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I'm just surprised it hasn't happened in the Spider-Man topic.......... yet.

What's a magnet-o?

It does seem people are in an argumentative mood lately.
Perhaps it's our subconscious telling us Russia invading Georgia is NOT a good thing?

OH FUCK

I'm not ready for this, I'm not ready for this, oh christ I'm not ready for this!

OH JESUS LORD I AM OUT OF BOTTLED WATER AND THUMBTACKS!!!

It looks like all 10 Joe Casey´s Wildcats fans read this blog.

Magneto's a concentration camp hack and the Wildstorm Universe wishes it was the Ultimates. So there.

Now, come on, Brian, be nice. Some people are, well, fragile when it comes to the comics they love.

They love so much.

So very, very much.

Actually, there's a REAL emergency developing.
Comic Pants has been hacked.
Has anybody been in touch with Randy Lander lately?

"Now, come on, Brian, be nice. Some people are, well, fragile when it comes to the comics they love."

Yeah - try being dismissive of Hal Jordan or Barry Allen. It's fun!

Apparently someone dissed the Spider-man marriage and said The Dark Knight is only "pretty good."

I can only put out so many fires.

I absolutely called him MAGNET-O as a kid. And the Sub Mariner was the Sub-Marine-er. Who says you don't learn anything from comics.

I learned the world pulchritudinous from the Age of Apocalypse. So there.

And I'd have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those meddling bloggers and that stupid dog!

Who the hell is "MAGNETO" ? (the leader of evil mutants?)

What Wildstorm Universe?

I learned so many words from the Beast. Him, and Bad Religion lyrics.

I don't understand. I'm angry and confused.

I fear it's too late. We must activate...

THE OMEGA DEVICE!

Turn your keys simultaneously on three:

ONE!

*roars incoherently, punches dog*

I don't wish any disrespect, but I just haven't read the comic...

Who publishes "Magneto and the Wild Storm Universe"?

Sounds like one of the old Tekno comix.. "Gene Roddenberry's Xander in the Lost Universe"...

Any relation?

Grant Morrison and Jim Lee's WildCats is quite possibly the hardest book to disrespect. It's near perfect, in every regard.

My (personal) issue with Brad Curran's Wildstorm post isn't so much that he's "disrespecting" the Wildstorm universe (I personally don't have lots of love for the universe, either), it was that the post, in my opinion, is poorly written in parts. I just think Curran's tendency to "ramble" makes his posts twice as long and half as interesting as they could be. In fact, most of his post simply restates what the author of the original review said in two short paragraphs: that the Wildstorm universe is coming off of a number of failures. I'm not saying that Brad is a bad writer or anything, I just think he could use a good editor.

And the fact that people responded with such passion sort of answers the question of the article's title. Yes, there are people who still care about the Wildstorm universe. Maybe it isn't the amount of people who bought Wildstorm titles during the Image era (but no Image title -- heck, probably no current comic book title -- sells close to what the same character/title sold during the 90s), but there are obviously suffering Wildstorm fans out there who desperately want to see that universe work.

The simple answer? If people *didn't* care about the Wildstorm universe, why would DC bother trying to relaunch it again? Obviously the Powers That Be think these characters have some sales potential, or they'd put them on a bus.

I think those are some reasons why the response was the way it has been.

You all are just saying that because it's the "cool" thing to say.

It looks like all 10 Joe Casey´s Wildcats fans read this blog.

Harold, Harold, Harold...

There are 12 of us.

We're Casey's Defendin' Dozen.

Get it straight.

FunkyGreenJerusalem clearly isn't ready for the 3 am phone call.

FunkyGreenJerusalem: Wrong for CSBG, wrong for America.

I don't want to alarm anyone who's already in a state of panic, but someone is telling jokes that don't have a clear point or punchline, apparantly. Unless they're Meltzer-hating Morrison-loving group-thinkers.

I've got duct tape, but no plastic sheeting.

So Hal and Barry are teaming up against Magnet-O and the Submareener?

Dunno about Wildstorm, but I can tell you that the writers of UXM #500 surely gave magneto no respect.

Have to second the pronukeeashun thing...

Until the first X-Men movie, I always pronounced it "Mag-netto"...

I didn't realise that in Marvel universe 616 people were trouble by magneets and magneetic fields...

To curtail any more morons posting about mispronunciation:

From m-w.com. Pay attention to the pronunciation key:

Main Entry:
mag·ne·to Listen to the pronunciation of magneto
Pronunciation:
\mag-ˈnē-(ˌ)tō\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural mag·ne·tos
Date:
1882

: a magnetoelectric machine; especially : an alternator with permanent magnets used to generate current for the ignition in an internal combustion engine

guess morons like me can't help it!
so..
how do you pronounce the middle bit?
I never understood these accents...
particulalry when they don't render properly onscreen...

and no, I couldn't follow the link - it gets blocked as it has pop-ups and pop-unders installed...

Magneto's mama's so fat...

oooooo! I just found out... Magneto is a popular Mexican Boy-Band from the 90s...

Explains a lot!

