21||0|2527|0|yes 0|0|0|||1||thinking about comics|Gryphon||15:13:34|01/07/2006|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jan-07-06 AT 03:17 PM (EST)]%5Bfont color%3D%22red%22%5D%5Bsmall%5D%26l%3BI suppose this could go under UF%2FSource Material as well%2C but I%27d rather keep the discussion in there related to source materials %5Bi%5Das they relate to UF%5B%2Fi%5D%2C so I guess I%27ll leave it here. Maybe I ought to diversify the general board%27s holdings a bit and make discussion areas for things like comics and films. That might be a bit too blogospheric%2C though%2C and anyway Chad wanted to revitalize private-mail%2C so...%26r%3B%5B%2Fsmall%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ASo I was reading the %5Bi%5DCity of Heroes%5B%2Fi%5D %22comics and superhero culture%22 board%2C and someone posted a rave review of a recent DC miniseries that%27s just been released in compiled form. He did so under the subject line%2C%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Just read %22Identity Crisis%22...............WOW%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd it occurred to me that %22Wow%22 was pretty much my reaction to %5Bi%5DIdentity Crisis%5B%2Fi%5D too%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AExcept it was more along the lines of %22Wow%2C this Meltzer guy doesn%27t know any of these characters at all. Had he%2C in fact%2C ever read a DC comic book before sitting down to write this filth%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0ABut%2C hey%2C it was popular enough to go into hardcover%2C so don%27t go by me.%0D%0A%0D%0AI guess I%27m just hopelessly out of step with the comics-buying public nowadays. I mean%2C you read about how comics creators are trying to gear their products toward more mature readers%2C draw back and hold onto their earlier fans who may have drifted away from comics as they aged%2C and so forth%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ABut I%27m that guy - I%27m 32%2C grew up with comics%2C have a hell of a lot more info and trivia and just plain %5Bi%5Dlore%5B%2Fi%5D about the Big Two%27s history and continuity than any healthy person should have stored in my brain - and I think most of what they%27re doing nowadays is insulting swill.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo I throw the question open for consideration.%0D%0A%0D%0AAm I missing something%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AOr are they%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Mephron||17:50:17|01/07/2006|The only way I can see it as not %27insulting swill%27 is if Geoff Johns actually does what he wants to do with Infinite Crisis and brings back a %27more Silver Age feel%27 to the universe.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf he%27s right about that%3F Then this was a way to show the Horrible Darkness Of The Universe...%0D%0A%0D%0A...and both Sue Dibny and Jean Loring deserved far%2C far%2C far better.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 3|2|1|||||RE%3A thinking about comics|BZArcher||17:54:30|01/07/2006|Sue%2C Jean%2C AND Ted Kord. 4|2|1|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Gryphon||18:16:19|01/07/2006|%3EThe only way I can see it as not %27insulting swill%27 is if Geoff Johns %0D%0A%3Eactually does what he wants to do with Infinite Crisis and brings back %0D%0A%3Ea %27more Silver Age feel%27 to the universe. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf he%27s right about that%3F Then this was a way to show the Horrible %0D%0A%3EDarkness Of The Universe... %0D%0A%0D%0ANo%2C see%2C that in itself is insulting swill.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat do I mean by that%3F Well... after I posted my observation about Meltzer not getting any of the characters he pissed on in %5Bi%5DIdentity Crisis%5B%2Fi%5D to the CoH boards%2C someone replied%2C %22Please elaborate.