tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post8052976208972588563..comments2024-01-02T09:18:23.893-05:00Comments on Written World: The 12 Levels of Comic Book Fan AgreementRagnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-37768235709103298552007-03-02T18:40:00.000-05:002007-03-02T18:40:00.000-05:00Great list. The lower levels of interaction are w...Great list. The lower levels of interaction are why I stay out of mainstream fandom conversations and interactions. Interestingly, I have taught university students who had a similar sort of interaction with literature, they flat-out refused to read other literature in the genre that they had chosen to write their own fiction. How can you write well in any genre unless you know what else has been written in before you, and how do you know that you wont just be repeating what has been done before?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-62961120172255132812007-02-22T21:18:00.000-05:002007-02-22T21:18:00.000-05:00How about corollary IA) We both hate the same seri...How about corollary IA) We both hate the same series for the same reasons... etc? Isn't comic book fandom as much about mutual griping as it is mutual enjoyment?Andrea Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469866936790559318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-16389087235264540222007-02-21T06:16:00.000-05:002007-02-21T06:16:00.000-05:00Level 16: I write fanfiction.Level 16: I write fanfiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-31737462301020232142007-02-20T23:26:00.000-05:002007-02-20T23:26:00.000-05:00Mari -- That's Level 4, as it makes conversation i...Mari -- That's Level 4, as it makes conversation impossible unless you find a different topic that puts you somewhere between 1 and 3.Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-26186652750301367222007-02-20T19:52:00.000-05:002007-02-20T19:52:00.000-05:00You left out comparisons about Hitler and three-pa...You left out comparisons about Hitler and three-page tirades against Geoff Johns.Will Stapleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05102456593495895955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-82391823392514360962007-02-20T19:40:00.000-05:002007-02-20T19:40:00.000-05:00This deserves a line-art diagram a la Indexed.This deserves a line-art diagram a la <A HREF="http://indexed.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Indexed</A>.Trocheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14907531914717305246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-61147468429995386862007-02-20T16:01:00.000-05:002007-02-20T16:01:00.000-05:00I like this list -- although I'd suggest an additi...I like this list -- although I'd suggest an additional, parallel track splitting off around point #6.<BR/><BR/>It would go something like this:<BR/><BR/>6a) I dislike your favorite series b/c the creators' take on it is diametrically opposed to what I think it should be -- and I've got a huge stack of silver/bronze age comics that 'prove' I'm right. <BR/><BR/>You like this comic, therefore you are wrong... <BR/><BR/>...and, thus, you kinda suck.<BR/><BR/>7a) I dislike your favorite series so much that it is ruining my enjoyment of the entire shared universe in which your series takes place. Your favorite series is making Marvel/DC too bright/dark and/or too adult/not adult enough.<BR/><BR/>You like this series, therefore you are helping to ruin DC/Marvel comics for me.<BR/><BR/>Thus, you suck.<BR/><BR/>8a) I dislike your favorite series SO much that it is ruining my enjoyment of superhero comics as a whole. Your favorite series (and series like it) is too bright/dark and/or too adult/not adult enough.<BR/><BR/>You like this series, therefore you are contributing to the ruination of the superhero genre for me. <BR/><BR/>(Why can't you just read All-Star Superman instead?) <BR/><BR/>Accordingly, you suck.<BR/><BR/>9a) I dislike your favorite series SO MUCH that it (and other series like it) is ruining the continued viability of superhero comics. Your favorite series is too bright/dark and/or too adult/not adult enough.<BR/><BR/>You like this series, therefore you are contributing to the ruination of the superhero genre for EVERYONE.<BR/><BR/>(It's your fault Superman is crying all the time, dammit! Speedball is an emo cutter because of YOU! Ted Kord/Pantha/Hawkeye DIED FOR YOUR SINS! Kids can't read DC/Marvel comics because of freaks like you! <BR/><BR/>Marvel Adventures? Johnny DC? What are those? Never heard of 'em.)