Back To The Bins 64 - COMPLETELY Overrated Talents in Comics

[Ken]

"Pop Music" does mean "Popular Music", correct?

If something sells a shitload, doesn't that mean it's popular, and therefore, "Pop Music?"

[RHagen]

[ljacone]

[NewFun#6]

Ooookay. I'm officially bowing out of the Beatles part of this discussion before I get really pissed off and say something I'll regret later.

[BillETM]

Hey guys I'm new to the show. Just to let you know that I loved this episode. It sounds like the discussions (arguments) my friends and I have. Some more heated than others. I will check out some of the older shows and continuing with the newer ones. Great work!

[Arthur Ratnik]

[NewFun#6]

[Vindicator]

Just thought I would chime in about the beatles talk, just because I haven't listened to the episode yet, and say I don't really like there music.
Ok don't get me wrong I admit they are amazing musicians and changed the face of music for the better, but there like the "Citizen Kane" of the music industry. They changed the world or music, but compared to what we have seen after there just "Boring".
I hope people get what I mean, and don't take it the wrong way.

[ljacone]

[Arthur Ratnik]

[Steeven]

ljacone - You want to hate the Beatles, you go right on ahead and hate the Beatles. But know this . . . the Beatles still love you.

But seriously, you don't like the Beatles, that's cool. I think I'm amazed that you can't find one Beatles song that you like, but again, that's cool. We all have our own tastes.

For me, the Beatles play music that I can feel. I can't explain that at all. I listen to and enjoy many styles of music. Hair Metal, Rap, Pop, swing, classical, whatever. But Beatles songs move me. They just do.

But hey, that's my thing.

[ljacone]

[Hair-Metal Hero]

Great show. Frank Miller, more so than I think anyone else is to blame for the direness of comics in the 90s and the remnants of it are still felt today. Plus, not a big fan of his art either. He can be striking and boring at the same time. That said, I like his mainstream superhero writing up until Sin City and his creator owned stuff became his major focus. The 90s was everyone trying to out Miller , well Miller himself. And it bombed. I don't mind dark and gritty, but geez, batman can be a loner and edgier than Superman(rightfully so, I think), but what Miller and Morrison have done to him is atrocious. That being said, Alex Ross' art is fucking amazing. I can't draw for shit, so art in comics to me is mostly the same, it tells the story. I can only point out when I really hate a style or artist, or pop raging wood over them. Ross' stuff gives me a serious case of Nerd Priaprism. I know he's a douche, but the skill and craftsmanship on his stuff is astounding to me. Every comic should look like that. Okay, let me get my fire retardant blanket on......

[Arthur Ratnik]

[Arthur Ratnik]

[NewFun#6]

[ljacone]

[Arthur Ratnik]

[NewFun#6]

[ljacone]

A night of reading Marvel Two-In-One (trying to finish up a borrowed Essential) has mellowed me out something fierce. I shouldn't have said anything about The Beatles in a comics forum. I should stick to bashing sacred comics cows like Morrison.

Chris, let me see about getting a headset first before anything else. Thanks fellas.