tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15126307.post8022712896109833339..comments2023-08-14T07:45:21.823-04:00Comments on LazyComixBlog: Dead Means DeadRandolphGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143546813051370005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15126307.post-71736505687952915672007-10-26T09:15:00.000-04:002007-10-26T09:15:00.000-04:00Yeah, maybe I should've specified Marvel. Honestly...Yeah, maybe I should've specified Marvel. Honestly it's more of me just wondering aloud... I'm not sure I could write the death of a character when I know there's no possible way he will stay dead. Maybe I'm expecting too much from a mainstream comic. I dunno. It's the old idea that superhero comics are just one big long Act 2. I'm looking for a story with the balls to be an Act 3 and it ain't happening.RandolphGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06143546813051370005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15126307.post-74716786247678909732007-10-25T22:18:00.000-04:002007-10-25T22:18:00.000-04:00By "comics" you obviously mean "Marvel and DC cont...By "comics" you obviously mean "Marvel and DC continuing super hero comics" because there have been lots of "meaningful" (i.e. really dead) deaths elsewhere. "Strangers in Paradise" just ended it's run with a death. Lots of death in "Stray Bullets". "Cerebus" ended with a death. "Doonsbury" has had a couple of deaths. Plenty of death in "Age of Bronze". That's just off the top of my head. <BR/> The problem is that you're looking for death amongst a staple of continuing characters. You search for meaning where there is none. By definition they can't die because they are defined by their powers and costumes. Their "personalities" are an afterthought. Sure they can make a good death story but just don't expect it to be permanent.Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335380869775400977noreply@blogger.com