It’s not demeaning to Greg, he does write reviews, rather than critiques.

Absolutely. It’s a fairly important distinction.

Steven Grant wrote a column defining the two quite recently.
Different things altogether.
It’s not demeaning to Greg, he does write reviews, rather than critiques.

“Also, may I suggest you ask for art history books at Christmas, just so you know about the existing world prior to the year 2000…

It’s scary, but it’s worth it!”

Greg, like me, doesn’t care much for the early FF.
They were books written for kids half a century ago.
What’s so suprising about someone not liking it?
They have dated really, really poorly.

Godland and Noble Causes are two examples (along with Invincible, although I buy that in trades) of comics from Image coming out consistently on time. And they’re good comics.

the only reason i never buy image or boom or any of those smaller companies other than the big 2 is because i hate thier output..(not subject matter but time wise)..so many times id get in to a story and the company went belly up
( like with ruse and crossgen errr!!)or the books would be so late id totaly forget by the time they did come out.so i gave up…now godland ..from what i can see…is coming out good and on time i just might buy the tades…but for the most part i dont buy new comapnies because i feel in the end its a waste…i think that might be an issue others might have when looking at the smaller companies…thiers no consistantsy(sp??) over time..so i dont even bother.

gabesummers

Also, may I suggest you ask for art history books at Christmas, just so you know about the existing world prior to the year 2000…

It’s scary, but it’s worth it!

Like I said, Stan (with Jack & Steve; yes I know, prehistoric days…) built an empire on wordy and complex vocabulary & storytelling that revolutionized the genre; he was a fan of Shakespeare in the ’60′s; he used to write a dozen wordy comics a month for about 10 years, while finding his voice, maintaining a consistency and developing a crisp delineation of dozens of characters that keep selling to this day; this ground-breaking house-style in the world of comics is a printing-machine money these days; Lee & Kirby are sometines labeled as the Lennon & McCartney of comics; I mean, dismissing it like our “reviewer” does, I wonder how come I ‘m the only one reacting…!

As for my choice of words that did an impression on you, I’m flattered, but don’t read too much in it, it’s just a lack-of-a-better term; so scratch the cultural part of it…

By the way, what the hell is cultural maturity? It sounds fancy, but it’s one of those meaningless terms that you can use to sound intelligent while insulting someone. Here, I’ll make one up. Greg, you have no societal logic! Take that!

I think it’s his glowing personality.

Also CSBG isn’t CBR.

“I am expecting more coming from a critic, and certainly expecting a sense of historical perspective;”

He is a reviewer, not a critic.

“Mr. Burgas has the right to not be a fan of old FF, or old-school comics, I have no problem with that; call me an idiot all you want, but writing what he did the way he did it was certainly not a sign of cultural maturity….”

Not being a big fan of books written for kids 50 years ago… are you sure he’s lacking maturity?
Maybe, I mean where would Abraham Lincolns mother have been without kids books written before she was born?

“I don’t get all misty about Lee & Kirby’s Fantastic Four. I mean, it’s all right, but nothing great. (…) Gødland blows Lee and Kirby’s Fantastic Four away. BLOWS IT AWAY! Kiss my ass, old-school comics!”

“LEE & KIRBY’S FF: IT’S ALL RIGHT’ BUT NOTHING GREAT” !?!?!?!?!?!

WOW!! HELLOOOO??? Excuse me, but compared to THAT, I don’t feel like the idiot in this discussion; I’m just wonderin’ how come this guy gets to write a column on CBR! I mean, come on guys, get a sense of history and perspective here; the comments regarding Lee’s scripting compared to that of a contemporary scripter lacks credibility; you can’t compare something that was written some 40-odd years ago (and don’t forget there was a thing called “Comics code authority”, the censor of the days) with the flavor-of-the-month and write that it BLOWS AWAY Lee & Kirby’s FF just like that; I mean the guy has to be kidding! It’s like comparing athletes of different time periods, it just won’t stand; society and sensibilities are different, and I am expecting more coming from a critic, and certainly expecting a sense of historical perspective; if not, read some more, and not just comics, then. I haven’t read Godland, so I am not pronouncing myself on it per se and do not want to knock it off. Mr. Burgas has the right to not be a fan of old FF, or old-school comics, I have no problem with that; call me an idiot all you want, but writing what he did the way he did it was certainly not a sign of cultural maturity….

That said, I’m annoyed with her therapy session, because I would have liked to see it touch on certain other issues; namely, the brief “affair” with a 16-year-old student that got her kicked out of Xavier’s Academy over in New Xmen.

And, in either case, I don’t think that’s what PAD was really doing here: Rahne wasn’t expressing a feeling that she’ll be damned for having violent thoughts or impulses, but rather for having seen a vision of her future in which she *acted* on them, (SPOILER STOP), killing her closest friends. Seems that “Oh, spit. I’m bound for hellfire if that’s true.” is a pretty reasonable reaction for anyone with a generally religious mindset of any denomination concerned with issues of sin, salvation, and damnation.

I thought it was some sort of Morrison/Vertigo meta-speak about the issue of the mini Greg reviewed from the quarter bin the other week.
I figured he was going to drop some acid, spread the books out, get naked and take the trip – so to speak.
I was impressed he was willing to go there for our reading entertainment.
Now to find out he just went overseas, and didn’t even behave badly or rudely… it just breaks my heart.

But really: Missed ya! Welcome back.