Comments on: This and That http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2007/03/19/this-and-that/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-and-that Tom Richmond- Cartoonist and Humorous Illustrator Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:26:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JWB1 http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2007/03/19/this-and-that/comment-page-1/#comment-5397 JWB1 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:44:55 +0000 http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/?p=844#comment-5397 Thanks to the Batman trailer link. Very funny. Wish I could go against Carol on her lawsuit, but I find the Family Guy such a poor rip-off of the vastly superior Simpsons that I have a tough time rooting for them. It's kind of like the Tony Twist/Todd McFarlane ongoing lawsuit. I believe the South Park story, Cartoon Wars, really expressed my feelings on Guy-scattershot pop culture references. Maybe if it had been a good joke, Carol wouldn't be so miffed. I've gotten a couple of emails from friends who know of my love of the living legend of World War II. I'm stunned by the amount of coverage this "news" has generated(was it that slow a news week?). Doesn't anyone remember Superman dying and then getting better? At least Stephen Colbert has had a good time with it. Read a quote from a Marvel exec that someone will fill the suit. Right, Cap's just a suit a shield. And Spidey's just a suit and a couple of web shooters. It reminded me of Engbloom's great CBG cartoon about Marvel's lackluster celebration of Cap's 50th. Well at least this attention may start up production on a decent Cap movie. My local library stocks quite a few graphic novels. On a whim, I checked out a recent collection of Fantastic Four stories written by Mark Waid. Can't recall the title, but I focused on Johnny Storm becoming the herald of Galactus. I found the stories very entertaining, kid-friendly and not bogged down in continuity. Who'd thought that there were still great stories to be told about the FF after 45 years. Maybe there's some hope for the comic biz after all. Thanks to the Batman trailer link. Very funny.

Wish I could go against Carol on her lawsuit, but I find the Family Guy such a poor rip-off of the vastly superior Simpsons that I have a tough time rooting for them. It’s kind of like the Tony Twist/Todd McFarlane ongoing lawsuit. I believe the South Park story, Cartoon Wars, really expressed my feelings on Guy-scattershot pop culture references. Maybe if it had been a good joke, Carol wouldn’t be so miffed.

I’ve gotten a couple of emails from friends who know of my love of the living legend of World War II. I’m stunned by the amount of coverage this “news” has generated(was it that slow a news week?). Doesn’t anyone remember Superman dying and then getting better? At least Stephen Colbert has had a good time with it. Read a quote from a Marvel exec that someone will fill the suit. Right, Cap’s just a suit a shield. And Spidey’s just a suit and a couple of web shooters. It reminded me of Engbloom’s great CBG cartoon about Marvel’s lackluster celebration of Cap’s 50th. Well at least this attention may start up production on a decent Cap movie.

My local library stocks quite a few graphic novels. On a whim, I checked out a recent collection of Fantastic Four stories written by Mark Waid. Can’t recall the title, but I focused on Johnny Storm becoming the herald of Galactus. I found the stories very entertaining, kid-friendly and not bogged down in continuity. Who’d thought that there were still great stories to be told about the FF after 45 years. Maybe there’s some hope for the comic biz after all.

]]> By: Tom http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2007/03/19/this-and-that/comment-page-1/#comment-5381 Tom Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:33:56 +0000 http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/?p=844#comment-5381 Thanks for the comment, Carl. I couldn't agree more... Thanks for the comment, Carl. I couldn’t agree more…

]]> By: carlpeterson http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2007/03/19/this-and-that/comment-page-1/#comment-5361 carlpeterson Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:07:02 +0000 http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/?p=844#comment-5361 I totally agree with the comment on today's comics. They're the product of comics being percieved as worth money in the 80s and 90s (and to a certain extent the 'adult' themes presented in Watchmen and DKR, etc.). Comic publishers aren't selling stories anymore, they're manufacturing a sense of significance that (purportedly) goes beyond the pages of a specific book. And as you say, they've lost seight of their target audience - kids. It's sort of ironic that most adult comic fans (myself included) will snap up any piece of crap "must-have" event book, but kids couldn't care less ... At any rate, I've always liked comics for the art. And in my opinion, comic art today (not all of it mind you) is stellar. I totally agree with the comment on today’s comics. They’re the product of comics being percieved as worth money in the 80s and 90s (and to a certain extent the ‘adult’ themes presented in Watchmen and DKR, etc.). Comic publishers aren’t selling stories anymore, they’re manufacturing a sense of significance that (purportedly) goes beyond the pages of a specific book. And as you say, they’ve lost seight of their target audience – kids. It’s sort of ironic that most adult comic fans (myself included) will snap up any piece of crap “must-have” event book, but kids couldn’t care less … At any rate, I’ve always liked comics for the art. And in my opinion, comic art today (not all of it mind you) is stellar.

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