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But, can I just refute some inaccurate presumptions made about me first (leave it here a couple of days and/or put it on the corporate superheroes thread - if you would be so kind.) I like and buy 2-4 corporate superhero monthly titles just now (I am aware this is considered unusual by the 'general public', but then so is buying Planetary and starting fights on internet messageboards about comics.)
This costs me £10 a month. It is hardly a culture bonanza, and is money I would otherwise spend on fags/drink, etc.
I like a dose of superheroes (the ones which I like tend to be politically/culturally radical - perhaps I'm wrong in that reading, but hey...) Too many comics fans beat themselves up for being just that (look at letters pages in CI,) and there's unhealthy (in my opinion) self-hatred in my image of the 'fanboy'. Which if you read Planetary and post on messageboards you are. So I am. I am not, however, a 'geek'. There is a difference.
I'm not entirely sure why you're so annoyed Mr. Fear. I like a small percentage of a type of comic which is, I agree, suffocating a large sector of the industry (and ruining your self-image.) Planetary, incidentally, is as much about superheroes as, say, Fantastic Four or Challengers of the Unknown. I bought FF#60 today for 20p and really enjoyed it, incidentally. I am now considering giving Mark Waid's run a trial few months. Alongside Planetary, if that ever comes out again.
Too many superheroes make me feel sick like too many sweets, though. Ah, the sweet smell of compromise.... |
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