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How come horror stories are never (well, rarely) bashed for being too scary, or comedies for being too funny... but witty is 'too witty' as soon as it's out the gate, if there's more than one interesting comment or concept per piece? Whether it's intelligent, innovative, or just a bad pun or subtle jab, I'm all for more, more, and whatever else you can throw in while you're at it. Purified, one note pieces, like 'Le Samurai' or... I can't think of a good comics example, but probably ninety-three percent of the mainstream floppies... have their place, but what's wrong with weighty, folded-in-on-themselves, dense as hell stuff? When does witty become too witty; when it has any actual wit, at all?
Even if it's pretentious, pseudo-intellectual ramblings, at least somebody's trying to do something new, interesting, intelligent. Even if they fail, I'd rather the attempt, than just jotting down a quick, tried and true, formula and cashing the resulting check.
More specific to this thread and Marvel Boy, some people, in places other than here, throughout the web and real life, some people acted like the original mini was this vile assault on all things holy than pissed in their eyes and flayed their hands with a potato peeler, dousing them in progressively intense acid baths, before raping small children with starving rodents. Which is a good response, far as I'm concerned, especially since the main offenses were usually listed as: continuity violations, too witty for its own sake, and too strange. Which makes me wonder what a real head-breaker (and I think the second and final minis would have been closer to such) would do to these poor people.
What pissed me off, was the TPB and spread separations. Excusable but annoying... and no rape, piss, or continuity concerns. That was more The Filth, I think. |
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It actually inspires me to draw a Noh-Varr pic at some point (sans hip skater clothes since those aren't really my style)... 