Daniel has one more reason that I hate Brad Meltzer's writing and want him off the Justice League of America now.
That writer spent most of the first issue on a game of Capture the Fucking Flag, and he couldn't make time to acknowledged those three characters in the last issue.
A single fucking panel where the one character who knows (for sure) who they all are introduces them to others. "Hi, this is..." That's all. Or if he's too wobbly-brained, have a panel where the other characters ask about them. "Holy cow, is that who I think it is? Look how they've grown!" Something like that.
You can't tell me that with all the padding in this book there wasn't something that could be cut in order to do that.
Mark Waid would've had them introduced the panel after the hug.
Geoff Johns would've had them introduced the panel after the hug.
This guy doesn't bother. They are there in the art only so that when Waid starts writing he'll have them to play with.
Come on, Ragnell. This is the same guy who thought showing a "Capture The Flag" game took priority over showing A FIGHT BETWEEN BATMAN AND KARATE KID! You think Linda and the twins are even going to register with him?
ReplyDeletea "Capture The Flag" game took priority over showing A FIGHT BETWEEN BATMAN AND KARATE KID!
ReplyDeleteWait - really? I haven't been buying JLA (the first story arc bored me to tears) but the recent arc had Batman fighting Karate Kid and the writer blew it off?
Really?
Jeez. Hopefully Waid will remember that Linda is a 3-dimensional character. I have hopes - he did create her after all.
*sigh*
ReplyDeleteIt would have taken two seconds, or a single panel to introduce them. There are probably even people who don't have a clue who they even ARE, for Heaven's sake.
Mr. Meltzer may be a big-time novelist, but he's a sloppy comicbook writer.
Actually, Waid didn't create Linda -- William Messner-Loebs did. (Waid fleshed her out quite a bit, though.)
ReplyDeleteAnother problem -- where was Geo-Force? (A nice problem to have, but still a problem in this case.) After shoehorning him into the first few parts of the crossover, he does nothing here -- I don't think he even bothered to show up. So what on earth was the point?
Maybe Geo-Force is who Brainiac 5 has "got" in his lightning rod. Maybe he's been removed from the time stream so completely that he never was.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Waid will do justice to Linda. IIRC, in an old interview he gave around the time of Flash 100, he said the only reason he never wanted to leave Flash was because he was afraid of what the next writer would do to Linda. He really loves the character and I expect him to really develop her as a wife, mother, and maybe even a reporter again, in the upcoming series.
ReplyDeleteAnd btw, true enough, the next regular team: Millar/Morrison...they killed off Linda.
"Wait - really? I haven't been buying JLA (the first story arc bored me to tears) but the recent arc had Batman fighting Karate Kid and the writer blew it off?"
ReplyDeleteEssentally, yeah.
Meltzer showed the beginning of the fight. Then, a few pages later we see a picture of Batman with a cracked cowl, then later we flash to a shot of Karate Kid holding Batman's utility belt, WITHOUT SEEING HOW EITHER OF THOSE TWO RESULTS HAPPENED.
Oh, don't worry. I could still see the full fight-- IF I also picked up COUNTDOWN#50!
So not only am I paying $3 extra for a fight that SHOULD have been featured in its entirety in the original $3 comic, but I'm also seeing the bulk of that fight with inferior blocky art instead of art by the awesome Shane Davis.
Who's lamer, Meltzer, or me for shelling out the extra $3?
And btw, true enough, the next regular team: Millar/Morrison...they killed off Linda.
ReplyDeleteIIRC, Morrison & Millar also brought her back by the end of their run (or even that storyline). So that's not quite the poor treatment Waid was worried about. Heck, he removed her from everyone's memory as soon as he came back to the book!
Wonder Woman and Vixen were also missing from that issue. Hmmmmm.
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I just hope artists actually remember she's Asian. I remember some artists drawing her like Donna Troy.
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