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I have to admit, though, the discussion in: re Morrison and his would-be worshippers does seem a bit vitriolic and over the top. There may indeed be a legion of asskissers here, but I've seen many more accusations of same in this thread than I have actual posts that sound as though they were written by people willing to accept Morrison's goofiest pronouncements as though they were graven on stone tablets and found perched and teetering atop Mount Sinai. If, in fact, Mount Sinai is the mountain I'm thinking of...not being a Bible scholar or anything (and it is my understanding that a thorough reading of the Talmud is the only possible way to reap full comprehension and enjoyment from Gen13 #1-#5), I could be off-base here. My apologies, if so. Point being, it reads to me like more than a few people here are kinda putting words into the mouths of those who do not necessarily share their views.
For my own part, I'll propose three possible reasons why Seaguy did not elicit the response Morrison desired, none of them having anything to do schizophrenia, mad cow disease, or any order disorder that may impede one's ability to appreciate a pamphlet. (1) Since Morrison has bemoaned the response to every series he has ever written, ever, nothing could conceivably satisfy this ego-driven, inhuman monster save vigorous head from every person who has read his work. No spitting, either. (2) Seaguy sucked. (I wouldn't know, not having read it, which leads me to -- ) (3) The average part-time (as opposed to fulltime) fanboy, not addicted to Batman, the X-Men, Spider-Man, or anything else that is published three times a week, now usually buys trade paperbacks, which are more easily stored, more durable, more easily mistaken by the casual observer for literature, and which can be procured without having to descend into the locker room hell that is the average comic book store. Such a person, I posit, is more likely to enjoy something unusual (i.e., not Batman, the X-Men, or Spider-Man), and such a person (such as me) has not even read the book yet. Such a person may still hate it if 2 is in fact the case, which it may well be. However, if 2 is not the case, but 1 is -- and it may well be -- no amount of admiration may be sufficient to avoid a future interview in which Morrison blames the decline in cultural standards on an illness he faintly understands, but which he attributes to his detractors...which, when you think about it, is really kinda mean, since the implication is that one is him/herself actually at fault for being schizophrenic. It's a little like pointing and laughing at someone's hunchback. And everyone knows making fun of hunchbacks is wrong. |
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I just tune into the questing beast stuff and the discussion of market trends. And the way I see it, like most Americans, most people don't like to be challenged in art or music, and mediocre stuff or just plain crap usually reigns in terms of what achieves mainstream success. Look at most of Hollywood's output. Or music. Or books. I think this is what Grant is talking about in broad strokes, and I pretty much hate reality TV too, so I'm fine with blaming part of it on stupid reality TV!! Take that, reality TV! Putting actual scriptwriters out of work and catering to our trashiest instincts, you should be ashamed of yourself!