uh... Hi! Remember me? :)
It's been almost a whole month since I've made a posting & I feel sort of bad since I've made some stuff I could have easily put up as entries. One of them being the entry relating to my Birthday which was on Thursday but I wasn't able to access on a computer on Thursday so no posting. If you wanted to see what they post would have been like go & look at what I've posted on the last few January 27ths'. It would have been pretty much been that.
I have a few other things that I want to get up before I forgot about them. Also, here is another thing to add to the list of "Stuff Brian has said he'll post but didn't give a time when he'd do it" this last week I found that Wizard is stopping production of it's self titled magazine & their other magazines also. So, I thought it was a fitting time to post an entry about something I've been thinking about for some time: all the sucky stuff Wizard has been putting in their magazine. There are a few & I'll get into that in that posting. I will say this news about Wizard has been long over due!
Until next Month Stay Jazzy!
- Brian
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, December 30, 2010
This is Entry 181: Happy New Years
First off since I'm not sure I'll be making a post tomorrow or on Saturday so Happy New Year! May your 2011 be as good or better then your 2010!
But the real reason why I'm making this post is to tell you all about another upcoming entry to the Blog. Yesterday, the 200th issue of the comic book series What If? was released out into the world. Why is this important? It's a 200th issue so that is something but why this is important to an upcoming blog entry is I happen to be a big fan of that series. I have a collected most of the series. I probably have most of the issues. In the back of Issue 200 there was an interview with the series creator & there were a few other comic book creators talking about their favorite issues from the series. This got me thinking about the series. About my favorite issues, the issues I thought were bad/stupid/odd/pointless/could have been better & some of the themes that I have noticed in my reading (there was one major theme I noticed but I'll get into that entry it's self).
This & along with whole bunch of stuff is coming in the new year. If I get around to everything I have planned: 2011 should be the Jazziest year ever for the blog!
The What If? retrospectacular should be up sometime in January (probably early January). The posting time frames for the rest of the stuff I have planned out (Really Cool Old Ads, Random Photos, The Hot List, Entry about Stan Lee, Entry 200, etc.) don't set posting dates as of yet. When I know what's going on you will too!
Until next time Happy New Year & as always Stay Jazzy!
- Brian
But the real reason why I'm making this post is to tell you all about another upcoming entry to the Blog. Yesterday, the 200th issue of the comic book series What If? was released out into the world. Why is this important? It's a 200th issue so that is something but why this is important to an upcoming blog entry is I happen to be a big fan of that series. I have a collected most of the series. I probably have most of the issues. In the back of Issue 200 there was an interview with the series creator & there were a few other comic book creators talking about their favorite issues from the series. This got me thinking about the series. About my favorite issues, the issues I thought were bad/stupid/odd/pointless/could have been better & some of the themes that I have noticed in my reading (there was one major theme I noticed but I'll get into that entry it's self).
This & along with whole bunch of stuff is coming in the new year. If I get around to everything I have planned: 2011 should be the Jazziest year ever for the blog!
The What If? retrospectacular should be up sometime in January (probably early January). The posting time frames for the rest of the stuff I have planned out (Really Cool Old Ads, Random Photos, The Hot List, Entry about Stan Lee, Entry 200, etc.) don't set posting dates as of yet. When I know what's going on you will too!
Until next time Happy New Year & as always Stay Jazzy!
- Brian
Friday, December 24, 2010
This is Entry 180: a Newish Holiday Carol
In this Holiday season I began to notice that there are a number of creepy holiday songs & that the word Santa & Satan are pretty much the same word just with the same letters mixed around. So, I started to think is there some song I could change to make it about Satan that was originally about Santa. I also didn't want to do a lot of work changing the lyrics around. So, I think I found that song! Here is Satan is coming for your Soul! (which was originally Santa Claus is coming to Town):
You better watch out, You better not cry
Better not pout I'm telling you why
Satan is coming for your Soul!
