Comments on: On The Shelves: 11/23/05 http://loudpoet.com/2005/11/22/on-the-shelves-112305/ On Publishing, Poetry, Politics and Pop Culture Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ichiban Sensei http://loudpoet.com/2005/11/22/on-the-shelves-112305/#comment-792 Ichiban Sensei Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:01:00 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/archives/953#comment-792 Nice blog you have here. Not knowing what Paradox #1 was, I picked it up on release day. . . I posted a review on <a HREF="http://ichibancomics.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">my blog</a>, which gives more detail, but I didn't really enjoy it. The concept is that there's a detective in a parallel world (to the earth) where everything is run by magic. So science and the rules of science as we understand them are out the window. Anyway, someone commits a crime with a gun, and people are dumb-founded. . . there aren't guns on this parallel universe. Anyway, the concept was neat enough, but the story was a little convoluted for my taste...<br/><br/>Keep up the sweet site! Nice blog you have here. Not knowing what Paradox #1 was, I picked it up on release day. . . I posted a review on my blog, which gives more detail, but I didn’t really enjoy it. The concept is that there’s a detective in a parallel world (to the earth) where everything is run by magic. So science and the rules of science as we understand them are out the window. Anyway, someone commits a crime with a gun, and people are dumb-founded. . . there aren’t guns on this parallel universe. Anyway, the concept was neat enough, but the story was a little convoluted for my taste…

Keep up the sweet site!

]]> By: Jason http://loudpoet.com/2005/11/22/on-the-shelves-112305/#comment-771 Jason Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:27:00 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/archives/953#comment-771 Loveless #1 was one of the most awkward comics I've read in some time, glad to see someone agrees. <br/><br/>It seems like they’re trying to do the more modern western we're all falling in love with like Deadwood where every character has a shady side. The thing is, there are definitive heroes – people that we are supposed to root for – and the bad guys are equally endearing. <br/><br/>With Loveless it’s like he took all the bad and left none of the heart. <br/><br/>A great example is the use of the black soldiers in Loveless compared to the Chinese in Deadwood. In Deadwood we hear “chink” “chinamen” “yellow” – everyone (except Swearengen, our supposed villain), doesn’t care at all for these guys, they’re less than dirt. Bu they’re portrayed in a way that makes us love them – I love Mr. Wu and I felt for the prostitutes in the second season. Same goes for Hostetler and General – the town hates them, tarred and feathered one of them – but when we focus on them they’re endearing, we love them – great characters.<br/><br/>With Loveless, everyone’s saying “nigger this” and “nigger that” and then we actually see black people and they’re bloodthirsty savages.<br/><br/>It’s just…ew. Awkward. I felt so awkward reading it. Loveless #1 was one of the most awkward comics I’ve read in some time, glad to see someone agrees.

It seems like they’re trying to do the more modern western we’re all falling in love with like Deadwood where every character has a shady side. The thing is, there are definitive heroes – people that we are supposed to root for – and the bad guys are equally endearing.

With Loveless it’s like he took all the bad and left none of the heart.

A great example is the use of the black soldiers in Loveless compared to the Chinese in Deadwood. In Deadwood we hear “chink” “chinamen” “yellow” – everyone (except Swearengen, our supposed villain), doesn’t care at all for these guys, they’re less than dirt. Bu they’re portrayed in a way that makes us love them – I love Mr. Wu and I felt for the prostitutes in the second season. Same goes for Hostetler and General – the town hates them, tarred and feathered one of them – but when we focus on them they’re endearing, we love them – great characters.

With Loveless, everyone’s saying “nigger this” and “nigger that” and then we actually see black people and they’re bloodthirsty savages.

It’s just…ew. Awkward. I felt so awkward reading it.

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