tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post6318073236702956972..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-73460843092392460642009-09-29T00:39:46.001-05:002009-09-29T00:39:46.001-05:00Mr. Campbell; I think you are a great voice in com...Mr. Campbell; I think you are a great voice in comic books but how fa can a graphic novel be? What do you want them to be "the Brothers Karamazov"? One does not read a graphic novel to find great literature! And I respect and love your work!!!!!!!Yoga Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811671544368940573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-51592711359858216172009-09-28T21:58:08.462-05:002009-09-28T21:58:08.462-05:00OMG YOU GUYS Chaucer totally ripped off Boccaccio ...OMG YOU GUYS Chaucer totally ripped off Boccaccio for the Canterbury Talez, WTF!!! I'll never read Chaucer again. The Knights Tale was totally cribbed from Boethius, too.Tegan O'Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815842488966694944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-18200546094707929412009-09-28T16:34:34.080-05:002009-09-28T16:34:34.080-05:00Roy Thomas also had used the same alien invasion p...Roy Thomas also had used the same alien invasion plot in All-Star Squadron only a few years before Watchmen. <br /><br />To my mind, the genius of Watchmen was because of the craftsmanship involved in constructing it, not the plot.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154203761080654758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-69460540424427576212009-09-28T14:43:24.322-05:002009-09-28T14:43:24.322-05:00Hey Eddie,
I seriously doubt, as you do, that Ala...Hey Eddie,<br /><br />I seriously doubt, as you do, that Alan and Dave were influenced by that Outer Limits ep produced some 22 years before Watchmen. That said, I thought they acknowledged the OL ep at some point.<br /><br />But I do recall sitting at the Embassy Suites bar with you and JR having an uncomfortable moment, remembering he had scripted the LOEG movie only after mentioning how much most folks hated it. A "Hallmark moment" for yours truly to be sure...<br /><br />Glad to see you back on the Internets,<br /><br />Waynewayne beamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-69249866366761138832009-09-28T11:58:47.161-05:002009-09-28T11:58:47.161-05:00More interesting are the striking similarities bet...More interesting are the striking similarities between Marvelman, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, and Superfolks, but I don't think there's any statement on the public record as to whether Moore was familiar with Superfolks when he crafted those stories. (Some of those ideas were probably simply inevitable, given the aging comic demographics, but there are many striking similarities between those works)Pallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409693747482226529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-19680990852003467022009-09-28T11:24:03.704-05:002009-09-28T11:24:03.704-05:00For whatever it's worth, I read the bit about ...For whatever it's worth, I read the bit about the LEAGUE movie boring your wife so much she spent the whole time thinking about what underwear to wear to my wife and she laughed. It went a long way in explaining why I really like a blog by a guy who does comics, I mean, um... I forget what term you like... them stories with pictures and whatnot.Jams_Runtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-20613805339432538172009-09-28T07:20:27.322-05:002009-09-28T07:20:27.322-05:00Are you saying comic books are crap or movies base...Are you saying comic books are crap or movies based on them are crap? :ollywood does seem more interested in capturing thew visual and the the character of the story! It like sugar water for the. Rain just watched ":ellboy the Golden ArmyL a beautiful film but empty on content; I wanted to know more about the characters and the underworld not just an vision of it! By the way ;your books aren't crap!namaste yoga gal _geriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-66009003772949648172009-09-28T05:01:14.499-05:002009-09-28T05:01:14.499-05:00Interesting that Robinson uses the words 'take...Interesting that Robinson uses the words 'taken from' as opposed to 'similar to'.<br /><br />I like the notion of Alan taking himself too seriously, though.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02105114526496564116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-50786116914217609562009-09-28T03:21:00.347-05:002009-09-28T03:21:00.347-05:00Somebody who hasn't read a lot of them, I'...Somebody who hasn't read a lot of them, I'd venture. <br />In view of the stash I bagged while in Paris last week, I can certify for the imagination at work there (True, there is also a lot of nonsense, but that is true for your average book anyway).spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-15529429707985604392009-09-27T21:54:15.136-05:002009-09-27T21:54:15.136-05:00Mystery writer Lawrence Block has written about th...Mystery writer Lawrence Block has written about this notion. It's considered perfectly acceptable to take someone else's idea and rework it to suit your story. <br /><br />It's not something short-story writers like to talk about in public, though.Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-86124702350145358432009-09-27T21:37:09.991-05:002009-09-27T21:37:09.991-05:00>>>Alan was saying that the whole comic b...>>>Alan was saying that the whole comic book industry is a morbid mess of putrefaction. No, actually he didn't say that, those are my words. Whenever you say comic books are crap, somebody always stands up to argue that they are just the way their readers want them to be.<<<<br /><br />I always find it strange when you say things like this Eddie (im guessing that when you put words into Alan's mouth, those are words you want to say), considering that you are producing wonderful books and that there are other creators producing wonderful work. Or are you only talking about superhero comic books? <br />Or, if you mean that only the majority of work is a putrid mess of putrefaction, then this is fair to say of any creative industry, including movies and music. I'm not sure if it hasn't always been this way (I would like to believe it hasn't) but I don't think comics can be expected to escape the manure farm that is modern culture. But at least there are a few people (like yourself) out there producing worthwhile art.Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-3483643736420223972009-09-27T21:10:41.017-05:002009-09-27T21:10:41.017-05:00I think there is a Howard Fast short story which a...I think there is a Howard Fast short story which also plays with this same idea. I believe it was published in the 1950s and I found it in an anthology of stories from "Fantasy and Science Fiction' magazine.<br /><br />Mediocre artists copy but great artists steal. I thought that was a well-known truism.gmokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358327448132770681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-5383540883390619982009-09-27T18:51:52.558-05:002009-09-27T18:51:52.558-05:00Also:
MOORE
Around issue 10, I came across a guid...Also:<br /><br />MOORE<br />Around issue 10, I came across a guide to cult television. There was an Outer Limits episode called ''The Architects of Fear.'' I thought: ''Wow. That's a bit close to our story.'' In the last issue, we have a TV promoting that Outer Limits episode — a belated nod.<br /><br />http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1120854_3,00.htmlGreg Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262613527028934169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-36457123291068758182009-09-27T18:49:22.097-05:002009-09-27T18:49:22.097-05:00That someone in the modern superhero comics indust...That someone in the modern superhero comics industry can't tell the difference between telling new stories in new ways with old characters and reheating minor variations on the same stories with the same characters <i>ad infinitum</i> is not unexpected.<br /><br />Complaining that elements from pop culture are present (in new forms) in Watchmen is missing the point in a remarkable fashion.Greg Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262613527028934169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-60325132402712711692009-09-27T18:06:10.807-05:002009-09-27T18:06:10.807-05:00James Robinson may as well have complained that Al...James Robinson may as well have complained that Alan Moore was cribbing from Ronald Reagan, instead. <br /><br />(e.g. "I occasionally think how quickly our differences, worldwide, would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world")<br /><br />Besides, if an idea's no good once someone's used it... well, then we're all in trouble.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232142462548759965noreply@blogger.com