He's making a list and checking it twice;
Gonna find out who's naughty and nice
Satan is coming for your Soul!
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
Oh! You better watch out!
You better not cry better not pout
I'm telling you why
Satan is coming for your Soul!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday everybody!
And as always: Stay Jazzy! :)
- Brian
You better watch out, You better not cry
Better not pout I'm telling you why
Satan is coming for your Soul!
He's making a list and checking it twice;
Gonna find out who's naughty and nice
Satan is coming for your Soul!
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
Oh! You better watch out!
You better not cry better not pout
I'm telling you why
Satan is coming for your Soul!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday everybody!
And as always: Stay Jazzy! :)
- Brian
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
This is Entry 179: Logo & Staying _______
Hello, everyone.
I'm not really sure what I'm going to say in this posting but I thought it was worth updating the Blog to give all you reader something new to read.
Over the last couple of weeks/months, I've been thinking that this blog needs a logo. Something that up at the top of the Blog that looks all spiffy keen! I have settled on a design for said logo & now it's just to get it all ready for posting. I'm not sure if I could make a the logo look good or a get someone else to make it look good for me. I sorting of thinking of premiering the Logo in Entry 200. That's one of the ideas I have for what's going to happen for Entry 200. I haven't said much about what going to be in Entry 200 basically because people won't be disappointed if something isn't there. :)
Recently I been seeing a few advertisements using a phrase similar to one used here on the Blog. The Cooking Channel, Diet Coke & Walgreens all have ads that have the tag line of Stay *some word*. Now none have used Stay Jazzy (well, Walgreens would like you to Stay Jolly) & I doubt that my sign off phrase had anything to do with this recent trend in ads. But, every time I see one of this ads I keep thinking of my sign off phrase. I also keep thinking about that I've never defined what someone was to exactly "Stay Jazzy". All this ads have terms that kind easily be thought of what they mean by the viewer but what does Jazzy mean? I don't know. I've never really thought about. I just thought it sound cool & was a whole lot better then just "Goodbye" or any other like term.
EDIT: I saw a Beer commercial last night that would like you to Stay Thirsty. :)
I've also been thinking of the frequency of my posting here on the Blog. Most of the time I will go for a week or more between postings. I also never gotten over 10 posts in a month & on average most months only get 4 posts in them. This is the 2nd post for the month & there is mostly going to be a year end posting (which mostly only be me saying Happy New Year). I've also thought about doing a new post for every day in January! But then started to think about all that might get in the way of that. So, the thought was 6 of the 7 days of the week so that would be 26 posts that month. Then I thought about just doing one for Monday thru Friday which would make it 21 posts for the month. But then I thought of "Do I have enough stuff for that many posts?" My answer was maybe but I wasn't sure I could be that organized. If I did this a number of the posts wouldn't be not all that interesting (not sure my post are all that interesting anyways). But after all that thought process I am sort of committing myself to be more frequent with my posts. Once or twice a week would be fine (which would get me 4 to 8 posts a month).
In the new year: I'll be starting Really Cool Old Ads, Random Photos back up. I'll most likely get The Hot List out & probably a few other things. Along with the Entry 200!
Until next posting I would you like you to all Stay Jazzy!
Oh!
Also Merry Christmas if you celebrate that, if not continue to Stay Jazzy! :)
- Brian
I'm not really sure what I'm going to say in this posting but I thought it was worth updating the Blog to give all you reader something new to read.
