Comments on: Sometimes a boy just needs to get out of the house and meet some girls. http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: JK Parkin http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-60396 JK Parkin Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:11:34 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-60396 "Your point being? If you think these posts are born in some vacuum and don’t reflectin anyway Graeme’s personal opinions on matters, I’ll gladly point you to the reams of Millarworld entries." Graeme has a stalker. BTW, good thing he told you how this blog thing works, Kevin. I was beginning to worry ... “Your point being? If you think these posts are born in some vacuum and don’t reflectin anyway Graeme’s personal opinions on matters, I’ll gladly point you to the reams of Millarworld entries.”

Graeme has a stalker.

BTW, good thing he told you how this blog thing works, Kevin. I was beginning to worry …

]]> By: Terram http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-60172 Terram Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:25:28 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-60172 "Not all comics are about super-heroes either. There’s plenty of opportunity to tell mature stories that don’t involve spandex de-construction. " I think it's funny that Netzer quotes a comic book story where the world's first superhero, Hanging Justice, fought crime to release his sadistic urges doesn't count as a "crass disfigurement" of the superhero genre, but an psuedo-masochist allegory <i>is</i> somehow. “Not all comics are about super-heroes either. There’s plenty of opportunity to tell mature stories that don’t involve spandex de-construction. ”

I think it’s funny that Netzer quotes a comic book story where the world’s first superhero, Hanging Justice, fought crime to release his sadistic urges doesn’t count as a “crass disfigurement” of the superhero genre, but an psuedo-masochist allegory is somehow.

]]> By: Kevin Melrose http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-60171 Kevin Melrose Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:24:19 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-60171 Heh. Heh.

]]> By: Terram http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-60170 Terram Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:20:43 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-60170 Your point being? If you think these posts are born in some vacuum and don't reflectin anyway Graeme's personal opinions on matters, I'll gladly point you to the reams of Millarworld entries. Your point being? If you think these posts are born in some vacuum and don’t reflectin anyway Graeme’s personal opinions on matters, I’ll gladly point you to the reams of Millarworld entries.

]]> By: Kevin Melrose http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-60116 Kevin Melrose Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:19:50 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-60116 <em>"Seriously McMillan, what’s next?"</em> Graeme was quoting Steve Bennett's commentary; he didn't actually write it.<em> </em> “Seriously McMillan, what’s next?”

Graeme was quoting Steve Bennett’s commentary; he didn’t actually write it.

]]> By: RAB http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-60111 RAB Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:55:32 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-60111 Graeme wins a million cool points just for the title of this post. And from the same source: "Only a bitter little adolescent boy could confuse realism with pessimism." Graeme wins a million cool points just for the title of this post. And from the same source:

“Only a bitter little adolescent boy could confuse realism with pessimism.”

]]> By: Justme http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59957 Justme Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:41:44 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59957 So I wonder what the spikes on his butt remind him off So I wonder what the spikes on his butt remind him off

]]> By: Juisarian http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59910 Juisarian Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:51:33 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59910 Not all comics are about super-heroes either. There's plenty of opportunity to tell mature stories that don't involve spandex de-construction. Not all comics are about super-heroes either. There’s plenty of opportunity to tell mature stories that don’t involve spandex de-construction.

]]> By: Terram http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59856 Terram Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:07:33 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59856 Yes. Maybe Graeme has been reading the Byrne Board a bit too much lately, it's rubbing off on him. Seriously McMillan, what's next? An article questioning where Vertigo and it's fans gets off for being such self-loathing comic people that are too embarassed to write about Silver Age-era superheroes? Yes. Maybe Graeme has been reading the Byrne Board a bit too much lately, it’s rubbing off on him.

Seriously McMillan, what’s next? An article questioning where Vertigo and it’s fans gets off for being such self-loathing comic people that are too embarassed to write about Silver Age-era superheroes?

]]> By: interested party http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59834 interested party Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:58:25 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59834 Isn't the whole shame argument just fanboy codeword for "i hate these changes but I want my opinion to appear more valid than just saying i don't like it" Isn’t the whole shame argument just fanboy codeword for “i hate these changes but I want my opinion to appear more valid than just saying i don’t like it”

]]> By: Terram http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59748 Terram Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:47:27 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59748 Hey Graeme, I hear Superfriends is still being played on Boomerang if that's more your speed. Hey Graeme, I hear Superfriends is still being played on Boomerang if that’s more your speed.

