Comments on: The Most Amazing Review of the Year

By: Actually...

Actually... — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:57:46 +0000

I know I’m ridiculously late to the game here, but this criticism is so far off the mark it’s funny. The writer in question was fairly recently added to the AV Club’s staff. Having been familiar with his prior freelance stuff and his blog, I’d say he was likely added to the staff primarily for what he could add to their burgeoning comics section. His passion for comics is undeniable, and as has already been mentioned, is likely why he fudged this review for a well-known quantity. I’m not denying that the review in question was unethical nor that the treatment he got for writing it was undeserved, but it certainly didn’t come from a place of dispassion for the medium.

As for the AV Club itself, the editor hired writers to cover specialized topics and assumed they would be covered with integrity. The review doesn’t jump out as false to anyone without intimate knowledge of comics and their release dates, and it was dealt with as promptly as could have been asked, so I think your criticism of their publication is a bit harsh for a first-time offense.

By: 12/22 « 20 Minutes a Day

12/22 « 20 Minutes a Day — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:03:26 +0000

[...] Yes, the genius (no sarcasm intended) behind this incident. [...]

By: 12/21 « 20 Minutes a Day

12/21 « 20 Minutes a Day — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:02:30 +0000

[...] – unlike the on-line source that originally reported the incident. [...]

By: Winston T. Grant

Winston T. Grant — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:58:29 +0000

Dude: if you know ANYTHING about comix AT ALL–Alex TOTH=GENIUS. A hundred monkeys in a room randomly typing would have come to the same conclusion after the first fifteen minutes.
what’s the damn problem?
What–you also doubt Kirby, Eisner, Alex Williamson,and Frazzetta? Any book about any of these guys will say the same thing—GENIUS, technical mastery, Groundbreaking, cinematic sweep—take your pick. Don’t cry about an honest evaluation of a known quantity.
Platinum is platinum.

By: zack soto

zack soto — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:37:41 +0000

DAMN

By: covey

covey — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:52:35 +0000

Man, I thought that comment would do it. I’ll try again.

By: covey

covey — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:51:34 +0000

It would be a shame to have the comments stop just before hitting a third page.

By: Debra Jennings

Debra Jennings — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:57:36 +0000

Nothing is more amusing.
Someone should write an unverifiable article about this obvious and lamentable phenomenon and then get fired.
Someone else should make humorous mention of this editorial oversight and get lambasted.
Many people should comment on the situation and expose their own biases or attempt to comment on the way other people comment.
New alliances should be formed and old ones discarded.
Then we should all start over, fresh and ready for a new meaningful conflict.

By: patrick ford

patrick ford — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:48:35 +0000

Is there anything more amusing than the current small group fashion of mocking “the canonization” of cartoonists.
This is placed in a nice warm light when you see the kind of material praised by the same people heaping snide condescension on the tastes of people who like Gilbert Hernandez, Crumb, or Ware.
Search the reviews of these people and their canon consists of the latest Iron Man movie, teen-theme manga, and old X-Men comic books.

By: zack soto

zack soto — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:34:03 +0000

ahahaha. ZING