Comments on: The Joe Rice Media Review 11/15/06

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:18:41 +0000

I also add much-needed sex appeal. That always brings in the hits.

By: Tadhg Adams

Tadhg Adams — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:06:32 +0000

“Remind me again why Cronin invited this guy back?”

He’s funny and worth reading.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:03:34 +0000

“Remind me again why Cronin invited this guy back?”

Considering the fact that Joe was one of the founders of this blog, I don’t think you are in any position to be questioning it.

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:09:37 +0000

I’m sort of surprised to see that someone prefers Sagendorf to Segar, but in fairness, I’ve really only seen the later “always on model” Sagendorf whose art seemed a bit stock. So I will say that I prefer the Segar stuff I’ve seen to the Sagendorf stuff I’ve seen to date and allow that my knowledge is limited in this arena.

Say, since it was mentioned, does anyone know if the IDW reprints of Dick Tracy have scotched any further volumes of the Collins Casefiles? Because Collins, while not as good as Gould at his peak (thanks mainly to changes in the way newspapers treated their comics) rocked hard on that strip.

By: T.

T. — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:30:32 +0000

“You know what Iâ€™ve noticed about the whole â€œCorporate Comicsâ€ fanbase – theyâ€™re a lot like Neoconservatives. Theyâ€™ve got the market share, theyâ€™ve got the power, and they still whine and try to come off as the underdog whenever someone mentions their flaws or an alternative.

This applies doubly for Marvel fans. ”

Huh?

By: Stony

Stony — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:51:23 +0000

I always preferred Sagendorf to Segar.

Yeah, I said it.

By: BeaucoupKevin

BeaucoupKevin — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:20:50 +0000

Could you be any more Super Mario Brothers 2, Brad? Jesus.

(Also, I had my copy…two weeks ago.)

By: Brad Curran

Brad Curran — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:54:21 +0000

First of all, welcome back, Joe. Second, go to hell. Myself and the rest of the people that replaced you, Alex, Doug/Paul and whoever the Grammar Police were (I’m betting on Chuck D and Flava Flav myself)are far from Mayberry RFD or the Detroit League. At worst, we are After Mash. At best, we are the New Fantastic Four that showed up in Walt Simonson’s FF run. Get your facts straight. Also, I had Absolute New Frontier before you or Kevin. Well, at least you. I’ll deal with Kevin when the time comes, if neccessary. But only if he compares me and other bloggers to inferior products we are not analogous to!

By: Greg Hatcher

Greg Hatcher — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:14:48 +0000

I’vc seen this play out at least a dozen times elsewhere at CBR and I really hope we’re not going to do this again here whenever Joe posts.

Joe’s opinions and mine rarely mesh, our tastes are at roughly perpendicular angles to one another, but I always enjoy seeing wehat he has to say. I never take it personally. But a lot of people do, even when Joe is at pains to never actually insult the people who read books he doesn’t like, and his column is usually talking mostly about the good books he DOES like.

I realize this is comics discussion on the internet, so suggesting this stuff isn’t terribly important and probably not worth brawling over is not only futile but possibly blasphemy… but I thought I’d at least mention it.

By: Odjn Ouen

Odjn Ouen — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:13:36 +0000

Jack Staff is awesome.

By: Kevin Church

Kevin Church — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:13:44 +0000

You know what I’ve noticed about the whole “Corporate Comics” fanbase – they’re a lot like Neoconservatives. They’ve got the market share, they’ve got the power, and they still whine and try to come off as the underdog whenever someone mentions their flaws or an alternative.

This applies doubly for Marvel fans.

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:06:33 +0000

And who said anything about indie comics being better? I didn’t.

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:06:12 +0000

Kevin Church just got five cool points.

By: Kevin Church

Kevin Church — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:05:03 +0000

My Absolute New Frontier was in my hands before yours and boy, she’s already done things I didn’t know were physically possible.

Yes, including the thing with the bookmark.

By: T.

T. — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:48:19 +0000

Rebis, no one’s saying strong opinions shouldn’t be expressed on blogs. But strong opinions get strong reactions. I feel that the indie comic scene has just as high a ratio of crap to gems that the corporate comics do from my experience. A majority of those banal autobio comics alone are enough to drive one crazy (although I did read Blankets finally and that was awesome).

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:45:34 +0000

Or facts, as the case may be.

By: Rebis

Rebis — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:27:23 +0000

Love the letter.

As for the crack on corporate comics and hack artists: Aren’t blogs all about batting around strong opinions?

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:00:45 +0000

Thanks, Bill! Good to see you.

Dave: I know just where to put the mirror!

By: dave

dave — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:34:16 +0000

“Youâ€™ll tweak my anus a bit. Just a bit.”

Anyone who did not laugh when reading that needs to take a long hard look at themselves.

…naked.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:14:39 +0000

Welcome back, Joe.