http://jonesenstein.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/review-the-third/ Nick Jones' Personal Journal Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:28:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://jonesenstein.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/review-the-third/#comment-20 Nick Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:13:40 +0000 http://jonesenstein.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-20 I really don’t think you should’ve heard of me. Unless you frequent the comics on lulu.com, or unless you’re a big fan of <a href="http://www.nickjones.com" rel="nofollow">Nick Jones</a> the computer artist (I googled myself and found this site), there is no reason to have ever read anything I’ve ever written. Also, I never said I was any better than any of those spectacular writers you mentioned; I think each one of them is stunning in their own right (although I’ve never read anything by Bendis except <em>Ultimate Spiderman</em>, and I refuse to read much of that because of Bagley). What I did say, though, was that none of them – at least to my knowledge – has ever sought to do something radically different with comics. I mean, Miller wanted to do crime stories, so he turned <em>Daredevil</em> into a crime book; that was cool. Gaiman is a natural fantasy writer, so he took fantastic elements that really hadn’t been seen since the 40s and put them into a modern comic; that was cool too. What I’m saying is that I don’t believe anyone has written a comic because the story could not have been done any other medium. (although, I guess it could be done as a multi-season cartoon). What I’m saying is that no one created a series in order to change other peoples’ perception of what a comic book is capable of. Whether or not I succeed is a different story altogether. If I don’t, then you can call me vain and stupid. If I do, however… I really don’t think you should’ve heard of me. Unless you frequent the comics on lulu.com, or unless you’re a big fan of Nick Jones the computer artist (I googled myself and found this site), there is no reason to have ever read anything I’ve ever written.
Also, I never said I was any better than any of those spectacular writers you mentioned; I think each one of them is stunning in their own right (although I’ve never read anything by Bendis except Ultimate Spiderman, and I refuse to read much of that because of Bagley). What I did say, though, was that none of them – at least to my knowledge – has ever sought to do something radically different with comics.
I mean, Miller wanted to do crime stories, so he turned Daredevil into a crime book; that was cool. Gaiman is a natural fantasy writer, so he took fantastic elements that really hadn’t been seen since the 40s and put them into a modern comic; that was cool too.
What I’m saying is that I don’t believe anyone has written a comic because the story could not have been done any other medium. (although, I guess it could be done as a multi-season cartoon). What I’m saying is that no one created a series in order to change other peoples’ perception of what a comic book is capable of.
Whether or not I succeed is a different story altogether.
If I don’t, then you can call me vain and stupid.
If I do, however…

]]> http://jonesenstein.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/review-the-third/#comment-17 comicsfan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:20:25 +0000 http://jonesenstein.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-17 Who the hell do you think you are talking about “changing comics”? I’ve never heard of you, but you think you’re better than Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Mark Millar, Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, Peter David, and Brian Bendis? That’s vain and you’re stupid. Who the hell do you think you are talking about “changing comics”? I’ve never heard of you, but you think you’re better than Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Mark Millar, Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, Peter David, and Brian Bendis? That’s vain and you’re stupid.

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