tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post8331299914011681406..comments2024-03-24T07:53:37.246-04:00Comments on J.M. DeMatteis's CREATION POINT: SUPERCONNINGUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-61062653691822272092018-08-22T17:18:28.114-04:002018-08-22T17:18:28.114-04:00Don't recall that one, but, if it was Ann, I&#...Don't recall that one, but, if it was Ann, I'm sure it was good!J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-67240681491295067182018-08-20T07:01:02.709-04:002018-08-20T07:01:02.709-04:00Noncenti did a New Mutants Annual that skewered po...Noncenti did a New Mutants Annual that skewered popular television programming. One of my favorite annuals.Douglas A. Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312801885609153510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-85108119394123616722018-08-13T19:41:49.358-04:002018-08-13T19:41:49.358-04:00Well put, Jack!Well put, Jack!J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-63122203754965015562018-08-13T14:28:29.901-04:002018-08-13T14:28:29.901-04:00When I read the story, I realized the best way to ...When I read the story, I realized the best way to describe Ms Nocenti's writing is "gorgeous insanity."<br />From her Daredevil, to Seeds, that is really the only word.<br /><br />JackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-90173106988525712832018-08-13T12:45:08.469-04:002018-08-13T12:45:08.469-04:00Haven't read SEEDS yet but as both a Nocenti f...Haven't read SEEDS yet but as both a Nocenti fan and a Berger fan (both professionally and personally on both counts), I'm sure it's great. Glad you enjoyed it 'cause I know you'd never let me forget it if you didn't! : )J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-50436833215332802252018-08-13T12:43:43.941-04:002018-08-13T12:43:43.941-04:00Scooby and Swamp Thing and I missed it? I'm s...Scooby and Swamp Thing and I missed it? I'm so out of the loop!<br /><br />As for Karen...I opened the door for her, but she made her success all on her own, so if you don't like the book, don't blame me! : )J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-10075348196130702162018-08-02T07:03:43.013-04:002018-08-02T07:03:43.013-04:00Good news Dematteis, I enjoyed my first Berger boo...Good news Dematteis, I enjoyed my first Berger book. You got lucky.<br /><br />So, does that mean you get the brunt of the responsibility, like you would have gotten the guilt for my lost $3.99?<br /><br />No of course not. Stop trying to take credit for women's work in comics.<br /><br />Now you may not think that is fair. Okay.<br /><br />Plus side, you are a hippie. So I just gave you fuel for a sappy folk song you can sing in the L Village in 1972. All about how the man is keeping you down.<br /><br />I don't know how you will get to 1972, and quite frankly that is your issue. I don't appreciate being bothered with it. I can't be dolling pout time travel every which way but loose.<br /><br /><br />However, Seeds, by Ann Nocenti was an enjoyable read.<br /><br />I am a littel surprise she wrote a comic. With people pulling out all kinds of political and social readings from comics these days (some real some simply inferred) it doesn't seem like her scene.<br /><br />After all if there was one think Ms. Nocenti was known for, it is being a shrinking violet on the subject of sociopolitical commentary.<br /><br />I mean looking at the world today, I can't imagine that anyone with her writing track record having ANYTHING to say.<br /><br />Especially since her heyday was the 80s, and I keep hearing how social and political commentary in comics didn't exist until two or three years ago.<br /><br />However, Ms. Nocenti did write science fiction which has never been used to comment on the world.<br /><br />First issue recommended. I forgot how much I missed Ms. Nocenti's unique brand of crazy and bizarre.<br /><br />And just for the record, "unique brand of crazy and bizarre" is a compliment.<br /><br />Jack<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-20464153654322422232018-07-31T07:58:46.034-04:002018-07-31T07:58:46.034-04:00ON a whim, I decided to reread the classic Hard-Tr...ON a whim, I decided to reread the classic Hard-Traveling Heroes tales by Denny O'Neil and Neil Adams.<br /><br />I was trying to figure out if O'Neil would be happy his stories hold up... or depressed most are still relevant in some way or another.<br /><br />Perhaps not as dramatically in some places, but still.<br /><br />Also, you have no comment on the biggest event in comics? Scooby-Doo met Swamp Thing.<br /><br />Swamp Thing's pet hippie Chester (from Moore's run and beyond) is Shaggy's uncle. That is cannon now.<br /><br />I know you are saying, that book is FAR from Cannon.<br /><br />It is up here Dematteis ( I am tapping my head). It is up here.<br /><br />Which means, heaven forbid, you ever run into trouble in the sales department, there is a door open for a team up issue.<br /><br />The whole issue was a love letter toSwamp Thing... after a fashion. It had teh elemtns of Moore's run, Chester and Abby as Swampy's wife, but also Wein and Wrightson.<br /><br />There is an homage to Wrightson's 1st cover, and the opening (Shaggy's internal narration) reads almost like a Bronze Age Wein opening.<br /><br />This is how it starts Dematteis. A swampo Thing run. A weird story. A paychek. Purchasing green tea with the paycheck. The sky is the limit.<br /><br />Jack<br /><br />P.S. This week I am buying my first of Dark Horse's "Berger Books." Although, there is one I may go back and pick up (DH has had some issues promoting early on).<br /><br />Point is, you brag about getting her employed in comics. IF I am disappointed, I am holding you responsible. Can you afford the shame of an ill-spent $3.99?<br /><br />A soul can't survive that much guilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com