So, I once did a silly video-review of a one-shot called
Carnage: Mind Bomb (by
Warren Ellis) on the YouTubes. -Because it's a book I've always enjoyed... I was all set to do another video on the one-shot follow-up, I also owned, called
Carnage: It's A Wonderful Life (by
David Quinn). But
unfortunately after re-reading it: I found that I
hated the
ever-living fuck out of it. I thought it was a hackneyed, pretentious mess- I mean utter fucking
over-written garbage!
-Now, while it's way easier to talk about something you despise (why do you think the internet is so full of hate?) I don't want to contribute to that. You can not like something, sure. -You can share the reasons why, that's fine. -You can disagree with others, respectfully. But hate is not helping anyone, and all the sites out there who just hate on, insult, and trash comics and creators they think are bad; with such venom, malice, and vitriol- are NOT helping the industry. They are part of the problem. Yes- there do exist some comics out there that are just flat-out fucking bad... no one is going to defend Power Pachyderms, or NFL SuperPro. But when other books are divisive- and it's a matter of personal taste- these "reviewers" are literally yelling at, and ignorantly insulting fans, while turning other people off of the product in general. Not to mention they are not helping the way people perceive comic-book-readers. We are not all bitter, angry, unpleasable, nitpicky, over-literal, pretentious, self-righteous assholes. (NOTE: I am NOT talking about any friends of this site- I am referring to some other "comic-reviewers" out there on the interwebs.)
-Well, I'm a little bit of a self-righteous asshole, I guess.
Look, I'm not trying to pick a fight, and I'm not trying to get up on my own soapbox here... so I'll stop now. But my point is- I never released that next "review", and that was why... This brings us to today, and the four-issue mini-series:
Venom: Carnage Unleashed
-Look familiar?