Comments on: Astro City: Local Heroes http://comicsworthreading.com/2005/12/10/astro-city-local-heroes/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:42:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2005/12/10/astro-city-local-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Johanna Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:47:21 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/?p=19#comment-1163 It is a difficult dichotomy, yes. I find superheroes most entertaining when they don't pull at the threads of their own existence. When they try to get too realistic, then you're right, they're dull or self-contradictory. It is a difficult dichotomy, yes. I find superheroes most entertaining when they don’t pull at the threads of their own existence. When they try to get too realistic, then you’re right, they’re dull or self-contradictory.

]]> By: Tom Crippen http://comicsworthreading.com/2005/12/10/astro-city-local-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-1162 Tom Crippen Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:32:49 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/?p=19#comment-1162 "... don’t want to read about a 'realistic' take on heroes in a more recent setting because the ultimate conclusion is that they don’t make sense, that they don’t have much to say that can speak to our real concerns, that trying to seriously explore their underpinnings results in cruelty (the Lois Lane story) or injustice (the legal system one) or irrelevance (the 9-11 piece). " That's an interesting response. In the end superheroes don't make sense. But pretending that they do is somehow very entertaining, and without that pretense they become too dull to be written about -- at least judging by all the titles that at least make gestures toward a "real life" grounding of superheroes. “… don’t want to read about a ‘realistic’ take on heroes in a more recent setting because the ultimate conclusion is that they don’t make sense, that they don’t have much to say that can speak to our real concerns, that trying to seriously explore their underpinnings results in cruelty (the Lois Lane story) or injustice (the legal system one) or irrelevance (the 9-11 piece). ”

That’s an interesting response. In the end superheroes don’t make sense. But pretending that they do is somehow very entertaining, and without that pretense they become too dull to be written about — at least judging by all the titles that at least make gestures toward a “real life” grounding of superheroes.

]]> By: Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2005/12/10/astro-city-local-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-999 Comics Worth Reading Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:32:20 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/?p=19#comment-999 [...] If you like this, there are other volumes. Confession is one long story about a boy who runs off to the big city to be a sidekick to the Confessor. Family Album contains a group of short stories, including a charming tale of the youngest member of the First Family, while The Tarnished Angel follows a down-on-his-luck former supervillain. Local Heroes is the latest collection. [...]

[...] If you like this, there are other volumes. Confession is one long story about a boy who runs off to the big city to be a sidekick to the Confessor. Family Album contains a group of short stories, including a charming tale of the youngest member of the First Family, while The Tarnished Angel follows a down-on-his-luck former supervillain. Local Heroes is the latest collection. [...]

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