<BR/><BR/>You, and people like you, really suck.<BR/><BR/>10a)I dislike your favorite series SO! MUCH! that the mere fact that it exists makes me ashamed to read comics. <BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, I still love Fun Home/Persepolis/Watchmen/ All-Star Superman/(insert other 'widely acclaimed' comic here)...<BR/><BR/>But, somehow, I'd love it even more if your favorite comic/shared universe/genre ceased to exist. <BR/><BR/>(Death to superheroes/manga/ anything that doesn't meet the approval of the hipster crowd I live only to impress!)<BR/><BR/>But it won't cease to exist b/c evil people like you continue to buy it. <BR/><BR/>Therefore you really, really suck and I hate you.<BR/><BR/>11a) I hate your favorite series SO! MUCH! (hateithateyoudiediedie!) that I am convinced that it's mere existence is KILLING COMICS. <BR/><BR/>(Because you bought Civil War, the entire industry is in imminent danger of total destruction! How do you like THEM APPLES?!?)<BR/><BR/>Thus, to defend comics I declare a NERD FATWA on you and your kind! I will now proceed to write an oh-so-cutting rant on my blog while brainstorming ways to turn remaindered copies of Jimmy Corrigan into IEDs! Vengeance will soon be mine!<BR/><BR/>12a)www.beaucoupkevin.com/2007/02/we-need-to-talk.html<BR/><BR/>(I kid, I kid! Well, mostly.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-37514586989807413492007-02-20T13:31:00.000-05:002007-02-20T13:31:00.000-05:00Brilliant! Thanks.I know it's not technically a co...Brilliant! Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I know it's not technically a comic book fan involvement, but don't forget level zero: "You read <I>comic books</I>?"Bullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708103213119467419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-56286856300960097252007-02-20T12:50:00.000-05:002007-02-20T12:50:00.000-05:00Aren't you ever allowed to be indifferent to someo...Aren't you ever allowed to be indifferent to someone else's favourite? S<BR/><BR/>omething like: Your favourite series does nothing for me but it's okay that you like it providing you don't expect me to hold an opinion on the subject.Marionettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985975073151200366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-82349198878725718502007-02-20T09:30:00.000-05:002007-02-20T09:30:00.000-05:00I've gotten the:You actually agree with me, but yo...I've gotten the:<BR/><BR/>You actually agree with me, but you chose to prepare a balanced discussion with positive and negatives on both sides, so I've only chosen to harp on the negatives about my view and ignore the positive things that you said.<BR/><BR/>That's always fun. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-51663564975583396562007-02-20T08:56:00.000-05:002007-02-20T08:56:00.000-05:00I think that you summed it all up quite neatly! E...I think that you summed it all up quite neatly! Excellent.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-37139531716258566402007-02-20T00:10:00.000-05:002007-02-20T00:10:00.000-05:00I'd like to add:I didn't totally read what you sai...I'd like to add:<BR/><BR/>I didn't totally read what you said about your entry about your favorite series, but I'm going to make my opinion based on the couple of words I pulled out of it and attack you because of them...even though I've read what you've said totally out of context and/or missed the point entirely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-39961318130858201762007-02-19T23:53:00.000-05:002007-02-19T23:53:00.000-05:00KOTTAM! This is bound to smack the taste out of so...KOTTAM! This is bound to smack the taste out of <B><I>somebodies</I></B> mouth.DYKC?™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03298824033149279756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-18230906583209354002007-02-19T22:56:00.000-05:002007-02-19T22:56:00.000-05:00I think 13 is:'Your favorite series is garbage bec...I think 13 is:<BR/><BR/>'Your favorite series is garbage because everything produced by (COMPANY X) is garbage.'<BR/><BR/>14 would be:<BR/><BR/>'Your favorite series is garbage because only manga/superhero comics/indy comics/Cerebrus is any good.'<BR/><BR/>15 is the level of David Sim with anyone female.<BR/><BR/>--John BilesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com