Wait, seriously? You're more awesome that I thought." @FadeToBlackBolt: I know, I know, it's not ideal…I honestly wish Barry just stayed dead, he's a totally uninteresting character and has pushed all the decent Flash characters out of the spotlight. "
Have you read Morrison's Batman or his New X-Men? One of the reasons that I love him so much is that he does the exact opposite of what you said; he writes great stories, and says **** you to the business side. Granted the X-Men example also proves your second point, as it's all virtually been retconned." @FadeToBlackBolt said:
" @aztek the lost said:I actually have no problem with the superhero characters myself, I like a lot of them...it's the way mainstream comics are that I don't like...it's never about making a great story, everything's got some other motive from the business side of things and a lot of stories are just terrible and then there's the fact that things never end, they just get retconned...but I can enjoy a book like The Long Halloween or something that has no ties to the mainstream or an event...it's the Brightest Day's, Fear Itself's, etc. that I have no desire to feed personally" @FadeToBlackBolt: we do what we have to as comic fans, though to be fair if comics based in the MU or DCU ceased publication next week I wouldn't shed a tear...I mean until they're non-existence caused the industry to crumble and all other comics to die as well but for the most part I just accept that as necessary parts of the industry and I'm glad there are people out there who will go get every issue of every event...thanks to them I can get the good books "Haha, another nice way to look at it.I love the superhero characters and all that, and there are particular runs that are nothing short of phenomenal, but as you read more Vertigo and alike titles, you start to pick out the imperfections of the mainstream titles, which hurts them A LOT. That said, as long as Bruce Wayne exists, I will never stop reading Batman ^_^ "
there's more comics already in print that I want to read then i ever will be able to so I'm not worried in that regard...but I still want to one day read my Hellblazer #471 and be able to close the comic with a satisfied but sad smile as John Constantine's body is put to rest and the mantle of Hellblazer goes down to Gemma (or maybe a future child since that's years away and she'll be like fifty by then)
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