tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post113746532303485894..comments2023-06-20T08:20:25.787-07:00Comments on Lady, That's My Skull: John Byrne Week: The RevengeSleestakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-84586857602877798412014-07-07T23:22:29.421-07:002014-07-07T23:22:29.421-07:00Attilan was not on the moon then. It was on Earth....Attilan was not on the moon then. It was on Earth.<br /><br />It was on this story when it was moved to the moon.Icecypherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999359003183615788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-59451897781981529982014-06-22T13:15:01.239-07:002014-06-22T13:15:01.239-07:00The comment about insulting your intelligence by p...The comment about insulting your intelligence by putting in a sound effect was because there is no sound in airless space. He probably meant that there was not enough atmosphere on the moon for sound to travel. It was not a dig at anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1137637677797587552006-01-18T18:27:00.000-08:002006-01-18T18:27:00.000-08:00Well, you have a point and no, not all persons on ...Well, you have a point and no, not all persons on the JB board are sycophants and I apologize to those who felt they were tarred with the same brush. But it was clear I was referring to those select persons who are. His quotes and politics are well documented and covered elsewhere. Honestly, I am tired of those stories. I have nothing to add or detract to them. <BR/><BR/>Maybe you did not notice, but I have been shying away from covering those subjects in detail because they are controversial and have been done elsewhere and at great length. While I touched on those points, I focused on his positive contributions to the field. I also acknowledged that JB was aching to produce work on his own terms and did so successfully after what was probably many frustrating halts to goals.<BR/><BR/>I am hardly a JB detractor and am taking pains not to be snarky for the sake of cheap shots, but I will go for some easy humor when I have the chance. I could go on about "thought bubbles", calling Superman 'Supes', his views on blonde hispanics and that he thought one inker's work on his pencils made men look "queer"...but I won't. I want to avoid that crap.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I am one of JB's biggest fans from way back in his Space 1999 days. I was once known as 'The Man Who Collected Byrne' among my geek peers. My next post about JB will be about his amazing runs on FF and Superman and my favorite mini by JB, OMAC.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, while I received plenty of responses and emails concerning this tongue in cheek "Revenge" entry, to date I have not received a SINGLE ONE that comments on my OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE experience with JB, the entry "The John Byrne no one remembers". Given that, I am leaning torward giving some validity of the popular theory that most JB fans and those of the board in particular, do little more than search for perceived slights and unquestioningly defend anything they see as a negative towards JB or his work. <BR/><BR/>I thought after the first post I would receive at least something from either the JB-haters or JB-fans. I was waiting for at least one 'Hear hear!' and maybe a few 'It's about time someone stood up for John and what a great guy he could be', or at least one 'I never knew he did that, I should rethink my position'.<BR/><BR/>But guess what? All I got was messages from attack trolls or people who felt slighted. <BR/><BR/>While I acknowledge your reaction to feeling lumped in with 'sycophants' I think it is more like the lines of anyone who believes in God being insulted when someone opines that all Christian Fundamentalists are crazy bigots. Basically, it wasn't aimed at YOU, specifically. And those who may have truly felt pricked by the barb should examine their motivations a bit.Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1137606951918718172006-01-18T09:55:00.000-08:002006-01-18T09:55:00.000-08:00Hi Sleestak ... well, I'm a semi-regular on Byrner...Hi Sleestak ... well, I'm a semi-regular on Byrnerobotics so I take a little umbrage at you calling me and my associates sycophants. If you read the boards you'll find plenty of back-and-forth on all topics, though I'm not sure why you'd expect people on a fan site to insult their host.<BR/><BR/>I think Byrne's politics are asinine, but I don't go to his site to discuss that. Also, if you can actually find a real quote where Byrne actually says something sexist or racist ... not something that SOUNDS sexist or racist out of context ... I'd be surprised.<BR/><BR/>He's wrong about a lot of comics things -- he didn't like <I>Crisis on Infinite Earths</I> -- but he's right about a lot more.<BR/><BR/>Do I think <I>Doom Patrol </I>and <I>Blood of the Demon </I>are masterpieces? No, not by a lot. I don't enjoy them nearly as much as, say, Byrne's <I>FF</I> or <I>Superman </I>... but, then again, I'm not eight years old anymore, and nothing is going to thrill me as much as comics could back then. But I think there have been some good issues of both, the art is still great, and, hey, they're respectful of the characters and the genre in a way that's pretty rare from the big two these days (and nonexistant at Marvel). It's been a while since his last mesterpiece (<I>Generations</I>), but how many people from his generation are batting 1.000 these days?<BR/><BR/>I hadn't heard about the sound effect thing, and, yeah, that seems a little petty. But it's not like Stan Lee didn't write captions like that -- not as revenge, just as fun writing. And the Doom thing. Well, I think it only happened once, for one, and for another ... do you really think the real Doom would let Arcade light a match on him? Isn't it just possible that Byrne wanted to restore Marvel's number one villain to glory? Did Walt Simonson get this much heat when he declared that almost all of Doom's appearances were Doombots?Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447739612072333635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1137534797073824702006-01-17T13:53:00.000-08:002006-01-17T13:53:00.000-08:00Har! Nice bit of comix history. Tho I was, in my...Har! Nice bit of comix history. Tho I was, in my youth, an X-fan, I did not know anything about the sniping behind the scenes. Good post!Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226145896576592193noreply@blogger.com