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If ADD's pretentious self hates a comic, it's pretty much one of the best endorsements for it out there in my book. I may have to check this book out.

I'm having major deja vu.

The Sinestro Corps War Special #1 is up there too, along with harsh words for Geoff Johns.

Different strokes, etc., I guess.

He also bashes one of the SINESTRO CORPS specials- dude, when Geoff Johns proves himself capable of writing a fun and adventurous story with a coherent plot and a minimum of angst, it's best not to discourage him.

It's so sad when people define their tastes by someone else's.

It's so sad when people try to be condescending on a blog post reply.

IN BED.

YOUR FACE is in bed!

Wow. That... went downhill quickly.

Your mom went downhill quickly.

If Alan David Doane thinks The Highwaymen, [...] is one of the worst comics of 2007, then he obviously doesn’t read a lot of comics.

Is he our version of Perez Hilton?

In any case, I would have to agree with Greg. Any Worst of... list that doesn't include Countdown wasn't too well thought out.

The Marvel Zombies sequels are some of the best comics of the year? Really?

As for his worst list, I can only assume Doane didn't read Lightning Saga. Lucky bastard.

Notice he said "Some of" the worst comics. That certainly can't be disputed. All in all, not a bad list . . .though I question Alan's love of Whedon. I disagree completely with Alan's stuff about the direct market, but his opinions on comics are usually pretty accurate.

And the Sinestro stuff is like after a chef keeps giving you plates full of elephant dung, he switches it up with elephant snot. "Hey, that's not so bad!" Yes, it is.

clearly someone who considers buffy the vampire slayer one of the best comics of the year is a critic to be taken seriously

Yeah, I know. Those Whedon fans love their stuff no matter what, it seems.

Otherwise a pretty good "best" list. Shortcomings, All Star Superman . . .can't quibble with most of it. (Zombies? Didn't bother but it can't be THAT good.)

I admit this might just be me, but I find it incredibly difficult to take any review seriously when they swear (especially the f-bomb) throughout it.

His best of was entirely too Whedon-ized.

The Highwaymen was one of my favorite reads last year. I found it fun, well-paced, and consistently entertaining, if not terribly original.

But then, there's no accounting for tastes.

If you read his review of 'Highwaymen', he comes off as an Ellis fan with an axe to grind. I mean, it sounds like he didn't like the comic, but it sounds like the reason it wound up on that list was more the implications of the book's existence (specific to 'Planetary'), rather than any problem it really had.

He's certainly right about 'Martha Washington Dies', though. It makes 'All Star Batman' look like 'All Star Superman'.

It’s so sad when people try to be condescending on a blog post reply.

Are you saying I tried, but wasn't condescending? That doesn't make any sense. I thought I condescended pretty effectively.

And the irony of you using a condescending tone to mock me is not lost on me, but I think you may have missed it.

The irony of the irony of the irony [head explodes]

META-IRONY ALERT

... wait, how can opinions be accurate? They can be a lot of things (ignorant, well-informed, unusual, etc), but they can't be accurate because they aren't factual. They have no truth value, they're just... opinions.

Perhaps this is something that's easy for comics fans to forget.

(As for the ADD list, I find it kind of lame-- you'd think a guy who read so many comics could have an easier time finding actually bad comics. His idea of good comics is just, well, typical.)

Wow...Doane is simply a terrible reviewer. He rants or he raves, but he doesn't seem able to structure a review or discuss the technique and method of comics at all. I'll stick to Paul O'Brien, thanks.

"I’ll stick to Paul O’Brien, thanks."

That's funny, given their feud back in the days of Fanboy Rampage.

My reactions to this post go like this:

1) Wow. What an odd post. Alan posted that list literally months ago. Why have they decided to go after it now all of sudden?

2) He reads loads of comics, but generally ones he knows he's likely to like, if his usual reviews and writing are anything to go by. So it's not surprising if the worst thing he read is still a lot better than most stuff out there, what with him being I guy with pretty good taste and everything.

3) Wow, this comments section is pissy. Those spandex fans really hate ADD, don't they?

4) Hey, it's Joe Rice. At least one person here can talk a little sense. Maybe that'll raise the tone.

5) Or not.

6) Oh no, swearing invalidates your opinion. I did not know that. Fuck.

7) Wow, ADD's writing really goes over some people's heads, doesn't it? If only he reviewed more x-men comics.

...for the record, ADD is easily my favourite blogger on our chosen art-form, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest that I only agree with his tastes around half the time. Highwaymen sounds like a comic I'd enjoy, but if Alan doesn't like it, I'm glad he feels comfortable saying so. Because he's a critic, you know? That's what I want from a critic, their honest opinions of the stuff they've read. You can't deny that's what you always get with ADD.

The Highwaymen just came out in trade, David, so I just read it and recalled the dust-up between ADD and the writer of the comic. That's why I posted about it.

Fair enough. I'm hoping my local library gets a copy, as I'd like to read it but my budget's too tight to be buying anything on impulse. It sounds kind of pulpy, from the reviews I've read, which is very much up my alley (so to speak).