A true tragedy

On the day when lots of, for lack of a better phrase, aggrandizing lies are being told about one sports legend, here's a great piece about a sports figure who really will be leaving this earth too soon.

(And yeah, watching the '86 series remains one of my favorite moments ever. But even after learning about how ill-behaved most of the '86 folks were, it was hard not to love Carter.)

A true tragedy

On the day when lots of, for lack of a better phrase, aggrandizing lies are being told about one sports legend, here's a great piece about a sports figure who really will be leaving this earth too soon.

(And yeah, watching the '86 series remains one of my favorite moments ever. But even after learning about how ill-behaved most of the '86 folks were, it was hard not to love Carter.)

Quick question

So, you're reading a fantasy novel, set in a world without our history or religions.

And there's a parsimonious, amoral banker/moneylender. Not an unusual character archetype, right?

And then that character is described as "hook-nosed."

Do you have a negative reaction to this?

Quick question

So, you're reading a fantasy novel, set in a world without our history or religions.

And there's a parsimonious, amoral banker/moneylender. Not an unusual character archetype, right?

And then that character is described as "hook-nosed."

Do you have a negative reaction to this?

Speaking of things that annoy me today

Remember when Warren Ellis actually understood the characters he was writing?

Oh, I know. He never actually got any of his characters other than the ones he created, or the occasional one who'd been so underdeveloped, it was like getting a blank slate anyway (see his Stormwatch run).

But still, this is a pretty good example of having no fucking clue what Captain America is about:



Someone (either on Wait, What, or at Arisia) recently talked about how no one who writes Wonder Woman actually reads the previous runs, so the character is rarely true to herself. Ellis is the epitome of this (as is JMS), and while I often love him, he sometimes shouldn't be allowed to touch certain characters.

Speaking of things that annoy me today

Remember when Warren Ellis actually understood the characters he was writing?

Oh, I know. He never actually got any of his characters other than the ones he created, or the occasional one who'd been so underdeveloped, it was like getting a blank slate anyway (see his Stormwatch run).

But still, this is a pretty good example of having no fucking clue what Captain America is about:



Someone (either on Wait, What, or at Arisia) recently talked about how no one who writes Wonder Woman actually reads the previous runs, so the character is rarely true to herself. Ellis is the epitome of this (as is JMS), and while I often love him, he sometimes shouldn't be allowed to touch certain characters.