Over the last couple of weeks/months, I've been thinking that this blog needs a logo. Something that up at the top of the Blog that looks all spiffy keen! I have settled on a design for said logo & now it's just to get it all ready for posting. I'm not sure if I could make a the logo look good or a get someone else to make it look good for me. I sorting of thinking of premiering the Logo in Entry 200. That's one of the ideas I have for what's going to happen for Entry 200. I haven't said much about what going to be in Entry 200 basically because people won't be disappointed if something isn't there. :)
Recently I been seeing a few advertisements using a phrase similar to one used here on the Blog. The Cooking Channel, Diet Coke & Walgreens all have ads that have the tag line of Stay *some word*. Now none have used Stay Jazzy (well, Walgreens would like you to Stay Jolly) & I doubt that my sign off phrase had anything to do with this recent trend in ads. But, every time I see one of this ads I keep thinking of my sign off phrase. I also keep thinking about that I've never defined what someone was to exactly "Stay Jazzy". All this ads have terms that kind easily be thought of what they mean by the viewer but what does Jazzy mean? I don't know. I've never really thought about. I just thought it sound cool & was a whole lot better then just "Goodbye" or any other like term.
EDIT: I saw a Beer commercial last night that would like you to Stay Thirsty. :)
I've also been thinking of the frequency of my posting here on the Blog. Most of the time I will go for a week or more between postings. I also never gotten over 10 posts in a month & on average most months only get 4 posts in them. This is the 2nd post for the month & there is mostly going to be a year end posting (which mostly only be me saying Happy New Year). I've also thought about doing a new post for every day in January! But then started to think about all that might get in the way of that. So, the thought was 6 of the 7 days of the week so that would be 26 posts that month. Then I thought about just doing one for Monday thru Friday which would make it 21 posts for the month. But then I thought of "Do I have enough stuff for that many posts?" My answer was maybe but I wasn't sure I could be that organized. If I did this a number of the posts wouldn't be not all that interesting (not sure my post are all that interesting anyways). But after all that thought process I am sort of committing myself to be more frequent with my posts. Once or twice a week would be fine (which would get me 4 to 8 posts a month).
In the new year: I'll be starting Really Cool Old Ads, Random Photos back up. I'll most likely get The Hot List out & probably a few other things. Along with the Entry 200!
Until next posting I would you like you to all Stay Jazzy!
Oh!
Also Merry Christmas if you celebrate that, if not continue to Stay Jazzy! :)
- Brian
Sunday, December 12, 2010
This is Entry 178: I got called out!
So, on friday when I got on to my trusty kind of crusty but not rusty computer I had a post to my wall over on Facebook. It was from one of the people who have decided to become "followers" of this here Blog. He said:
Which I responded that He had not replied to said post from 2 & half weeks, now probably is 3 weeks past. As you can see that that post was about stuff I have in the works for the blog so I could say I was busy but to get down to the nitty gritty: I hadn't updated the Blog because I was Lazy.
This 3 Blog is into it's 3rd year & this is the first I think someone has ever asked why I hadn't updated the Blog in awhile. I think most people hadn't cared to asked. I had thought about that I should update it & was going to but was unsure of what to update it with so this is what you get. :) As I said with him: More stuff is coming soon-ish. There will most likely be another post or two before the year is over.
In other posting news: I've noticed that I've gotten a few replies recently from people who say they like my stuff. But then they ask me to contact them about something. I'd think about responding if I had a way of doing so! Most of these comments are from "Anonymous" & in their replies they don't give any sort of contact info so I don't know how they expect me to reply to them.
Well, that's what I got for you now. Until next posting I bid thy a Stay Jazzy!
- Brian
So I started following your blog anxiously awaiting a new post to read and comment on for two and a half weeks now. And nothing!!
Which I responded that He had not replied to said post from 2 & half weeks, now probably is 3 weeks past. As you can see that that post was about stuff I have in the works for the blog so I could say I was busy but to get down to the nitty gritty: I hadn't updated the Blog because I was Lazy.
This 3 Blog is into it's 3rd year & this is the first I think someone has ever asked why I hadn't updated the Blog in awhile. I think most people hadn't cared to asked. I had thought about that I should update it & was going to but was unsure of what to update it with so this is what you get. :) As I said with him: More stuff is coming soon-ish. There will most likely be another post or two before the year is over.
