tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post3388142110789708349..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: Continuing to DangleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-70688043463428526972018-09-12T23:01:40.313+01:002018-09-12T23:01:40.313+01:00It's well-documented that sexual intercourse b...It's well-documented that sexual intercourse began in 1963, so if it was kept as a closely guarded secret until 1978, I'm intrigued to know what was going on, and where, in government research facilities in the intervening 15 years. Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292062128781092862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-51708958201133229482018-09-11T18:06:36.817+01:002018-09-11T18:06:36.817+01:00In days of old when men were bold, American comics...In days of old when men were bold, American comics were rarer than hen’s teeth to find. This left the odds of finding two consecutive issues very much against you. A friend once told me this pushed him towards DC comics,. As the stories were self-contained this was less of an issue.<br /><br />But I think that perversely the same thing propelled me towards Marvel. The way you saw merely fragments of a bigger picture only made it more fascinating. I don’t think this was down to treating the gaps as an invitation. I didn’t, to pick up on an earlier example, wonder very much just how Spider-man would be getting out from under that big machine if it had been up to me. It was just appealing that things were borderless, that there was always more out there.<br /><br />However, this may be more to do with Kirby’s writing style than Ditko’s. His world was chaotic and volatile, where characters and concepts would just crash in and out as they came to him. This could have had something to do with the unfortunate tendency for later writers to continue extrapolating from Kirby forevermore. But at the time I was all part of the appeal. For me, anyway.Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-87646708449336407122018-09-10T16:53:44.975+01:002018-09-10T16:53:44.975+01:00Great post. Two comments/questions:
Do you think...Great post. Two comments/questions:<br /><br />Do you think that this "status quo ante bellum" worked better when there was a long time between stories, like in weekly/monthly comics or TV before video collections, re-runs and the internet? I don't think I minded that series did that kind of thing when it felt like ages between episodes/stories, especially as 'life' would ensure that I would miss some of the episodes/stories anyway. But this kind of thing drives me up the wall in recent decades because I never have to miss anything and can often watch/read things back-to-back, where these re-sets are just annoying.<br /><br />As a parent, I can confirm that the heirs to Stan Lee do him proud in the marketing: films are made (and rated) for 12+ or more, the brand and merchandise are marketed for those in the 6-12 age range. So they really do go from "too old" to "a bit baby-ish" without interruption.JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.com