Comments on: Dean Trippe’s The Good Stuff (6/29/09)

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:35:11 +0000

I do plan to read it, but it just hasn’t got off the bottom of my trade pile – every week new stuff comes in, and the pile gets bigger!
I try read in order I get, but sometimes you just get too excited about something new, or start flicking on the train and can’t put it down (which I did with Tomine’s Shortcomings last night).
Wagner’s Zorro was another one I read the whole thing of last night (having brought yesterday) – caught me off guard how into that one I got – it’s good stuff.

By: Dean Trippe

Dean Trippe — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:48:04 +0000

Hey so I totally repeated myself there with the Huat-noticing. That’s what I get for multi-tasking while I respond to comments. Darn you, drawing work.

By: Dean Trippe

Dean Trippe — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:47:13 +0000

Funky – Hard to believe! But unlike Greg, I was more excited by the second arc, which is when I jumped on the title. I had to go back for the first trade, but I did enjoy it. If you’ve already got it on hand, I can’t do anything but recommend at least finishing it out. The second arc in there with Huat’s art and the prison stuff was pretty hardcore. Also, I think that’s when Huat came on the book, which is that cool new flavor I mentioned earlier. Anyway, thanks for commenting!

Personally, I’m pulling for Sam and his new column, The God-Awful, Horrendous, Bad Stuff.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:30:39 +0000

Can we have a column like that?

Put your money where you’re mouth is – you buy the god awful books (week after week) and review them!

Personally, I don’t need to know what’s bad, I need to know what’s good.

ANAL ALERT!

That totally got me expecting a totally different kind of childhood anecdote.

Excellent, thanks, Greg. I’ll grab the first trade and see what I can make of it

Not to be a wet blanket, but I got all excited based on reviews – and my love of Scalped – and I still haven’t finished the first trade.
It just fell really flat for me.
Both in terms of nothing really happening – nurses with guns does not automatically make a good story – and I don’t think the art matched the writing well.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:06:37 +0000

Dean – I have a new desktop wallpaper now. Great drawing, and thanks!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:52:09 +0000

BTW, if the lead story in Streets wasn’t enough for you, the Manhunter backup was also very, very good.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:38:57 +0000

It actually amazes me how good Jason Aaron is right now. I haven’t gotten to his Ghost Rider stuff yet (but I will), but he’s consistantly writing the best Wolverine stories in twenty or so years and there’s no real formula to it either. He was willing to portray Logan as a little out of his element, almost comically, in Manifest Destiny and completely in his element and nigh-unstoppable in Wolverine: Weapon X, while doing a pretty heartfelt and clever take on the character over Wolverine #73 and 74. And all of these ended up being just top notch stories.

By: Dean Trippe

Dean Trippe — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:19:19 +0000

Jeff – I’m with Greg, Jason Aaron’s run on Ghost Rider rocks the socks right out of the blocks. I think the second arc only suffers a lil’ bit due to waiting a month between issues, but collected or in back issues it’s solid. Tan Eng Huat’s art is a unique flavor, and has a kinetic and expressive vibrancy I really dig. And Aaron delivers badass dialogue in every issue. Dude’s poured so much new lifeblood into that book, you can’t skip it!

By: Jeff Holland

Jeff Holland — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:15:10 +0000

Excellent, thanks, Greg. I’ll grab the first trade and see what I can make of it.

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:09:55 +0000

Jeff: If you start with Aaron’s first issue, #20, it’s gang-busters right out of the gate. He and Roland Boschi are amazing. The second arc is actually where it drags, as Aaron gets into a “Ghost Riders around the world” thing that is kind of boring. I dropped the book there, and then Moore came on board and apparently the book took off again (Tan Eng Huat provides art for the second arc, and it’s actually pretty good). So now I might have to go back and pick up the back issues. But his first arc, #20-23, kicks a ton of ass.

By: Jeff Holland

Jeff Holland — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:59:55 +0000

And the urge to read the Jason Aaron “Ghost Rider” series continues. I might have to break down and buy this.

So I can prep myself, is his run the kind of slow-build, “The first year’s only okay, but you need to read it so you know what’s going on once the second year kicks into high gear” kind of run, or is it immediately entertaining?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:22:31 +0000

“I still don’t get this column. If anything the mainstream comics industry would be helped by pointing out the bad stuff that fanboys just lap up week after week. Can we have a column like that?”

Um… doesn’t that describe 99% of comics writing on the internet?

By: Ian A.

Ian A. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:15:17 +0000

Fake me strikes again!

This is almost bemusing.

Almost.

Also: I would totally vote Trippe for President of Comics. But, who would your running mate be? Jemma Salume? Evan Bryce? John Campbell? Jason Horn? Chris Arrant? You work with too many talented people, man!

By: Dean Trippe

Dean Trippe — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:28:57 +0000

Thanks, Nitz. I guess I’ve carved out a little niche of positivity that I enjoy. As a former retailer, I understand the value of not dissing weak books that other folks like, but rather encouraging fans toward the best of the pile. That said, I really enjoy reviews by the other critics here at CBR and around the interwebs.

I also used to teach middle school art, and prefer to reward rather than punish. Both are necessary, but as a fan and creator first and reviewer second, it’s not really my job to hassle anybody, yet. I’ll leave that for Future Dean, President of Comics.

By: Ian A

Ian A — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:46:58 +0000

I think Brad Curran is drunk.

Ha ha ha ha ha

By: Brad Curran

Brad Curran — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:29:15 +0000

Oh! And I’ve read those other comics. I was gonna tack that on there too.

By: Brad Curran

Brad Curran — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:28:49 +0000

“Good teachers would agree that giving a kid a treat for doing well is a better motivator than whacking them on the bum when they misbehave.”

ANAL ALERT! Going by what little I remeber about the topic from my education classes, when I was awake at least, rewarding good behavior with prizes considered a short term solution to reinfrocing positive behavior. I forget the long term one right now, which is why it’s good I haven’t gone in to teaching. Not that I don’t get your point. I guess this was kind of pointless, other than to lamely justify my time in education classes, especially since I’ll probably be refuted by a real teacher like Rice or something.

Oh, and, uh, good work Dean! I may have to give Superman/Batman a look based on that scan of the art alone, and Streets of Gotham I’ll probably read in a trade (I’ve enjoyed what little I’ve read of Dini and Nguyen’s Detective).

By: Nitz the Bloody

Nitz the Bloody — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:44:50 +0000

I like this column and appreciate that Dean is a critic who rewards good work, as opposed to just scolding bad work like 99% of other internet critics. Good teachers would agree that giving a kid a treat for doing well is a better motivator than whacking them on the bum when they misbehave.

That said, the omission of the current Invincible Iron Man comic is criminal.

By: Dean Trippe

Dean Trippe — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:33:43 +0000

Thanks Bill! Oh hey! I see you out there! *waves*

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:19:51 +0000

Detective Comics would only be cooler if Todd Klein was lettering it all old-timey style, like Desolation Jones.

One day, Dean, one day, you and I will work together on Supergirl. I know, I know, it seems totally unlikely, but it’s totally gonna happen.

Also, I’m so sad you went out and bought those new blinds. *sob* WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR LOVE

That Batman pic’s pretty sweet, by the by.