]]> By: funny— http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59742 funny— Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:17:39 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59742 geez, the guy talks as if it was Peter Parker's erect penis. It was barely there and an a squiggly line. he also forgot there are comics for kids like Johnny DC and Marvel Adventures and countless others. penance, lame name, cool concept, bad costume. still an improvement over speedball. geez, the guy talks as if it was Peter Parker’s erect penis. It was barely there and an a squiggly line.

he also forgot there are comics for kids like Johnny DC and Marvel Adventures and countless others.

penance, lame name, cool concept, bad costume. still an improvement over speedball.

]]> By: Michael Netzer http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59740 Michael Netzer Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:55:46 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59740 There are examples of more socially relevant comics that did not need to crassly disfigure the Super Hero genre. Works such as the O'neil/Adams GL/GA series, DKR, Watchmen and to some degree, Kingdom Come, are good examples of a legitimate evolutionary phase the medium has undergone while maintaining the integrity of the Super Hero mythology. It's curious that publishers don't appreciate the peculiar gifts inherrent in these works as a stepping stone to moving the medium forward. There are examples of more socially relevant comics that did not need to crassly disfigure the Super Hero genre. Works such as the O’neil/Adams GL/GA series, DKR, Watchmen and to some degree, Kingdom Come, are good examples of a legitimate evolutionary phase the medium has undergone while maintaining the integrity of the Super Hero mythology. It’s curious that publishers don’t appreciate the peculiar gifts inherrent in these works as a stepping stone to moving the medium forward.

]]> By: killerseamonkey http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59718 killerseamonkey Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:27:42 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59718 Seriously, didn't Penance used to fight Spawn back in the 90s? Or was that someone else? ;) Seriously, didn’t Penance used to fight Spawn back in the 90s? Or was that someone else? ;)

]]> By: Palladin http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59689 Palladin Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:54:39 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59689 Us fans of the the volume 1 New Warriors Speedball would disagree about Robbie having something to lose. Don't worry about the "loose" because I stink at spelling too. That is why I skipped the sarcastic remark. Us fans of the the volume 1 New Warriors Speedball would disagree about Robbie having something to lose.

Don’t worry about the “loose” because I stink at spelling too. That is why I skipped the sarcastic remark.

]]> By: Zeitgeist http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59686 Zeitgeist Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:48:40 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59686 Penance has a cool custome and an interesting idea behind him, it may not be good, but its not like Speedball as a character had anything to loose Penance has a cool custome and an interesting idea behind him, it may not be good, but its not like Speedball as a character had anything to loose

]]> By: fat free milk http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59655 fat free milk Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:26:42 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59655 Speedball has always sucked. Gritty, mature, leather-clad, whatever - any change is an improvement. And, seriously - I never noticed the Peter Parker penis thing. Say that ten times fast, "Peter Parker Penis, Peter Parker Penis..." Speedball has always sucked. Gritty, mature, leather-clad, whatever – any change is an improvement. And, seriously – I never noticed the Peter Parker penis thing. Say that ten times fast, “Peter Parker Penis, Peter Parker Penis…”

]]> By: Joe Lawler http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59649 Joe Lawler Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:03:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59649 That's fine, but should you really be expecting more mature themes and stories involving Spider-Man and Speedball? That’s fine, but should you really be expecting more mature themes and stories involving Spider-Man and Speedball?

]]> By: Morrison http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59647 Morrison Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:02:00 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59647 The scariest thing is how many editors and creators at Marvel think Penance was a good idea... The scariest thing is how many editors and creators at Marvel think Penance was a good idea…

]]> By: Niels van Eekelen http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-59631 Niels van Eekelen Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:46:24 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/15/sometimes-a-boy-just-needs-to-get-out-of-the-house-and-meet-some-girls/#comment-59631 Yes, everything is because we're all so deeply ashamed we read comic books. We couldn't possibly actually like more mature themes and that sort of thing. No, don't be ridiculous--it's shame. Yes, everything is because we’re all so deeply ashamed we read comic books. We couldn’t possibly actually like more mature themes and that sort of thing. No, don’t be ridiculous–it’s shame.

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