A selection of some of the funniest, most interesting and strangest quotes from the past week:
“I don’t really mind the bitching and dissatisfaction, because some amazing things can come out of a community when it’s angry. I wouldn’t have half of my CD collection or decent jeans that actually fit my ass if not for someone being dissatisfied. The dissatisfaction just has to be paired with productivity. You can bitch, but bitch while you fix something. Bitch while you help someone. Bitch and then offer a solution or alternative. I have a very high tolerance for bitching as long as people are being awesome with their hands while they’re running their mouths. Though I probably shouldn’t talk considering that my bitch to awesome ratio isn’t good.”
– blogger and writer Cheryl Lynn, in a discussion at The Engine about the current mood of the comics Internet
“I mean, why seemingly kill Bart Allen in issue #4 of Infinite Crisis, only to bring him back in issue #7, if they just kill him again a little more than a year later? Couldn’t he have stayed dead the first time?”
– blogger Steven Padnick, on the death of Bart Allen in this week’s The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13
“I thought the consensus was that he was misunderstood dick futurist. Plus, he’s a Skrull, isn’t he …? I swear that’s what I heard … a misunderstood dick futurist Skrull.”
– Joe Casey, writer of Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin, on Tony Stark
“Just as Americans are reluctant to watch foreign (non-English-language) films, Japanese are for the most part unwilling to read comics that are ‘backwards,’ in which the text is horizontal rather than vertical, which have a large amount of per page, and which, well, aren’t manga.”
– Matt Thorn, associate professor in the School of Manga Production at Kyoto Seika University, on his students’ response to American comics
“I think in recent years that Marvel has finally been giving us what we’ve been needing out of the Hulk comic. A lot of my customers were complaining that the last run on the title (written by Bruce Jones) was too cerebral and that’s not necessarily what you want from the character. The fans want all-out action. They want the Hulk angry. That makes the book fun. That’s the kind of character he is. You look for a reason to make the Hulk mad. This is probably the most ticked off he’s ever been, and he’s going after the main members of the Marvel Universe. That’s what I call a good story.”
– John Horst, owner of Purple Earth Comics in Huntington, W.Va., on Marvel’s World War Hulk
June 25th, 2007 at 7:40 am
As much as I love Mr. Melrose’s Quote weekly items, the Horst quote is even more enjoyable when you click on the source link and are treated to Horst posing with the comic with a bemused (rivaling Malcolm McDowell in “A Clockwork Orange”) look in his face. Adding to my enjoyment, reading a lead that summarizes the gist of the (Marvel) Civil War (including Hulk’s absence) in under 20 seconds.
And, in my fanboy moment of the week, no one stays dead-particularly in Flash lore. Waid is coming back, and my hope is, with his return comes the revival of a certain Max Mercury. That’s my fanboy hope at least. Waid, clearly, may have other ideas…