Comments on: Comic Book Nerd

By: John Morrow

John Morrow — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:58:35 +0000

Just wanted to mention that the preview of Comic Book Nerd is now up at:
http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=380

Click on the link, but keep in mind it’s a sizeable PDF file (need to get across all the great stuff Pete Von Sholly put in). Hope you like it!

By: pete von sholly

pete von sholly — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:49:00 +0000

Some hype on COMIC BOOK NERD is viewable here: http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e235/CiaranDowney/CBAEditorialAd.jpg

BUT let me hasten to add the mag is not a collection of faux covers; each cover is followed by articles, text pages, letter columns etc.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:07:39 +0000

Dorian: I don’t think that’s a weird reaction at all. It’s true of almost any social unit, from family members to groups of friends to subcultures to races or nations. People will accept a lot more teasing or criticism from someone they perceive as being in the same group than they will from an outsider.

It’s kind of like the boy who picks on his younger brother, but will ferociously defend that same brother from anyone else.

Or maybe a better example would be friends who tease each other constantly, but will band together if anyone outside the group tries to do the same thing.

You’ll accept things from your friends because you know it’s intended in jest, and you know that’s not all they think of you, and they’ll back you up when it counts. An outsider? You have no idea what side he’s on, whether he knows anything about you other than the stereotype, whether believes the stereotype, whether he’s teasing or just being mean.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:02:08 +0000

I went looking for previews, since I assumed that TwoMorrows would have updated their website before sending out the press release to the media, but no such luck. If the PR isn’t representing the project accurately, that’s a shame.

By: pete von sholly

pete von sholly — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:37:57 +0000

As the fellow primarily responsible for the upcoming COMIC BOOK NERD magazine, I find all these comments very interesting. I have no idea how people will react to this mag, but I suggest you check it out a little more thoroughly by looking at some actual previews which I think are forthcoming in next month’s Previews and on the twomorrows website. Then if you hate it, you actually hate it. But it was a lot of fun making the thing and it’s not as mean-spirited as it might sound… at least it’s not supposed to be!

By: Dorian

Dorian — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:45:09 +0000

Comic fans seem to have a weird reaction to parody. If it’s a “loving” mockery from another comic fan, or a publisher making fun of their own work, they seem okay with it. If it’s too biting, or comes from outside the comics industry, they react extremely negatively, almost venomously to it.

I expect this project might do okay, especially if the fan press over-all reacts favorably to it. Marvel made parody mags of Marvel comics a pet industry for awhile there, and even the recent “What Huh” seemed to do okay. Despite not being, you know, the slightest bit funny.

By: Ray Cornwall

Ray Cornwall — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:28:19 +0000

As much as I like TwoMorrows’s work, they may be slipping. The Dark Age book was littered with typos and errors. I hope this isn’t an indication that their best days are behind them.

By: Dan Coyle

Dan Coyle — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:10:19 +0000

Well, making fun of fans won Evan Dorkin an Eisner, so…

By: Chris Arrant

Chris Arrant — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:03:01 +0000

I was of the same opinion. Comics readership is a small demographic, and if you parse that further by devoting it just to parodyof comics magazine it makes for a small pool of potential readers.

The idea of a parody/satire of comic book culture would be great, but done through this lens doesn’t sound too promising.