%22 So I did%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bbig%5D%5Btt%5DFrom its McGuffin right on up through%2C %5Bi%5DIdentity Crisis%5B%2Fi%5D is based on a series of preposterous mischaracterizations. I mean%2C come on%2C Doctor Light%3F%21 Everything built on that particular absurdity - which is pretty much the rest of Meltzer%27s %22plot%22 - is without a serviceable foundation. Which is fine%2C since it%27s mostly composed of similarly shaky crap anyway. The Justice League doesn%27t go around %5Bi%5Dediting people%27s memories%5B%2Fi%5D%2C for crissakes. Especially not those of %5Bi%5Dtheir own comrades%5B%2Fi%5D. That%27s just... %5Bi%5Dstupid%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AI gather%2C looking at the materials that have come out since%2C that it was part of a Grander Scheme by which Geoff %22Bendis Thinks HE%27S Overextended%3F WATCH THIS%21%22 Johns sought to make people thank him for burning everything down with %5Bi%5DInfinite Crisis%5B%2Fi%5D... which to me just makes it all more flagrantly cynical and despicable. %22Wow%2C look how bad it%27s gotten in here%21 Here I come to make it all better%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s kind of amusing to see a standard villain-seeks-to-hoodwink-public-into-loving-him comics ploy pulled %5Bi%5Dby a comic company creative staff%5B%2Fi%5D%2C but I%27m not their sucker this time. The whole thing%27s some seriously weaksauce contrivance%2C and I%27m not falling for it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Now who do you love%2C Gotham City%3F Me%3F I%27m givin%27 away free money%21 And where is the Batman%3F He%27s at home a-washin%27 his tights%21%22%5B%2Ftt%5D%5B%2Fbig%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ASo there it is. Johns masterminded the overall plot of %5Bi%5DIdentity Crisis%5B%2Fi%5D as part of the setup for %5Bi%5DInfinite Crisis%5B%2Fi%5D. That means he%27s responsible for the filth and degradation in the first place%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd that means he doesn%27t get to take credit for fucking cleaning it up.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 6|3|4|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Mephron||18:33:08|01/07/2006|%3ESo there it is. Johns masterminded the overall plot of %5Bi%5DIdentity %0D%0A%3ECrisis%5B%2Fi%5D as part of the setup for %5Bi%5DInfinite Crisis%5B%2Fi%5D. That %0D%0A%3Emeans he%27s responsible for the filth and degradation in the first %0D%0A%3Eplace%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAnd that means he doesn%27t get to take credit for fucking cleaning it %0D%0A%3Eup. %0D%0A%0D%0AGiven.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%2C my question - and the reason I abuse my friend Professor Mike%27s comics collection to read this stuff - is what the HELL is going on with the Earth-2 Superman%3F They made him the antagonist... but why%3F There%27s weird-ass stuff going on all over this plot and I%27m wondering how the hell they%27re gonna tie it off%2C if they actually CAN.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 7|4|6|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Gryphon||18:38:14|01/07/2006|%3ENow%2C my question - and the reason I abuse my friend Professor Mike%27s %0D%0A%3Ecomics collection to read this stuff - is what the HELL is going on %0D%0A%3Ewith the Earth-2 Superman%3F They made him the antagonist... but why%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AAtavistic knee-jerk answer%3A Because pissing on idols is kewl.%0D%0A%0D%0ASlightly more considered answer%3A He%27s a patsy. His nobly heroic na%26iuml%3Bvet%26eacute%3B is being used against him.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 2|1|0|||||RE%3A thinking about comics|BZArcher||17:54:09|01/07/2006|I don%27t think it%27s entirely you%2C but I have noticed there%27s a divide lately in who actually reads the Big Two%27s comics. People who are wondering where the payoff is going to be for all this horrible crap and when they%27ll get back to stories the readers actually enjoy%2C and the people who started reading in the last six or seven years who are eating it up with a spoon and don%27t quite get why some people in the comic shop are complaining about it. 5|2|2|||||RE%3A thinking about comics|mdg1||18:16:28|01/07/2006|You can count me in the former group %28in fact%2C I%27m on a panel about it at Arisia%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut even leaving fanboyism aside%2C the mystery was weak. If this had been a novel%2C any editor worth the name would have thrown it out.%0D%0A%0D%0ASeriously%2C exactly why would someone bring along a FLAMETHROWER%2C %22just in case%22%3F And the greatest minds of the DCU couldn%27t find a hint of accelerant%2C and chased after every pyrokinetic on the planet...