Grace Randolph's Between The Pages - Yes, It's Watchmen

[Rich Johnston]

Bleeding Cool's Grace Randoph and Newsarama's Alan Kistler discuss the comic industry's week of news in this Between The Pages edition of Think About The Ink... so that means Watchmen. And I find myself disagreeing with every word. Divergence of opinion! Plurality of views! Hell, I publish Darin Wagner, don't I? Must... reign... in... temptation to fly to JFX, get the trains to Midtown Comics at Times Square, hope they are still recording and barge in to object.

Self control, Richard, self control. Calm, calm, calm. There, that's better.

Aaarghhhhh!!

[Blackfist]

[Mike H.]

Surface-level rehashing of everything that's been debated in the Before Watchmen threads here over the past few days (which itself was a rehashing of the debates from the original leaks Bleeding Cool posted at the end of 2011).

[Blackfist]

Surface-level rehashing of everything that's been debated in the Before Watchmen threads here over the past few days (which itself was a rehashing of the debates from the original leaks Bleeding Cool posted at the end of 2011).

yes, yes, we all know we're pummelling a rotting horse

[Mike H.]

yes, yes, we all know we're pummelling a rotting horse

Got an extra baseball bat handy? I already broke my last... umm... five.

[GraceRandolph]

Surface-level rehashing of everything that's been debated in the Before Watchmen threads here over the past few days (which itself was a rehashing of the debates from the original leaks Bleeding Cool posted at the end of 2011).

Yes, but you're assuming that everyone has been reading every single comment here in the threads... Video is a different medium, and this will play to a number of people who haven't gone as in-depth with this argument as someone like you has.

I really appreciate your feedback, but it would be even better if you could be more constructive rather than negative.

[Blackfist]

Got an extra baseball bat handy? I already broke my last... umm... five.

I'll give ya a cricket bat, larger surface area.

[Mike H.]

I really appreciate your feedback, but it would be even better if you could be more constructive rather than negative.

Okay, fair enough. Instead of simply parroting everything that's already been said in the comment threads that you've so clearly read as well, don't you think your forum would be better served and possibly garner more hits in the long run had you attempted to take the discussion to another level by finding an angle that either hadn't already been explored or, barring that, had in your opinion been under-explored? As it is, all you really accomplished with this latest installment is the video equivalent of a cut-and-paste. You're better than that.

[GraceRandolph]

Okay, fair enough. Instead of simply parroting everything that's already been said in the comment threads that you've so clearly read as well, don't you think your forum would be better served and possibly garner more hits in the long run had you attempted to take the discussion to another level by finding an angle that either hadn't already been explored or, barring that, had in your opinion been under-explored? As it is, all you really accomplished with this latest installment is the video equivalent of a cut-and-paste. You're better than that.

Fair enough, I guess I walked right into that one.

Actually, I haven't been following the comments here in the thread. I imagine a lot of people will be having the same thoughts on this, so the "cut and paste" allegation is really unfair.

MANY of my viewers on Think About The Ink are new to comics, and the video has no dislikes yet, so while YOU aren't enjoying it others are. Unfortunately, a lot of comic book coverage is elitest and hard to follow, something I'm trying to avoid with my show.

[not him - HIM]

I really appreciate your feedback, but it would be even better if you could be more constructive rather than negative.

That's probably a big ask for this forum.