Civil War Joke

[Elliot Kane]

So there I was, wandering through a brand new web comic I had found, when I came across this one page filler...

Civil War: The Pro Reg side make their case

Warning: this cartoon contains a lot of swearing.

It's darn funny, though - and also true ;D

[Gray Lensman]

"Civil War Joke"? El, isn't that redundant... I mean, CW IS a joke. ;D

It is funny, though. Also true. I had a good laugh.

That said, my favorite Civil War commentary of late came from Mark Waid in a recent interview on CBR. I'll quote the relevant bits...

RT: I always ask DC exclusive creators what they thought of "Civil War" and Marvel exclusive creators what they thought of "52." So, how'd you like "Civil War"?

MW: I think they did a better job than we did of making it a new-reader-friendly story. It certainly had its exciting moments.

I think the finale showed such a fundamental lack of understanding of who Captain America is that my jaw is still on the floor, but, oh, well.

RT: And don't forget about Iron Man!

MW: The villains won. Congratulations! Iron Man I don't care about, though. Iron Man I never liked. It's Captain America that kills me.

RT: I don't really care about Iron Man either, but now in every book he appears in, whenever he walks in a room you just want to groan. It shouldn't be like that.

MW: Basically, what made me itchy about "Civil War" is that - whether intentionally or not - the message seemed to be "give up your civil liberties and stop fighting for the things you believe in and everything will be fine." I get enough of that from the Bush administration.

But, man, it sure was a good-lookin' book. Steve McNiven is brilliantly talented.

Kind of sums it up, doesn't it? ;D

[Elliot Kane]

It really does

As ever, Mark Waid knows his stuff