%0D%0A%0D%0ACSI would have found out in 20 minutes... less%2C if it was the New Avalon version. %3A%29 8|1|0|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Ardaniel||20:23:49|01/07/2006|Don%27t read this week%27s %5Bem%5DCSN%5B%2Fem%5D%2C Gryph. Apparently Bendis and Quesada aren%27t done shitting all over the 616 MU%3B this summer%27s big crossover is called %22Civil War%2C%22 and involves some sort of Marvel Illuminati-- comprised of Tony Stark%2C Reed Richards%2C Namor%2C Black Bolt %28why do people persist in thinking the Inhumans are relevant%3F%29%2C Professor X%2C and Doctor Strange-- deciding that Something Must Change in the wake of the %22M-Day%22 BS. Apparently this is supposed to split the entire universe%27s cast down the middle and cause Great Reprecussions That Will Make Comics History%2C blah blah WHATEVER.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not impressed. Were I in charge at Marvel%2C they would publish absolutely fucking nothing for a month while they figured out their shit. Part of that would involve locking Chris goddamned mind-control fetishist Claremont in a room with nothing but hardtack%2C water%2C and his entire %2780s X-Men output%2C and asking him to reflect upon his present state of sin. The other part of it would be %22that%27s it%2C %5Bem%5DInevitable%5B%2Fem%5D is now the Only Iron Man You Get%2C stop fucking around.%22 Then there%27d be the %22no more insisting that horribly delayed regular-series titles were always limited series in the first place-- because no one who%27s doing horrible delays deserves a job here%2C and that means you%2C Quesada.%22 Oh%2C and the edict against solo books for B-list X-Men. And the %22Akira Yoshida is out of a job%2C because he can%27t produce up to his overinflated in-house rep.%22 And the %22Joss Whedon puts %5Bem%5DAstonishing%5B%2Fem%5D back on schedule%2C or we get someone else to write it.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27d be a bloody%2C bloody month at Marvel%2C were I God. They must lie awake at night praising whatever powers protect their bloated%2C misshapen corporate souls that I%27m not.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Sumhenner%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 9|2|8|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Ardaniel||20:25:56|01/07/2006|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jan-07-06 AT 08:27 PM (EST)]Oh%2C and no more Bendis on anything except Ultimate Spidey %28I%27d actually leave the Ultimate line mostly untouched%2C except for the Ellis limiteds that no one gives a fuck about like %5Bem%5DUltimate Secret%5B%2Fem%5D%29. Just%2C no more. He%27s not allowed. He can keep %5Bem%5DPowers%5B%2Fem%5D and %5Bem%5Dtuck his dick back in%5B%2Fem%5D about all the Avengers%2F House of Crap stuff.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd no fucking %22the page after the synopsis page is a two-page Honda ad%22 bullshit. Just%2C no.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Sumhenner%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 10|3|9|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|BobSchroeck||13:38:05|01/08/2006|You know%2C I never thought I%27d be %5Bi%5Dglad%5B%2Fi%5D I stopped buying and reading comics.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AFor Jor-El so loved the Earth%2C he sent his only begotten son... 11|4|10|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Ardaniel||13:52:03|01/08/2006|%3EYou know%2C I never thought I%27d be %5Bi%5Dglad%5B%2Fi%5D I stopped buying and %0D%0A%3Ereading comics. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E-- Bob %0D%0A%0D%0AI could recommend a ton of stuff to you. None of it would be from Marvel or DC%2C except in very rare cases. I think you could really get behind %5Bem%5DFables%5B%2Fem%5D from Vertigo%2C for instance%2C and certainly Robert Kirkman%27s %5Bem%5DInvincible%5B%2Fem%5D. Hell%2C I could even recommend Brian K. Vaughan%27s work at Marvel%2C especially %5Bem%5DRunaways%5B%2Fem%5D. Warren Ellis%27s %5Bem%5DDesolation Jones%5B%2Fem%5D isn%27t exactly a work of utter cheer and heroic brilliance%2C but it%27s dark and twisted and funny as shit. See also my other thread in here about Matt Wagner%27s Batman work.%0D%0A%0D%0AI can still drop %2430 a week if I%27m not careful. It%27s just that very little of it goes to the Big Two. %3B%29%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Sumhenner%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 12|5|11|||||RE%3A thinking about comics|mdg1||17:47:33|01/08/2006|I%27ve reached the stage where the only monthly I%27m guaranteed to pick up is Gold Digger... and even that is only set to last another 3 1%2F3 years. 