Studiously not watching the RNC for fun and profit

[bzarcher]

So, Genius.

After reading the "pilot" issue, this seems interesting. I'd really like to know what happened to the main character's family, and where the book goes from there.

However, the reactions in the thread are probably worth 200% of the entertainment value of the book.

To sum up:

A) Reading a comic book about a community declaring war on a corrupt police force will not make people go out, get guns, and start shooting cops.

B) On behalf of white people everywhere, we need to get the fuck over ourselves.

C) If there's a rising portion of people who believe that they're in more danger from the cops than anyone else? Maybe we'd fucking well better all get some guns of our own.

Unfortunately, I have the feeling it's gonna be too divisive to win the Pilot contest. If I had to guess, I'd give it to Twilight Guardian. It seems like a fun story, too, and there seems to be a good "cute factor" to the way the story's being presented.

Comments

[ardaniel]

I don't know what the Top Cow contract for Pilot Season looks like. It's possible that Genius will find another home, if contract allows, given all this buzz.

Also, a great deal of the populace of scans_daily obviously never lived through the Reagan '80s. And we had one guy in Warren's comments who advocated vigilante violence on public transit, but couldn't in good conscience vote for a book About Cop Killing.

WhatEVER.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

I hope so. It sounds like that's very possible, given what Warren mentioned about what the contract probably contains.

Also, wait, what? Kill the noisy farting guy on the subway, but hands off a book about shooting at cops? Riiiiight.

I did like the person who said that if the same plot (basically) was being used for "Harley Quinn takes over the Gotham gangs and goes after the GCPD", all those "Oh, it's about COP KILLING!" people would be lining up to buy it.

[ardaniel]

Yeah, there's that too. Cops get slaughtered all the time in cape books, no one raises an eyebrow.

I would say Image was a great fit for Genius-- by s_d standards, Image already published a book advocating mass murder of television journalists (Jonathan Hickman's brilliantly unnerving The Nightly News)-- but Image with Kirkman on board seems to be having a bit of an attitude crisis.

[troyhickman.livejournal.com]

While I'd like to think Twilight Guardian has enough of an anything factor to pull this out, it seems unlikely. I'm crossing my fingers, though.

As far as the contracts, I think Top Cow pretty much retains the rights, but I can only comment on my own contract, which might be different since it was part of the Common Grounds deal I made with them five years ago or so.

Anyway, thanks for the mention.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Oh, keen. Thanks for stopping by!

[blipangel.livejournal.com]

did you pick up on this by reading warren ellis's blog?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Yep. Went and read the issues posted on Newsarama and scans_daily after he linked it.

(Columbus has a lot of things, but since Laughing Ogre closed, one of them is not a really fantastic comic shop.)

[dklegman.livejournal.com]

LAUGHING OGRE CLOSED?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

I heard they had a big fire sale a couple of months ago and closed, yeah.

[yukon-jack.livejournal.com]

No, Laughing Ogre's still open, just redesigned and under different management. I ate dinner at Northstar across the street last night and people were steadily going in and out.

It lacked the old charm when I was last in there, but that could be me not having as much I'm wild about as much as the store. And that godawful super-loud Weird Al music the kid behind the counter was blasting. It's not you, Ogre, it's me.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Ok, so it's still there but it's under new management and sucks now. :) That's....well, it's like it's gone.

Oh, well. I may stop in there anyhow in a bit.

[flaggerx.livejournal.com]

Sounds like libertarian wish-fulfillment.

Sheesh. I wouldn't read that for anything.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

And that's a reason I -get-, as opposed to "OMG BLACK PEOPLE SHOOT COPS." :)