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Thursday, October 28, 2004
Fun With Evan Dorkin
Since his site doesn't appear on the Comic Weblog Updates page I thought I would point out that the lovely Evan Dorkin has three reviews up at his site and they're all worth reading. One is Vangaurd's edition of Wally Wood's The Wizard King, the other is the Walking Dead trade paperback (well the intro to it anyway), and Action Heroes Archives Vol.1 - Captain Atom. Dorkin tears into all the books with his usual gusto.
Reading the reviews I did come to this realization: Robert Kirkman's success makes as much sense to me as Brian Michael Bendis'. They both get heaps of praise from tons of people but when I look at the work of either I just can't for the life of me see what there is to like. Bendis fills his characters' mouths with dialogue that's way too smart for it's own good and therefore comes off as disgustingly unrealistic. He also seems crippled in the ability to end his stories well. I gave the first two Powers trades a chance but just could not hang with all the build up to an ending that doesn't seem worth it. Kirkman doesn't have those exact problems, but his whole livelihood seems to be about bringing back a type of "classic" way of telling superhero stories. Because God knows nobody's interested in archiving those essential comics of the past. Also, when I read Invincible #1 there was a scene where the kid's Dad and the Dad's friend were going on about how well the kid looked in his new superhero suit. When I read that I said to myself "that's the stupidest thing I've ever seen in a comic book." When I say that understand I've got a near-full run of DC's mid-90's book Fate.
So to sum it all up: Evan Dorkin writes good reviews and I don't like the work of those more successful than me. Is it jealousy, insecurity, me being angry for no reason or are Bendis and Kirkman just overrated bastards? I'm going with all of the above.
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