Comments on: When Is Good Not Good Enough? http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/07/04/when-is-good-not-good-enough/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: JDixon http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/07/04/when-is-good-not-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-747279 JDixon Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:44:02 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32553#comment-747279 Hey... been there, done that. For me personally, the whole "good isn't good enough" phase really started kicking into high gear when I started looking at other mediums like films and old novels. Basically I looked at lists that people considered were the best of the best, and after looking at some of the entries on there I really started to get an idea of "hey, y'know something, I've been reading crap for the last ten years!" But, yeah I do think that growing maturity in taste plays a big role. But I have found something interesting. I found that if I enjoyed a comic as an adult as much as I did when I was a kid, then that comic must pack some kind of wallop. Hey… been there, done that. For me personally, the whole “good isn’t good enough” phase really started kicking into high gear when I started looking at other mediums like films and old novels. Basically I looked at lists that people considered were the best of the best, and after looking at some of the entries on there I really started to get an idea of “hey, y’know something, I’ve been reading crap for the last ten years!” But, yeah I do think that growing maturity in taste plays a big role. But I have found something interesting. I found that if I enjoyed a comic as an adult as much as I did when I was a kid, then that comic must pack some kind of wallop.

]]> By: Diebenny http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/07/04/when-is-good-not-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-746568 Diebenny Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:26:57 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32553#comment-746568 Why don't you just go respond to his piece in the IFanboy comments? Isn't that all this post really is? Why don’t you just go respond to his piece in the IFanboy comments? Isn’t that all this post really is?

]]> By: Scott http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/07/04/when-is-good-not-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-746552 Scott Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:08:28 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32553#comment-746552 I think when you get old enough, you realize that you can only get so much out of yet another Batman story. It's important to find those creators who make comics feel fresh. It may mean trying out the creator-owned stuff, or it may mean allowing an experimental madman like Grant Morrison to play with the publisher's toys. (I say "madman" with the proper amount of reverence.) It's better than growing so attached to the characters that you won't stop reading even when you are unsatisfied. There are so many worthy books out there that there's no reason to be upset. I think when you get old enough, you realize that you can only get so much out of yet another Batman story. It’s important to find those creators who make comics feel fresh. It may mean trying out the creator-owned stuff, or it may mean allowing an experimental madman like Grant Morrison to play with the publisher’s toys. (I say “madman” with the proper amount of reverence.)

It’s better than growing so attached to the characters that you won’t stop reading even when you are unsatisfied. There are so many worthy books out there that there’s no reason to be upset.

]]> By: Rick Vance http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/07/04/when-is-good-not-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-746538 Rick Vance Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:45:03 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32553#comment-746538 What you mean everyone doesn't do that already? I have a limited budget to buy comics with so if a series is not firing on all cylinders it gets dropped fast, that doesn't stop me from trying new things either. Basically the modern world has forced me to be harder on all my comics but in turn has lead to finding more stuff I really enjoy and generally enjoying comics more than ever before. What you mean everyone doesn’t do that already? I have a limited budget to buy comics with so if a series is not firing on all cylinders it gets dropped fast, that doesn’t stop me from trying new things either. Basically the modern world has forced me to be harder on all my comics but in turn has lead to finding more stuff I really enjoy and generally enjoying comics more than ever before.

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