Vom's Theory of Art and Hatefest essay

[vom_marlowe]

As part of Hooded Utilitarian's blogiversary, Noah's running a Hatefest.  He invited us to write about the comic we thought was most overrated, that we hated the most, or that we found the worst in whatever way.

I chose Alex Ross and wrote four thousand words about why I think it's terrible art. 

(If you are uncomfortable with negative type reviews, this probably will not be something you'll enjoy.)

Comments

[kore]

I loved that. You also helped me pinpoint why I really don't like some hyper-realist comics, and some live-action movies adapted from comics.

[vom_marlowe]

Aw, thank you! I find that my pleasure in live-action comics is heavily dependent on whether the movie goes for the 'realism' angle or whether it behaves more like Strictly Ballroom did (did you ever see that? one of my favorite movies of all time). I thought Iron Man was OK, despite the jingoism, because Downey Jr pulled off the charisma and added enough silliness that I could go along for the ride.

I tried to watch Hellboy with my mom one time (she has a secret fondness for comics), and she said, trying very hard to be kind (as she does), "Well, I'm sure it's hard to get animation to behave like a person, but they didn't do too badly with that demon guy". I laughed myself sick and pointed out that the demon guy was a human actor in a suit, but she didn't believe me until we looked it up online.