In other posting news: I've noticed that I've gotten a few replies recently from people who say they like my stuff. But then they ask me to contact them about something. I'd think about responding if I had a way of doing so! Most of these comments are from "Anonymous" & in their replies they don't give any sort of contact info so I don't know how they expect me to reply to them.
Well, that's what I got for you now. Until next posting I bid thy a Stay Jazzy!
- Brian
Monday, November 22, 2010
This Is Entry 177: Further Coming Attractions
This post yet another update on stuff that is coming to this here ol' Blog, along with Random Photos, Really Cool Old Ads & The Hot List, here are some other stuff to look forward to:
A Moment of Awesome: With most of the other stuff I've named for the Blog the name is somewhat self explanatory. With this I will give the viewers a moment of something I think is awesome. Why viewers & not readers? Well....
LFW TV: For awhile I've toyed with the idea of doing filmed segments for the Blog. The idea originally started out as a monthly web series, things were prepared for such a thing (like me buying a video camera among other less expensive things) but as time went on my ideas were bigger then my ability so the series idea has been done away with/devolved. It's being replaced with a more general umbrella idea called LFW TV, the Moment of Awesome thing would be under this umbrella as with any other filmed stuff I'd do. There wouldn't be any real schedule for LFW TV but there are some other ideas for what would come out as part of this.
A more text based upcoming post is one about Stan Lee, this is something I've been thinking about recently. It won't be a post about "The Man" himself (a recap of career, etc.) but just some thoughts about about my feeling regarding him & some other connected to him. When I'll put this up? I don't know.
TWe are about a little over 20 entries until Entry 200 which most likely will happen some time early next year. Not exactly sure what I'll do for that post but it will be something special.
until time: Stay Jazzy, Everybody!
- Brian
A Moment of Awesome: With most of the other stuff I've named for the Blog the name is somewhat self explanatory. With this I will give the viewers a moment of something I think is awesome. Why viewers & not readers? Well....
LFW TV: For awhile I've toyed with the idea of doing filmed segments for the Blog. The idea originally started out as a monthly web series, things were prepared for such a thing (like me buying a video camera among other less expensive things) but as time went on my ideas were bigger then my ability so the series idea has been done away with/devolved. It's being replaced with a more general umbrella idea called LFW TV, the Moment of Awesome thing would be under this umbrella as with any other filmed stuff I'd do. There wouldn't be any real schedule for LFW TV but there are some other ideas for what would come out as part of this.
A more text based upcoming post is one about Stan Lee, this is something I've been thinking about recently. It won't be a post about "The Man" himself (a recap of career, etc.) but just some thoughts about about my feeling regarding him & some other connected to him. When I'll put this up? I don't know.
TWe are about a little over 20 entries until Entry 200 which most likely will happen some time early next year. Not exactly sure what I'll do for that post but it will be something special.
until time: Stay Jazzy, Everybody!
- Brian
Saturday, November 20, 2010
This is Entry 176: Somebody Save me!
This time I'll be talking about:
And it's last season. After 10 season they are closing up shop so this season must the best season ever, right?
Well, no. At least not to me anyways. I stopped being a regular viewer of the shows a few seasons ago. Why? I just lost interest but I'd check in from time to time to see what was going on. But I thought since it was the last season I'd watch it more often to see how the close everything out. Not sure I like how they are doing things.
One thing that I've been seeing is they are bringing more & more recognizable names. Not in the terms of actors but in names of characters. why just the names? Well, I don't recognize those characters as the ones from the comics. Now I know Smallville does have it's own continuity so they can't be how they are exactly in the comics. But half of the time the character is so changed to fit into Smallville's continuity that they don't seems like as the character, just someone with their name.
2 people they have gotten right is Lois Lane & Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) mostly because they gave them more then one episode appearances & then guest spots later on. Kara (Supergirl) was good since she didn't seem to change that much. The best translation might be the Legion of Super Heroes (but they might of been because Geoff John had a hand in that episode). The stuff with Brainiac was pretty good also but then they developed the character over a series of appearances.
