{"id":375,"date":"2008-10-30T23:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/2008\/10\/final-bell\/"},"modified":"2008-10-30T23:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T04:17:00","slug":"final-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"Final Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRANK: When Comics Comics conceived of the Cage Match<\/a> concept, it was our goal to get our readers riled up enough about comics to switch from passive readers to active writers. It was\u2014and remains\u2014our hope that people care enough about comics to take a stand, one way or the other. To get involved, to build a dialogue that will help create an emotional as well as intellectual foundation for the comics of the future. Sometimes it’s too easy to talk about formal elements in comics\u2014page layout, technical proficiency, inking technique, character creation, fluency of language, narrative strategy, etc.\u2014and avoid the content at its core.<\/p>\n

Comics is what we’re about here at Comics Comics, and I, for one, think it’s a good thing to talk these things out. Okay, argue, yell, curse\u2014but all in the hopes of pushing the “discussion” along. I might not have the words or patience at times, but Tim Hodler does and usually Dan Nadel does too\u2014and so together we can all pitch in and build a framework for us, and for the reader, the commentator, the fan. THEN, it really gets interesting. It’s not just print on a page, it’s LIVE, it’s new comics day and people are hangin’ out, talkin’ shop, and talkin’ shit. It’s FUN.<\/p>\n

I think it’s safe to say that Cage Match #3<\/a> has fulfilled (well, to be honest\u2014exceeded) our goal. The discussions this time around have clearly generated much heat, and, I think, some light as well.<\/p>\n

I’ve received quite a few private emails addressing this particular Cage Match. Some thanking me for bringing this out, others admonishing me for my tone. It’s ALL appreciated. Sometimes I get emails from other cartoonists that are basically lectures about why what I wrote on the blog was wrong. (Hello! It’s called a Cage Match for a reason.) I appreciate that they took the time write me, ha. I don’t really mind being lectured. I’m just glad to know they’re reading along too. <\/p>\n

So, in that spirit, I want to thank Mr. Heatley and everyone who slacked off at work or at home to chime in on this Comics Comics Cage Match.<\/p>\n

TIM: Frank asked me to add a few words to his post, but I’m not sure I have too much to say, other than that I agree with him. <\/p>\n

I think the Cage Match itself, while it got a little heated at times, both in the main post and in the comments, was basically a success, and stayed more or less in bounds. I was less happy with some of the responses to David Heatley yesterday<\/a>, but I guess that’s what happens sometimes, and I have to take responsibility for it as one of the blog’s moderators. <\/p>\n

Passions sometimes run high, and I think that’s a good thing overall. Art needs passion, and argument, and maybe even hurt feelings now and again. But I don’t want this blog to degenerate into a forum for two-minute-hate<\/a> sessions, and, I have to say, it came too close to that yesterday. I want to apologize to David Heatley and our readers; it shouldn’t have happened.<\/p>\n

Umm. I don’t want sappy music to start playing in the background, so I’ll leave it at that. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FRANK: When Comics Comics conceived of the Cage Match concept, it was our goal to get our readers riled up enough about comics to switch from passive readers to active writers. It was\u2014and remains\u2014our hope that people care enough about comics to take a stand, one way or the other. To get involved, to build a dialogue that will help create an emotional as well as intellectual foundation for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[190,262,321],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cage-match","tag-comics-comics","tag-heatley"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}