Comments on: Comic Critics #10! http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:44:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-681053 Apodaca Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:32:34 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-681053 You chose a good target, Sean. You chose a good target, Sean.

]]> By: Joe Rice http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680261 Joe Rice Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:06:16 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680261 Seriously, guys, come home. It's getting weird. Seriously, guys, come home. It's getting weird.

]]> By: FunkyGreenJerusalem http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680250 FunkyGreenJerusalem Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:42:14 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680250 <blockquote>Just recalling that the last “indie” book referenced was one by JUDD WINNICK! Har!</blockquote> Yeah, he did indie books back in the day, and some people really liked them. That was what that strip was about.

Just recalling that the last “indie” book referenced was one by JUDD WINNICK! Har!

Yeah, he did indie books back in the day, and some people really liked them.

That was what that strip was about.

]]> By: Joe Rice's Hairy Balls http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680191 Joe Rice's Hairy Balls Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:06:09 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680191 Joe Rice's Hairy Balls never "overthinks"! Just recalling that the last "indie" book referenced was one by JUDD WINNICK! Har! If you're gonna make fun of indie fans, go for the gusto! Pull out the MAGGOTS and the COLD HEAT and the INTERIORAE... crack on the obsession with "obsucre" newspaper strips and "outsider" artists. That shit is a gold mine of satire. Don't leave us hanging by just name-dropping MOUSE GUARD! Joe Rice's Hairy Balls never "overthinks"!

Just recalling that the last "indie" book referenced was one by JUDD WINNICK! Har!

If you're gonna make fun of indie fans, go for the gusto! Pull out the MAGGOTS and the COLD HEAT and the INTERIORAE... crack on the obsession with "obsucre" newspaper strips and "outsider" artists.

That shit is a gold mine of satire. Don't leave us hanging by just name-dropping MOUSE GUARD!

]]> By: tk. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680187 tk. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:14 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680187 @JRHB: Careful not to overthink your comic strips, there. @JRHB: Careful not to overthink your comic strips, there.

]]> By: whatevs http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680184 whatevs Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:15:24 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680184 great stuff! [comic fans.. never happy] great stuff!
[comic fans.. never happy]

]]> By: Scavenger http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680124 Scavenger Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:38:46 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680124 a second week...a second pretty good one. a second week...a second pretty good one.

]]> By: markblack http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680110 markblack Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:01:36 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680110 That one was great! That one was great!

]]> By: Joe Rice http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680097 Joe Rice Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:15:13 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680097 YOU GET BACK HERE! I MIGHT NEED YOU ONE DAY! YOU GET BACK HERE! I MIGHT NEED YOU ONE DAY!

]]> By: Joe H http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680092 Joe H Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:04:57 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680092 I found this amusing. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac was an entertaining story, but yeah, I'd also prefer not to talk to it's die-hard fans. I found this amusing. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac was an entertaining story, but yeah, I'd also prefer not to talk to it's die-hard fans.

]]> By: The Dane http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680088 The Dane Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:49:57 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680088 I think to the typical comics scene, you've got Big Two, you've got Image, Dark Horse, Vertigo, and Wildstorm (the middleground between mainstream and indie), and anything else (no matter the depth of their publisher's pockets) is "indie." It might not be indie in any realistic way, but within the particular milieu of comicdom, that's kind of how it works. It's why Maus and Jimmy Corrigan and Persepolis all still count as indie, despite being published by an arm of Random House. I think to the typical comics scene, you've got Big Two, you've got Image, Dark Horse, Vertigo, and Wildstorm (the middleground between mainstream and indie), and anything else (no matter the depth of their publisher's pockets) is "indie." It might not be indie in any realistic way, but within the particular milieu of comicdom, that's kind of how it works.

It's why Maus and Jimmy Corrigan and Persepolis all still count as indie, despite being published by an arm of Random House.

]]> By: Joe Rice's Hairy Balls http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680073 Joe Rice's Hairy Balls Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:12:53 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680073 What constitutes an "indie" comic in this strip always cracks me up. Scott McCloud is published by Harper Collins.... not sure how much more mainstream you can get! What constitutes an "indie" comic in this strip always cracks me up.

Scott McCloud is published by Harper Collins.... not sure how much more mainstream you can get!

]]> By: Blackjak http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/20/comic-critics-10/comment-page-1/#comment-680072 Blackjak Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:10:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18315#comment-680072 Ha! Now that's funny! Ha! Now that's funny!

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