The other people that have shown up I didn't have enough time to establish a character before they were never seen again. (I would have liked to see more with Black Canary, you do have Green Arrow on your show!). Last season, they introduced the Justice Society which I thought was cool (again with Johns) but I wanted more & I doubt I'll get more (They had some more with Hawkman this season but that's probably all I get from that group).
With this season there seemed to be another characters from the comics plopped into the show: Mera, The Suicide Squad, Slade Wilson, Cat Grant to name a few. I heard rumors of Booster Gold & Blue Beetle showing up, too! But I'd rather not see people from the comics then see lesser versions of the characters show up.
Another thing I not too keen on is I feel like they are trying to do too much. They know it's the last season so they are trying to do everything they ever wanted to do with the show. But too many story lines ruin a show. Also, I would really like them to stop beating me over the head with the whole "Clark is unsure of himself & is afraid is going to screw up something" subplot. I thought this was already covered in earlier seasons. I know why they are doing this but I wish they were handling it in a different way.
Smallville is not the show it started out as. It only has 1 cast member from the 1st season still on season 10 (That's Tom Welling, who plays Clark Kent but then you can't have a show without him).Over the last decade the show has been good, been ok & been bad. This last season is turning out for me to be ok with a leaning towards bad. But It's not over it might turn out to be ok with a leaning towards good. We'll just have to see how the series ends.
Until next time, Stay Jazzy everybody!
-Brian
And it's last season. After 10 season they are closing up shop so this season must the best season ever, right?
Well, no. At least not to me anyways. I stopped being a regular viewer of the shows a few seasons ago. Why? I just lost interest but I'd check in from time to time to see what was going on. But I thought since it was the last season I'd watch it more often to see how the close everything out. Not sure I like how they are doing things.
One thing that I've been seeing is they are bringing more & more recognizable names. Not in the terms of actors but in names of characters. why just the names? Well, I don't recognize those characters as the ones from the comics. Now I know Smallville does have it's own continuity so they can't be how they are exactly in the comics. But half of the time the character is so changed to fit into Smallville's continuity that they don't seems like as the character, just someone with their name.
2 people they have gotten right is Lois Lane & Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) mostly because they gave them more then one episode appearances & then guest spots later on. Kara (Supergirl) was good since she didn't seem to change that much. The best translation might be the Legion of Super Heroes (but they might of been because Geoff John had a hand in that episode). The stuff with Brainiac was pretty good also but then they developed the character over a series of appearances.
The other people that have shown up I didn't have enough time to establish a character before they were never seen again. (I would have liked to see more with Black Canary, you do have Green Arrow on your show!). Last season, they introduced the Justice Society which I thought was cool (again with Johns) but I wanted more & I doubt I'll get more (They had some more with Hawkman this season but that's probably all I get from that group).
With this season there seemed to be another characters from the comics plopped into the show: Mera, The Suicide Squad, Slade Wilson, Cat Grant to name a few. I heard rumors of Booster Gold & Blue Beetle showing up, too! But I'd rather not see people from the comics then see lesser versions of the characters show up.
Another thing I not too keen on is I feel like they are trying to do too much. They know it's the last season so they are trying to do everything they ever wanted to do with the show. But too many story lines ruin a show. Also, I would really like them to stop beating me over the head with the whole "Clark is unsure of himself & is afraid is going to screw up something" subplot. I thought this was already covered in earlier seasons. I know why they are doing this but I wish they were handling it in a different way.
Smallville is not the show it started out as. It only has 1 cast member from the 1st season still on season 10 (That's Tom Welling, who plays Clark Kent but then you can't have a show without him).Over the last decade the show has been good, been ok & been bad. This last season is turning out for me to be ok with a leaning towards bad. But It's not over it might turn out to be ok with a leaning towards good. We'll just have to see how the series ends.
