dark horse
Saturday, December 01, 2007
I had the opportunity to hang out briefly on my coffee break today at my local comic shop with my own local Comic Book Guy and it just reaffirmed how happy I am with my lot in life of being a geek.
Me and Comic Book Guy swapped stories about our favourite Spider-Man storylines of the past 20 years, both of us agreeing that at least in the case of Spider-Man, retconning has done more harm than good. Anyone else remember Ben Reilly? I always loved his costume. Ok, maybe not the bracelets.
Comic Book Guy highly recommended the 'Ultimate Spider-Man' series, as that one undoes the damage that the various retcons have caused and brings the characters back to their best incarnations. I'll have to check it out. Although I do see the need for comics authors to be able to reverse the damage inflicted by poorer writers and dumbass plotlines. Like waiting 10 years before returning Hal Jordan to the Green Lantern Corps for example. I am so happy that guy is back in Green. And we both agreed that the whole 52/Countdown mess has just been a bad move for DC. Good if you're rich enough to buy a weekly comic about the minor characters in the DCU but mostly filler either way.
My visit got me thinking that I am probably one of the more self-satisfied geeks out there. I love that I work in IT and find occasional time to indulge in my love of comics and scifi. And I work with a whole bunch of proper geeks, from hardcore gamers to comics fans to Star Trek fans. The work itself isn't inordinately fulfilling, but the paycheck does allow me to look after Superwife, Trin and still keep me current with Superman's exploits, so its all good.
And when, as a birthday present, a buddy of mine shoots me a keychain of the Dark Horse logo simply because he knows that I'll recognize it instantly, at least I know that I am not the only one who knows what a dork I am. Here's hoping that is in fact the geeks who shall inherit the earth.
Since I am on comics, here are two resources that I keep up with faithfully for my comic news:
- Variant Edition - Great site, good podcast. Thinking about sponsoring them solely to get a free tee shirt.
- Fresh Ink - Podcast. Geek girls really are teh shit. If you were having sex with Blair Butler and you threw in a Brightest Day, Blackest Night oath, she would actually know what you were talking about. Might think you were an idiot, but still.
Labels: comics
posted by raistlinsghost at 12/01/2007 08:29:00 PM
2 Comments:
Not being a comic dweeb most of that was gibberish to me but I remember Ben Reilly.
My brother and I have decided that the only way to make the film franchise even vaguely respectable after the atrocity of Spider-Man 3 (a fucking dance sequence - are you shitting me!?) is to kill off Toby/Parker and start over with Reilly/Scarlett.
I for one would love to see a Scarlet Spider movie. And it sounds like Toby and the gang are not too interested in making another movie anyways. Good thing too because I thought Kirsten Dunst was a horrible MJ.
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