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6 Minutes to Midnight.

Ian! — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:02:30 +0000

Go through it, pass the Rorschach test, and get some exclusive content. They’ve succeeded in getting me MORE pumped for Friday.

Alan Moore reads Rorschach’s Journal

Ian! — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:03:02 +0000

So I saw this once, a LONG time ago, but forgot about it. Then Wil Wheaton (yeah yeah, I know, I’m posting like a madman about Wheaton) linked it (again, in April, and yes, its been sitting open in a tab since then), and I saw it again. Its really good. If you’ve never heard Moore talk, its fucking creepy.

Alan Moore reads Rorschach’s Journal (YouTube)

Superman Sucks.

Ian! — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:41:57 +0000

I make no secret that I’m not the biggest fan of Superman. I’m a Batman guy, and probably always will be.

Bam! Kapow! ran this piece recently – Why Superman Will Always Suck. (Thanks to Ish for the link)

That said, I don’t ALWAYS hate him. As this article points out, Superman fits best in stories when Batman is kicking the crap out of him.

Basically, Bam! Kapow! makes the following points:

Indestructibility is boring.
Moral absolutism is only cool when Rorschach does it (and then only because he’s kind of insane)
Superman can’t really claim right-wing American values when he’s from another planet. (I would debate this, as he’s a classic immigrant, but whatever)
Powers given < powers earned
Batman > Superman (See!)
And “To fix these problems is to turn him into another superhero altogether”

Its pretty well presented, and seriously, who really likes Superman?