13|6|12|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Ardaniel||18:20:57|01/08/2006|%3EI%27ve reached the stage where the only monthly I%27m guaranteed to pick %0D%0A%3Eup is Gold Digger... and even that is only set to last another 3 1%2F3 %0D%0A%3Eyears. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere are cases where I%27m inclined to hold off for the TPB%2C certainly. Runaways is one of those%2C even though I think it%27s awesome. I picked up the first five Fables TPBs and then went to single issues.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut my current monthly pull looks something like%3A Fables%2C Ultimate X-Men%2C Battle Pope%2C Desolation Jones%2C DMZ%2C Uncanny X-Men %28on a trial basis at the moment%29%2C New Excalibur%2C Exiles%2C GI Joe%3A America%27s Elite%2C GI Joe%3A Sigma Six %28don%27t ask%29%2C Fell. Astonishing X-Men when it bothers to come out%2C The Winter Men. Down%2C Dracula vs. King Arthur %28which I cannot recommend enough%29%2C Batman and the Monster Men%2C Vaistron%2C Justice.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I%27ve missed things there. You%27ll have to pardon me%3B I%27m currently sorting and taping shut what appears to be the entire print run of DC%2F Vertigo%2C less Swamp Thing%2C from 1994 to 1996. And my tape dispenser sucks ass.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThings I%27m looking forward to%2F going to pick up in TPB%3A Nextwave%2C Newuniversal%2C the eventual Fables spinoff%2C Queen and Country%2C Invincible%2C Common Grounds%2C the rest of Transmet%2C Planetary%2C Promethea%2C The Invisibles.%0D%0A%0D%0AThings I dug this year that are now wrapped up%2F in TPB%3A 303%2C Silent Dragon%2C Ministry of Space%2C The Couriers%2C Ronin Hood and the 47 Samurai.%0D%0A%0D%0AThings I dropped%3A X-Men%3A The End%2C Jack Cross%2C Otherworld. All unutterable shit.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Sumhenner%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 14|7|13|||||RE%3A thinking about comics|mdg1||19:36:35|01/08/2006|Right now%2C my pull list looks something like this%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AMonthlies%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AGold Digger.%0D%0A%0D%0AMinis I%27m waiting to wrap up%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AInfinite Crisis%0D%0AAll-Star Superman%0D%0ASeven Soldiers %28as a combined project%29%0D%0APlanetary %28on a technicality%2C as there are only 4 issues left%29%0D%0A%0D%0ABooks that haven%27t come out yet that I%27m willing to try%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ABusiek%27s Aquaman%3A Sword of Atlantis.%0D%0AThe Simonson%2FChaykin Hawkgirl %28only because I trust Walt%29.%0D%0AThe rumored upcoming Secret Six miniseries.%0D%0AMAYBE the Furman Ronan mini.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s it. 16|7|13|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Gryphon||00:22:46|01/09/2006|My comic shop doesn%27t do pulls%2C so I find myself just sort of wandering around every month or so looking for stuff that seems interesting. I can pretty reliably be expected to give anything with Iron Man a try %28shit%2C I even bought the first issue of %5Bi%5DIron Man House of M%5B%2Fi%5D%2C having no clue whatsoever what the hell %5Bi%5DHouse of M%5B%2Fi%5D was%29%2C though that doesn%27t extend to %5Bi%5DFantastic Four%2FIron Man%3A Big in Japan%5B%2Fi%5D%2C because IRON MAN SHOULD NOT HAVE GOOGLY EYES AHGAHD THE HORROR. %28It also doesn%27t extend to %5Bi%5DUltimate Iron Man%5B%2Fi%5D any more%2C because %5Bi%5DUltimate Iron Man%5B%2Fi%5D is not Iron Man.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m also trying to stay current on %5Bi%5DBatman %26 the Monster Men%5B%2Fi%5D %28but I seem to have failed to pick up issue 2 when I was there the other day - oops%29%2C but for the most part I seem to be picking up compilations of older stuff nowadays. These range from %5Bi%5Dreally%5B%2Fi%5D older stuff %28volume 2 of %5Bi%5DEssential Iron Man%5B%2Fi%5D just came out%21 yay%21%29 to quite recent - I%27m picking up %5Bi%5DInvincible%5B%2Fi%5D as it comes out in trades%2C for instance%2C instead of by individual issue.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd I missed the fourth goddamn TPB of %5Bi%5DScud the Disposable Assassin%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which is now friggin%27 impossible to find.