Until next time, Stay Jazzy everybody!
-Brian
Thursday, November 18, 2010
This is Entry 175: Batman & Captain America
As I've been thinking of Batman lately, I've started to think about how much he & another comic book character have in common. That character is Captain America.
- Both were created & first published during the early 20th century (Batman in 1939, Cap in 1941).
- Both have and/or had teenage boys as Sidekicks (Robin & Bucky).
- Both have had sidekicks that had seemingly died in explosions only to have them return years later alive as enemies (Jason Todd as The Red Hood, Bucky as the Winter Solider). There is a difference here: Bucky came back to side of good, Jason has not.
- Both have recently seemingly died themselves but didn't & it was revealed that their "deaths' had something to due with time travel.
- After their "deaths", their original sidekicks stepped & took on the role their mentor had held (Dick Grayson became Batman, Bucky became Captain America). When the original came back, neither of them had the person give up the role & went on to create a similar role from themselves (Bruce Wayne is now maybe the Batman of the World & Steve Rogers is known as Captain Rogers).
- Both have have last names that could be first names (Wayne & with Cap if you took off a letter: Roger).
- Both use to carry guns during the early part of their careers but don't anymore.
- Both are expertly trained fighters.
About this time in my thought process It sort of broke down into minor comparisons but there was few I thought were interesting. If I think of any more interesting comparisons between I post them.
Until next time: Stay Jazzy, everybody!
- Brian
- Both were created & first published during the early 20th century (Batman in 1939, Cap in 1941).
- Both have and/or had teenage boys as Sidekicks (Robin & Bucky).
- Both have had sidekicks that had seemingly died in explosions only to have them return years later alive as enemies (Jason Todd as The Red Hood, Bucky as the Winter Solider). There is a difference here: Bucky came back to side of good, Jason has not.
- Both have recently seemingly died themselves but didn't & it was revealed that their "deaths' had something to due with time travel.
- After their "deaths", their original sidekicks stepped & took on the role their mentor had held (Dick Grayson became Batman, Bucky became Captain America). When the original came back, neither of them had the person give up the role & went on to create a similar role from themselves (Bruce Wayne is now maybe the Batman of the World & Steve Rogers is known as Captain Rogers).
- Both have have last names that could be first names (Wayne & with Cap if you took off a letter: Roger).
- Both use to carry guns during the early part of their careers but don't anymore.
- Both are expertly trained fighters.
About this time in my thought process It sort of broke down into minor comparisons but there was few I thought were interesting. If I think of any more interesting comparisons between I post them.
Until next time: Stay Jazzy, everybody!
- Brian
Monday, November 15, 2010
This is Entry 174: The Return of RCOA!
As mentioned in Entry 171, I lost a chunk of my files when my computer decided to crap out on me & among those files were the Ads' I had scanned in for my Really Cool Old Ads project. Today I started in the re-scanning process.
As I've probably said before the Really Cool Old Ads project is me going through my comics & find ad's I think are really cool & old. :) Most of these ads will be coming from the Mid 1960's & up to the Mid 1990's. I've seen a distinct drop off of really cool ads in Comics during the late 1990's & in to this present decade. But if I find any ads' that I think are cool I'd post them, too.
Many of the ads I've found can be divided into a few different subcategories: Toy Ads, Video Game Ads, TV Ads, Hostess Ads, Mail Order Ads, Public Service Announcements, Marvel House Ads & DC House Ads. A "House Ad" is an ad made by the company (Marvel & DC) to advertise their only products (upcoming comics most often).
I'll most likely begin posting these Ads in the next months barring an unforeseen events.
Until next time, Stay Jazzy!
- Brian
As I've probably said before the Really Cool Old Ads project is me going through my comics & find ad's I think are really cool & old. :) Most of these ads will be coming from the Mid 1960's & up to the Mid 1990's. I've seen a distinct drop off of really cool ads in Comics during the late 1990's & in to this present decade. But if I find any ads' that I think are cool I'd post them, too.
