Comments on: DivaLea: Hurt Comics

By: Lea

Lea — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:34:20 +0000

Not sure if comics still need hurting?

http://divalea.livejournal.com/454772.html

By: Lea

Lea — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:09:43 +0000

When you express puzzlement/disdain/frustration/exasperation over a “Girl’s line” of comics with only one female writer, and that that one is not even a comics careerist: You’re Hurting Comics.

Betty: Get on it, woman! Pervert suits need washing!

Markus: Said it better than I could.

By: YKW

YKW — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:59:02 +0000

When you point out how serializing finite Graphic Novels as a series of comic booklets is a disservice both to the audience and the story being told: you’re hurting comics.

When you point out that waiting for the single volume editions of previously serialized Graphic Novels usually saves money: you’re hurting comics.

By: Betty

Betty — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:47:05 +0000

I remember g-w was accused of hurting comics a lot when we first began, but not so much anymore.

We must be doing something wrong, and I pledge to look into it.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 21 May 2007 15:29:45 +0000

I’m with markus. Zing!

By: markus

markus — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:44:31 +0000

because when you don’t like something, you should hurt it! very american.
Quite the opposite: your (vocal) dislike will be misread as an attempt to hurt, and that kind of hurt (which isn’t one) is a good thing.
You would have noticed this is if either (a) your reading comprehension was better or (b) you were less anti-american or (c) less prone to knee-jerk reactions or (d) less stupid.
I don’t care which it is but I know which way I’d bet if I had to.

By: Lea

Lea — Mon, 21 May 2007 05:11:02 +0000

Thanks, Hisham.

By: bill

bill — Mon, 21 May 2007 05:10:51 +0000

because when you don’t like something, you should hurt it! very american.

By: Tim O'Shea

Tim O'Shea — Mon, 21 May 2007 03:57:32 +0000

Hisham!

Ladies and germs, this fellow was one of the best damn things about The Great Curve. If Zubi wrote it, it was worth reading.

By: Hisham Zubi

Hisham Zubi — Mon, 21 May 2007 03:13:29 +0000

Still a classic.

By: Lea

Lea — Sun, 20 May 2007 23:43:35 +0000

“You could probably replace some of those endings with ‘you’re annoying and not many people will want to work with you.’”

No doubt. It’s an excellent filter for a freelancer.

By: Tim O'Shea

Tim O'Shea — Sun, 20 May 2007 20:51:10 +0000

Thanks for re-running this one, JK. When you first mentioned pulling from the Great Curve archives, this essay was at the top of my wish list.

By: GilesX

GilesX — Sun, 20 May 2007 18:41:57 +0000

You could probably replace some of those endings with “you’re annoying and not many people will want to work with you.”