I like the trend of using a monthly comic to tell an extended sci-fi story, rather than as a vehicle for more episodic superhero stuff.
― chap, Saturday, 15 March 2008 18:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Death Note seconded. Mentalness.
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 15 March 2008 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Scott Pilgrim has more than enough thrill power for this entire decade of comics.
― Mr. Perpetua, Sunday, 16 March 2008 01:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, yeah: Blue Beetle (as much as there's a definite throughline for the whole series, there's a lot of weirdy-ass weirdo stuff that feels thrown in as it's conceived), Scott Pilgrim (enough shit comes out of the blue to qualify as T.P., eg, Experience Points). ALSO: ASSBATS is pure thrill-power. Miller is clearly making shit up and cranking it up as he goes, responding to reader-reaction and pointedly pushing as many tittilation buttons as he can find. One can only imagine how freaky it would be w/ a faster artist.
― Dr. Superman, Monday, 17 March 2008 02:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Comics, at least in the US are not selling above mid-90s levels, unless you're talking the worst of the crash, and even then the loss of newsstand distribution (which really happened by the early 90s) decimated readership far more than the crash itself.
As for thrill power? I dunno, it's a hard thing to find these days. There's a lot of service to the fanbase that's supposed to be thrill-powered on its surface, but doesn't often actually deliver. Moments of it in stuff like WORLD WAR HULK, but it just couldn't close the deal. Some fun in TEKKONKINKREET, or however it's spelled, but it got awful emo at moments as well.
Oh, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN usually packs a punch, but it's a different flavor of thrill, to be sure.
― Matt M., Wednesday, 19 March 2008 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
How come art comics doesn't want to thrill?
― M.V., Wednesday, 19 March 2008 04:47 (sixteen years ago) link
How is it people are enjoying ASSBATS non-ironically?
― James Morrison, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 07:53 (sixteen years ago) link
"One can only imagine how freaky it would be w/ a faster artist."
Actually, Jim Lee isn't the reason why it's always late.
― Mr. Perpetua, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link
is it still ironic enjoyment if miller is in on the joke?
― Jordan, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link
What is the reason? I always just assume if a books like its the guy who draws it's fault. Does that make me an artist?
― Dr. Superman, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait, that doesn't work.
It's everyone's fault -- for example, most of Warren Ellis' books are often late because of WE's storied script lateness. Same w/ GM's work on the WildStorm books.
This just means that creative talent is more hassle than it's worth, and every spandex book should be helmed by the Countdown crew.
― David R., Wednesday, 19 March 2008 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep. Tardiness is often a group effort. If the script starts late, then woah nelly, things get out of hand very quickly.
― Matt M., Wednesday, 19 March 2008 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Is he talking about Thrill Power?
― Oh Why, Sports Coat? (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 12 February 2009 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I think he's talking about something that gets lumped in with thrill power, but not Thrill Power in and of itself.
For instance, FINAL CRISIS might have been thrill-powered, but its storytelling style kinda robbed the works of its Thrill Power. Does that make sense? I realize I'm probably just one in a small handful of people who didn't embrace the FINAL CRISIS experience fully (particularly given the Morrison love often showed at ILC, even often by myself.)
Personally, I love the mad ideas, but there has to be something to hang them on. Maybe it's just me.
― Matt M., Thursday, 12 February 2009 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
There are enough comics that really belabor their plot points and overexplain their points and themes that I'm glad to have SOME Mad Ideas/Thrill Power/Gimmick-driven-plot comics now and then. Especially with a baby in the house, I got no time for prose-heavy mags. Last week's Legion of 3 Worlds, for eg, is busting my hump with all its words and shit.
― Oh Why, Sports Coat? (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
that I'm glad to have SOME Mad Ideas/Thrill Power/Gimmick-driven-plot comics now and then that err in the other direction, I meant to add
― Oh Why, Sports Coat? (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
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The little dude is supposed to be jimmy corrigan.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I LOLd IRL.
― Matt M., Thursday, 12 February 2009 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
For instance, FINAL CRISIS might have been thrill-powered, but its storytelling style kinda robbed the works of its Thrill Power.
Final Crisis is the very antithesis of thrill power. You are right on the storytelling style, but worse is its tiresome continuity rockism. And general lack of thrill power.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Friday, 13 February 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Legion of 3 Worlds was pretty thrill-powered, I thought! Yeah, there's too much cumbersome talky talky, but there's a lot of forward momentum in it. Maybe there's an, um, American-style thrill power that's different from the UK version? The Chaykin-Miller brutalist school, perhaps, rather than the goofball-psychedelic-kitchen-sink British style of Mills, Morrison etc.
I must admit, I didn't get a lot of pleasure out of reading Final Crisis (at least in the middle issues 4-6) -- by design its meant to feel doomy and oppressive. So I don't think thrill power's the appropriate measure here...
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 13 February 2009 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
continuity rockism ftw!
― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 01:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I have to admit, I'd been away long enough to forget all about continuity rockism.
And it's weird that Morrison went that route in making an ur-text for the DCU, since previously, he'd done a great job just dealing with the essential components of the characters (I'm thinking his JLA and X-MEN runs here, but prolly DOOM PATROL as well, maybe) and running with that.
― Matt M., Friday, 13 February 2009 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
the powar has gone to his head
― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
absolute thrill power corrupts absolutely
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 13 February 2009 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link