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Dec 10, 05 - 12:54 PM |
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1)If you are not interested in a topic, simply don't reply. Don't try several times to rationalize an indefenseable position then reply AGAIN to say you are not interested in the thread.
2)You guys are missing the point. Must Roger Ebert or any film critic be obligated to make his own movies in order to point out flaws in other films? Or are people not allowed to criticise work period? Should critique be replced by doing your own work in the field of relevance?
This would be every bit the non-issue that you wish it to be by simply aknowledging that Kris is a BAD writer(Even J.A.G.said:"There are no bad characters, only bad writers."). What I am getting instead is a tenuous kind of defense of SIlver's work...but not really. It is like you want to attack me for saying his work stinks adn you want to say it does not really stink, but you just can't bring yourself to do that.
So what is your beef?
You guys make it seem as though SIlver were a disabled vet from the ghetto who overcame tremendous odds through perseverence to see some creative vision through and realize a dream. That is WAYYY overstating what he did. He was one of SCORES who leaped onto the indie scene in 1985-86 with no talent or education in the field of writing, put out a bunch of grade B titles that lasted a few issues, then vanished when the B&W boom became the B&W bust.
The only notable difference is that he was the worst writer to work in comics AND he had some of the best artists(namely Vigil) to carry him beyond his own shortcomings.
He did not "fight the system" or overcome tremendous obstacles to publsih some cutting edge work that no one else would touch. He simply wandered into the bussiness at the right time and got lucky with one or two artists he hired.
TRust me...even when the B&W boom was over, I had offers to work in the industry(mostly as an artist) and I did not persue it. Maybe that is a lack of determination. I don't care. But even if I HAD decided to write and/or draw comic books, that in itself would not be worthy of praise or elevating the quality of my work beyond what it deserved in appraisal.
You guys make it sound as though Kris were the next Alan Moore, struggling to get some new cutting edge vision manifest in an industry that was fighting to keep the status quo! LOL!
Now having said all that, you guys are forgetting that I am one of Kris' biggest and most suppoortive fans in terms of how much moeny I have spent on his products. I am just honest about the value of his contributions to comics. |
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