Anonymous)]

Well, Transmetropolitan isn't exclusively about the Bush years - it's also about the Nixon years (in the way it draws from HST), but in addition, it draws from the Blair years - I believe Ellis has said that the Smiler's look and general sliminess is closer to being Blair than anything else (in response to people comparing the Smiler to John Edwards, which is also a freakily similar comparison). And I think, trying not to be controversial, but I think in some ways, there are comparisons one might be able to draw between the Blair years as Ellis saw them, and contemporary American politics. So maybe the political bent still holds up partly for that reason.

I should re-read Transmet, it's been too long. How is Gun Machine? I didn't much care for Crooked Little Vein.

Re: GUWAAAAAHHHHH

[dethtoll]

I dunno, I'm still going through Crooked Little Vein. Gun Machine will be after that.

Re: GUWAAAAAHHHHH

[(Anonymous)]

I know a few people who are still clinging on by their fingertips to a couple of titles, but most of my friends had to bail.

I tried to stick it as long as I could, because I loved pre-nu52 DC. Sure, it had plenty of problems, but what doesn't? I'm a massive batclan fan, and I've matched up lots of friends who had never read comics before with titles they ended up loving.

By the end of last year it really felt like DC were going out of their way to refuse to let me give them money by destroying everything I'd ever loved about DC. I don't know what their marketing plan is, but it's clearly insane.

They... well, check this (http://dcwomenkickingass.tumblr.com/post/39416667455/worstof2012) post out for a handful of highlights.

I'll just be over here sobbing about Oracle. And the Amazons. And the other batgirls. And Blue Beetle. And The Question. And Amanda Waller. And Peej. And Helena Bertinelli. And Lady Blackhawk. And the Birds of Prey team spirit. And Arsenal. And Mia Dearden. And Lois Lane. And Superman's optimism. And, like, Green Arrow's beard.