Quick Opinion's

[Max]

Just for something to do, let's play a game. I'll say some comic-related words (series/publishers etc.) and you try to say what you think about them in one word or small sentence. Sure, it would work better in the chat but not everyone is in there all the time...

Infinite Crisis

House Of M

Joe Quesada

Mark Millar

All Star Line

Decimation

Chris Claremont

Geoff Johns

TPB's

Marvel

DC

[Gray Lensman]

Sure, Max, I'll play if you'd like.

Infinite Crisis: The epic line-wide crossover done right... so far.

House Of M: A bad plot device thinly disguised as a crossover.

Joe Quesada: Has no clue what a good story is.

Mark Millar: Don't care for his shock tactics, but UFF is great.

All Star Line: Two pretty good comics right now.

Decimation: Terrible idea, badly executed.

Chris Claremont: Was a brilliant writer twenty years ago, embarrassingly bad today.

Geoff Johns: Good, solid superhero writer.

TPB's: A good format, but I don't care for the way stories are written for trade now.

Marvel: Great art, but they're badly lacking vision and writing talent.

DC: Telling great stories and respecting their characters.

[Elliot Kane]

Why not? Sounds cool

Infinite Crisis - good start

House Of M - "Quick DC's doing something big! Put anything out!"

Joe Quesada - Too art focused

Mark Millar - Good action writer

All Star Line - Ultimate Copy ;D

Decimation - Crap.

Chris Claremont - past his best

Geoff Johns - OK.

TPB's - exist

Marvel - need direction

DC - Improving

[jesse]

Infinite Crisis I don't care.

House of M I REALLY don't care.

Joe Quesada Proving Jemas was the reason for Marvel's resurgence a few years back, not him.

Mark Millar Above average writer, needs to work on his dialogue though.

All Star Line Nice, but I fear that it will eventually slip into irrelevance the way the Ultimate line has.

Decimation About time they got rid of some of the crappy mutants.

Chris ClaremontHe's far past the point of being over the hill.

Geoff Johns Wildly overrated. Terrible dialogue.

TPB's Excellent.

Marvel Not a very diverse product, lack of good writers, good projects don't receive enough promotion.

DC Worst trade paperback system in comics, the main DC line is completely uninteresting, all this mega event crap annoys me. (Aside from Seven Soldiers.)

[Duncan]

Infinite Crisis - unbelievably good, considering my prior opinion of Johns.

House Of M - first ever talking-head Marvel event. Overlong.

Joe Quesada - good artist. On the way out as EiC, I think.

Mark Millar - rape/bumsex-obsessed. I mean, contemptible characters. Still, Scotland. Ultimates.

All Star Line - strong out the gate.

Decimation - so what? Deadly Genesis might end up good.

Chris Claremont - it surprises me that anyone expects him to deliver now, after a looong time since he last did.

Geoff Johns - new Marv Wolfman/Chris Claremont. Trad.

TPB's - wish I had the patience.

Marvel - childhood favourites. Slipping off the radar. Limited range.

DC - on the up-and-up right now.

[Max]

Heh, I thought of more subjects, join in if you want...

John Byrne

Civil War

52

Iron Spider-Man

Paul Jenkins

Ugh...Marvel Romance Month

Jim Lee

New Avengers

George Perez

[Gray Lensman]

John Byrne: He was deservedly a legend back in the 80's. But now? Byrne has grown arrogant, past his prime, and completely irrelevant.

Civil War: On the fence. Concept's not bad, but the execution will either make or break it. Depends on which Mark Millar we get.

52: Definitely following it. The writing talent includes the best in the business.

Iron Spider-Man: Bad costume. Bad idea. Typically Marvel, in other words.

Paul Jenkins: I've liked his work in the past. Not so much his recent stuff.

Marvel Romance Month: Clearly a Valentine's Day stunt. Still, I'll get Masked Intentions because I'm a fan of Fabian's New Warriors.

Jim Lee: Deserves his reputation.

New Avengers: Vastly overrated, badly written, and conceptually flawed. Wake me up when Bendis is gone.

George Perez: One of the greats. Looking forward to Brave & The Bold.

[Elliot Kane]

John Byrne - Lost the plot.

Civil War - Might work, might not.

52 - should be cool.

Iron Spider-Man - Silly idea.

Paul Jenkins - exists.

Ugh...Marvel Romance Month - Something a bit different can never be bad.

Jim Lee - Good art.

New Avengers - Uninteresting.

George Perez - Good, but over-rated.

[Terrordar]

Infinite Crisis- Excellent.

House Of M- Average concept, had potential. AS usual, Marvel squandered it all, its a retarded book written by a special ed writer.

Joe Quesada- Worst EiC ever. ever

Mark Millar- Above average, below excellent. C+, fun to read.

All Star Line- Good.

Decimation- Terrible.

Chris Claremont- Waaaaaaaay over the Hill. Among the wrost X-writers now. Right up there with Pak, Austen and Morrison on my books.

Geoff Johns- Solid.

TPB's- Eh.

Marvel- A disgraceful shell of its former self, with no intelligence, direction, or dignity.

DC- Doing Better, getting on the right track.

[Terrordar]

John Byrne- Over bearing moron. He Bryned his career

Civil War- Could turn into something, maybe, maybe not.

52- no comment.

Iron Spider-Man- No comment

Paul Jenkins- ... Eh

Ugh...Marvel Romance Month- No comment.

Jim Lee- Nice art.

New Avengers- Terrible comic, lacking anything that is the Avengers in my opinion, and utterly useless. The special ed class student strikes again.

George Perez- Over rated, not terrible, but over rated.

[hector]

Infinite Crisis - Probably the best company wide crossover I've ever read. An actual plot.

House Of M - Terribly unremarkable, one way or another.

Joe Quesada - waffle.

Mark Millar - Uneven writer.

All Star Line - One very good book. One very bad book. Both very entertaining.

Decimation - Is the one about less mutants? Just asking shows my complete lack of interest.

Chris Claremont - A good writer unable to change.

Geoff Johns - Respect and cleverness.

TPB's - Option.

Marvel - Some good books, a lot of bad books.

DC - Quality accross the board.

[hector]

John Byrne - An artist who used to be very good at hiding his inability to write. Also, fun.

Civil War - Soemthing I'd probably won't read.

52 - Undecided.

Iron Spider-Man - Gone in two months. Also, bad design.

Paul Jenkins - Good writer.

Ugh...Marvel Romance Month - Boring.

Jim Lee - The only artist that has ever made me buy a book whose writing I thoroughly despise. Twice.

New Avengers - Lost interest at five.

George Perez - Probably the only other artist that could make me buy a book whose writing I would thoroughly despise.