Comments on: Comics Rack: Boing Boing's new monthly comics round-up http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Scott Finkeldei http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1471274 Scott Finkeldei Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1471274 So looking forward to this new feature.  thanks Boing Boing team! So looking forward to this new feature.  thanks Boing Boing team!

]]> By: ksebek http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1470978 ksebek Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1470978 hey i'd take some cast offs.  box up a couple of weeks and i'll pay the shipping hey i’d take some cast offs.  box up a couple of weeks and i’ll pay the shipping

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1469545 Mark_Frauenfelder Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1469545 Like I said. I do open all of them. But I stand over the recycling bin as I go through them. I just tossed a bunch today! Like I said. I do open all of them. But I stand over the recycling bin as I go through them. I just tossed a bunch today!

]]> By: Philbert http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1468741 Philbert Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1468741 What I find cool about the picture with all the spider-man comics is that I actually own some of them. That means that they're pretty old btw... What I find cool about the picture with all the spider-man comics is that I actually own some of them. That means that they’re pretty old btw…

]]> By: Brendan Fancy-Pants Kiefer http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1468181 Brendan Fancy-Pants Kiefer Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1468181 The Daily Crosshatch was always a favorite of mine. I was sad to see it go. Glad to see Brian talking about comics again. The Daily Crosshatch was always a favorite of mine. I was sad to see it go. Glad to see Brian talking about comics again.

]]> By: Tony_Moore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467684 Tony_Moore Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467684 i'm looking forward to this feature. Good idea, Boingers! -T i’m looking forward to this feature. Good idea, Boingers!

-T

]]> By: bheater http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467630 bheater Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467630  Webcomics and strips, certainly. Artbooks to an extent -- but only ones that still fits within the broader comics category. There will likely be less in the way of manga, though I'm always open for reading suggestions.  Webcomics and strips, certainly. Artbooks to an extent — but only ones that still fits within the broader comics category. There will likely be less in the way of manga, though I’m always open for reading suggestions.

]]> By: MadRat http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467556 MadRat Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467556 Will this include manga, art books, comic strips and/or webcomics? Will this include manga, art books, comic strips and/or webcomics?

]]> By: Bill Galloway http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467469 Bill Galloway Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467469 [...making it worth opening the packages instead of tossing them straight into the trash.] Am I sensing some anger here, instead of a critic's impartiality?  Are the covers to the comics you're getting so bad that you can't even open them?  Perhaps instead of immediately judging them as worthless garbage, you could give them to a friend with less discerning taste who might enjoy reading and reviewing the comics you spurn.  Maybe a small child could use them to learn to read (or at the very least least learn to avoid the artistic mistakes made by these fiends in human shape who send you their stuff).  I don't consider myself a beanie-wearing fan, but I do know enough about Dr. Wertham to be pretty sure he was never close to 99% correct about anything relating to comic books.  Quoting him favorably and dismissing 99% of your industry at a glance (represented by a pile of old Spider-Man covers I suppose) while introducing a positive exploration of indie comics is... off-putting? [...making it worth opening the
packages instead of tossing them straight into the trash.]

Am I sensing some anger here, instead of a critic’s impartiality?  Are the covers to the comics you’re getting so bad that you can’t even open them?  Perhaps instead of immediately judging them as worthless garbage, you could give them to a friend with less discerning taste who might enjoy reading and reviewing the comics you spurn.  Maybe a small child could use them to learn to read (or at the very least least learn to avoid the artistic mistakes made by these fiends in human shape who send you their stuff). 

I don’t consider myself a beanie-wearing fan, but I do know enough about Dr. Wertham to be pretty sure he was never close to 99% correct about anything relating to comic books.  Quoting him favorably and dismissing 99% of your industry at a glance (represented by a pile of old Spider-Man covers I suppose) while introducing a positive exploration of indie comics is… off-putting?

]]> By: skyhawk1 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467456 skyhawk1 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467456 This looks good. This looks good.

]]> By: TheGibson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467255 TheGibson Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467255  You're a mensch.  :L)  You’re a mensch.  :L)

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467196 Mark_Frauenfelder Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467196 I did not know this. I changed the name to Comics Rack. Thanks. I did not know this. I changed the name to Comics Rack. Thanks.

]]> By: TheGibson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467133 TheGibson Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467133 This sounds great but... I was wondering if you knew there was a well-respected comic podcast called "Indie Spinner Rack?" They're on ep. 195 and have been around since 2005. This sounds great but… I was wondering if you knew there was a well-respected comic podcast called “Indie Spinner Rack?” They’re on ep. 195 and have been around since 2005.

]]> By: Vaughn Marlowe http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467117 Vaughn Marlowe Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467117 I grew up alongside comic books, literally. When we were both 8-9 years old I could draw almost as well as the slightly older kids who were writing and drawing the emerging DC canon. They didn't impress me; even I could see they were pirating panels from Hal Foster, Alex Raymond, Roy Crane, and the other big guys who worked the syndicated newspaper Sunday comics sections. Original comic books were crap. In many ways, in most cases, they still are. The artwork is magnitudes better, the writing not so much. I'm glad Mr. Heater is filtering the product for us and I thank him. BAM! POW! SPLAT!   I grew up alongside comic books, literally. When we were both 8-9 years old I could draw almost as well as the slightly older kids who were writing and drawing the emerging DC canon. They didn’t impress me; even I could see they were pirating panels from Hal Foster, Alex Raymond, Roy Crane, and the other big guys who worked the syndicated newspaper Sunday comics sections. Original comic books were crap. In many ways, in most cases, they still are.

The artwork is magnitudes better, the writing not so much. I’m glad Mr. Heater is filtering the product for us and I thank him.

BAM! POW! SPLAT!  

]]> By: Brian Easton http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467033 Brian Easton Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467033 On the other hand I'm not such a big fan of shitting on super hero comics. It's just as bad as dismissing "genre fiction" On the other hand I’m not such a big fan of shitting on super hero comics. It’s just as bad as dismissing “genre fiction”

]]> By: jackruby1123 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467024 jackruby1123 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467024 I love that the above-the-jump image is a bunch of mainstream spiderman comics and then you get to the meat and its the indie, unknown goodness iv come to expect from boing boing. The old switcheroo! I love that the above-the-jump image is a bunch of mainstream spiderman comics and then you get to the meat and its the indie, unknown goodness iv come to expect from boing boing. The old switcheroo!

]]> By: MrWednesday7 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1467012 MrWednesday7 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1467012 Sturgeon's Law? Sturgeon’s Law?

]]> By: Mark Wood http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/spinner-rack-boing-boings-n.html#comment-1466999 Mark Wood Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168743#comment-1466999 I think I'm gonna like this.  Thanks! I think I’m gonna like this.  Thanks!

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