Comments on: Back to Cyberspace http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/11/back-to-cyberspace/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:56:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Vito http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/11/back-to-cyberspace/#comment-4175 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:40:55 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/11/back-to-cyberspace/#comment-4175 Didn't you see Wedding Crashers? "Crabcakes and football! That's what Maryland does best!!" Didn’t you see Wedding Crashers?

“Crabcakes and football! That’s what Maryland does best!!”

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/11/back-to-cyberspace/#comment-4168 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:51:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/11/back-to-cyberspace/#comment-4168 Hey Brian, I'm sorry I missed you! I went tot he museum in the AM but was around for a few hors on Sunday. Glad you had a good time. Hey Brian, I’m sorry I missed you! I went tot he museum in the AM but was around for a few hors on Sunday. Glad you had a good time.

]]> by: Brian Spence http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/11/back-to-cyberspace/#comment-4166 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:11:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/11/back-to-cyberspace/#comment-4166 It turns out that I only got to hang out at the convention for two hours late on Sunday, then my brother and I checked out the Geppi Museum. Very, very nice museum. It really exceeded my expectations. Great location, too. My brother loved it, but wondered whether it's possible for it to generate a profit. I don't really think turning a profit is why Geppi did it, but I wonder about it too. Except for two or three other people, it was empty. As for the show, I went to the David Lloyd panel and it was great. I felt a little bad because he seemed so eager to sell his new book Kickback, and Dark Horse didn't supply him with enough copies. I wanted one, and he was sold out. He did autograph a Kickback promo though. Very nice guy. Probably the most interesting comment from him was that he totally didn't agree with Alan Moore's philosophy that anarchy can be a viable solution for the world's troubles. To prove his point, he brought up the Christiania area of Copenhagen (which I had just visited last November), which is pretty much an anarchic society. It was fine until some bikers moved in and it turned to a crime infested slum. I can recall that when I was walking around there at noon, with cops nearby, I still felt very unsafe. The craziest people I've ever seen there, high out of their minds in the middle of the day. He said that the world that V envisioned just isn't possible in reality. The movie was a more realistic portrayal of showing V creating anarchy for a specific purpose, defeating the oppressive government, not for the purpose of creating a society of anarchists. The biggest shock? There was about eight people in the room to listen to David Lloyd. This guy has been a huge talent in the industry for decades, he had a major motion picture released here, and only eight people show up to his panel? It's the closest we're going to get to Alan Moore, people!!! It turns out that I only got to hang out at the convention for two hours late on Sunday, then my brother and I checked out the Geppi Museum. Very, very nice museum. It really exceeded my expectations. Great location, too. My brother loved it, but wondered whether it’s possible for it to generate a profit. I don’t really think turning a profit is why Geppi did it, but I wonder about it too. Except for two or three other people, it was empty.

As for the show, I went to the David Lloyd panel and it was great. I felt a little bad because he seemed so eager to sell his new book Kickback, and Dark Horse didn’t supply him with enough copies. I wanted one, and he was sold out. He did autograph a Kickback promo though. Very nice guy.

Probably the most interesting comment from him was that he totally didn’t agree with Alan Moore’s philosophy that anarchy can be a viable solution for the world’s troubles. To prove his point, he brought up the Christiania area of Copenhagen (which I had just visited last November), which is pretty much an anarchic society. It was fine until some bikers moved in and it turned to a crime infested slum. I can recall that when I was walking around there at noon, with cops nearby, I still felt very unsafe. The craziest people I’ve ever seen there, high out of their minds in the middle of the day.

He said that the world that V envisioned just isn’t possible in reality. The movie was a more realistic portrayal of showing V creating anarchy for a specific purpose, defeating the oppressive government, not for the purpose of creating a society of anarchists.

The biggest shock? There was about eight people in the room to listen to David Lloyd. This guy has been a huge talent in the industry for decades, he had a major motion picture released here, and only eight people show up to his panel? It’s the closest we’re going to get to Alan Moore, people!!!

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