Comments on: Bendis Board: “Well, both feature people talking and no superpowers, therefore…” http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/28/bendis-board-well-both-feature-people-talking-and-no-superpowers-therefore/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Stefan http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/28/bendis-board-well-both-feature-people-talking-and-no-superpowers-therefore/comment-page-1/#comment-171174 Stefan Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:49:54 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/28/bendis-board-well-both-feature-people-talking-and-no-superpowers-therefore/#comment-171174 "With many Indy comics the loser often fails uttery as the story goes down dark paths and often even dies. " Ignoring the cow teat jokes I ask, how is this any different from pretty much every superhero comic out there right now? “With many Indy comics the loser often fails uttery as the story goes down dark paths and often even dies. ”

Ignoring the cow teat jokes I ask, how is this any different from pretty much every superhero comic out there right now?

]]> By: Kirk Boxleitner, a.k.a. K-Box http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/28/bendis-board-well-both-feature-people-talking-and-no-superpowers-therefore/comment-page-1/#comment-171152 Kirk Boxleitner, a.k.a. K-Box Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:46:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/28/bendis-board-well-both-feature-people-talking-and-no-superpowers-therefore/#comment-171152 As much as I've loved a lot of indy comics, so many of them have adopted so many similar conventions lately that they're not far off from qualifying as a "genre." Play your own Indy Comics Drinking Game: 1. Take one drink if the protagonist is a 20-something slacker who works at a dead-end entry-level job. 2. Take two drinks if he works at a music store. 3. Chug the bottle of the store only carries vinyl albums. 1. Take one drink if there's an unrequited love affair between two aimless suburban postadolescents. 2. Take two drinks if one of them is a multiply pierced goth. 3. Chug the bottle if they're both the same sex. I don't think I need to go on ... As much as I’ve loved a lot of indy comics, so many of them have adopted so many similar conventions lately that they’re not far off from qualifying as a “genre.”

Play your own Indy Comics Drinking Game:

1. Take one drink if the protagonist is a 20-something slacker who works at a dead-end entry-level job.
2. Take two drinks if he works at a music store.
3. Chug the bottle of the store only carries vinyl albums.

1. Take one drink if there’s an unrequited love affair between two aimless suburban postadolescents.
2. Take two drinks if one of them is a multiply pierced goth.
3. Chug the bottle if they’re both the same sex.

I don’t think I need to go on …

]]> By: Jennifer de Guzman http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/28/bendis-board-well-both-feature-people-talking-and-no-superpowers-therefore/comment-page-1/#comment-171075 Jennifer de Guzman Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:57:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/28/bendis-board-well-both-feature-people-talking-and-no-superpowers-therefore/#comment-171075 I prefer magma comics. They're made of molten rock! I prefer magma comics. They’re made of molten rock!

]]> By: Matt M. http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/28/bendis-board-well-both-feature-people-talking-and-no-superpowers-therefore/comment-page-1/#comment-171063 Matt M. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:08:25 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/28/bendis-board-well-both-feature-people-talking-and-no-superpowers-therefore/#comment-171063 Indy and manga are genres? Who knew? Indy and manga are genres? Who knew?

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