Comments on: THE DIGITAL VIKING: EDSBS’S GUIDE TO SPICY LIVING.

By: NRBQ

NRBQ — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:25:32 +0000

Yes, except you didn’t “get one” and you don’t “have one.”

By: Matt U.

Matt U. — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:32:49 +0000

@AERose — Fair enough. But understand that snobbery of any kind just turns off more people to the medium (or genre). I happen to think Y’s the best thing since Watchmen, so that’s what I said. DMZ was badass but had some holes in the story; Sandman melted my brain but the art didn’t suit my fickle eyes; Transmetropolitan never quite felt real the way other fictional worlds do. For me, it’s Y. You don’t agree with my taste — that’s fine. But my opinion’s not invalid, and you with your highfalutin comics expertise has yet to recommend something better. Or anything at all, for that matter.

@NRBQ “bet I can dig around on the net and find a more lethal war machine than you” — Actually, I got mine off an MPF ship.

@Sundawg — Because from a tank, you actually get to SEE the explosion. And that’s what really matters.

By: Sundawg

Sundawg — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:49:13 +0000

Tanks? What about submarine-launched missles (SSBN as opposed to SSN}? Why take out one T-72 when you can get them all?

By: pfhokie Abides

pfhokie Abides — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:19:25 +0000

Every work day I get to drive past Buzz Aldrin Elementary in Reston VA. I will do it know with more respect than I have before. Keep punching Buzz.

By: JacketDan

JacketDan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:57:10 +0000

1. One in the 7 years since I first saw it, that video of watching Buzz Aldrin punch that fat moron in the face has never gotten old.

2. I don’t know for whatever reason Y just couldn’t hold my interest like Fables, Transmetropolitan, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or many of the other non-superhero comics in the genre/medium/pastiche.

By: BurritoBrosShits

BurritoBrosShits — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:21:48 +0000

I think NRBQ wants a picture of a pony and I agree. I love ponies.

By: What?!?

What?!? — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:37:09 +0000

@pic6bamr

Blasphemy!

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:42:39 +0000

I have to agree with Matt on this, actually, and not because he’s Visiting Spicy Livin’ Artist, but because Y! rocked my face off.

By: NRBQ

NRBQ — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:06:37 +0000

Love the food and drink components. But the whole blowin’ things up component that has devolved into “bet I can dig around on the net and find a more lethal war machine than you, and then write like a badass” part?

Not so much.

By: AERose

AERose — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:19:32 +0000

“For the record: “genre (n.) a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like.” But medium is an acceptable synonym, I think.”

Common usage, foo’. Fall back on dictionary definitions if you like, but in actual conversation genre refers to the content being delivered, not the manner in which it is delivered which is what you were referring to to begin with. If someone asked what genre/genres Y: The Last Man occupied, you probably wouldn’t answer with “comic books” because that’s probably not what you’re really being asked.

And I didn’t say Y wasn’t a kick, but it’s not even the best thing to come out of Marvel or DC in the last decade, let alone the other 90% of the comics world.

By: pic6bamr

pic6bamr — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:13:18 +0000

Captain EO…Shittiest thing at Disney…ever

By: Bull_Gator

Bull_Gator — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:06:19 +0000

Dear lord…my 65 yr old mother is now all about the hypnotic. I’m scared.

By: EastHoustonpondwater

EastHoustonpondwater — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:11:42 +0000

A number of moon hoaxers at one of their gatherings in ‘07 admitted to believing in the existence of bigfoots, sasquatches, and cryptozoology in general! So the moon trips aren’t possible but creatures that go bump in the night are? I don’t know what to make of these people.

Is there room on this flat-geocentric earth for the rest of us?

By: Matt U.

Matt U. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:48:00 +0000

Oooh! Comics snobbery! I love the combination of incorrect statements and opinions as if they’re facts.

For the record: “genre (n.) a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like.” But medium is an acceptable synonym, I think.

Everything else in your comment is your opinion, to which you’re entitled. I stand by the fact that I really enjoyed Y.

By: AERose

AERose — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:31:55 +0000

Comic books aren’t a genre, they’re a medium, and you’re probably insulting Alan Moore more than you know comparing him to Bryan K Vaughan, who is basically a high functioning pulp writer. And the art in Y is terrible.