Comments on: Into the back issue box #17 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Treasure Hunters roadshow http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/comment-page-1/#comment-842222 Treasure Hunters roadshow Mon, 23 May 2011 04:39:32 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/#comment-842222 Today, I went to the beachfront with my kids. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said "You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear." She placed the shell to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is totally off topic but I had to tell someone! Today, I went to the beachfront with my kids. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She placed the shell to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is totally off topic but I had to tell someone!

]]> By: Brian Cronin http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/comment-page-1/#comment-53074 Brian Cronin Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:07:29 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/#comment-53074 Just that. But so long as it's clear that that is all it is trying to accomplish, you can certainly say, "Yeah, I'm not interested in reading these columns," but I do not think it impacts upon the task of recommending good comics (and not recommending comics that aren't good). Now if Greg were to recommend the comic, even though it was not good, then I would totally agree - that would be lame. Just that.

But so long as it’s clear that that is all it is trying to accomplish, you can certainly say, “Yeah, I’m not interested in reading these columns,” but I do not think it impacts upon the task of recommending good comics (and not recommending comics that aren’t good).

Now if Greg were to recommend the comic, even though it was not good, then I would totally agree – that would be lame.

]]> By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/comment-page-1/#comment-53071 Apodaca Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:02:59 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/#comment-53071 Okay, so the point of this column is to find out if random comics are accessible or not. What does that tell us? Okay, so the point of this column is to find out if random comics are accessible or not.

What does that tell us?

]]> By: Brian Cronin http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/comment-page-1/#comment-52365 Brian Cronin Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:00:45 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/#comment-52365 Yeah, I don't mind the qualified statement. It's when you start seeing stuff like just a flat-out "It wasn't THAT good, but it was good enough," that I think you begin to get into the antithesis of this blog. Yeah, I don’t mind the qualified statement.

It’s when you start seeing stuff like just a flat-out “It wasn’t THAT good, but it was good enough,” that I think you begin to get into the antithesis of this blog.

]]> By: Greg Burgas http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/comment-page-1/#comment-52151 Greg Burgas Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:28:21 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/#comment-52151 This column is not to find "GREAT" comics, but to figure out if these books would be good for first-time readers. This does the job, even though it's not a great comic. If a first-time book reader doesn't happen to read [insert the greatest book ever here] the first time they pick up a book, should they stop reading? Is this a comic that might bring people back for more? Yes. That's "good enough." This column is not to find “GREAT” comics, but to figure out if these books would be good for first-time readers. This does the job, even though it’s not a great comic. If a first-time book reader doesn’t happen to read [insert the greatest book ever here] the first time they pick up a book, should they stop reading? Is this a comic that might bring people back for more? Yes. That’s “good enough.”

]]> By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/comment-page-1/#comment-52146 Apodaca Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:13:17 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/#comment-52146 Wasn't the whole point of this blog being started to crusade against settling for comics that are "good enough"? Wasn’t the whole point of this blog being started to crusade against settling for comics that are “good enough”?

]]> By: Greg Burgas http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/comment-page-1/#comment-51455 Greg Burgas Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:10:57 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/#comment-51455 I didn't THINK I was being hard on it! I thought it was kind of dumb, but I did write that if this was the first comic you would ever pick up, it does its job nicely. It probably would appeal to kids, too - it's goofy that way. All in all, not a great comic, but nothing that would actively turn people AWAY from them! I didn’t THINK I was being hard on it! I thought it was kind of dumb, but I did write that if this was the first comic you would ever pick up, it does its job nicely. It probably would appeal to kids, too – it’s goofy that way. All in all, not a great comic, but nothing that would actively turn people AWAY from them!

]]> By: MarkAndrew http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/comment-page-1/#comment-51449 MarkAndrew Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:24:20 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/#comment-51449 I'm with Hatcher. :) And also, at the very least, the cover's great. And the first page you scanned was really nicely designed. The camera zooms up, but you can still hear the characters who are no longer on screen, but we see the villain full on. That's nice work. At least for one page. I’m with Hatcher. :)

And also, at the very least, the cover’s great. And the first page you scanned was really nicely designed. The camera zooms up, but you can still hear the characters who are no longer on screen, but we see the villain full on.

That’s nice work. At least for one page.

]]> By: Greg Hatcher http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/comment-page-1/#comment-51156 Greg Hatcher Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:44:35 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/10/into-the-back-issue-box-17/#comment-51156 You might be being a little hard on this from the sound of it. Honestly, it sounds like a cute kid's comic to me. Most of the 'gateway' books that got us started were about this good. It wouldn't be something I'd pick up for myself, but I'd give it to one of my students with a clear conscience. Especially considering what ELSE was competing on the stands in '93, the miracle is that something harmless and cute made it to print at all. You might be being a little hard on this from the sound of it. Honestly, it sounds like a cute kid’s comic to me. Most of the ‘gateway’ books that got us started were about this good. It wouldn’t be something I’d pick up for myself, but I’d give it to one of my students with a clear conscience. Especially considering what ELSE was competing on the stands in ’93, the miracle is that something harmless and cute made it to print at all.

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