Actually, i've noticed that around these parts it's become more and more common for folks to criticise the Invisibles. I think some of this is simply folks not wanting to appear to be Morrison fanboy/girls, but, still, if the Invisibles isn't sacred here, of all places (which it shouldn't be, of course), then i'd imagine it wouldn't be elsewhere, either.
Making fun of Transmetropolitan, and Warren Ellis in general, however, seems to be Barbelith's Official National Sport. I have to say that, while I've read very little of Ellis' other work, I've read the first 5 Transmetropolitan trades and have yet to notice any of the drop in quality that so many folks here keep talking about. Of course, a lot of those folks are probably reading the single issues, which would probably make something of a difference.
As for overrated comics, I read The Dark Knight Returns for the first time a few months back, and was quite disappointed. Maybe I'd read too much stuff that draws from the ideas in it, but it just didn't seem like anything special to me. I've always thought that playing up the fascist/sadist angle of Batman was kind of silly, and, in my opinion, really missing the point of the character. It wasn't a bad comic, by any stretch of the imagination, just one i find to be a bit unremarkable compared to other versions of the character I've read. |