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe list of things I%27ve picked up%2C sniffed at%2C and dropped back into the cooler is much longer lately%2C though%2C and that kind of makes me sad. %5Bi%5DGreen Lantern%5B%2Fi%5D%2C %5Bi%5DLegion of Super-Heroes%5B%2Fi%5D%2C um... everything else DC is doing lately... I haven%27t followed an X-Men book for something like 10 years and the last TPB I bought was solely for the %5Bi%5Dart%5B%2Fi%5D... despite a colossal love for Spider-Man dating back to something like the second grade%2C I can%27t bring myself to even try and figure out what%27s going on in his corner of the Marvel Universe enough to follow one or more of his books again... %0D%0A%0D%0ASigh. I guess I%27m growing up.%0D%0A%0D%0AOr maybe it%27s just that comics are crap lately.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 17|8|16|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Ardaniel||01:49:31|01/09/2006|Big In Japan amuses me. I%27m not buying it single-issue%2C but I may have to get the TPB%2C just for the goofy artwork and the fantastic color sense. I blame my color-theory prof.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Sumhenner%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 15|5|11|||||RE%3A thinking about comics|WengFook||22:02:33|01/08/2006|%3E%3EYou know%2C I never thought I%27d be %5Bi%5Dglad%5B%2Fi%5D I stopped buying and %0D%0A%3E%3Ereading comics. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E-- Bob %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI could recommend a ton of stuff to you. None of it would be from %0D%0A%3EMarvel or DC%2C except in very rare cases. I think you could really get %0D%0A%3Ebehind %5Bem%5DFables%5B%2Fem%5D from Vertigo%2C for instance%2C and certainly %0D%0A%3ERobert Kirkman%27s %5Bem%5DInvincible%5B%2Fem%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0AI totally support the Fables recommendation. That is some seriously good stuff.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ll have to try this Invincible some time %3A%29 18|6|15|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Mephron||09:40:47|01/09/2006|%3EI%27ll have to try this Invincible some time %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI absolutely loved the first ten issues of Invincible.%0D%0A%0D%0AThen the Cerebus Syndrome Plot %28tm%2C Eric Burns%29 kicked in.%0D%0A%0D%0AThankfully%2C the entire High Schol Graduation plot that showed up afterwards undid a lot of it%2C but it lost a little gloss for me.%0D%0A%0D%0A...this isn%27t going to stop me from reading it%2C just to see how that CSP resolves itself.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 21|7|18|||||RE%3A thinking about comics|BZArcher||22:18:02|01/09/2006|Which reminds me - did you ever grab the first 2 trades of Ex Machina%3F 19|1|0|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|StaticdashPulse||14:05:54|01/09/2006|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jan-09-06 AT 02:08 PM (EST)]%2Apoints to sig%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AYou probably saw my reply there. The only thing I can add to that%2C or add to the replies people left to my post%2C is that comic book fans are typically a miserable lot of people. The majority of people who read those books%2C and thus drive the publishers to make more%2C are people who enjoy wallowing in angst.%0D%0A%0D%0AFor the life of me%2C I can%27t figure how you go from %22guy in bright blue tights%22 to %22my life is a living hell%22 but there seems to be an unnerving correlation.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DAndrew Burton%5B%2Fb%5D%2C aka Static-Pulse%0D%0A%5Blink%3Autilitarian.us%2F%7CA Guide To Esoteric Technology in Paragon City%5D 20|1|0|||1||RE%3A thinking about comics|Peter Eng||15:04:43|01/09/2006|%3E%0D%0A%3ESo I throw the question open for consideration. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAm I missing something%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOr are they%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AThey are. In my opinion%2C they%27ve lost track of the prize at the bottom of the box of evil.%0D%0A%0D%0AI mean%2C if I want pointless deaths%2C misery%2C and a feeling that the good guys aren%27t going to win%2C I can catch CNN.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf I want heroes that make things better%2C I open up a comic book.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0A%28Or I go read an EPU story.%29