And in other comic news:

[serinde]

I was so very, very right to drop Meltzer's "Justice League of America" after two issues. I mean, I already knew that, because it's long been clear he has no clue about the characters he's writing, the universe he's writing in, or indeed the first thing about putting together a superhero comic; but we are now officially Done.

Comments

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

Ha ha! This is GREAT! I don't buy this series at all, but now because you are dropping it I am going to buy TWO copies!

Among its other virtues, it makes Avengers look better by comparison!

Hey.. I just realized something. Comic books... ARE FOR CHILDREN! Why didn't I realize this before? I've wasted my life, apparently. Not to mention roughly... mm... $20,000 and 2,300 hours of my time that I'll never get back. Shoot... seems like a lot when you actually write it down like that, huh?

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Yeah? Try reading any three pages of Meltzer's stuff. That is not aimed at the kids market. He has pretenses of being DARK! and REALISTIC~! In other words, Adult Themes.

No. He's trying to hook in fortysomethings with nostalgic memories of Super Friends. You show any of that shit to a ten-year-old nowadays and he'll screw up his little face and say "That's gaaaaaaay!" and go back to his PSP.