| Posted: 05 October 2010 at 9:08am | IP Logged | 3
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As has been so wisely said, so many times, "Every issue is the first issue for somebody." This is something that should be tattooed inside the eyelids of all modern writers, so they see if every time they blink!++ Not only do I agree with you, I'll even go a step further and say that should also be tattooed inside the eyelids of all modern editors and fans as well. I have read numerous times on various message boards some selfish and elitist fans say that explaining things in a modern day comic book is unnecessary because the internet is around to answer all of their questions. It really pisses me off that so many fans think that new readers should have to do research in order to understand a comic. •• Many people have sung the praises of that inside-front-cover page Marvel used to do -- as if it was a GOOD idea to announce to a potential new reader that before s/he can even START on a book, a whole page of text has to be digested! I go back to when Shooter ordered the removal of the topcopy from the splash pages. Quite rightly, he said that was all information that should be IN the story, in every issue. Sure, when the stuff is collected in trade paperback form it can get monotonous to have the characters or the narrator reiterating details every 22 pages or so --- BUT THESE THINGS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN FOR THE TRADES! Those who want to write trade paperbacks should write trade paperbacks. (And starve to death, since we know how much trouble these prima donnas have producing just 22 pages on time!)
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