This is an ongoing list of the Top 100 Comic Storylines of all Time, as voted by the readers of the blog.
The list isn't important; the responses to each post are. There's plenty of intelligent discussion on the merits of each story, but it's drowned out in waves of elitism and self-proclaimed "anti-elitism", which is of course just another form of elitism. When House of M showed up, I enjoyed watching people just have kittens right on the spot. But now, about a week later...
It's not funny anymore. It's depressing. Or perhaps I'm just naive in thinking that a common love of a niche medium was sufficient to allow for constructive debate.
Besides, we all know Watchmen will be the top storyline, and I'll be the only one saying that it sucked. That should be fun. (And I don't even know if I'm being sarcastic or not when I say that.)
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Watchmen book= metaphoric brain exploder
ReplyDeleteWatchmen movie= reeks of awesomeness.
Yeah, I might lose my geek licensce but I don't care.
Chalk it up to the polarizing nature of internet debate, and the importance it attaches to Whose Side Are You On. Everything has to be awesome or be shitty; rarely will you hear someone say " yeah, this comic had its faults, but it also had its good points " or " I don't like it but I can see why someone else might ".
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