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I read Dale Carnegie too. That totally makes me smarter than you. Yes, you!
Do you know why asinine crap like this doesn't annoy me anymore?
Because I know that I can count on brilliant responses like this and this.
Oh, comics blogosphere, there are times when I love you so much.
Also, as an additional response to Vince's article: Whaddya mean, nothing's changing? Believe it or not, comic books are correcting past mistakes, or at least taking baby steps in that direction. Artists are getting it (even if their bosses still don't). Heck, even the MJ statue bruhaha was a victory of sorts, if at least it got Sideshow Collectibles to stop deleting dissenting comments on their website and to openly allow the debate to happen on their doorstep. That's something. That's a big something. Maybe they're not listening yet, but at least they know that they can't silence us anymore either.
Vince pointed out that Greg Land is still employed, and that this somehow constitutes a massive failing of the Hive Vagina Agenda, whatever that's supposed to be. Well, let me say this: Greg Land may be employed, but he's a joke. He's a freakin' joke among those of us who actually buy and read comics, regardless of whether his bosses continue to give him money to trace porn or not. Because fangirls have been posting the side-by-side comparisons, complaining, snarking, and venting all over the internet, Land has been exposed as the tracing hack that he is. It's getting harder and harder for Land's shrinking cadre of fans to defend their taste in the face of all of that. Now there's a great deal of public pressure on Land to either step up his game (STOP TRACING, you can DO IT, MAN!) or GTFO. Granted, because the comics industry is highly insular, Land could continue to be employed for decades to come. (See: Leifeld, Rob.) But now he at least has the reputation that he deserves.
Small victories, people. Small victories.
ETA: Ragnell always says it better. ;)
Because I know that I can count on brilliant responses like this and this.
Oh, comics blogosphere, there are times when I love you so much.
Also, as an additional response to Vince's article: Whaddya mean, nothing's changing? Believe it or not, comic books are correcting past mistakes, or at least taking baby steps in that direction. Artists are getting it (even if their bosses still don't). Heck, even the MJ statue bruhaha was a victory of sorts, if at least it got Sideshow Collectibles to stop deleting dissenting comments on their website and to openly allow the debate to happen on their doorstep. That's something. That's a big something. Maybe they're not listening yet, but at least they know that they can't silence us anymore either.
Vince pointed out that Greg Land is still employed, and that this somehow constitutes a massive failing of the Hive Vagina Agenda, whatever that's supposed to be. Well, let me say this: Greg Land may be employed, but he's a joke. He's a freakin' joke among those of us who actually buy and read comics, regardless of whether his bosses continue to give him money to trace porn or not. Because fangirls have been posting the side-by-side comparisons, complaining, snarking, and venting all over the internet, Land has been exposed as the tracing hack that he is. It's getting harder and harder for Land's shrinking cadre of fans to defend their taste in the face of all of that. Now there's a great deal of public pressure on Land to either step up his game (STOP TRACING, you can DO IT, MAN!) or GTFO. Granted, because the comics industry is highly insular, Land could continue to be employed for decades to come. (See: Leifeld, Rob.) But now he at least has the reputation that he deserves.
Small victories, people. Small victories.
ETA: Ragnell always says it better. ;)