2005 January
Comic Dictionary - Nepotistic Continuity
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, January 15th, 2005 at 9:56 AM EST
This is when a writer uses strong continuity in his or her comics, but only when it is in reference to something (a work or a creation) that THAT writer did in the past.
Chuck Dixon was big on this, having minor characters from one of his four Bat-books show up constantly in his other Bat-books.
The […]
Comic Dictionary - Outside Writing
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, January 14th, 2005 at 9:53 AM EST
Outside writing is what you call it when outside influences, like editors, influence the way a story is written, not the natural flow of the story.
For instance, in the Superman titles awhile back.
“Lois and Clark need to break up!”
Then, a few issues later, “No wait, they have to get married tomorrow!”
See?
Silly nonsense like that makes […]
Is it THAT hard to make Asian people look Asian?
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, January 1st, 2005 at 4:29 AM EST
I am not the world’s biggest Howard Porter fan. I admit that the guy has a dynamic style that is very much geared towards the mainstream, so if I was a comic book publisher, I am sure I would find the guy work, because he flat out helps sell comics.
For instance, I would prefer him […]