My (personal) issue with Brad Curran’s Wildstorm post isn’t so much that he’s “disrespecting” the Wildstorm universe (I personally don’t have lots of love for the universe, either), it was that the post, in my opinion, is poorly written in parts. I just think Curran’s tendency to “ramble” makes his posts twice as long and half as interesting as they could be. In fact, most of his post simply restates what the author of the original review said in two short paragraphs: that the Wildstorm universe is coming off of a number of failures. I’m not saying that Brad is a bad writer or anything, I just think he could use a good editor.

And the fact that people responded with such passion sort of answers the question of the article’s title. Yes, there are people who still care about the Wildstorm universe. Maybe it isn’t the amount of people who bought Wildstorm titles during the Image era (but no Image title — heck, probably no current comic book title — sells close to what the same character/title sold during the 90s), but there are obviously suffering Wildstorm fans out there who desperately want to see that universe work.

The simple answer? If people *didn’t* care about the Wildstorm universe, why would DC bother trying to relaunch it again? Obviously the Powers That Be think these characters have some sales potential, or they’d put them on a bus.

I think those are some reasons why the response was the way it has been.

I'm loathe to explain a joke, but I think this one IS one that can be a bit confusing.

I am not making fun of people taking issue with either of Brad's pieces. It'd be quite silly of me to take issue with people arguing with a public piece, whether I agree with their arguments or not.

What I am making fun of the notion of posting links to Brad's pieces on other sites and saying, essentially, "Look what is being said about Magneto/Wildstorm here! Get 'em, everybody!!!"

As long as everybody still reveres Aquaman I'm fine.

What ...

Ditto for Powergirl...

Brian -

What sites are doing that? Anyway, it's good traffic flow, so I would think this would be all upside for CSBG.

FunkyGreenJerusalem: Wrong for CSBG, wrong for America.

If I did run, I'd be running under that banner.

Anyway, it’s good traffic flow, so I would think this would be all upside for CSBG.

You get enough flaming from people who didn't come here to flame, without bringing in those who did come to flame.

You get enough flaming from people who didn’t come here to flame, without bringing in those who did come to flame.

CSBG appears to be ad-supported, so there is no such thing as "enough". Pageviews = dollars. (Even if you're paid on a clickthru basis, more pageviews usually means more clickthrus.)

CSBG appears to be ad-supported, so there is no such thing as “enough”. Pageviews = dollars. (Even if you’re paid on a clickthru basis, more pageviews usually means more clickthrus.)

I don't think the guys really think like that though.

I am not making fun of people taking issue with either of Brad’s pieces. It’d be quite silly of me to take issue with people arguing with a public piece, whether I agree with their arguments or not.

That's what I was hoping you were not doing.

What I am making fun of the notion of posting links to Brad’s pieces on other sites and saying, essentially, “Look what is being said about Magneto/Wildstorm here! Get ‘em, everybody!!!”

Ah, I see. Perhaps it is because I only look at a few other blogs (I don't even utilize mine half the month) I didn't quite catch on. I didn't even see the Magneto article.

Anyway, if nothing else, it sort of proves that people actually care enough about Wildstorm to pop in, but I guess that's not the joke. Consider me informed now.

I don’t think the guys really think like that though.

You are correct.

Where was the Magneto article?

It was actually the Fantastic Four 1234 review, oddly enough.

Just a line or two, but that was enough.

If it wasn't for this I'd have never known of the joys of that Magneto debate in the FF 1234 piece.

Good times.

I actually was flabbergasted that turned into 'All about Magneto' as it did.

FunkyGreenJerusalem & Brian -

I wasn't trying to say that the CSBG guys are driven by only getting ad revenue. I was trying to say that having a bunch of additional people show up at the blog seems like upside to me.

Sure, Tyson, I get what you're saying.

God help me, I've just read all 189 essays posted on Fantastc Four 1234. Two hours of my life wasted. Two hours of not doing what I'm paid to do. All those circular arguments, all that repetition, Magneto, Magneto, Magneto. It was hypnotic. I need to have a lie-down.

Don't get it...

The Wildstorm piece asked a question and a lot of people showed up to answer it in different ways. Some also wondered if it was a valid question, or if it was asked objectively. Was that sort of varied response not the intention? Maybe you should disable comments if you don't enjoy a mixed reaction.

"What I am making fun of the notion of posting links to Brad’s pieces on other sites and saying, essentially, “Look what is being said about Magneto/Wildstorm here! Get ‘em, everybody!!!”"

It's a nice idea, but I got here using Google.

It’s a nice idea, but I got here using Google.

If a comment does not apply to you, then odds are the comment was not directed at you.

My point was, you seemed to be thinking that the *only* way the article could draw in so much WS support was via some kind of orchestrated campaign of cross-linking. Now that is a funny idea.

Gotcha, but what I was describing actually did happen.

Like I said, if it didn't apply to you, then that's cool - but it did apply to some people (the ones I was teasing via this piece).

Thought about this a bit more, and what you're mocking is normal internet behaviour. So someone goes to a forum of comic fans and says 'somebody over *there* is asking if anybody gives a damn, let's go step up' - how is that not reasonable? Basically, the article asked 'does anyone care?' and naturally a bunch of people showed up to say ' yeah, we do actually' - and now you're making fun of them for coming here and posting. That's not an objective response.