Cap attacked by tcj.com writer

[John Dunbar]

Go here:

http://www.tcj.com/?p=1069

Really nice. I daresay our Captain has done more for sharing a love of comics with the masses than this pretentious, elitist, pompous windbag, Heidi MacDonald at The Beat linked to it by saying "Now that's more like it", which was disappointing; I thought more of Heidi than that.

[Ana Canino-Fluit (Anacoqui- mod)]

That is disappointing but lets not return the favor of personal attacks and instead answer back with our customary civility...

[Robert Sutton]

I saw that this morning in the office. I'm not surprised to see that coming from The Comics Journal; what was startling was that it received a excited recommendation from Heidi MacDonald. I can't see how anybody who could herself to be a professional journalist would find that childish attack on Cap to be insightful criticism in any way.

[The Baron]

I've never read this TCJ. I prefer more intellectual fare, like Wizard.

[Luke Blanchard]

I can't read it. I get an Apache Software page instead.

[John Dunbar]

Try this, Luke, it's a link to the article at the Beat, just look for (ugh) "Now that's more like it!"

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/12/11/kibbles-n-bits-1...

Luke Blanchard said:

I can't read it. I get an Apache Software page instead.

[KSwolf]

One would think that a college professor, with a number of degrees from an Ivy League university, would be able to express his views in a more mature manner.

[Luke Blanchard]

Thanks, John. The Publishers Weekly link works for me, but no Comics Journal link does.

[PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod]

Many of The Comics Journal's writers keep their noses in the air when it comes to superhero comics. They're rather like those people who "don't own a television."

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Sigh. Very unprofessional.

[Commander Benson]

"One would think that a college professor, with a number of degrees from an Ivy League university . . . ."

Unfortunately---as I have learnt all too well in my life---academic credentials are no guarantee of civility. Certainly not in this instance.

[Rich Steeves]

I would make a comment about it, but I refuse to read such vitriol, to give someone another page hit. It's like when someone tastes the milk, makes a face, and asks you to taste it and see if it it sour. No thanks, I trust you...

[Don Collett]

Commander Benson said:

"One would think that a college professor, with a number of degrees from an Ivy League university . . . ."
Unfortunately---as I have learnt all too well in my life---academic credentials are no guarantee of civility. Certainly not in this instance.

Agreed, Commander. Education is no guarantee of civility.

I won't read this article, either. I read one issue of The Comics Journal many years ago. I was so put off by the snooty attitude that I never spent any money on it again.

John D, you make a good point...these folks think that anything that is made for a mass audience is nothing but, in the words of Colonel Potter, horse hockey. A lot of it is, but I think our Captain knows a good comic when he sees it.