Comments on: One more link http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:42:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-318366 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:23:06 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-318366 Beautiful. Lots of wonderful thoughts in that article. :) Beautiful. Lots of wonderful thoughts in that article. :)

]]> by: Cully Hamner http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-313702 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:59:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-313702 I took it that way, as well, TC. I'm gonna play Bill Clinton here, though, and say that it depends on what you think the word "can" means. I can't play guitar. I can TRY, but at this moment, I CAN'T. So, I'd argue back that not everybody CAN do comics. Like you said, one can TRY, but Ms. Dargis might have been a little more clear. Regardless, I'd bet that if you said to her or any of her colleagues at the NY TIMES that anybody with a Blogspot account can be considered a journalist, they'd wince like I did. I took it that way, as well, TC. I’m gonna play Bill Clinton here, though, and say that it depends on what you think the word “can” means. I can’t play guitar. I can TRY, but at this moment, I CAN’T. So, I’d argue back that not everybody CAN do comics. Like you said, one can TRY, but Ms. Dargis might have been a little more clear.

Regardless, I’d bet that if you said to her or any of her colleagues at the NY TIMES that anybody with a Blogspot account can be considered a journalist, they’d wince like I did.

]]> by: TC http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-311883 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:01:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-311883 That really is a beautiful piece, and to Cully's comment, I'd argue that any CAN do it, or more accurately, TRY to do it, it's just that most don't have a special or unique talent for it. I took the comment in the spirit of a punk rock, DIY-ethos. Anyone with pen & paper, a guitar, camera, etc. can create (but of course, that doesn't mean they should...). That really is a beautiful piece, and to Cully’s comment, I’d argue that any CAN do it, or more accurately, TRY to do it, it’s just that most don’t have a special or unique talent for it. I took the comment in the spirit of a punk rock, DIY-ethos. Anyone with pen & paper, a guitar, camera, etc. can create (but of course, that doesn’t mean they should…).

]]> by: Cully Hamner http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309813 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:00:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309813 Nice piece, but I'll admit that I winced a little bit when she wrote that comics are "something anyone can create." No, Ms. Dargis, they're not-- anymore than someone "write a book" with pencil and paper. In fact, they're aren't many people in the world who can do what we do in this business. BTW, nice seeing you briefly this weekend, Heidi! Nice piece, but I’ll admit that I winced a little bit when she wrote that comics are “something anyone can create.” No, Ms. Dargis, they’re not– anymore than someone “write a book” with pencil and paper. In fact, they’re aren’t many people in the world who can do what we do in this business.

BTW, nice seeing you briefly this weekend, Heidi!

]]> by: Jackie Estrada http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309812 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:59:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309812 That is the BEST article I've ever read about Comic-Con! That is the BEST article I’ve ever read about Comic-Con!

]]> by: Anhedionisiac http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309679 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:49:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309679 Please, please, please tell me you didn't mean it when you called her snooty! She's one of the most wonderful film critics out there and certainly the one of the bunch that is the furthest from fitting the definition of snooty that comes to mind... That she is able to see Comic-Con for what it is comes as no surprise to her readers! Please, please, please tell me you didn’t mean it when you called her snooty! She’s one of the most wonderful film critics out there and certainly the one of the bunch that is the furthest from fitting the definition of snooty that comes to mind… That she is able to see Comic-Con for what it is comes as no surprise to her readers!

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309569 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:58:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309569 Wow. What a wonderful Valentine! This gets sent to my family, just so they understand my passion a little bit better. and next year, i'm taking my nephew. gotta let my geek flag fly! Wow. What a wonderful Valentine! This gets sent to my family, just so they understand my passion a little bit better.
and next year, i’m taking my nephew. gotta let my geek flag fly!

]]> by: Chad Anderson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309405 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:38:20 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/03/one-more-link/#comment-309405 People compain about Comic-Con being too family friendly? Really? People compain about Comic-Con being too family friendly? Really?

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