Comments on: Quesada on DC Becoming Marvel http://loudpoet.com/2006/12/23/quesada-on-dc-becoming-marvel/ loudpoet.com: Blogging it like it is since 2003 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:02:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://loudpoet.com/2006/12/23/quesada-on-dc-becoming-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-1384 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:53:00 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/archives/1249#comment-1384 Yeah, I agree with him, too; particularly his Elvis/Beatles analogy.<br /><br />DC's major characters are genuine icons and attempting to humanize them only serves to tarnish their images, especially in less-skilled writers' hands. Marvel has a lot more flexibility because their characters' foundations are based in their flawed humanity from the beginning.<br /><br />My favorite DC titles right now are Robin, Firestorm and Blue Beetle, the fledgling hero/sidekick type of character they've always done better than Marvel. Young Avengers, which I enjoyed, is the closest Marvel has come to that type of character. Jonah Hex, I think, is one of the few fundamentally Marvel-style characters that works well for DC, and one who's title I'm also currently enjoying. Yeah, I agree with him, too; particularly his Elvis/Beatles analogy.

DC’s major characters are genuine icons and attempting to humanize them only serves to tarnish their images, especially in less-skilled writers’ hands. Marvel has a lot more flexibility because their characters’ foundations are based in their flawed humanity from the beginning.

My favorite DC titles right now are Robin, Firestorm and Blue Beetle, the fledgling hero/sidekick type of character they’ve always done better than Marvel. Young Avengers, which I enjoyed, is the closest Marvel has come to that type of character. Jonah Hex, I think, is one of the few fundamentally Marvel-style characters that works well for DC, and one who’s title I’m also currently enjoying.

]]> By: Loren http://loudpoet.com/2006/12/23/quesada-on-dc-becoming-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 Loren Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:12:00 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/archives/1249#comment-1383 I agree with Quesada that it seems like DC tries to Marvelize their characters too much. One could argue whether that's a good thing or not. But, for me, the books that I tend to like the most from DC are the ones that try not to be Marvel comics. They're more about how heroism is driven by an overwhelming sense of doing good and not because of internal conflict. <br /><br />I think the Marvel way is not a bad thing, but I really only like it in Marvel comic books (and, then, sometimes I don't -- for example, <i>Civil War</i> gets more and more preposterous every month). DC is about icons or trying to be an icon. In this day and age where reality sometimes becomes too heavy, I don't really want to read it in my entertainment. I want to feel like I could aspire to be more than who I am. I agree with Quesada that it seems like DC tries to Marvelize their characters too much. One could argue whether that’s a good thing or not. But, for me, the books that I tend to like the most from DC are the ones that try not to be Marvel comics. They’re more about how heroism is driven by an overwhelming sense of doing good and not because of internal conflict.

I think the Marvel way is not a bad thing, but I really only like it in Marvel comic books (and, then, sometimes I don’t — for example, Civil War gets more and more preposterous every month). DC is about icons or trying to be an icon. In this day and age where reality sometimes becomes too heavy, I don’t really want to read it in my entertainment. I want to feel like I could aspire to be more than who I am.

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