tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754356721889145004.post4693589128468950708..comments2024-03-25T19:54:31.172-04:00Comments on Relatively Geeky Network: QBP #134 - Teknophage 1 & 10Relatively Geekyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08214808049768090936noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754356721889145004.post-15746074194528759192019-05-11T13:14:54.575-04:002019-05-11T13:14:54.575-04:00Perfect sense, Doc. Perfect sense. Perfect sense, Doc. Perfect sense. Relatively Geekyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214808049768090936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754356721889145004.post-35235697671921260792019-05-10T06:59:05.963-04:002019-05-10T06:59:05.963-04:00I freely admit that I haven't read any of thes...I freely admit that I haven't read any of these books from this universe.<br /><br />I am also the guy who kind of eye rolls at Gaiman's Sandman. It's good ... but it ain't that good.<br /><br />But I did want to comment on the books which carry a creator's name. It almost makes me think 'buyer beware'. When I really want to read the actual creator but I get a ghost writer or someone trying to write like the original creator, I give the book a little less rope.<br /><br />For example, I love American Flagg, at least the early issues written and drawn by Howard Chaykin. When he left, the book sort of floundered.<br /><br />A few years later, they resurrected the book as 'Howard Chaykin's American Flagg'. Same characters, but still no Chaykin on writing or art. I desperately wanted to be Chaykin, but it wasn't. It was like reading a carnival mirror version of the universe, recognizable but just not right. I dropped the book after the first arc.<br /><br />Had Chaykin been on the book, I probably would have given it more time. But I felt putting Chaykin's name on the book was a way to try to keep me around. And frankly, it felt like a cheat.<br /><br />It reminds me when movie's promote a creator but they are in a producer role, not directing or writing. Ponying up the money isn't the same thing as being creatively involved.<br /><br />Hope this makes sense.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.com