Many of the ads I've found can be divided into a few different subcategories: Toy Ads, Video Game Ads, TV Ads, Hostess Ads, Mail Order Ads, Public Service Announcements, Marvel House Ads & DC House Ads. A "House Ad" is an ad made by the company (Marvel & DC) to advertise their only products (upcoming comics most often).
I'll most likely begin posting these Ads in the next months barring an unforeseen events.
Until next time, Stay Jazzy!
- Brian
Sunday, November 14, 2010
This is Entry 173: More Batman!
So, this is going to be another Bat-Centric post. If don't like it, well... tough cookies!
This last Wednesday I read the concluded chapter of "The Return of Bruce Wayne" which seems kind of redundant since we already know he's return & had been running around doing stuff. This issue only fills in the gap of who the heck do he actually get back.
Well, he got back & I thought "Huh?" But then was my reaction to end of Final Crisis which was written by Grant Morrison, seen here making sure you know Superman has a crotch:
This picture has nothing to do with what I'm talking about but it's odd photo of Grant Morrison (He's the bald one) I found on the Internet.
Now thinking about both series I come to another comparison that there is a part of the story gone (Now Wayne's return, this might be partly my fault since his return was also partly chronicled in other Bat Books (Batman & Robin being one of those books) that I didn't read but I don't think was the problem with FC I just think with that book the missing part of that series was in Morrison's head.
Now there might be a 3rd comparison or it just might be an off shoot of my first comparison: the book might be on a higher thinking plane. I found this with a number of Morrisons' more recent works. They seem to have some concept were you need to do some deep thinking about concepts to fully get what's going on.
I tried to explain what happen in the Return of Bruce Wayne #6 to my dad. Now I didn't completely understand the book but I thought I could explain what happened but not really why. My dad didn't under what happened, he thought it was just confusing.
That might be the best way to explain Morrison's writing: Confusing. Now are his books bad because they are confusing? No. At least they are getting you to think about stuff. They are bad comics that just leave you confused & all you can think about is how bad the comic you just read is & nothing beyond that. Confusing can be good & lead you to something more which in Comic Books that might lead you to buying more comic books. :)
That's all I go for this time. Until next time: Stay Jazzy everybody.
- Brian
This last Wednesday I read the concluded chapter of "The Return of Bruce Wayne" which seems kind of redundant since we already know he's return & had been running around doing stuff. This issue only fills in the gap of who the heck do he actually get back.
Well, he got back & I thought "Huh?" But then was my reaction to end of Final Crisis which was written by Grant Morrison, seen here making sure you know Superman has a crotch:
This picture has nothing to do with what I'm talking about but it's odd photo of Grant Morrison (He's the bald one) I found on the Internet.
Now thinking about both series I come to another comparison that there is a part of the story gone (Now Wayne's return, this might be partly my fault since his return was also partly chronicled in other Bat Books (Batman & Robin being one of those books) that I didn't read but I don't think was the problem with FC I just think with that book the missing part of that series was in Morrison's head.
Now there might be a 3rd comparison or it just might be an off shoot of my first comparison: the book might be on a higher thinking plane. I found this with a number of Morrisons' more recent works. They seem to have some concept were you need to do some deep thinking about concepts to fully get what's going on.
I tried to explain what happen in the Return of Bruce Wayne #6 to my dad. Now I didn't completely understand the book but I thought I could explain what happened but not really why. My dad didn't under what happened, he thought it was just confusing.
That might be the best way to explain Morrison's writing: Confusing. Now are his books bad because they are confusing? No. At least they are getting you to think about stuff. They are bad comics that just leave you confused & all you can think about is how bad the comic you just read is & nothing beyond that. Confusing can be good & lead you to something more which in Comic Books that might lead you to buying more comic books. :)
That's all I go for this time. Until next time: Stay Jazzy everybody.
- Brian
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