Comments on: Helen Killer #1 Review

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:53:32 +0000

Yeah, the comic's not good, you shouldn't use Helen Keller as a comic . It would probably hurt her feelings.

By: Jay Young

Jay Young — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:44:47 +0000

I don't see anything wrong with this kind of an AU scenario. The real-life Helen was always a bit rambunctious even after learning to communicate -- she was not the china doll people might think. She was a high-energy person who loved adventure, horseback riding, tobogganing, wild storms, going up in airplanes. However, another thing she was known for throughout her life was her witty sense of humor. That could have been used to great effect here and kept her from coming off as an icon. Still I'll read it, just to see what it says.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:02:22 +0000

Yeah, the book is quite respectful to Keller.

It's also a really silly comic (in the bad way), but respectfully so.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:41:45 +0000

@Ian

I read the comic earlier today, and what surprised me was how much respect he gives Helen Keller in the book. She is a hero in this book (though the title would suggest otherwise), and we don't laugh at her, we are meant to be wowed by her. Kreisberg expresses his respect for her in the afterword, which again wasn't the approach I was expecting. You could argue that the title is incredibly inappropriate, but I mean come on, that's why I bought the book in the first place. Believe it or not, crass, the book ain't.

I'd recommend this book, because even though Kreisberg hits an odd balance of serious storytelling and bombastic Daredevil-esque adventure, I think the juxtaposition enhances the experience, at least for me.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:55:52 +0000

This isn't about basing a character off of a real person, it's someone exploiting a woman's life for no other reason than her name makes a clever pun and he can build a hook around her disabilities. Making that character a murderer certainly doesn't help. I may be a little uptight, but you can't argue that its crass.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:01:06 +0000

New Yawk Citeeee!?!?!?!? Shakes fist at you damn yankees...

Oh well, hopefully we'll get our copy out here in the sticks next week...

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:15:46 +0000

Yeah, Dave, I stopped by the local shop to see, and I saw it was out in New York. So I've corrected my correction!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:57:53 +0000

I got it today, but again. I live in NYC.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:29:16 +0000

And yeah, folks, I must have been looking at the wrong release schedule, because the website says next week.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:27:10 +0000

If you think itâ€™s inappropriate to reference real people in an irreverent way, youâ€™re too uptight.

Agreed, which details my problem here well - as there seems to be TOO much reverence for a seemingly irreverent book.

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:14:47 +0000

Brian lives in NEW YORK, Andrew, so he's special. It's not on the list and we peons out here in Mesa didn't get it either, so I bet Brian's pact with Mephisto covers getting comics early as well. Damn him!!!!!

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:44:21 +0000

You sure this came out today? Because my shop didn't get it in and I don't see it listed on Diamond's shipping invoices for this week...

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:15:54 +0000

If you think it's inappropriate to reference real people in an irreverent way, you're too uptight.

By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:43:47 +0000

Apropos of nothing, "Helen Killer" was one of the great names from the old West Coast punk scene.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:59:36 +0000

You realize Helen Keller was a real person right? To me this seems a bit inappropriate.